access display objects from within scrollpane instance?

[Wheels]

Hi all,

I've seen several posting on various sites with this question but never found an answer that actually works.

Very simply, I create an instance of a scrollpane on my stage and I load in a mc from my library that has another mc nested within. I want to access that nested mc and I don't seem to be able to:


import flash.display.MovieClip;
import fl.containers.ScrollPane;
//MyBox is the class name of the mc in my library
var myMovieClip:MyBox = new MyBox();
//
var myScrollPane:ScrollPane = new ScrollPane();
myScrollPane.name = "myScrollPane";
myScrollPane.source = myMovieClip;
addChild(myScrollPane);
trace(myScrollPane.content.nested_mc.alpha)
When I run this I get the following error:

1119: Access of possibly undefined property nested_mc through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject.

I've tried to access the nested_mc by using the content property as I've seen noted in one post on actionscript.org like this:


trace(MovieClip(myScrollPane.content.nested_mc).al pha)but I get the same error...

What gives? What is the best way to access content within the scrollpane component?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[soulwire]

have you tried putting a trace(this) inside the nested mc and see what it outputs? This should give you the internal path that Flash is using, so you can work the rest out from that.

[Wheels]

Duh! I'm a frakin' idiot!

I just had the parenthesis in the wrong place. This traces correctly:


trace(MovieClip(myScrollPane.content).nested_mc.al pha)

Thanks for the kick in the arse soulwire. Thinking about the path of the nested_mc was what made me realize my mistake.

[soulwire]

;)