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Dimitar Velev
Dimitar Velev

Reputation: 43

Actionscript 3 instance name property not working

I have a class of a movieclip symbol that is called third_scene_border, I create 12 instances of this class like so:

public var border_1:third_scene_border = new third_scene_border();

public var border_2:third_scene_border = new third_scene_border();

public var border_3:third_scene_border = new third_scene_border();

and so on, I also set the name of the first instance to be "first_border" like so:

border_1.name = "first_border";

Then when I trace its name I get "instance(some numbers)".

Why isn't the name property being set correctly? Ive done it for a lot of other instances and its working just fine. I am trying to see on which border a draggable object is being dropped.

Edit: When I write trace(border_1.name) I get "first_border", but when I add an event listener that listens for clicks and put

trace(event.target.name);

in its function, I get instance(some numbers).

Edit: trace(event.target.parent.name); returns first_border which is correct but when I try to trace the dropTarget in the function of a MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP like so: trace(event.target.dropTarget.parent.name), I get the following error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at mainClass/up()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 286

Answers (1)

Mark Dolbyrev
Mark Dolbyrev

Reputation: 2007

It's hard to find a 100% solution for your case, because you didn't attach the part of your code with adding the event listener. But, I'd hazard a guess, that you should try to use the event.currentTarget parameter instead of event.target.

You may read more about differences about theese 2 properites here:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/Event.html#target

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/Event.html#currentTarget

Upvotes: 1

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