attachMovie problem

[BluesmanUK]

Hi guys,
Im having problems getting attachMovie to work for me when i roll over a movieclip.
here is my code:

this.container_mc.button_mc.onRollOver = function() {
							this.attachMovie("icon","icon_mc",this.getNextHighestDepth());
							trace(this.plus_mc); // returns undefined
}

if i try the same with createEmptyMovieClip, it's fine. Anyone have any idea what i'm doing wrong?

cheers,
J

 

[BluesmanUK]

by the way, ignore that in the example im tracing the wrong mc name

 

[kennethkawamoto]

This should work fine. Make sure you have a MovieClip with identifier set to "icon" in the Library.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[BluesmanUK]

yeah that was the first thing i checked, can't understand it!
Here is my code in more detail, perhaps you'll be able to see something that i cant...
(the container movie clip is held as a property of the class this function belongs to)

cheers!

private function arrangeItems() {
	
	var num_items:Number = this.getItemNum();
	var itemx:Number = 0;
	var itemy:Number = 20;

	var _this = this;
	
	// loop through items and fill up the row
	for (var i=0; i<num_items; i++) {
	

		
		this.clip["item"+i]._y = itemy;
		this.clip["item"+i]._x = itemx;
	
		itemx += this.clip["item"+i]._width + 10; 
		
		
		// add rollover function
		this.clip["item"+i].onRollOver = function() {
			
			var iconx = this._x+(this._width-16);
			var icony = this._y-2;
			
			this.attachMovie("icon", "icon_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:iconx, _y:icony});
						
			
		}
		
		this.clip["item"+i].onRollOut = function() {
			
			if (this.popup) {
				
				this.icon_mc.removeMovieClip();
			}
			
		}			
			
	}				
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

What do you get if you trace? e.g.:

var iconMC:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("icon", "icon_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:iconx, _y:icony});
trace("iconMC: "+iconMC);

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[BluesmanUK]

only just come back to this problem as it was holding my project up....

tracing it like that gives me undefined - just dont understand it!!!

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Trace everything

trace("this: " + this);
trace("this.getNextHighestDepth(): " + this.getNextHighestDepth());

etc etc...

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[BluesmanUK]

everything traces fine.... ive worked around it by attaching the clip to the level above the movieclip im in, but id like to know why its not working how i want it to...

oh well, just one of those things i guess!