Hi,
I’m trying to do my best teaching myself programming, but it is taking me all day to figure this out, even after surfing threads about adding and removing children. I am a coach and want to use this drawing app for the kids. I have three different mc’s that have drawing code in them. Each movie clip has a different canvas in it. One is blank, one looks like a soccer field, One looks like a gym, and the other looks like a basketball court. Its for drawing players and plays. On the main stage I have three thumbnails of the canvas’. What I would like to do, is when you click on the thumbnail, it adds that specific movie clip to the stage. When another thumbnail is clicked, I would like it to check and remove one if it is there, and then add the new canvas to the stage (for performance). I also have an exit button to clear the child in the 0 index which is where I addChild. I think I’m using indexes in a bad way! Im sure my code is rough around the edges but here it is. Even if I need to work with a new idea, I would love your help problem solving this!
Thanks
Josh
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import flash.display.SimpleButton;
//Adds functionality to the exit button
exit.visible = false;
exit.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, closePaint);
function closePaint(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
removeChildAt(0);
exit.visible = false;
}
//adds event listeners to the sketchpad thumbnails
blank.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, blankSketch);
gym.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gymSketch);
goal.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goalSketch);
basketball.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, basketSketch);
//creates function for sketch pad thumbnails
function blankSketch(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
var blankSketch:mc_sketchPadBlank = new mc_sketchPadBlank;
blankSketch.x = 152;
blankSketch.y = 156;
blankSketch.width = 674;
blankSketch.height = 503;
blankSketch.name = “blankSketch”;
addChildAt(blankSketch, 0);
exit.visible = true;
for( var i:uint = 0; i < numChildren; i++){ trace(getChildAt(i).name + i) }
}
function gymSketch(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
var gymSketch:mc_sketchGym = new mc_sketchGym;
gymSketch.x = 152;
gymSketch.y = 156;
gymSketch.width = 674;
gymSketch.height = 503;
gymSketch.name = “gymSketch”;
addChildAt(gymSketch, 0);
exit.visible = true;
for( var i:uint = 0; i < numChildren; i++){ trace(getChildAt(i).name + i) }
}
function goalSketch(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
var goalSketch:mc_sketchGoal = new mc_sketchGoal;
goalSketch.x = 152;
goalSketch.y = 156;
goalSketch.width = 674;
goalSketch.height = 503;
goalSketch.name = “goalSketch”;
addChildAt(goalSketch, 0);
exit.visible = true;
for( var i:uint = 0; i < numChildren; i++){ trace(getChildAt(i).name + i) }
}
function basketSketch(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
var basketSketch:mc_sketchBasket = new mc_sketchBasket;
basketSketch.x = 152;
basketSketch.y = 156;
basketSketch.width = 674;
basketSketch.height = 503;
basketSketch.name = “basketSketch”;
addChildAt(basketSketch, 0);
exit.visible = true;
for( var i:uint = 0; i < numChildren; i++){ trace(getChildAt(i).name + i) }
}
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