record depth of MC as a variable?

[pbjpb1]

hiya

does anyone know how i can record the depth of a MC, sorta like:

mcdepth = myMC._depth

(just like _visisble or _x or _rotation, etc..)

then, later set another MC to the depth from that variable using a button? like this maybe (not swapdepths):

MC2._depth = mcdepth

any ideas? thanks!

[pmineault]

Searching over at were-here, I soon found out that MX has this ability built-in. Just look at the Movieclip.getDepth action in the AS dictionary.

Just more proof that MM actually listened to our complaints about Flash 5

[pbjpb1]

thanks pmineault! right, i know about the getDepth action in MX but it's different, i'm not sure how i use it bc it doesn't work the same way as _visible or _rotation, etc. when i try to trace my variable like this:

on (press) {
s1depth = swf1.getDepth;
}
on (release) {
trace(s1depth);
}

it returns [type Function] what is that? any ideas on how to correct this? thanks!

[tweekmonster]

you need to use the parenthesis because it's a function, not a property:

on (press) {
s1depth = swf1.getDepth(); //<-- Right here
}
on (release) {
trace(s1depth);
}