Why duplicate mc does and attachdoesnot!

[howardmedia]

Some thoughts on why a duplicated movie clip can have a on press startdrag cmd applied to it successfully and an attached, createempty or loaded clip doesnt seem to be able to?

HM

[system]

From an Aussie in Taipei to an Aussie in London (virtual VB to ya, mate):

You can only use attachMovie() to load symbols from your library (and you have to provide a linkage id for those symbols in order to access them).

As mentioned above, if you want to load in external images and muck around with them, you gotta:

1. create your outer clip which will have your event handlers:
   somewhere.createEmptyMovieClip(“outsideClip”, 1); --1 is depth
2. create your inner clip into which you will load your image:
   somewhere.outsideClip.createEmptyMovieClip(“innerClip”, 1);
3. using “innerClip”, load an external image, like so:
   somewhere.outsideClip.innerClip.loadMovie(“gothelions.jpg”,1);
4. chuck your event handlers on outsideClip:
   somewhere.outsideClip.onRollOver = function () {
   // do something
   }

Cheers and good luck! Go the Lions!

@howardmedia

I tried to attach a clip to the holderclip submovie but i cant get it done.

Essentially want to attach small image (externally loaded) to larger image (externally loaded). Small image is draggable within larger image, large image is draggable and takes smaller image with it.

Can do with mc but cant get it right when loading externals into empty mc.

cheers

HM

[system]

Thanks mate, VB was good. The lions nearly got done this weekend. But I think you might have it sewn up again.

Whats Taipei like?

Go the bombers!!

[system]

Lions might go four in a row! What’s London like?

@howardmedia

Thanks mate, VB was good. The lions nearly got done this weekend. But I think you might have it sewn up again.

Whats Taipei like?

Go the bombers!!

[system]

Londons alright mate, heading home for christmas though I think weather is crap here for summer, trying to get this friggen flash app finished. You doing flash flat out in taipei? Lions might just do 4 in a row, great new crop of rookies coming in too. Serious problems with your salary cap mate.

HM