thanks, great help and tips, i got a lot to learn :)
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Derek Vadneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Just do it the same way you did it in AS2. In your code you are
attaching a
> movie and giving it a name of nomeMenu+i. Do the same for your AS3
code -
> don't assign the value to a local variable. If you did that in the
AS2 code,
> you'd end up with the same issue.
>
> Also, instead of removing the submenuitems as you did in AS2, just
remove
> the items from the display list. That way you don't have to create and
> destroy the items everytime. You can create them once, and then add
them or
> remove them from the display list. It should make the process faster,
> especially if you're using getDefinitionByName.
>
> By the way, if you're know the class name in the function that you
are using
> getDefinitionByName and instantiating the class, why not just
instantiate
> the class? As in:
>
> import FlashClasses.MenuItem;
> ...
> [in your loop]
> var instance:MenuItem = this[nomeMenu+j] = new MenuItem();
>
>
> On 10 Apr 2007 09:18:43 -0700, herklano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > i am migrating a project from AS2 to AS3 and had a dynamically built
> > menu and submenus like:
> >
> > item1 | item2 | item3
> > subitem1-1 | subitem1-2 | subitem1-3
> >
> > and i used the attachmovie to generate it and to get the main
> > movieclip from the library...
> >
> > for (var i:Number=0; i < menuRecordSet.length; i++) {
> > attachMovie('mc_text', nomeMenu+i,
> > this.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:mcXleft, _y:mcY});
> > }
> >
> > i allready managed to make the items using the getDefinitionByName()
> > function, like this:
> >
> > for (var j:Number = 1; j <=5; j++)
> > {
> > var classRef:Class = getDefinitionByName("FlashClasses.MenuItem") as
> > Class;
> > var instance:Object = new classRef();
> > addChild(instance)
> > instance.x = 100 + (j*12);
> > instance.y = 200;
> > }
> >
> > and this works OK to create the submenuitems, but then i have to
> > remove them when i click on another menuitem and create the new
> > submenuitems.
> >
> > then how do i reference to those instances of the class MenuItem if
> > they are automatically generated?
> >
> > with attachmovie i had a different reference to each one of the
> > subitems and used that reference to remove them from stage and insert
> > them again.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Derek Vadneau
>
