help me with attachMovie ()

[rubychyld]

I have a loop - with each pass I want to attach a movie with certain properties, but attach movie doesn't seem to work as I expect it to.

I have a symbol "linked" properly from the library.

attachMovie("notePreview", "thisNote", 0);
thisNote._x = 10;
thisNote._y = 10;

can anyone help?
Thanks, Liz Catch the vigorous horse of your mind!

 

[oldnewbie]

Haven't really used the "attachMovie" bit, but it's the first time I've seen some code with "0" as the last parameter.
Have you tried with "1" instead.

You might also want to have a look at this tutorial, it probably could be of some further help:

http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/beginner/attachMovie/index.shtml

Regards,

ldnewbie

 

[rubychyld]

Thank you. I reviewed this tutorial... here is a better formed question.

Does the attachMovie work like a function that can be called anytime, or does it only work on a mouse event?

I am looping through an array or memos or notes and want to create a movie clip or button with each pass, and assign different variables, note text, date and time, to the dynamic text fields of these new movie clips. and create a group of post-it-notes, so to speak.

Is this going to work? I can post some code if it will help.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share your knowledge. Catch the vigorous horse of your mind!