Temporarily assigning it would probably be best I guess - especially
as its going to loop through 140 each time -
Scott's idea is a good one too and should work - might give it a try
later on myself to test it - but my gut instinct would b e to create
a loop - then you can just use getChildAt(i) to assign the
properties ...
matt
On 14 Feb 2007, at 17:05, Mike Anderson wrote:
Well, my goal is this:
There will be a ton of interactivity between the Flex variables,
and the Subdivision Plat SWF. In fact, how the SWF looks visually,
and behaves based on mouse interaction, will all depend on the
values brought back from the database.
For example, if a Lot has been sold to a customer, I need to change
the color of the Lot MovieClip to Red. There are 4 other possible
Statuses, that the Lot could have - and each Status is represented
by a unique color.
After the Plat SWF is brought in, the Flex App will loop through
all 140 Lots, and set each corresponding MovieClip color, in
addition to any other information I want shown. Luckily, in this
particular case, I will have knowledge beforehand based on the
database data, as to which Lots will already pre-exist on the SWF.
This is where I need to decide, which parts I should code within
the Flash 9 SWF, and which parts I should code within Flex. If I
had my choice of course, I'd code everything 100% within Flex.
Bottom line, I just want to code the bare minimum on the SWF side,
so I can programmatically control everything from within Flex.
Anyway, moving on, when the mouse hovers over a Lot, I need to have
some additional information popup - like a ToolTip. I need the
dimensions, total square footage, and the customer information (if
the Lot has been sold). In this case, I can just have a custom
component popup, and populate it with the corresponding information
from my ArrayCollection.
I just need to find a way, that when the mouse hovers over a
particular Lot on the SWF, to signal Flex which Lot is being
hovered over, so I can grab the appropriate data from the
ArrayCollection, and fill in all the blanks.
So with all that said, is there any other methodology you would
use, to accomplish the tasks I mentioned?
I suppose I could forego creating 140 variables, and just create a
new one on the fly, each time the mouse hovers over a particular
lot. Then I can grab the corresponding Child, and temporarily
assign it to the Variable - in order to gain access to it's
properties and methods.
Thanks again for all your help -
Mike
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Wicks
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:45 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Can't we access MovieClips contained in
embedded SWF's?
Mike,
what do the clips need to do?
Matt
On 14 Feb 2007, at 16:36, Mike Anderson wrote:
Plat Overview of a subdivision
