Sebastian,
I have tried implementing your idea but I don't seem to be able to
create my dropdown menu any longer. Only the last button is created and
without the appropriate label but also at 0,0.
Also, should I made the heigth of the container large enough to hold any
number of buttons? At the moment it has a fixed height of 30.
Thanks
JohnT
sebastian wrote:
hi John,
well you want to attach all the sub clips to the holder.
so:
var containerDepth:Number = 1;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc",
containerDepth,thisOne._x-100, 0, 130, 25);
this.container_mc.createTextField("mySubText"+i,this.getNextHighestDepth());
subBtn = this.container_mc.attachMovie("butt_btn", dropMenuArray[i],
this.getNextHighestDepth());
by using the same containerDepth every time you also effectively
overwrite the existing depth [another way of deleting].
in general, avoid attaching anything directly to the root, always
group thing in container movieclips because then its much easier to do
anything to the group [like relocating the x or y position, or in this
case, deleting it all].
Also avoid using root in 99% of all cases since you will only create
issues later on when you try and nest movieclips in movieclips [for
example you decide later to make a preloader and want to nest the menu
with other clips in another movieclip... [or swf]; your _root will no
longer point to the right location...
As far as the 'effort' to learn functions... its really not that hard,
it's within your current knowledge if you are writing these kinds of
commands already - so its a small step to add to your knowledge, and
it will save you time! not cost you more time... trust us.
[delegate.create is a specific solution to AS2 code! if you are just
adding functions to your existing code on the time line, you would
never need to use that]
seb.
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