thats quite a hack. a normal cast then returns null i assume?
On 8/23/06, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
this is the only thing that seems to bring it back to life:
if(targetMC instanceof MovieClip == false) targetMC.__proto__ = new
MovieClip();
before calling MCL.loadClip(), the target is a bonified MovieClip, but as
soon as progress starts, it's not anymore.
On 8/23/06, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> what happens if you cast it as a movieclip?
>
> On 8/23/06, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/7/06, Jason Lutes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Can anyone suggest why a condition would be false for a test on a
> movie
> > > clip using instanceof MovieClip?
> > >
> > > I have a function that includes the line:
> > >
> > > if (graphicClip.highlighting instanceof MovieClip)
> > > graphicClip.highlighting._visible = false;
> > >
> > > If I precede the line with trace(typeof graphicClip.highlighting) I
> get
> > > "movieclip" in the Output panel. Nevertheless, the instanceof
> condition
> > > refuses to report correctly.
> > >
> > I bet if you do trace("type: " + typeof(graphicClip.highlighting)); it
> > will trace "movieclip" (lowercase) instead of "MovieClip" as it
> > normally would.
> >
> > John Grden was just asking if you ever figured this out because we are
> > having a very similar issue, in fact it might be the same issue. Our
> > instance doesn't respond to the _visible property any more when
> > retrieving a reference from our class. We are loading it from an
> > external SWF using MovieClipLoader. I have yet to be able to recreate
> > this issue with an FLA and the IDE. It only appears so far when using
> > our loading class and compiling with MTASC.
> >
> > Anyway, any insight that anyone has into this would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
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