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Brilliant!<br><br>Half-way.<br><br>Now I have the reference to <PG><br>Now how do I find out what index or child number it is? <br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">I need to get it's parent so I can then find out what the index() is.<br><br><DEC><br> <PG> // need the index of this page<br> <DIS> //can get this</span><br><br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:57:17 -0800<br>From: Paul.Swanson@harlandfs.com<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent<br><br>
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</style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This help (from http://flash-reference.icod.de/)?</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">_parent Property</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">public _parent : MovieClip</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">Player version: Flash Player 5</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current movie clip or object. The current object is the object that references the _parent property. Use the _parent property to specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current movie clip or object.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">You can use _parent to move up multiple levels in the display list, as in the following code:</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">this._parent._parent._alpha = 20;</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">Example</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">The following example traces the reference to a movie clip and its parent timeline.The following example logs the reference to a movie clip and its relationship to the main timeline. Create a movie clip with the instance name my_mc, and add it to the main timeline. Add the following ActionScript to your FLA or AS file:</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">my_mc.onRelease = function() {</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> trace("You clicked the movie clip: "+this);</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> trace("The parent of "+this._name+" is: "+this._parent);</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">}</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">When you click the movie clip, the following information appears in the Output panel:When you click the movie clip, the following information writes to the log file:</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> You clicked the movie clip: _level0.my_mc</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> The parent of my_mc is: _level0</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;">See also</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;"> Button._parent, _root, targetPath(), TextField._parent</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;"><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> Xerte list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent</span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><br>I can trap this:<br><br>_level0.engine.IFC.PG_MC3.DEC_MC1.PG_MC2.DEC_MC3.PG_MC3.DIS_MC4<br><br>I need to get it's parent so I can then find out what the index() is.<br><br><DEC><br> <PG> // need the index of this page<br> <DIS> //can get this<br><br>Can't figure the syntax<br> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"></span></p></div></div><br>
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