Hi Jonathan, thanks again for your feedback !!!
In fact, _currentBackground is already on the stage - as a child of view_main !!! I've put a simple example online, can you have a look at it ? you can find it here : http://www.mymisu.com/niko/duplicateTest.rar Thanks a lot !!! Niko On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:11 PM, jonathan howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > -jonathan howe :: 404.434.2321 :: 180 High St Apt 26 Portland, ME 04101 > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
