Flash :: Dynamically Reference Multiple MovieClips

[F8 AS2] Problem Dynamically Creating Multiple Movieclips
Hi all,

I'm in need of some assistance with dynamically creating movieclips. I've some arrays housing information for all manufacturers, all purchase orders, and all sales, dependent on a customer id. There are about a dozen manufacturers against the first customer id, for example. In the middle of the page, there are two dynamic text fields called Purchase Order # and Sales.

Here's where I'm stuck.

What I'd like is for a vertical listing of all manufacturers to appear on the far left based on the customer id. I'd also like it so that whenever you click on a manufacturers name, the Purchase Order # and Sales text fields are populated with the information that matches the manufacturer id.

Though I didn't see anything exactly like what I want online, I did find enough to get me started. I've been trying to create an empty movie clip with text inside, but my code isn't working. And I'm not sure how to fix it.

Here's what I have so far:

Code:
function createNav(){
for (var i = 0; i < allManufacturers.length; i++) {
var mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", this.getNextHighestDepth());
mc.createTextField('mfr' + i + '_txt',i,35,(300 + (i * 15)),165,30);
var mfr = this['mfr' + i + '_txt'];
mc.mfr.selectable = false;
mc.mfr.textColor = 0x000000;
mc.mfr.text = allManufacturers[i];
mc.onRollOver = function(){
mc.mfr.textColor = 0x000000; };
mc.onRollOut = function(){
mc.mfr.textColor = 0xFF0000; };
mc.onPress = function(){
mc.mfr.textColor = 0x0000FF; };
}
}

It was working fine until I added "mfr' + i + _txt' to line 4. However, I believe I need that to identify each movieclip separately. I think. I think line 5 is also a problem. I've try variations on resolving to no effect. The text simply no longer appears (and even when it did, the mouseover only worked on the last item in the list).

Can someone direct me as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks.

Stephen

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[F8 AS2] Removing Multiple Dynamically Created Movieclips Simultaneously
Hi everyone,

I'm not sure why this code isn't working. Perhaps someone can see something I'm not seeing.

This is related to this: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=783069

I've dynamically created movieclips via the createEmptyMovieClip method. What I'd like is when a button elsewhere on the page is clicked, all of the movies created are deleted - so that new movies can be created in their place.

Here's my code so far:

Code:
btn_qtr2.onRelease = function(){
_level0.container1.unloadMovie();
_level0.container2.unloadMovie();
_level0.container3.unloadMovie();
_level0.container4.unloadMovie();
_level0.container5.unloadMovie();
_level0.container6.unloadMovie();
_level0.container7.unloadMovie();
_level0.container8.unloadMovie();
_level0.container9.unloadMovie();
_level0.container10.unloadMovie();
};
This works just fine so far. I tried the removeMovieClip method, but had better success with unloadMovie.

Since the movie clips are created dynamically, there may be 1 ("container1") or 100 ("container100"), so the list of movies to remove needs to be dynamically determined.

I tried placing the containers in an array, so that when the button is pressed, the function loops through the array and determines what to delete. Here's what I wrote:

Code:
for(i=0; i < mc_container.length; i++) {
_level0.mc_container[0].unloadMovie();
}
...but that failed.

Is there something I'm doing wrong and/or is there a method to remove all movies on a level at once?

Thanks.

Stephen

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How do you reference other Movieclips? I'm coming back from a flash vacation and I don't remember anything.

For example, if I were to have the following code, the result is perfect.

Code:
on (rollOver) {
this._alpha = 50;
}
What I can't find out is how to reference other Movieclips, like

Code:
on (rollOver) {
this._alpha = 50;
someotherMC._alpha = 50;
}
The movie clip that I wish to affect is in another layer, if that helps.

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I have an array containing names (as strings) of already existing MovieClips, array=["a1","a2","a3",...].
Is it possible to refer to a MovieClip using the content of an array?

For example I would like to load the MovieClip "a1" into a blank MovieClip placed on the stage. How can I load the MovieClip using array[0] as a reference?

Obviously MovieClip.attachMovie(array[0]) does not work..

Any ideas?

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Dynamic Reference For Movieclips
I have read several examples both on the web and in the Adobe help files regarding dynamic referencing.

