# Difficulty with dynamically created movieclips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/difficulty-with-dynamically-created-movieclips/315921>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 7, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/difficulty-with-dynamically-created-movieclips/315921 "2010-11-07T22:20:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/difficulty-with-dynamically-created-movieclips/315921/1 "2010-11-07T22:20:10Z")

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I am trying to use the ENTER\_FRAME event with a number of dynamically created movieclips and it is not working.

The swf features a series of five clock faces that the user will select by hitting the appropriate button. Each clock has five unique movieclips to that season including a second hand, a minute hand, a main character, a seasonal clock face and a back ground, again, each of these MovieClips are different on each of the five clocks.

**So I have a series of five listeners for each of the buttons:**

spring\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startSpring, false, 0, true);  
winter\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startWinter, false, 0, true);  
…

\*\*then the associated functions to the mouse event looks like this.  
\*\*  
function startSpring(){  
var mBack:springback = new springback();  
var mFace:springface = new springface();  
var mChar:springchar = new springchar();  
var mSeconds:springseconds = new springseconds();  
var mMinutes:springminutes = new springminutes();

bringToStage(mBack,mFace,mChar,mSeconds,mMinutes)  
}

function startWinter(){  
var mBack:winterback = new winterback();  
var mFace:winterface = new winterface();  
var mChar:winterchar = new winterchar();  
var mSeconds:winterseconds = new winterseconds();  
var mMinutes:winterminutes = new winterminutes();

bringToStage(mBack,mFace,mChar,mSeconds,mMinutes)  
}  
… Three others reflecting the three remaining season themes

\*\*The bringToStage function called in each deletes any existing clock pieces and fades in the newly selected clock.  
\*\*  
function bringToStage(mBack,mFace,mJack1,mJack6,mSeconds,mM inutes1,mMinutes6):void  
{  
//cleans out existing clock items from stage  
for (var i:int = 0; i \< numChildren; i++)  
{  
var Cleaner:Tween = new Tween(getChildAt(i), “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, 1, 0, 2, true);  
}

//fades in new  
stage.addChild(mBack);  
mBack.x = 239.3  
mBack.y = 400.3  
var Tweenback:Tween = new Tween(mBack, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, 0, 1, 2, true);

stage.addChild(mFace);  
var Tweenface:Tween = new Tween(mFace, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, 0, 1, 2, true);  
mFace.x=241.3  
mFace.y=241.3  
. . .

\*\*That all is working fine but now I want to use the ENTER\_FRAME Event to keep the time with the hour, minute and second hands, I was hoping to do something like this: \*\*

addEventListener(Event.ENTER\_FRAME, keepTime);

function keepTime(e:Event):void  
{  
var min:int;  
min = Number(my\_date.minutes);  
mMinutes.rotation=(min \* 6);  
…  
}

\*\*Back to where I started, apparantly you can’t throw mMinutes around like that in the code and expect it to work. So I am in search of the rationale so I can find a solution. Keep in mind I am very new to AS3, so please speak slowly.  
\*\*  
Thanks,  
Jim