Detecting a rollover on a movieclip 1

[carmenMiranda]

I have a stage with a variable number of variably-named movieclips (ie: the number and instance names are generated dynamically).

If any one of these movieclips is rolled over, how would I then pass the instance name of the rolled over clip to a function?

I can do it no problem if the instance names are hard-coded in at the start, but that's not the approach I want to take.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

// AS2 main timeline
var someMovieClip:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("mcSomeMC", "mcDynamicallyCreatedMC", 1);
someMovieClip.onRollOver = function():Void  {
	someFunction(this._name);
};
function someFunction(mcName:String):Void {
	trace("mcName: "+mcName);
}

//Output
mcName: mcDynamicallyCreatedMC

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[carmenMiranda]

Many thanks - once again an excellent answer.