[RESOLVED] Accessing Properties of "GrandChildren"

[ben_tg]

I am trying to access the properties of a "GrandChild" MovieClip.

My DocumentClass adds an instance ("_parent") of the DisplayObject (linked from the library) to the stage:

addChild(_parent); 

I have a separate class that takes care of all the "_parent" related stuff, which is where I run into the problem. In this class, within a public function, I create a new instance of a movieclip and add it as a child to the parent. Then I add a child to the _child, aka a "grandchild"....all within a loop, and set some properties of the grandchild, like so:

for (i=1; i < 5; i++){
   var _child:MovieClip = new MovieClip;
   var _grandchild:MovieClip = new MovieClip;

   _parent.addChild(_child);
   _child.addChild(_grandchild);
   _grandchild.x = i;} 

Now, I am unable to "see" the grandchild's properties outside the loop. What's the proper way to get to the grandchild's properties? I've tried variations of the following:

trace(_parent.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(1).x);
trace(_parent._child.getChildAt(0).x); 

Thanks,

[5TonsOfFlax]

trace(_parent.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(1).x);

That way almost works. The children indexes start at 0, as all right-thinking indexes do. So there is a second child, but that child only has one child itself.

trace(_parent.getChildAt(0).getChildAt(0).x);

That will trace the x value of the first child of the first child of _parent. BUT, why are you throwing away your references to these things if you want to use them later? Put your children in an array. And depending on how you want to access them, put the grandchildren in an array in the same scope, or as a property of each child.

Also, your names are not very descriptive. Unless this is a family tree.

[ben_tg]

Ah, yes. The array. I kind of forgot about them since AS2 now that AS3 has so many new things to try out. I've placed the children in arrays, and everything is much more accessible and all is working well. Thanks!

(The variable names are just for my example to show what I was trying to do)