RE: [flexcoders] eval gone in AS3, how to get reference to movieclip via target name?

[Gordon Smith]

Whoa.... not only is there no eval(), there's no _target, no _level0, and no _global! Plus, you should almost always use Sprite instead of MovieClip.   So what are you really trying to do? Are you using Flex or just pure AS3? Where are you getting a string like "sprite1.sprite2.sprite3" from? Why do you have to transform it back into a Sprite reference? Could you have just kept the reference instead of the string?   - Gordon   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Boon Chew Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:41 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] eval gone in AS3, how to get reference to movieclip via target name?   Hi all, With the _eval being gone in AS3, does anyone know how to get to the reference of a movieclip (via the target name string) without using _eval (e.g. "_level0.mc1.mc2.mc3") ?  I know we can instantiate an object from a class name string via the _global namespace but not positive about mc's. Thanks. - boon Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.