[RESOLVED] movieclip help?

[shabasky]

If i make a whole bunch of movieclips using a for loop how would i beable to identify them if an event listener was added to them and i wanted each movieclip created to do something different?

[Awoogamuffin]

Arrays!

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/...fV3/Array.html

[shabasky]

Well, yeah...I figured as much. Imean, ...sigh yeah that will work i gues

[Awoogamuffin]

Sorry, I wasn't very helpful.

myArray:Array = [];

for (var i:int = 0; i < movieClipNum; i++)
{
   //the push command adds an object to an array
   myArray.push(new MovieClip());
} 

Now your question isn't very clear regarding event listeners, but the point is that now you can access all of the created movieclips by looping through the array (or accessing a specific movieclip directly if you know what index number is is at).

Are you unhappy about using arrays? If you give some more detail maybe we can give you a more satisfactory answer!

[cancerinform]

Give each MovieClip a name:
for(var i:int=0; i<numClips;i++)
{
var myClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
myClip.name = "myClip"+i;
myClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, cHandler);
}
function cHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
trace(event.currentTarget.name);
}

[shabasky]

Basically im creating many movieclips on stage. All of them will esentially load the same thing (which is load the a bigger movieclip on stage to load a picture). The problem is which picture to load. I was thinking of something like this...

var i:int=0;
for(i; i<numClips;i++)
{
var myClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
myClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, cHandler);
}
function cHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
//Determine wich movieclip is clicked
//Load image number based on movieclip number
} 

[shabasky]

Ok so I have generated this. Now I am stuck. The code is heavily commented. It goes through all the trace statements, but I see nothing on stage, and if I click everywhere on the stage, nothing is traced...

private function createProjects():void
        {
            for (var i:int = 0; i < numberOfProjects; i++)
            {
                var movieclip:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); //Creates the movieclip
                movieclip.name = "card" + projectNumber; //Gives a name card + the current project number
                movieclip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, displayDataF); //Adds an event listener
                movieclip.x = randomF(0, 1200); 
                movieclip.y = randomF(0, 800);
                
                
                var l:Loader = new Loader(); //Creates loader
                var urlreq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("beach.jpg"); //Uses defult image for now
                l.load(urlreq); //Loads
                l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, placeLoadedImage); //Adds an event listener for when the image is finished loading
                function placeLoadedImage(e:Event):void 
                {
                    movieclip.addChild(l); //Adds the child
                    movieclip.width = 150;
                    movieclip.height = 100;
                    trace("image loaded and placed");
                }
                
                
                
                container.addChild(movieclip); //Adds child to a movieclip already on stage
                trace("Working on project " + projectNumber);
                
                
                projectNumber++; //Before the loop is complete, the number is increased by one so it will work on the next number.
            }
            
        }
        
        private function displayDataF(e:MouseEvent):void 
        {
            trace(e.target.name); //If someone clicks the movieclip, it will trace the name. Nothing is traced, and the movielips aren't seen...
        } 

[shabasky]

oh and randomF is a function used to generate a random number.

private function randomF(lowVal:int, highVal:int):int //A function used to generate a random number
        {
            if (lowVal <= highVal)
            {
                return(lowVal + Math.floor(Math.random() * (highVal - lowVal + 1 )));
            } else {
                throw(new Error("Fail. Wrong values passed to randomF"));
            }
        } 

[shabasky]

ok...if you alter the for statement like this, you see a movieclip but only one movieclip...

and i click on it...its card60....i guess its somehow looping through it 3 times...and only creating one....help?

private function createProjects():void
        {
            for (var i:int = 0; i < numberOfProjects; i++)
            {
                var movieclip:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); //Creates the movieclip
                movieclip.name = "card" + projectNumber; //Gives a name card + the current project number
                movieclip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, displayDataF); //Adds an event listener
                
                
                var l:Loader = new Loader(); //Creates loader
                var urlreq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.mountainguidesinternational.com/images_1/world.gif"); //Uses defult image for now
                l.load(urlreq); //Loads
                l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, placeLoadedImage); //Adds an event listener for when the image is finished loading
                function placeLoadedImage(e:Event):void 
                {
                    movieclip.addChild(l); //Adds the child
                    movieclip.width = 150;
                    movieclip.height = 100;
                    movieclip.x = randomF(0, 1200); 
                    movieclip.y = randomF(0, 800);
                    addChild(movieclip); //Adds child to a movieclip already on stage
                    trace("image loaded and placed");
                }
                
                
                
                
                trace("Working on project " + projectNumber);
                
                
                projectNumber++; //Before the loop is complete, the number is increased by one so it will work on the next number.
            }
            
        } 

[shabasky]

ok i adjusted the code so that I could identify each movieclips number. Every time the movieclip is added to stage it is triggered by an event listener... how would I call it? using an Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, how would i call it? i try e.target but it doesnt work. So when I try e.target.x, i cant change it....

private function addedToStageF(e:Event):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedToStageF);
trace(e.target.name);
e.target.width = 12211;
trace(e.target.width);//I get 0.....as for all of them...

{

[shabasky]

oh..e.target...ok..resolved...