[Flashcoders] AttachMovieClip VS addChild

[Omar Fouad]

In an AS3 Project I have a MovieClip in the Library which class (identifier)
is DataCard.

My project fetches data from a database through a PHP File, and retruns data
in an Array.

Now in this project i wanted to do exactly what I used to do in AS2:

for(i = 0; idataLength; i++) {
 var MC = this.attachMovieClip(DataCard, DataCard_ + i,
this.getNextHighestDepth());


}

in this case flash created as much DataCards Instances as the number of
indexes in the Array.

In AS3 I tried the follwoing

for(var i = 0; idataLength; i++) {
 var DC:DataCard = new DataCard();
 DC.y += 30;
}

What comes up is an only one instance of the movieClip as in one replaces
the one before.

Is there another way to achieve this? How can I add instance name to the
MovieClip using the i from the loop?

Thanks for the help.





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Re: [Flashcoders] AttachMovieClip VS addChild

[Rich Shupe]

Your code does what you're asking but I suspect you're having trouble with
the positioning, or something similar. Since DC has no initial y, all
instances will end up at 30, using the code below.

Here's an adaptation that shows two visual results: position and trace,
using the instance name request you mentioned. Note that, when adding an
instance name programmatically, you can't refer that instance by name the
same way you can when creating the instance name in the IDE. You must use
getChildByName() instead.

var dataLength:int = 5;

for(var i = 0; idataLength; i++) {
 var DC:DataCard = new DataCard();
 DC.x = Math.random()*550;
 DC.y = Math.random()*400;
 DC.name = dataCard + i;
 addChild(DC);
 trace(getChildByName(dataCard+i).name);
}

Rich

 In AS3 I tried the follwoing
 
 for(var i = 0; idataLength; i++) {
  var DC:DataCard = new DataCard();
  DC.y += 30;
 }
 
 What comes up is an only one instance of the movieClip as in one replaces
 the one before.
 
 Is there another way to achieve this? How can I add instance name to the
 MovieClip using the i from the loop?


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Re: [Flashcoders] AttachMovieClip VS addChild

[Omar Fouad]

Thanks DUDE!!! The issue was in

DC.name = dataCard + i;

Didn't know the name property.

Thanks

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Rich Shupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Your code does what you're asking but I suspect you're having trouble with
 the positioning, or something similar. Since DC has no initial y, all
 instances will end up at 30, using the code below.

 Here's an adaptation that shows two visual results: position and trace,
 using the instance name request you mentioned. Note that, when adding an
 instance name programmatically, you can't refer that instance by name the
 same way you can when creating the instance name in the IDE. You must use
 getChildByName() instead.

 var dataLength:int = 5;

 for(var i = 0; idataLength; i++) {
 var DC:DataCard = new DataCard();
  DC.x = Math.random()*550;
 DC.y = Math.random()*400;
 DC.name = dataCard + i;
 addChild(DC);
 trace(getChildByName(dataCard+i).name);
 }

 Rich

  In AS3 I tried the follwoing
 
  for(var i = 0; idataLength; i++) {
   var DC:DataCard = new DataCard();
   DC.y += 30;
  }
 
  What comes up is an only one instance of the movieClip as in one
 replaces
  the one before.
 
  Is there another way to achieve this? How can I add instance name to the
  MovieClip using the i from the loop?


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[Flashcoders] attachMovieClip.

[wah.jong]

Dear Dave Yang,

Since I'm used to mcExtends for movieclip instance on stage is associated to 
class, and it can pass parameters to constructor as well. Since 
Object.registerClass doesn't seem to let you passing any parameters to 
constructor.

Is it possible to let mcExtends to work in AS 2.0 ?

Regards,

Wah Jong
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