[Xerte] Re: Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent

Tue Jan 25 22:56:06 GMT 2011

Daa. I knew it had to be simpler.

I just got it with this:

for (i = 0; i < tempIC._parent._parent.pages.length; i++) {
  if (tempIC._parent._parent.pages[i] == tempIC._parent) {
    debug(i);
    break;
  }
}

myIconID.XMLElement.index()

How do I get from
_level0.engine.IFC.PG_MC3.DEC_MC1.PG_MC2.DEC_MC3.PG_MC3.DIS_MC4
to 
myIconID

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:42:35 +0000
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent

myIconID.XMLElement.index()

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson [Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com]

Sent: 25 January 2011 22:40

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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent

Add one more _parent to the statement and that should get you the parent of <PG>. _name will get the movie clip instance name, if that helps.

The list of properties for class MovieClip can be found here: http://flash-reference.icod.de/MovieClip.html
It’s for an older version of Flash, so there may be more properties available than listed.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:23 PM

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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent

Brilliant!

Half-way.

Now I have the reference to <PG>

Now how do I find out what index or child number it is? 

I need to get it's parent so I can then find out what the index() is.

<DEC>

  <PG> // need the index of this page

    <DIS> //can get this

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:57:17 -0800

From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

Subject: [Xerte] Re: Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent

This help (from http://flash-reference.icod.de/)?

_parent Property

public _parent : MovieClip

Player version: Flash Player 5

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.

You can use _parent to move up multiple levels in the display list, as in the following code:

this._parent._parent._alpha = 20;

Example
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:

my_mc.onRelease = function() {
    trace("You clicked the movie clip: "+this);
    trace("The parent of "+this._name+" is: "+this._parent);
}

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:

      You clicked the movie clip: _level0.my_mc
      The parent of my_mc is: _level0

See also
                Button._parent, _root, targetPath(), TextField._parent

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:38 PM

To: Xerte list

Subject: [Xerte] Get index using clip nomen - kind of urgent

I can trap this:

_level0.engine.IFC.PG_MC3.DEC_MC1.PG_MC2.DEC_MC3.PG_MC3.DIS_MC4

I need to get it's parent so I can then find out what the index() is.

<DEC>

  <PG> // need the index of this page

    <DIS> //can get this

Can't figure the syntax

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