Attach loaded bitmap into nested movieclip

[.hooligan]

Just trying to work out if this is possible or if theres a better way to do it.

I have a Moiveclip in my library exported with the class of Circle. Inside that movieclip I have 3 nested clips, with instance names of arms, feet, eyes.

These moviclips are to act as place holders for loaded images and are animated on the timeline.

In the Main class I load in an image called image.gif and create a new instance of Circle passing the images to the constructor.

I use addChild on the Main class to add the Circle to the stage.

Inside of the Circle class I can use addChild and pass the BitmapData image. But I get a null reference when I try to use eyes.addChild but I can add it to the Circles display list with addChild fine.

My question is can you add to a nested movieclips display list and if not what would be the best way to set this up?

[cancerinform]

From where are the images, if they are loaded into the movieclips you cannot use addChild.

[florianvanthuyn]

Check if the individual animated parts have the same instance name on each keyframe, and if not, make sure they have!

[.hooligan]

From where are the images, if they are loaded into the movieclips you cannot use addChild.

The images are external and I use the Loader class to load it in.

image = Bitmap(loader.content);

then I can add it to the Circles display list with addChild(image);

but when I tried, lets say arms.addChild(image); or this.arms.addChild(image); it doesn't work and throws a null reference.

I tried MovieClip(getChildByName("arm")).addChild(image); like from your original post and I get a null pointer.

I also tried not casting it with this.getChildByName("arm").addChild(image); I get a different error.

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject.

Check if the individual animated parts have the same instance name on each keyframe, and if not, make sure they have!

Yeah I have triple checked and its all named. Its really bugging me because I also use this line fine within my Circle class and it doesn't throw a null pointer.

arm.currentFrame != 2 ? (arm.gotoAndStop("run")) : (null);

[.hooligan]

Check if the individual animated parts have the same instance name on each keyframe, and if not, make sure they have!

Turns out that was the problem. I only had that instance on one frame inside the main clip. Hard to explain the setup but its all good now. I need to change the setup though because the attached Item disappears then I flip between frames on the main clip.

Thanks again.

[florianvanthuyn]

I've had that problem a dozen times by now and I thought this one looked familiar Good luck with the rest of your project