attachMovie

[loofelevi]

Hello all,

I'm new to the attachMovie world and am having trouble adding a unique link to all of the new movies that are created.

I placed comment tags where I am having trouble.
If there is another way of doing this besides the way i'm trying please help me out

var links=new Array();
links[0]="link1";
links[1]="link2";
etc...

var spacing:Number=13;

for(var i=0;i<test.length;++i){
    
    var name:String="view"+i+"_mc";
    var x:Number=i*spacing;
    
    this.view_mc.attachMovie("viewer",name,i);
    this.view_mc[name]._x=x;
    
    // THIS DOESN'T WORK
    this.view_mc[name].onPress=function(){
        
       // "texto" is a dynamic text box used for testing the script
        _root.large_mc.texto=links[i]; 
        
    }
    

    
} 

What am I doing wrong or not doing?

Thanks in advance,

Loo

[lightspeed10]

The way you've structured you're array notation is wrong. It van only be used to access entries directly from an array.

So Instead of

this.view_mc[name] 

You would have to use the eval function or it's equivalent in array notation:

 this.eval("view_mc"+name).onPress=function(){ 

or

 this["view_mc"+name].onPress=function(){ 

So make sure you amend that and you should be on your way! - Chris.

[loofelevi]

Thanks,

But it didn't work
I will keep trying what you suggested.. sometimes I'm just blind to my typos.

Thanks again,

Loo

[loofelevi]

Withe the code you gave me the onPress is disabled.

Any ideas? Please help!

Thanks,

Loo

[lightspeed10]

Hey again. The more I look at your code, it doesn't seem to make any sense. There's lots of little mismatched bits and bobs and such.

Your loop is testing the condition if "i" is less than the length of an array called "test", but the only array you have is called links.

Explain to me exactly what you're trying to do with you're attaching movies and I'll try to help you out.

- Chris

[loofelevi]

lol SOrry bout that.


Typo!

Its for the links:

var links=new Array();
links[0]="Cool";
links[1]="Sweet";
links[2]="Yeah";



var spacing:Number=13;

for(var i=0;i<links.length;++i){
    
    var name:String="view"+i+"_mc";
    var x:Number=i*spacing;
    
    this.view_mc.attachMovie("viewer",name,i);
    this.view_mc[name]._x=x;
    
    var link=links[i];
    this.view_mc[name].onPress=function(){
        
        _root.large_mc.texto=link;
        
        
    }
    

    
} 

I changed things around. It was "test" before, but I wanted to be clear and changed it to links but forgot to change it in the loop.



I tried calling a function like this too:

this.view_mc[name].onPress=function(){
        
        linkClicked(link);
        
        
    } 

But both methods just give me the last array value which is "Yeah".

What am I doing wrong. Please don't give up on me! :P


Loo

[lightspeed10]

That still makes no sense. The name variable is a string and you're trying to access that value in an array so it must be a number. Plus there IS no array called "view_mc" it's a movieclip. To address a dynamically named object or MC you must use the two methods I posted earlier.

In spite of all that though, I don't understand what you're trying to do with this code. Explain, from scratch; what you're trying to achieve and I'll see if I can help!

- Chris

[loofelevi]

Oops didnt read the last line if your post.

I'm trying to add additional views for my portfolio. I would like to do this dynamically. (<< self taught freak).

The info to populate the amount of views can either come from an Array or Database (MYSQL). In this case an Array.

I got the amount of "additional views" buttons (MovieClips) to display, but I cant get the appropriate links to pass on to each newly created MovieClip.

So once the user clicks on a new MovieClip they get a new view.

Sorry about the rushy description, but I'm desperate to get this over with

Thanks for the help.

Loo

[loofelevi]

For example:

I need to create new portfolio views depending on what the "links" array returns:

1.-
link1[0]="One";
link2[1]="Two";
link3[2]="Three";
Etc...

2.-Make the additional movies for each link using attachMovie().

3.-Assign a link to each movieClip created.

[lightspeed10]

Well your rushy description didn't really help matters :P But I tried to correct your code from what I think you're trying to do.

Try this..

for (var i = 0; i<links.length; ++i) {
    var newName:String = "view"+i+"_mc";
    var newX:Number = i*spacing;
    this.view_mc.attachMovie("viewer", newName, i);
    this["view_mc"+newName]._x = newX;
    var link = links[i];
    this["view_mc"+newName].onPress = function() {
        _root.large_mc.texto = link;
    };
} 

[loofelevi]

Oh and im using FLash MX 2004!



Loo

[loofelevi]

It didnt work.
So, I changed the code to read like this (view comment tags):

for (var i = 0; i<links.length; ++i) {
    var newName:String = "view"+i+"_mc";
    var newX:Number = i*spacing;
    this.view_mc.attachMovie("viewer", newName, i);

   // CHANGED
    this.view_mc[newName]._x = newX;
    var link = links[i];
    // CHANGED
    this.view_mc[newName].onPress = function() {
        _root.large_mc.texto = link;
    }
} 

The above worked for positioning, but still only the last link "Yeah" is passed.

I really appreciate your help. Thanks again.

Loo