flash actionscript: Hello,

I'm trying to make 25 buttons to use in a contact list using an array, and
assigning instance name to each equal to the item of the array

exemple

my_array = new Array("A", "B", "c");
for(k=0; k<my_array.length; k++){
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("my_array[k]", 0+k);
}

this traces A, B, C

thats ok, but now trying tho define the _x and _y doesn't work, in spite of
the trace comand show the right numbers...

Any help please?

This is the code:

Note that It would output

name of button is "A", but it doesn't, I think this is the problem


btns_lista = new Array("A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K",
"L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z");
for (btn=0; btn<btns_lista.length; btn++) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("btns_lista[btn]", 0+[btn]);
trace("name of button is "+btn);
round_corners("_root.btns_lista[btn]", 15, 15, 0.5, 0xFF7223, 100, 0xFFFFFF,
0, 0);
_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._x = 620;
trace("x position of button is "+_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._x);
_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._y = 83.6+btn*20;
trace("y position of button is "+_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._y);
}

And here the output

name of button is 0
x position of button is 620
y position of button is 83.6
name of button is 1
x position of button is 620
y position of button is 103.6
name of button is 2
x position of button is 620
y position of button is 123.6
name of button is 3
x position of button is 620
y position of button is 143.6

When you reference the buttons using the _root[] notation, don't put quotes around the array name.

Change _root['btns_lista[btn]'] to _root[btns_lista[btn]]

hello, thanks for help!

no, thats why i think this strange, i get undifined

name of button is A
x position of button is undefined
y position of button is undefined
name of button is B
x position of button is undefined
y position of button is undefined
name of button is C
x position of button is undefined
y position of button is undefined

< your code is all wrong >

:-) - It was not so wrong... :-(

I just added this "" in the wrong place

your code is all wrong .. you seem to have no idea what quoted strings and
[] do at all .. please change

my_array = new Array("A", "B", "c");
for(k=0; k<my_array.length; k++){
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("my_array[k]", 0+k);
}

to this

my_array = new Array("A", "B", "c");
for (k=0; k<my_array.length; k++) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(my_array[k], k);
}

and change

for (btn=0; btn<btns_lista.length; btn++) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("btns_lista[btn]", 0+[btn]);
trace("name of button is "+btn);
round_corners("_root.btns_lista[btn]", 15, 15, 0.5, 0xFF7223, 100,
0xFFFFFF, 0, 0);
_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._x = 620;
trace("x position of button is "+_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._x);
_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._y = 83.6+btn*20;
trace("y position of button is "+_root["btns_lista[btn]"]._y);
}

to this

for (var btn = 0; btn < btns_lista.length; btn++) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(btns_lista[btn], btn);
trace("name of button is "+_root[btns_lista[btn]]._name);
round_corners(_root[btns_lista[btn]], 15, 15, 0.5, 0xFF7223, 100,
0xFFFFFF, 0, 0);
_root[btns_lista[btn]]._x = 620;
trace("x position of button is "+_root[btns_lista[btn]]._x);
_root[btns_lista[btn]]._y = 83.6+btn*20;
trace("y position of button is "+_root[btns_lista[btn]]._y);
}

or even better, to this

for (var btn = 0; btn < btns_lista.length; btn++) {
var button = _root.createEmptyMovieClip(btns_lista[btn], btn);
trace("name of button is "+button._name);
round_corners(button, 15, 15, 0.5, 0xFF7223, 100, 0xFFFFFF, 0, 0);
button._x = 620;
trace("x position of button is "+button._x);
button._y = 83.6+btn*20;
trace("y position of button is "+button._y);
}

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All the best,
Jeckyl