So, are you saying that the _currentBackground has a parent but is not on
the stage?
It's obviously possible if _currentBackground is nested inside something
else that is not on the stage, but in the simplest scenario, if it doesn't
have a parent, it's not going to run this block
if ( target.parent) {
target.parent.addChild(duplicate);
}
So what does this output when you run it on _currentBackground:
if ( target.parent) {
target.parent.addChild(duplicate);
trace("duplicate():target.parent:",target.parent);
}
-jonathan
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Lair Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi, thanks for the response,
>
> i already tested it, and it's executed but strangly not displayed on screen
> :(
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 7:48 PM, jonathan howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >wrote:
>
> > "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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