how to add text to a moving movieclip dynamic,when movieclip moving, text moving

Question

i have a loaded swf fil, in this file, a movieclip named ball on it, this movieclip move when i press a button, at the moment, i want to add a text on this movieclip, as movieclip moving, text move with it as if they are the same object

Answer 1

Umm. I'm not sure what exactly you wish to do, but If I understand you correctly, there are a few ways of implementing this.

OPTION 1:

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, followFunc);

private function followFunc(event:MouseEvent):void {
    removeChild(text);
    movieClip.addChild(text);
}

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OPTION 2:

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, followFunc);

private function followFunc(event:MouseEvent):void {
    stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, updateFunc);
}

private function updateFunc(event:Event):void {
    text.x = movieClip.x; //possibly + or - some offset
    text.y = movieClip.y;
}

Answer 2

Since the ball is on a timeline, the simplest approach may be to put a textfield in the same MovieClip that the ball is in. Something like the ball asset is on Layer 1, and the textfield is on Layer 2.

Position the textfield as you want it to be, on the ball.

You would need to name the textfield -- something like 'ballTextField', maybe.

Name your ball MovieClip, when you add it to the stage (either in the Flash authoring environment, or programatically). Call it something like 'ball'.

Then:

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickListener);

private function buttonClickListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    ball.ballTextField.text = "Hi.  This text displays on the ball";
}

Essentially, this makes the text and the ball the same object (or two parts of the same object, really).