Generating textfields in a for-loop, not working.

[joakimlinden]

Why doesn't this work?

times = 6;
for (i = 0; i <= times; i++) {
_root.createTextField("txt" + i, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root["txt" + i].text = i;
trace(_root["txt" + i]);
}

It works for empty and library-linked mc's but not textfields...

[stringy]

Why doesn't this work?

times = 6;
for (i = 0; i <= times; i++) {
_root.createTextField("txt" + i, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root["txt" + i].text = i;
trace(_root["txt" + i]);
}

It works for empty and library-linked mc's but not textfields...
times = 6;
you need more parameters eg/

for (i = 0; i <= times; i++) {
_root.createTextField("txt"+i,i,200,50*i,50,20)
_root["txt" + i].text = i;
trace(_root["txt" + i]);
}

[joakimlinden]

oh, so it has to recieve x,y,width,height to even become an instance? I didn't know that... I'll try in few minutes, thanks!