Hi Does anyone know how I can do 1

[coder1964]

Hi

Does anyone know how I can do something like:

for each mc {
mcname._visible = false;
}

I have lots of clips that I need to hide. I want to simply hide ALL movies then show them when called.

T.I.A.

 

[oldnewbie]

Several ways depending on your setup.

If your clips were numbered named (mc1, mc2, mc3, etc...), you could easily go through a for loop to make them all (or only some) invisible and/or visible again.

If it's just as a starting point, they can all be made invisible to start with, by adding the following on their first frame's...

this._visible = false;

Them simply make anyone visible when needed...

More info on your part?

Regards,

 

[coder1964]

Thanks for the answer. The clips all have meaningfull names and for maintenance reasons these names will have to stay.

At all costs I want to avoid having code inside clips. Again for maintenance reasons. This is company policy as on the next release this job will be someone elses responsibility and all code must be easy to find as well as fully documented.

All primary clips lie on the root although some clips have secondary and tertiary clips nested.

Essentially I require a button which when clicked will make all clips currently on stage invisible. Sort of like a refresh button on a game.

Turning them back on depending on user interaction is a part I dont have to worry about as existing code will take care of that.

I hope that is somewhat clearer.

 

[billwatson]

possible solution

for(item in _root)
if(typeof _root[item] == "movieclip&quot
_root[item]._visible = false;


try and see if thats all you need

if not then you will need some more loops

for(items in _root.mcname)
if(typeof _root[items] == "movieclip&quot
_root.mcname[items]._visible = false;


all code i guess could go inside a series of nested loops....if an item is a movieclip start a new loop for that clip and so on ....probably only worth doing if the number of clips is large

 

[coder1964]

Thanks, billwatson.

The first piece of code solved the problem too well. I ended up with a blank screen !!

However I added a line to switch the navigation system back on and now I am one happy camper.

Once again you have saved me hours of time.

If you are ever in Dayton call me. I will stand you a meal and all the beer you can drink.