Hello,
Im trying to get up to speed on the AS3, but keep having problems that seem like they shouldnt be happening.
first, i have 6 movie clips on my stage… named b1-b6.
those are my buttons.
this simple code (on main timeline) doesn’t work:
[AS]
var main:MovieClip = this
function initNav ()
{
for (var i:uint=1; i<=6; i++)
{
main[“b” + i].addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mainPress);
main[“b”+i].datahold = i;
main[“b”+i].buttonMode = true;
}
}
initNav ();
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function mainPress (e:Event):void
{
trace(e.target.datahold)
}
[/AS]
the trace returns undefined? why cant the datahold variable be added to the movie clip?
if i try to trace:
[AS]
trace(e.target.name)
[/AS]
i get results like instance17. which isnt the name or instance name of the movie clip at all.
the code looks simple enough, and it looks correct. what am i missing here?
Thanks