I cannot get Actionscript to recognize a dynamically named clip such as in the attached for loop.

Any suggestions as to why thumbCan[thumbMC+i] returns undefined and therfore doesn't allow anything to be loaded?

Attach Code

for (i = 0; i < mainArr.length; i++) {

thumbCan.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbMC"+i, thumbCan.getNextHighestDepth());
trace("trace1= "+thumbCan[thumbMC+i]); // returns undefined
trace("trace2= "+thumbCan); // returns _level0.thumbCan as expected

daLoader.loadClip(mainArr[i][0], thumbCan[thumbMC+i]);
}

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I have 5 moviecips inside a main movieclip.

_cn (main cclip) and _gl0,_gl1,_gl2,_gl3,_gl4 .. inside the main clip.

i want to refer to the clild clip inside a function .. how to do that.

for example .. as below,

Code:
function _xx(_num){
trace(this['cn']); // works fine
trace(_cn.this['_gl'+_num+'']); // error
}
_xx(3);

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Dynamically Loading Images Into Dynamically Loaded MovieClips
I'm read through many of the posts and found several on this topic, none, however, that addressed all that I need addressed. I've tried several of the suggestions but so far nothing seems to work.

What I want to do is alter the width of images loaded dynamically into a dynamically loaded set of movieclips. all of the widths of the images are different, but i want them set to the same width. The width seems to stay at zero, however, and I cannot seem to change it.

Here is my code:

for (var i:Number = 0; i < 8; i++){
var mc = attachMovie("rect_mc", "r" + i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
mc._x = 90 + (i * (mc._width+5));
mc._y = 375;
mc.img_txt.text = "image" + (i+1);
mc.img_mc.loadMovie("myPic" + (i+1) + ".jpg");

mc.img_mc._xscale = mc.img_mc._yscale = (50/mc.img_mc._width) * 100;
};

The last line is the one that does not function properly.

I'd appreciate any help anyone can provide. thanks.

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Null Object Reference With Nested Movieclips
I've been struggling with this issue for a couple of days now, please someone help me out. Basically all I want to do is change the frame of a nested movieclip and flash is getting a null object reference and crashing. This seems like it should be a very simple thing to do in flash, but it is not. I have a movieclip linked to a class which I am attaching via code, that is working no problem. Inside of this clip is another clip with an instance name. As long as the outer movieclip is at frame 1, I can access the inner clip. However if the outer clip is at another frame number the inner clip will not be accessible.

I have created a quick little file which illustrates the problem. In the file there are 2 instances of a movieclip, called test1_mc and test2_mc. Inside this movieclip are 4 different frames, each one with a different box movieclip (a box with the text "1", "2", etc). Each one of these numbered box movieclips are given a different instance name, box1_mc, box2_mc, etc. This inner movieclip also has 4 different frames on it (with different colors). If the outer clip (test1_mc) is at frame 1 then you can access the inner clip (box1_mc) as you would expect (test1_mc.box1_mc). However if the outer clip is on any other frame the inner clip is null. If I check the numChildren, it still traces out 1, but then tracing getChildAt(0) is null. I don't get it.

Below is the code that causes the error:
Click here to download the FLA file

Code:
test1_mc.gotoAndStop(1);
test1_mc.box1_mc.gotoAndStop(3);
trace("test 1 child num: " + test1_mc.numChildren);
var child1 = test1_mc.getChildAt(0);
trace("test 1 child = " + child1);
trace("child 1 name = " + child1.name);
//
test2_mc.gotoAndStop(2);
trace("test 2 child num: " + test2_mc.numChildren);
var child2 = test2_mc.getChildAt(0);
trace("test 2 child = " + child2);
//
trace(" - - - display list - - -");
traceDisplayList(stage);
This file traces out the following:

Code:
test 1 child num: 1
test 1 child = [object MovieClip]
child 1 name = box1_mc
test 2 child num: 1
test 2 child = null
- - - display list - - -
[object MainTimeline] root1
[object TestMovieclip_1] test1_mc
[object MovieClip] box1_mc
[object Shape] instance1
[object StaticText] instance2
[object TestMovieclip_1] test2_mc
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at NestedMovieclips_fla::MainTimeline/traceDisplayList()
at NestedMovieclips_fla::MainTimeline/traceDisplayList()
at NestedMovieclips_fla::MainTimeline/traceDisplayList()
at NestedMovieclips_fla::MainTimeline/NestedMovieclips_fla::frame1()
Notice how the test2_mc numChildren is equal to 1, yet getChildAt(0) is null. I think the is the crux of the problem. Honestly, this is looking like a bug in flash9, because the crash happens even if you just traverse the display list as shown above. How is it possible that something that is displayed on the screen could be null? Or in other words, how could can an object exist on the display list, be physically on the screen, and yet be null. If anyone can give me a work around or explain what is happening here, it will be greatly appreciated.

