Francesco - I'll give that a try. It actually occurred to me, but I didn't
try it because I wasn't sure how the depth would be handled and what issues
would be associated with having a single clip instance be the child of two
parents. (When you move "b", does it also move in "a", even if "a" is not
moved?)
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Provided you know the child-to-copy instance name, that's a workaround:
say you have 2 mcs, one (a) created in your project and one (b) loaded
externally.
say you know the desired b-child instance name (b_child):
//create a copy of the desired child
var b_copy_child:MovieClip =
b_child.duplicateMovieClip("copy",b.getNextHighestDepth());
/*
* then 2 ways:
* a) if you simply want a reference to use in your project, work with
b_copy_child;
* b) if you really want b_child instance to be a child of a,
reference it from within,
* thanks to the fact MovieClip is dynamic:
*/
a.a_child = b_copy_child;
This, unless I'm missing some more-DOM-like AS2 interfaces - and then
I'd love to hear about..
HTH
francesco.p
August Gresens wrote:
> Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
>
> One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one
> clip
> into another clip?
>
> For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
> first child of one clip into another?
>
> DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
> only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
> clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external
clip,
> into various clips in my project.
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
>
> On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
>> Library) into an swf..
>>
>> but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
>> all library items (children mcs):
>> - can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the
external
>> .fla)
>> - are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
>> by any other means (e.g. property values)
>>
>> once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your
>> project.
>> HTH
>> francesco
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> August Gresens wrote:
>> > I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
>> > Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
>> > if I
>> > get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
>> > loaded
>> > swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
>> > to be
>> > able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
>> > starting to
>> > dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
>> >
>> > (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
>> implemented
>> > the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
>> > difficult to
>> > arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
>> > changing
>> > the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
>> > load an
>> > external library the way we do external clips).
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > August
>> >
>> > On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
>> >> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
>> >> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
>> >> If not, sorry for bothering
>> >> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance
>> name.
>> >> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
>> >>
>> >> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
>> >>
>> >> /*
>> >> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
>> >> child's instance name the work is done.
>> >> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better
>> than
>> >> this one):
>> >> * try to provide some <test_code> that lets you find in a not
>> ambiguos
>> >> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
>> >> */
>> >>
>> >> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
>> >> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
>> >> if(test_code) {
>> >> desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
>> >> }
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> /*
>> >> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
>> >> * if there's no such <test_code> thing, sorry I have no idea..
>> >> */
>> >>
>> >> HTH
>> >> francesco.p
>> >>
>> >> Jim Tann wrote:
>> >> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the
parent
>> >> > swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
>> >> that is
>> >> > exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in
>> the
>> >> > child swf's library.
>> >> >
>> >> > Jim
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>> August
>> >> > Gresens
>> >> > Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
>> >> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
>> >> > Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
>> >> >
>> >> > Hello
>> >> >
>> >> > Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
>> >> another
>> >> > clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
>> >> > MovieClipLoader).
>> >> >
>> >> > For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main
flash
>> >> > project
>> >> > that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this
external
>> >> > clip,
>> >> > can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in
>> the
>> >> > main
>> >> > project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these
graphics
>> >> all
>> >> > in
>> >> > one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
>> >> >
>> >> > >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded
>> clip is
>> >> > treated
>> >> > as an independent media element, with no access to it's
>> children. Is
>> >> > this
>> >> > correct?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > August
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