Dynamically assign depth

programming flash
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HI all, I’m making this card and have the movie to remember the card _x _y the scale etc. But I have problem with the depth.

I can assign the movie to remember the depth of every movieclip, but I have problem reassign them, is this part of the script, I wonder anyone can tell me where I go wrong…

I want the selected images to appear at the same depth level in the preview as they are dragged on stage or manipulated by the user?So, for instance, I drag a pig, then a boy on the stage, then select the pig to be on top, preview needs to display them at the same depth.

Allow me to attach other file
www.dreamance.com/download/depthMXB.zip

Let me explain some of the core code

  1. The Invis button at the bottom. This first assign a depth to the movie you duplicated:
on (release, releaseOutside) {
	stopDrag();
	varHolder.itemData.push(singleData);
	// 
	// swap depth
	this["item"+varHolder.itemCount].swapDepths(this.varHolder.itemCount-1);
	// 
	// save current item name
	this.varHolder.currentGraphic = myName;
}
  1. item.bound.(invisbleButton). When the movie is on the stage, the user click on the movie itself to swap depth:
on (press) {
	// start drag
	startDrag(_parent);
	// 
	// swap depth
	this._parent.swapDepths(this._parent._parent.varHolder.itemCount-1);
	// this._parent.swapDepths(90);
	// 
	// 
	// save current item name
	this._parent._parent.varHolder.currentGraphic = this._parent._name;
	// 
}
  1. Preview Button. This is update all the movieclip position and depth etc:
on (release) {
	// 
	_parent.varHolder.outData = "";
	// 
	getNextHighestDepth();
	for (i=0; i<_parent.varHolder.itemData.length; i++) {
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[0] = Math.round(_parent["item"+(i+1)]._x);
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[1] = Math.round(_parent["item"+(i+1)]._y);
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[2] = Math.round(_parent["item"+(i+1)].picture._xscale);
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[3] = Math.round(_parent["item"+(i+1)].picture._yscale);
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[4] = Math.round(_parent["item"+(i+1)]._rotation);
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[5] = _parent["item"+(i+1)].picture._currentframe;
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[6] = _parent["item"+(i+1)].getDepth();
		_parent.varHolder.itemData*[7] = _parent["item"+(i+1)]._name;
		// 
		// output into data
		_parent.varHolder.outData += _parent.varHolder.itemData*.join("/")+"-";
	}
	// 
	// 
	_parent.gotoAndPlay("preview");
}
  1. Frame 45. This will echo back the data saved, and try to reposition the movieclip:
inData = varHolder.outData.split("-");
 //trace(inData);
// 
// 
for (i=0; i<inData.length; i++) {
	duplicateMovieClip(itemShow, "itemShow"+i, i);
	inSingle = inData*.split("/");
	// 
	 this["item"+i].trace(inSingle);
	with (this["itemShow"+i]) {
		_x = inSingle[0];
		_y = inSingle[1];
		picture._xscale = inSingle[2];
		picture._yscale = inSingle[3];
		_rotation = inSingle[4];
		picture.gotoAndStop(inSingle[5]);
		swapDepths(inSingle[6]);
		// _name;
	}
}
// 
// 
// 
stop();

Thanks in advance