duplicateMovieClip and button behavior

[hypersdc]

In MX
I'm creating a series of thumbnail images that when clicked open a description of the image.
I'm using:

duplicateMovieClip(thumbSubProduct, "thumbSubProduct"+z, z);
To create my thumbnails.

At least that's what I'm trying to do. And I can't get the button behavior to work.

I have tried:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
CurrentThumbButton = this._name;
}
if (!this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
}
}

Also tried: onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
I also tried putting a button inside the movieclip. No go.

I can't:
1: get a unique name from the movieclip when I mouseover the movieclip. When I do a trace it gives me the names of all the dynamic movieclips.

2: Simply call a function

So I can't get button behavior to work at all with my dynamic movieclips.

[hypersdc]

So this is how I got the button to work:

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {

trace(this._name);
DupButtonName = this._name
currentSubprod = DupButtonName.charAt(DupButtonName.length-1);

_parent.currentSubprod = currentSubprod;
_parent.gotoAndPlay(2);


}

if (!this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {

}


}

I hope that helps someone else. Seems I needed to change frames to get it to work.

Still wasn't able to call a function though.

[coolncalm]

lemme get this straight wht u want to d is generate gallery and then when a thumbnail is clicked in the gallery... u want a function to be called and which in turn displays the desired description... right?

well i wud suggest u first make a multidimensional array of all the names of the descriptions, id's and anyother info u require and then from within the loop u r using to create the gallery, u start asigning the onrelease events for each thunbnail.

something like this:

for (i = 0; i < total; i++) {
    horz_mc.menu.attachMovie(hotels_array[i][2], "menu" + i, 1000 + i);
    horz_mc.menu["menu" + i].count = i;
    
    horz_mc.menu["menu" + i].onRelease = function() {
        populate(this.count);
    };
}