Related to my other thread on retrieving object names from an array, I’m running into an issue where clips that are dynamically assigned names and attached to a “container” along with a _type property are getting caught up in for… loop being used to sort through all of the clips attached to “container”.
function collectAndSort() {
for (var obj in container) {
if (typeof container[obj] == "movieclip") {
whichType = container[obj]._type;
whichItem(whichType);
trace(whichType);
}
}
}
the whichItem function looks like this (nothing fancy):
function whichItem (whichType){
//trace("whichItem function was called");
if (whichType == "1mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Double Door Display";
unitItem.item_desc = "80 x 96 Display Frame"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "80 x 96";
unitItem.unit_price = 100;
}else if (whichType == "2mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Single Door Display";
unitItem.item_desc = "42 x 96 Display Frame"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "42 x 96";
unitItem.unit_price = 85;
}else if (whichType == "3mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Side Window Right";
unitItem.item_desc = "Side Window Panel With Right Window"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "30 x 96";
unitItem.unit_price = 150;
}else if (whichType == "4mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Beam";
unitItem.item_desc = "Vertical Connector Beam"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "12 x 96";
unitItem.unit_price = 75;
}else if (whichType == "5mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Side Window Left";
unitItem.item_desc = "Side Window Panel With Left Window"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "30 x 96";
unitItem.unit_price = 150;
}else if (whichType == "6mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Shelf";
unitItem.item_desc = "Brochure Display Shelf"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "24 x 48";
unitItem.unit_price = 100;
}else if (whichType == "7mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Poster Panel lg";
unitItem.item_desc = "Large Top Mounted Poster Panel"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "80 x 24";
unitItem.unit_price = 40;
}else if (whichType == "8mc"){
unitItem.item_id = whichType;
unitItem.item_name = "Poster Panel sm";
unitItem.item_desc = "Small Top Mounted Poster Panel"
unitItem.item_dimensions = "0 x 24";
unitItem.unit_price = 40;
}
_root.purchaseArray.push(unitItem);
}
And just for reference, here’s how those pesky clips got there (again, posted in a previous thread):
for (k=1; k<9; k++) {
this["btn"+k].kvar = k;
this["btn"+k].onPress = function() {
getclips(this.kvar);
trash.enabled = true;
btn_trash_all.enabled = true;
};
}
/******************************************************************************
Clip handling: attaching, dragging and also tracking (via "reportMe")
******************************************************************************/
function getclips(l) {
clip = container.attachMovie(l+"mc", "mc"+i, i);
clip._type = l+"mc";// "_type" property used for clip type comparisons
reportMe = clip;
myType = reportMe._type;
//trace(reportMe._type);
addSubtotal(myType);
clip.k = l;
clip._x = 180;
clip._y = 180;
clip.onPress = doDrag;
clip.onRelease = clip.onReleaseOutside=noDrag;
cliparray.push(clip);
clip.ivar = i;
i++;
}
Now when I run it and attach a few clips, I get their proper _type, but whichType is assigned the same thing for each(?). Here’s what I get in a trace after dragging out 3 clips and calling the collectAndSort function:
6mc
4mc
2mc
Single Door Display
Single Door Display
Single Door Display
clip 6mc, 4mc, and 2mc are correct but the matching for a text output via whichItem isn’t and it’s called in that for… loop. They shouldn’t each be matched to “Single Door Display”.
I’m thinking this needs to be approached differently but I don’t have the option of writing out (php or whatever) and then reading back in to to split etc. (was reading the “best of” archives as saw a great one on this).
So, here’s my tangled mess. I know that it is at least getting that far which is encouraging, just that the final sorting through to populate a text field as a purchase list gives me a match for the first clip attached (ie “Single Door Display”).
Later edit…sorry forgot to mention that “Single Door Display” string comes from the unitItem.item_name property matched in the whichItem function (also shown above).
Can anybody help out a guy in over his head? :huh:
