getChildByName(“name”) works great if my object has been added to the stage or some MC. But what can I do if I have an object created dynamically that I want to reference later in the code but haven’t added to the stage? Here’s an example:
for (var a = 0; a < 10; a++) {
var testObject = addChild(new BlankMC());
testObject.name = “myTest_” + a;
}
// later in the code
var someItem = getChildByName(“myTest_3”);
trace(someItem);
This returns my BlankMC instance, but ONLY because it was added to the stage. If I don’t use “addChild”, then I get “null” because my instance is not a child of the stage (or anything else as far as I know). Is getChildByName the ONLY function for referencing a dynamic element?
