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creating a dynamic text box inside a movieclip using a for loop

Aug 7, 2012 2:39 PM

I am having issues creating several dynamic text boxes inside a movieclip using a for loop. I am using AS 2. Here is the code I have created thus far

var leading:Number = 0;

function drawClip():Void

{

this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc", 10);

for(i=0;i<5;i++)

{

mc.createTextField("textBoxes" + i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, leading, 200, 200)

mc["textBoxes" + i].text = i;

leading += 20;

}

}

drawClip();

It does create a mc but only display the number 5

Any thoughts?

530 Views 3 Replies Latest reply: Ned Murphy, Aug 8, 2012 4:52 AM

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1. Ned Murphy,

Aug 7, 2012 3:32 PM in reply to jencarter

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You are cionstantly overwriting the previously created textfield due to using the wrong depth definer. You are pointing to "this" to get a depth value, but planting it inside "mc", so it is always going to the same depth since "this" 's depth index doesn't change. Use...

mc.createTextField("textBoxes" + i, mc.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, leading, 200, 200)

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2. jencarter,

Aug 7, 2012 9:06 PM in reply to Ned Murphy

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That worked. Thanks for the help!

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3. Ned Murphy,

Aug 8, 2012 4:52 AM in reply to jencarter

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You're welcome

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