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Dynamically Reference Components? PLEASE Help
I'm really stuck unless I can figure this out. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have a form with some components on it. These components all have the same name, except for the last number. I want to create a loop in which I refer to these components and retrieve their values.

The components are (they are all comboboxes):

Name1, Name2, Name3, Name4
Add1, Add2, Add3, Add4

The script looks like this:

objEventHandler.click = function(){

for(var i=1;i<5;i++){

var strName = ["Name" + i].value;
var strAdd = ["Add" + i].value;

trace(strName + " " + strAdd);

}

}

btnOK.addEventHandler("click", objEventHandler);

The problem I'm having is that ["Name" + i] never seems to refer to the comboboxes, and .value (or .data, .label) return "Undefined".

How do I dynamically reference these components?

Thanks.

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Dynamically Reference Variable?
Is it possible to reference a variable by constructing its name by combining other vars or vars +strings? For example, in the snippet below, can I get the value of childA_X in the trace statement by constructing its name from the current array element plus the string "_X"?
PHP Code:

var mcArray:Array = new Array("childA", "childB");
var childA_X:Number = childA._x;

for (var index in mcArray) {
    switch (mcArray[index]) {
    case "childA" :
    trace("childA Original Posn: "mcArray[index]+_X);//Fails of course
...

I've run into this type of thing a few times and have never figured out how to do it. Maybe it isn't possible?
Thanks.
Mitch

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I'm fairly new to AS3 and have what I think is a simple issue, but I can't find anything online. so...

I have the following

Code:
for(var i=0;i<4;i++){
var img:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(img)
}
in this example I want to loop through and create 4 movie clips...I need to figure out how to give them unique and referencable names. Ive tried img.name=... but I can't reference the MCs with the given name

thanks for any help!!

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Dynamically Reference Classes?
is it possible to dynamically reference classes?
i'm not talking about dynamic classes...
hmmm... to explain what i mean, here's an example:
1.say you have a clip in your library with class square(previously known as linkage identifier)
2. you have a String variable called shape which contains the word square.
3. you would like to create a new variable newShape which is of the type contained in the variable shape

i have a feeling this isn't possible but i'm curious to know. anyone with any ideas how to do this? thanks in advance.

i've made unsuccessful attempts such as:

Attach Code

var shape:String="square";
var shapeClass:Class=new Class(shape);
var newShape:MovieClip=new shapeClass();

Edited: 10/09/2007 at 06:28:46 PM by Craig Grummitt

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Dynamically Reference A MovieClip?
I have a variable setup for a specific movieClip and i want to be able to reference that movieclip with an i++ ....I am specifically talking about the "new_mc" variables.....they don't seem to be picking up in the function.....when i trace them they are correct, but just aren't working.....there must be something wrong with my variable declarations, I can't figure it out.....below is some of my code.....any help is appreciated...

i = 0;
maxpics = 50;
maxer = maxpics - 1;
pic_slider = "easeOutCirc";
mask_slider = "easeOutCirc";
speed = 1;

var new_mc = "_level0.mc.m1.p"+ (i+2);
var new_mc2 = "_level0.mc.m1.p" + (i+1);

_global.forwarder = function() {
if (i == i && i == maxer){
break;
}
else if (i == i) {
mc.slideTo((mc._x-((new_mc._width/2)+(new_mc2._width/2))),mc._y, speed ,pic_slider);
mc2.slideTo((mc._x-((new_mc._width/2)+(new_mc2._width/2))),mc._y, speed ,pic_slider);
masker.tween("_width",new_mc._width, speed ,mask_slider);
i++;
}
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[AS2] Dynamically Reference Components?
I have a form with some components on it. These components all have the same name, except for the last number. I want to create a loop in which I refer to these components and retrieve their values.

