Gathering all objects on stage

[gravity223]

Hi,

How would I go about looping through each object on the stage (that has been added through addChild()) and getting its properties (x, y, scaleX, scaleY) and adding it into an array?

Thanks.

[micken]

The same way you'd loop through anything else with children.


for (var i:Number = 0; i < stage.numChildren; i++)
{
var child:* = stage.getChildAt(i);
var properties:Properties = new Properties(child.x, child.y, child.scaleX, child.scaleY);
myPropertyArray.push(properties);
}


where Properties is some kind of object to hold the information you require.

[gravity223]

Hi,

According to flash, there isn't such thing as :Properties.

EDIT: Saw your edit, will try now.

[gravity223]

Hi,

I'm still a bit confused about the whole properties thing. How would I go about making it be able to hold my information? I tried something but got "1136: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 0."

Thanks.

[BeerOclock]

Nevermind the properties stuff. Just add each object to an array, and the 'properties' come with it:



var arr:Array = new Array();

for (var i:Number = 0; i < stage.numChildren; i++) {
arr.push(stage.getChildAt(i));
}

// if you want the scaleX for example, then
for (var i:Number = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
trace(DisplayObject(arr[i]).scaleX);
}

[micken]

Actionscript 3.0 adopts a great many object oriented programming concepts that you should read up on if you plan to go any further with your project.



public class Properties
{
public var x:Number = 0;
public var y:Number = 0;
public var scaleX:Number = 0;
public var scaleY:Number = 0;
public function Properties(_x:Number, _y:Number, _scaleX:Number, _scaleY:Number):void
{
x = _x;
y = _y;
scaleX = _scaleX;
scaleY = _scaleY;
}
}


That is a class (or Object if you will) that contains the data you're trying to keep track of.

[gravity223]

Thanks both of you for the fast replies. I will be sure to look into OOP.

However, when I tried to do this:

var nametest = stage.getChildAt(0);
trace(namtest.name);

I got back "root1" and stage.getChildAt(1) says its out of bounds. So I tried taking away "stage." and that worked. So now I can get properties via "getChildAt(i)" and by making a var and using ".x" ".y" etc however, it brings back the default properties of the child itself, and not the one that has been manipulated on stage. How would I do this?

Thanks.