Why i cant modify my created movieclip?

1

Hi there.
I created some movie clips using duplicate movie clip. But when i try to modify them, by using their name stored in a variable, i just cant (please reffer to “HERE”).
The process of creating the movie clips seem to be ok… But not sure if the way that i am calling the movieclip’s names is ok.
Why is that?
Thanks.
Cheers.
Leo.


po_x = 100;
po_y = 100;
t = 1;
i=0;
while (i < 4)
{
 duplicateMovieClip(mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1.area_test, "area_test_" + (i), mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1.getNextHighestDepth());
 mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1["area_test_"+i].onRollOver = function() 
 {
  temp = this;
  trace(temp);
  un = temp.lastIndexOf("_");
  l = temp.length();
  temp = temp.substring(un+1, l);
  //trace(temp);
 };
 
 i++;
}
for (c=0; c<30; c++) 
{
 mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1["area_test_"+(c+1)]._x = po_x;
 mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1["area_test_"+(c+1)]._y = po_y;
 po_y = po_y+102;
 if (t == 19) 
 {
  t = 0;
  po_x = po_x+120;
  po_y = -1109.1;
 }
 t++;
}
m_var= "mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1.area_test_3";   //HERE
_root[m_var]._xscale = 1500;   //HERE
_root[m_var]._yscale = 1500;  //HERE
2

just use setProperty function:
example:

setProperty(“main_carousel/”+indexArray*,_width,14);

3

Thanks for ur reply…it worked for changing the size, but also what if i just want the movie clip to do a “gotoandPlay” ?

4

telltarget works well too…although i am not really sure about your variable value: “mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1.area_test_3” are these parent and child movie clip references?

5

yeap…
all references…
"mc_l_3.mc_l_2.mc_l_1.area_test_3"
mc_l_3 = first movie clip name
mc_l_2 = second movie clip name
m_l_1 = third movi clip name
area_test_3 = movie clip name

Just checked the Telltarget, but didnt understand and is depreciated…

6

it WORKED!
Thanks a lot

correction: **Deprecated **

And since it is Deprecated , how could we do the same thing, without using the Deprecated function?