The components are (they are all comboboxes):

Name1, Name2, Name3, Name4
Add1, Add2, Add3, Add4

The script looks like this:

objEventHandler.click = function(){

for(var i=1;i<5;i++){

var strName = ["Name" + i].value;
var strAdd = ["Add" + i].value;

trace(strName + " " + strAdd);

}

}

btnOK.addEventHandler("click", objEventHandler);

The problem I'm having is that ["Name" + i] never seems to refer to the comboboxes, and .value (or .data, .label) returns "Undefined".

How do I dynamically reference these components?

Thanks.

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Dynamically Reference Variable?
Is it possible to reference a variable by constructing its name by combining other vars or vars +strings? For example, in the snippet below, can I get the value of childA_X in the trace statement by constructing its name from the current array element plus the string "_X"?Code:

var mcArray:Array = new Array("childA", "childB");
var childA_X:Number = childA._x;

for (var index in mcArray) {
switch (mcArray[index]) {
case "childA" :
trace("childA Original Posn: "mcArray[index]+_X);//Fails of course
...
I've run into this type of thing a few times and have never figured out how to do it. Maybe it isn't possible?
Thanks.
M

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I'm trying to create a for loop that runs an if statement a number of times. I want the argument of the if statement to contain the variable that the for loop uses. Is this possible?

Code:
for(var i:uint=1;i<=4;i++) {
if(parentMC.childMC+i.hitTestPoint(myPoint.x,myPoint.y)) {
// do stuff
}
}
Of course the above returns an error. And it seems there is no way to coerce a string into a movie clip reference that exists on the stage. I could go through and hardcode all the If statements I need, but the idea is to save time. Is there anyway to accomplish what I'm trying to do? FYI parentMC is on the main timeline, childMC is within parentMC.

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I know WHY its doing this - i'm using the child index of the cards to select which cards to flip, so if you click on a card on the right and it has an index of 5, it moves the card with index 6 from the center to the left, etc. - I'm just not sure of another way to do it. I tried naming the cards by numbers, so the top card has a name of '1', and then I used a currentCard variable to keep track of which cards I should be moving. However this wouldn't work when I tried to select which object to tween, because I was referencing 'cardLayer.currentCard' rather than say, 'cardLayer.card1'...

Hope that all makes sense. I'd appreciate any suggestions on where I'm going wrong, or a better way of doing it?

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ActionScript Code:
private function createMainButtons() { var btnTextArrayMain:Array = new Array("first", "second", "third"); for(var i:int = 0; i < 3; i++) { btn = new buttonClass(); btn.name = "mainBtn" + String(i); btn.txt_mc.teksti.text = btnTextArrayMain[i]; btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, bclick); btn.x = 60; btn.y = 150 + i * 20; addChild(btn); } }

I tried to use mainBtn1.y = 100; as I set the name property for each btn "mainBtn" + String(i) but it seems that I can't use the name property for referencing to that instance.

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I have attempted to change my code by creating an dummy MovieClip with an empty TextField inside of it, then using duplicateMovieClip to create subsequent MovieClips for each character in the string.

This seems to be working, but I am having trouble referencing the TextField inside of the MovieClip. As I understand it, in Flash 5 you need to assign a TextField a variable name in order change its value. If I have set up the empty TextField inside of the dummy MovieClip, given it the variable name "field" and duplicated the MovieClip, giving it an instance name of "letter," how would I reference the TextField? I have tried letter.field, but the trace merely returns an undefined value.

Or maybe there is a better way I could be doing this?

(I should probably note that I am developing this in the Flash MX environment.)

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Hi,
I am getting confused with "this" and its meaning and scope when used within a prototype method of a class as opposed to when referencing a movieclip.

