"the only difference between _currentView and _currentBackground is that
currentView
is present on the stage"
Aren't you testing for exactly that with the conditional " if (
target.parent) { } "?
Throw a trace statement inside there and see if that block of code is
actually executed.
-jonathan
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Lair Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i'm trying to duplicate a nested movieClip in AS3, but it does not work :-(
>
> In my main fla, i've a movieClip named "view_main" that contains another
> movieClip named "background_mc"
> I want to duplicate the background_mc movieClip by using the constructor
> property like that :
>
> _currentView = this.view_main as MovieClip;
> _currentBackground = this._currentView.background_mc as MovieClip;
>
> _currentBackgroundCopy = duplicate(this._currentBackground) as MovieClip;
>
> public function duplicate(target:DisplayObject):DisplayObject
> {
> var targetClass:Class = Object(target).constructor;
> var duplicate:DisplayObject = new targetClass();
>
> if ( target.parent) {
> target.parent.addChild(duplicate);
> }
> return duplicate;
> }
>
> The call to duplicateDisplayObject(this._currentBackground, true) return
> the
> correct movieClip but it doesn't appear on the screen - looks like the
> addChild does not work ...
>
> Even better, it works if i call duplicate(this.currentView) and the only
> difference between _currentView and _currentBackground is that currentView
> is present on the stage ...
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
>
> Niko
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