Not exactly giving a solution here but a tip :)
A really cool way to figure out targets is to trace them...
Even do a trace on (this) then trace (_parent) anywhere in any MC and trace
the paths in your code to see where you are - very handy way when you're in
path hell.
On 10/26/05, lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi there - I am about to go crazy here.... I am trying to target a button
> in a dynamic
> MC (attached from the Library). Each movie clip in the library already has
> the required
> buttons with an instance name.
>
> I have a MC on my main timeline called "menu_mc".
> Now in the timeline of "menu_mc" I have the following code:
>
> //l2
> this.l1_mc.product_btn.onPress = function():Void {
> _parent.menu_mc.attachMovie("level2McProduct", "l2Product_mc", 12);
> _parent.menu_mc.l2Product_mc._x = 73.7;
> new Tween(_parent.menu_mc.l2Product_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100,
> 3, true);
> new Tween(_parent.menu_mc.l2Product_mc, "_y", Strong.easeOut, 106, 0, 1,
> true);
> };
> //l3
> this.l2Product_mc.mens_btn.onPress = function():Void {
> trace(_parent);
> _parent.menu_mc.attachMovie("level3McMens", "l3Mens_mc", 13);
> _parent.menu_mc.l3Mens_mc._x = 189.5;
> new Tween(_parent.menu_mc.l3Mens_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 3,
> true);
> new Tween(_parent.menu_mc.l3Mens_mc, "_y", Strong.easeOut, 106, 0, 1,
> true);
> };
>
> the "l1_mc" was created with attachMovie earlier in the code, but is
> trimmed from here
> to save room (it functions as it should). The following:
>
> this.l1_mc.product_btn.onPress = function():Void
>
> also works as it should. Now the results of that are another MC attached
> to the timeline
> of the "menu_mc" instance. This all works, and my tweens, etc all work as
> expected. Now
> for some reason when I drill down one level deeper:
>
> this.l2Product_mc.mens_btn.onPress = function():Void
>
> the code stops working. I stuck a "trace" in there to see if the button
> event was even
> responding. Which it is not! I double, triple checked the button instance
> name and the
> so on... but it just never works. As you can see I had modified my path to
> use the
> previously attached MC. I even tried putting in the moviclip by hand and
> browsed to find
> the path (to make sure I had no mistakes)- and it appears I do not.
>
> I am at wits end here and going insane. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> Am I missing
> something? Is there a limitation in flash that I do not know about?
>
> ::::::::::::::::::::::
> Dustin
> ::::::::::::::::::::::
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