array and indexing movie clips

[5TonsOfFlax]

var lastDown:MovieClip = null;

That line does two things. First, it declares the lastDown variable as a MovieClip. Then, it initializes that variable to null. Strictly speaking, initializing it is not necessary as the default value for an Object type variable is null, and there's no way the code will reference it before it's properly set anyway. I just like to be explicit.

The lastDown variable is intended to hold a reference to the last movieclip which was touched, as long as it is being held down. Setting it to null means that there is no such movieclip, meaning nothing is being held down. In the press1 function, we set it to the clip which was touched. It should remain with that value until either the timer fires, or the mouse is lifted. If the timer fires, then the user held down for the duration of the timer. If the mouse is lifted, then we reset lastDown and the timer to be ready to try again.

[mattwatts15]

oh ok sweet ur an AS3 genius. i bet u created it or somethin

[mattwatts15]

im havin the same problem now with an array of sliders. everytime i click on any random slider, the LAST slider in the array is the only one that moves. even if i'm clicking on a different slider somewhere else on the screen, and moving the mouse upward, the last slider in the array will mimick the mouse's movement and move up, while the one i actually clicked on wont' move at all.

it's got to be similar to the problems i've had before, i need a way to let it know that it cant just pick up the last slider in the array, it needs to move the one thats being clicked on.

var FADERarray:Array=new Array("fader1","fader2","fader3","fader4","fader5");

for (var iFADER:uint; iFADER< FADERarray.length; iFADER++) {
    var FADER:MovieClip=getChildByName(FADERarray[iFADER]) as MovieClip;
	FADER.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragScroll);
	addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loop);	stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropScroll);
	FADER.buttonMode = true;	
	var bounds:Rectangle = new Rectangle(FADER.x,795,0,205);
	var draging:Boolean=false;
}

function dragScroll(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	FADER.startDrag(false,bounds);
	draging=true;
}

function loop(e:Event):void{	
	svalue.text=String(Math.round((FADER.y-bounds.bottom)/(bounds.top-bounds.bottom)*8.00));
	
}

function dropScroll(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	FADER:stopDrag();
	draging=false;
}

}

lookin though the code again, i think the problem may be with the bounds, perhaps here:

svalue.text=String(Math.round((FADER.y-bounds.bottom)/(bounds.top-bounds.bottom)*8.00));

or here:

var bounds:Rectangle = new Rectangle(FADER.x,795,0,205);