load/add Child MC at runtime question

[zdvdla]

so how would i load a specific MovieClip without using new?
this of course creates a new instance over and over again.
I simply want the MovieClip to play (loop)...

I created a simple ball animation called ball_mc. set the class to ballClass in the linkage props.

this works but keeps creating new clips over and over...

var myClip:ballClass = new ballClass();
addChild(myClip);
myClip.x = 250;
myClip.y = 250;

I want to add ball_mc only once and have it loop.
I can't get how to set that. I tried:

var myClip:ballClass = ball_mc();
addChild(myClip);
myClip.x = 250;
myClip.y = 250;

I get these errors..........

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: ballClass.
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method ball_mc.

I must not have a grip on a simple concept somewhere...

 

[kennethkawamoto]

If I do this on the main timeline it works fine:

var mcBall:Ball = new Ball();
var mc:DisplayObject = this.addChild(mcBall);
with (mc) {
	x = 100;
	y = 100;
}

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk