Duplicate Movie Clip

1

I have a movie clip, that has various codes attached to it to snap to areas of the screen. If I apply the duplicate movie clip command to this, the second instance will have a new name right? so how can I change the code that addressed the orginal movie clip to relate to the new instance with the new name?

Your help, as ever, is appreciated.

Mhunki

2

Lets say your duplicated movie clip is “mov2”. And that you wanted to change the onEnterFrame of mov2.

mov2.onEnterFrame = function() {
//whatever.
}

Is this what you mean?

3

Below is the code attached to the movie clip. User’s take this from a palette of clips and move it arround the screen. The code below causes the clip to snap to locations (shelves). i want the user to be able to then drag another instance of this clip and do the same. I can duplicate the clip, fine, but then this code would still refer to “ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1” and not to the new movie clips name.

on (press) {
startDrag("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", true);
}
on (release) {
d = 60;
y = -961.0;
ydistance = getProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y)-y;
trace(“Ydistance = " add ydistance);
if ((Number(Ydistance)>Number((-1d)) and Number(Ydistance)<Number(d)))
{
stopDrag();
setProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y, y);
} else {
stopDrag();
}
}
on (release) {
d = 60;
y = -840.1;
ydistance = getProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y)-y;
trace("Ydistance = " add ydistance);
if ((Number(Ydistance)>Number((-1d)) and Number(Ydistance)<Number(d)))
{
stopDrag();
setProperty(”_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y, y);
} else {
stopDrag();
}
}
on (release) {
d = 60;
y = -719.2;
ydistance = getProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y)-y;
trace(“Ydistance = " add ydistance);
if ((Number(Ydistance)>Number((-1d)) and Number(Ydistance)<Number(d)))
{
stopDrag();
setProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y, y);
} else {
stopDrag();
}
}
on (release) {
d = 60;
y = -599.8;
ydistance = getProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y)-y;
trace("Ydistance = " add ydistance);
if ((Number(Ydistance)>Number((-1d)) and Number(Ydistance)<Number(d)))
{
stopDrag();
setProperty(”_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y, y);
} else {
stopDrag();
}
}
on (release) {
d = 60;
y = -477.4;
ydistance = getProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y)-y;
trace(“Ydistance = " add ydistance);
if ((Number(Ydistance)>Number((-1*d)) and Number(Ydistance)<Number(d)))
{
stopDrag();
setProperty(”_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1", _y, y);
} else {
stopDrag();
}
}

4

Give this script a try.
Basically it will create a set of code for each button.
When ever “_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1” is used… it will add the value of ‘i’ so “_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup” becomes
"_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1"
"_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup2"
"_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup3"
"_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup4"
"_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup5"

If anything there you want to have the same code but with different names…just add ‘i’

For a string - “myText” + i = “myText1"
if the value of ‘i’ was 50, then
"myText” + i = “myText50”

[AS]
_root.onLoad = function()
{
var totalDuplications = 5; //This is set so the for loop will use the same code 5 times for each button
for (var i = 1; i <= totalDuplications; i++)
{
button*.onPress = function()
{
startDrag("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup" + i, true);
}
button*.onRelease = function()
{
d = 60;
y = -961.0;
ydistance = getProperty("_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup" + i, _y)-y;
trace(“Ydistance = " add ydistance);
if ((Number(Ydistance)>Number((-1*d)) and Number(Ydistance)<Number(d)))
{
stopDrag();
setProperty(”_parent.ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup" + i, _y, y);
}
else
{
stopDrag();
}
}
}
}
[/AS]

Let me know if you need more explaining or you have problems.

Cheers

5

thanks for that

I’m getting

Symbol=ncg_juice_rasp_x5_dup1, Layer=Layer 2, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
_root.onLoad = function()

Symbol=palette_riser, Layer=Layer 54, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
_root.onLoad = function()

6

Ah yes, it needs to be in a frame of your main scene rather than in a movie clip or button.
Just incase your not sure how…click the frame you want the actions in, then click the actions panel and add it in