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Nigh7Sh4de
Nigh7Sh4de

Reputation: 455

ActionScript 3 Access Dynamically Added MovieClips that are With-In Other MovieClips

How would I access a MovieClip that I had dynamically added to a parent MovieClip.

So say for example I have a movieclip (mc_a), and within it I created a var like so:

var b:DisplayObject = new mc_b();

I had manually added mc_a to my stage and gave it the "Instance Name": a.

So my question is how do I access b (which is an instance of mc_b) when it is within a (which, in turn, is an instance of mc_a)?

Edit:

I have the following variable referencing a MovieClip located on frame 1 of another MovieClip named "mc_dock":

var btn_pause:DisplayObject = new mc_pause();

I access the dock on the main timeline under frame 1 using the following line:

var dock:mc_dock = new mc_dock();

and then I used the following 2 lines to see if I can access btn_pause from the main timeline (both of which don't work [by that I mean they return "null"]):

trace(dock.btn_pause);
trace(dock.getChildByName("btn_pause");

When running I get a null value for both trace statements and the following error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at mc_dock/frame1()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 660

Answers (1)

The_asMan
The_asMan

Reputation: 6402

a.getChildByName("instanceNAMEhere")

or

just access the variable b

Upvotes: 1

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