onClipEvent

[tomhughes]

This is most likely a very simple question, and may even sound stupid, but I want to confirm my assumptions.
Does the onClipEvent have to be called from a parent movie clip?
Could I possibly have one movie ad call an onClipEvent?

 

[frozenpeas]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean but an onClipEvent is called from a movie clip.

You can have as many MCs calling onClipEvents as you want... you can have an MC call multiple onClipEvents.

frozenpeas

 

[tomhughes]

I guess another way to ask this question is; Can an onClipEvent be called to itself? If I only have one movieClip, can I make this call when it loads, or do I have to call it from another movieclip.

 

[frozenpeas]

I'm still not clear on exactly what you want to do.

If you have one MC you can attach:

onClipEvent(load){
   trace ("Hello!");
   // do other stuff
}

I'm not sure if I'm touching on what you need to know or not. What exactly do you want to accomplish? frozenpeas