I don't think this is really Glen's problem. You should not have to
addChild() an object placed on the stage via the authoring environment.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:27 PM, sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you don't do addChild() it won't actually be on the stage - even if you
> add it to an array or a variable inside of the clip.
>
> Consider:
>
> public class Tree blabla ()
> {
> private var apple:Apple;//where 'Apple' is some item you want to attach
> to this class
>
> public function Tree ()
> {
> apple = new Apple();
> addChild(apple);
> }
>
> }
>
> If I don't do an 'addChild' the Apple class will simply be assigned to the
> variable apple but it will NOT be opn the stage until I add it via
> addChild();
>
> Make sense?
>
> Google it otherwise, it's a basic AS3 concept that differs from AS2.
>
> :)
>
> Seb.
>
>
> Glen Pike wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I create my AppScreens dynamically and add them - the added to stage
>> event handler for the AppScreen sub-class is called.
>>
>> I am not calling addChild() for the components in the AppScreen
>> sub-class because they are placed at authortime inside the clip - I should
>> not have to call addChild for these surely?
>> Glen
>>
>> sebastian wrote:
>>
>>> forget to addChild()?
>>>
>>> The problem I have run into is that when I instanciate an AppScreen
>>>> symbol from my library - it's not on stage - and add it to the stage I
>>>> handle the ADDED_TO_STAGE event for wiring the components up.
>>>>
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