blackpulp
August 16th, 2003, 06:16 PM
ok, first of all, im not totally sure how to describe my problem so im going to recreate a simple example of what im trying to do...
my problem is that im not sure how to refer to a dynamic mc in a function...i know that sounds confusing but maybe this will help...
lets say i have a function like:
fakeFunction = function (mcName){
// refer to the dynamically targeted mc
_root.mcName._x = 123;
}
the problem with this is that the function looks for an mc titled "mcName"...and the function is hard coded...what i want to do....is to reuse this function with any movieClip on the timeline i want...so how do i refer to the mc in the function dynamically? i hope this makes sense?
ive also tried something like this
_root[mcName]_x = 123;
but this doesnt work either....ive seen something like this done before...using brackets to target an mc with a var...
any help would be much appreciated...
blessings.
my problem is that im not sure how to refer to a dynamic mc in a function...i know that sounds confusing but maybe this will help...
lets say i have a function like:
fakeFunction = function (mcName){
// refer to the dynamically targeted mc
_root.mcName._x = 123;
}
the problem with this is that the function looks for an mc titled "mcName"...and the function is hard coded...what i want to do....is to reuse this function with any movieClip on the timeline i want...so how do i refer to the mc in the function dynamically? i hope this makes sense?
ive also tried something like this
_root[mcName]_x = 123;
but this doesnt work either....ive seen something like this done before...using brackets to target an mc with a var...
any help would be much appreciated...
blessings.