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abk
abk

Reputation: 311

How do i convert everything on stage to a movie clip using as3

I want to be able to convert everything I have added on stage to a MovieClip through ActionScript.

So lets say I now have:

stage.addChild(pic1);
stage.addChild(pic2);

where pic1 andpic2 are instances of a MovieClip I have, now after this I want to make both of these together into a MovieClip through code and be able to access that MovieClip object.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1050

Answers (4)

Neil
Neil

Reputation: 8111

Container which allows interactivity eg. click detection

var sprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
sprite.addChild(pic1);
sprite.addChild(pic2);

As per crooksy88 answer above, though I am not sure what the benefits would be to use a MovieClip in this scenario

Upvotes: 0

huwman
huwman

Reputation: 86

If you are looking for a quick way to re-parent everything on the stage whether you know the instance names or not, you'll have to loop through all the children of the stage.

var myMovieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); // the MovieClip to contain your children
var l:int = stage.numChildren; // how many things are on the stage
for (var i:int = 0; i<l; i++){ // loop through all of them
     myMovieClip.addChild(stage.getChildAt(0)); //removes the bottom DisplayObject from the stage and adds it to your container
}
addChild(myMovieClip); //adds the complete MovieClip back to the stage;

Upvotes: 1

Marty
Marty

Reputation: 39456

Stage and MovieClip both inherit from DisplayObjectContainer, which defines the method addChild().

This means that you can easily create a MovieClip and add that to the stage:

var container:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
stage.addChild(container);

And then add other DisplayObjects into that:

container.addChild(pic1);
container.addChild(pic2);

Manipulating position, scale, rotation and other similar properties will affect the contents of the container.

Upvotes: 0

crooksy88
crooksy88

Reputation: 3851

var newMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
newMC.addChild(pic1);
newMC.addChild(pic2);

Upvotes: 0

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