I have an array from which I wish to create a new object for each value in the array. Ultimately these will be used to create a collapsable tree navigation system and, therefore, in order that one value in the tree can get its position from the value above I would like to be able to reference the object that controls the movieclip of the one above. Maybe that would be cleare if you see the beginnings of the code:

Code:
function MenuItem(myName, myID, myObjName) {
trace("--- New MenuItem created:: myName = " + myName);
this.myObjName = myObjName;
this.myID = myID;
this.myName = myName;
this.myClip = NewDynamicClip();
this.myClip.creator = this;
}

MenuItem.prototype.myInit = function() {
trace("--- myInit called");
this.myClip.createTextField("myHeader", 10, 10, 100, 0, 0);
this.myText = this.myClip.myHeader;
this.myText.autoSize = true;
this.myText.text = this.myName;
}

MenuItem.prototype.positionMe = function() {
trace("--- positionMe called");
this.myClip._y = [this.myObjName + this.myID-1].myClip._y + [this.myObjName + this.myID-1].myClip._height;
//I have made an effort here to refer to the previous object
//(this objects neighbour)
//but no joy with it written as above!!
}
That is the class in its infancy. The positionMe method should ultimately look at its neighbour check the neighbours height, check for indentations and other little things and then place the movieclip appropriate to this object. But its the checking its neighbour that I can't do.

This is the code that sets it up

Code:
TopMenuItems = new Array("Email", "Boring", "Dull", "Mundane", "Annoying", "Frustrating");

for (var i=0; i<TopMenuItems.length; i++) {
var objName = "menuSingleItem";
var tempItem = this[objName + i];
tempItem = new MenuItem(TopMenuItems[i], i, objName);
tempItem.myInit();
tempItem.positionMe();
}
Take for example the new object responsible for "Boring" : menuSingleItem1. the method called : menuSingleItem1.positionMe() needs to check out whats happening with "Email" : menuSingleItem0, but how do I refer to menuSingleItem0 from the prototype method for menuSingleItem1?

Any suggestions would be fantastic
Thankyou
Robin

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I'm somehow loosing my reference to my movie clip i created dynamically.... can someone tell me what's wrong with this code.

var y=0;
var x=0;
var imageHolderWidth = 276;
var imageHolderHeight = 362;
var gap=50;
// loop through XML and place in array
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_root.createEmptyMovieClip(image,50+i);

var imageHolder = eval(image);
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trace(_root[image]["_tn0"]);
with(mv_sub_image){
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lineStyle(2,0xA0A0A0);
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lineTo(imageHolderWidth,imageHolderHeight);
lineTo(0,imageHolderHeight);
lineTo(0,0);
}
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}
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_root[image]["_tn0"]._alpha=60;
}
_root[image].onRollOver=function(){
_root[image]["_tn0"]._alpha=100;
}

currentNode = currentNode.nextSibling;
x = x + gap + imageHolderWidth;

//set the max image that can be displayed.
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if you look at the trace output .. the first movie clip is undefined after the second loop.

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I initialize the flash.display.bitmapdata object, load the image into a holder movieclip named "holder", then how do I reference the bitmap object once loaded for use in dissolves, etc?

PHP Code:

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Hi All,
I have a task that I'm not quite sure is possible.
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But, in Flash AC (which I've just started yesterday), I want to do
this.

Create a bunch of dynamic text fields with instance names that go
"title1_inst", "title2_inst" etc.
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Assign a hyperlink to each dynamic text field that is constructed from
various variables in the external file,
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<a href="http://www.xyz.com.au/cgi-bin/movie_loader.pl?
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The construction of the actual variable is all working, no problem.

The problem I have encountered is this: When trying to iterate through
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can't work out how to reference the name of each instance. The
following is wrong, but I wanted to do something like this:

myVarLoader = new LoadVars();
myVarLoader.load("http://www.xyz.com.au/media/Flash_Embedded_Video/
movie_list");

// Create function to setup vars on loading of all vars
myVarLoader.onLoad = function (success) {

for (x=1;x<15;x++) {

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myVarLoader["movie"+x] + ">" + myVarLoader["title"+x] + "</a>";

// THE PROBLEM IS HERE, THIS WAS JUST A GUESS AT HOW TO DO IT.
["title"+x+"_inst]text = build_link;

}

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through the loop?

Also, how do I determine how many vars loaded altogether?

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Hey,

I have the following code, and what i am trying to do is run through a loop and create a new movie clip each loop. Since i need to create a new instance name for that movie clip i attach the loop number to the string name. Now how do i reference it later on??

Here is the code..

-------------------------------
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It's the last line in the code i am referring to. How do i reference a DYNAMICALLY created variable??

G

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