dynamically adding children from library using array

Question

Hello,

i'm porting an old AS2 project to AS3, And have encounter a problem. I've tried a few different things but had no success.

in AS2 when dynamically attaching a MC from the library i would sometimes use an array. the array would hold linkage reference's, like so;

var mc:String = state_ar[currentState];
this.container.attachMovie(mc,mc,this.getNextHighestDepth());
targetMC = this.container[mc];

How would i do this in AS3?

Answer 1

I'm not quite sure if this is what you're asking but I'll give it a shot.

//New array to store Movie Clips references    
var myArray:Array = new Array();
//Create a movie clip
var movieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
//Add it to the array for reference
myArray.push(movieClip);
//Put it on the stage
this.addChild(movieClip);

You can still use arrays to store references to an object and you can reference them directly.

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In as3 the MovieClips in the library will have a class name, so if you have a MC in the library called MyMovie you would add it in as3 with:

var myMovie:MyMovie = new MyMovie();
addChild(myMovie);

Answer 2

You would do that using getDefinition() or getDefinitionByName()

Check out this answer for code, your situation sounds quite similar.

Note: The only difference is you might be using MovieClips, not images, so you won't need the 0,0 arguments in the constructor.

Answer 3

Answer;

var mc:String = state_ar[currentState];
var classReference:Class = getDefinitionByName(mc) as Class;
var tempMC:Object = new classReference();
this.container.addChild(tempMC)

Thanks George