the name of a movieclip used by getChildByName() is the value that's in it's myMC.name property. When you place something on the stage manually and add a name into the properties dialogue box, it's this that you're affecting
a On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Cor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > How do you load youe swf into your myMC? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt > Dommermuth > Sent: woensdag 17 juni 2009 13:57 > To: 'Flash Coders List' > Subject: [Flashcoders] understand getChildByName > > Hi All, > > New to AS3. > > I'm sure I must be missing something obvious, but I'm at a loss. > > Example: > > I have created a movie clip - called "myMC". I added it to an existing > movie > clip called "main" (main.addChild(myMC)). > > At this point myMC traces as [object MovieClip]. > > I load an as2 swf into myMC. > > At this point myMC traces as [object MainTimeline]. > > I change myMC's y value to 100 and it traces as 100. > > Later I want to move it again. To reference it I create a variable like > this: > > var mc:DisplayObject = main.getChildByName("myMC"); > > Now when I trace mc's y value it is 0. > > I don't know why. > > Does the trace [object MainTimeline] indicate that I've used addChild > incorrectly? Should I have added myMC to "main" after it had loaded? Why > did it go from a MovieClip object to a MainTimeline object? > > Does the fact that I'm loading in an as2 swf have anything to do with it? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Kurt > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
