Need help with punaises board ..

[Roel018]

Guys... (and girls) ..

I'm trying to add a punaise on a board each time I click on a ADD PUNAISE button.. I'm duplicating the movieclip of a punaise.. Seems quite simple. However.. it get's tricky when I try to detect the x- and y-cos of the different mc's.. For instance, when the user places a punaise on top of another punaise, I need to know the exact x- and y -cos of BOTH mc's to determine which on has to get on TOP in depth... Getting that info from the one I placed urlier is pretty hard... Here's the AC I have so far for the duplicated MC (the punaise)... :



ActionScript:

on(press){
this.startDrag();
this.gotoAndStop(2);
_global.current_active_punaise = this._name;
_global.last_active_punaise = this._name;
}

on(release){
this.stopDrag();
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
_global.current_active_punaise = "none";
last_placed = "punaise_mc"+start_mc_number;
//trace("x_coordinates of punaise ("+last_placed+"): " + this._x);

if(_global.start_mc_number > 0){
var c:Number = 0;
while (c++<_global.start_mc_number) {
qeued_punaise = "punaise_mc"+c;
with(qeued_punaise){
trace("x_coordinates of punaise ("+qeued_punaise+"): " + _x + " " + _y);
}

}
}
}


THIS IT MY OUTPUT:
Code:

1 punaise_mc1 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc1): 174.4 90.2 2 punaise_mc2 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc1): 354.4 -10.8 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc2): 354.4 -10.8 3 punaise_mc3 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc1): 358.4 101.2 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc2): 358.4 101.2 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc3): 358.4 101.2


THIS SHOULD BE my output:
Code:

1 punaise_mc1 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc1): 174.4 90.2 2 punaise_mc2 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc1): 174.4 90.2 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc2): 354.4 -10.8 3 punaise_mc3 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc1): 174.4 90.2 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc2): 354.4 -10.8 x_coordinates of punaise (punaise_mc3): 295.2 101.2


Plz help I have been searching for a solution all day long !!!!

Thnx

 

[Roel018]

For if the post above is too complicated, here it is in short:
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This is what I have:


on(press){
current_mc = current_mc + 1;
new_mc_name = "new_mc_nr_" + current_mc;
newDepth = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
_root.mc_original.duplicateMovieClip(new_mc_name, newDepth);
}

on(release){
trace(new_mc_name);
trace(new_mc_name._x);
}


Now, the PROBLEM is that trace(new_mc_name works great.. I get new_mc_nr_1, new_mc_nr_2, etc.. exactly as supposed to.. However, when I try to get the _x of these seperate MCs, i get an UNDEFINED return... I do this like this:

trace(new_mc_name._x) (with new_mc_name as the last created MC, so could be new_mc_nr_1, new_mc_nr_2, etc.... I need to get the _x of these MCs.. All I get is UNDEFINED....

Plz help me !