"Jeckyl" <Jeckyl@Hyde.com> wrote in message news:<cc0mpi$2i$1@forums.macromedia.com>...
> MovieClips and other objects (like arrays) are always passed by reference
> anyway

"j" <junk@idea-multimedia.com> wrote in message
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> i have a question regarding functions in actionscript 2.0 - i would
> like to be able to pass movieclips or textareas by reference into
> functions in an external .as file. specifically, i want to call a
> function from my scripts.as file in my flash movie to manipulate a
> movie clip on the stage. id also like to be able to manipulate text
> areas with functions if possible.
> i could accomplish the functionality i need by passing in numeric or
> string data and returning values, but manipulating the clips
> themselves within the functions would be much cleaner and easier for
> future maintenance. because im reusing these functions for numerous
> clips and in different movies, it would be ideal to pass in movieclips
> by reference.
>
> any help/examples or suggestions would be appreciated. thanks!!
> j

junk@idea-multimedia.com (j) wrote in message news:<b6a9cfc.0407010914.528a1d36@posting.google.com>...
> "Jeckyl" <Jeckyl@Hyde.com> wrote in message news:<cc0mpi$2i$1@forums.macromedia.com>...
> > MovieClips and other objects (like arrays) are always passed by reference
> > anyway
>
> that is what i suspected, ive tried KnowMind's suggestions and have
> had no luck with that method so far. that is how i initially tried to
> do this, but so far have not been able to accomplish any manipulation.
> here's what i have:
>
> there is a movieclip on the stage with instance name "mapLoader" and
> a textArea on the stage named "textbox".
>
> the actionscripts on this particular frame are as follows:
>
> function testmc(mc:MovieClip)
> {
> mc._x = mc._x + 100;
> }
>
> function testtb(tb:TextArea)
> {
> tb.text = "testing";
> }
>
> testmc(mapLoader);
>
> testtb(textbox);
>
> getting no result from this, no errors either.
> thanks!