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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> >> > Technical Director
> >> > Black Hammer Productions, NYC
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