MovieClip in MovieClip in MovieClip in ....

I've just simplified my code to Circles and Square, but forgot about "You should not use the same variable name as the class of an object") Thank you

And what this code means :

MovieClip(parent)

?

When I type MovieClip(    - the only Flash CS5.5 tip is: MovieClip()

Well, it seems clear, but still not working( Still the same example, plus

bigSquare.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, function(e:Event):void

{

                                        trace(MovieClip(root).bigCircle);

});

It seems bigSquare and bigCircle don't even know, where they are added. It is root, isn't it? Or the mistake is in function, I need  e.target ?

Let's see the whole code (simplified) - main Class of .fla:

package

{

import flash.*;

import flash.display.*;

public class Whatever extends MovieClip

{

public function Whatever ()

{

var bC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

bC.name = "BigCircle";

addChild(bC);

var bS:MovieClip = new BigSquare();

bS.name = "bigSquare";

addChild(bS);

// I suppose they are added to root, because nothing is before addChild

bS.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, bS_ef);

}

function bS_ef(e:Event):void 

{

trace(MovieClip(root).bigCircle);

}

}

}

Error #1069 = no bigCircle property

It was an example, imagine that bS is in another package, it cannot know var bC.

I'm sorry, I typed the example a bit wrong, BigCircle, bigCircle... The scope is not in that. The corrected example:

package

{

          import flash.*;

          import flash.display.*;

          public class Whatever extends MovieClip

          {

                    public function Whatever()

                    {

                              var bC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              bC.name = "bigCircle";

                              addChild(bC);

                              addChild(new Wtf());

                    }

          }

}

package

{

          import flash.*;

          import flash.display.*;

          import flash.events.*;

          public class Wtf extends MovieClip

          {

                    public function Wtf()

                    {

                              var bS:MovieClip = new BigSquare();

                              bS.name = "bigSquare";

                              addChild(bS);

                              bS.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, bS_ef);

                    }

                    function bS_ef(e:Event):void

                    {

                              trace(MovieClip(root).bigCircle);

                    }

          }

}

// ERROR

I still don'get it.

We have var, no matter how it is named, yes? yes!

We make it Movieclip, with name "bigCircle", add it to root, yes? yes!

Where it is (it is on the stage, but not answering)?! Please explain like for the idiots, I do not understand all the nuances of the English language.

My God, what is the 'name" property than? When I say

.name = "ZZZ"

WHAT I say, if it is only the string?! It's readOnly? I suppose no...

And what if I will not write .name="smth" , then getChildByName won't work? If I, for example, don't know var's name, created that movieClip?

So, if I've understood correctly

var's name = MovieClip's name.

And I don't need to write

.name = "smth"

at all...

?

Thank you for all your help, Ned Murphy!

I've been using AS2 for 4 years, and had never been so angry doing simple things like now in AS3.

I've read about name property, example there is simple.

Please tell me the line in bS_ef, where bS traces tC.x

package

{

          import flash.*;

          import flash.display.*;

          public class Whatever extends MovieClip

          {

                    public function Whatever()

                    {

                              var bC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              bC.name = "bigCircle";

                              addChild(bC);

                              var sC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              sC.x = sC.y = 100;

                              sC.name = "smallCircle";

                              bC.addChild(sC);

                              var tC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              tC.x = tC.y = 100;

                              tC.name = "tinyCircle";

                              sC.addChild(tC);

                              addChild(new Wtf());

                    }

          }

}

package

{

          import flash.*;

          import flash.display.*;

          import flash.events.*;

          public class Wtf extends MovieClip

          {

                    public function Wtf()

                    {

                              var bS:MovieClip = new BigSquare();

                              bS.name = "bigSquare";

                              addChild(bS);

                              bS.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, bS_ef);

                    }

                    function bS_ef(e:Event):void

                    {

                              trace(??? "tinyCircle".x);

                    }

          }

}

Anyone?

Trace(???) was just a mark where to change code)

That's what I read from an article "100 tips for ActionScript 3":

"Because every MovieClip, added to timeline, is dynamic, you can add a property, leading to new created child (and not only).

var another_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

another_mc.name = "child_mc";

my_mc.addChild(another_mc);

// create link to child

my_mc.another_mc = another_mc;

// checking

trace(my_mc.another_mc); // [object MovieClip] "

This property (with the name = instance name)  was created automatically in AS2, so every MovieClip 'knew' it's children.

So:

package

{

          import flash.*;

          import flash.display.*;

          import flash.events.*;

          public class Whatever extends MovieClip

          {

                    public function Whatever()

                    {

                              var bC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              bC.name = "bigCircle";

                              addChild(bC);

                              var sC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              sC.x = sC.y = 100;

                              sC.name = "smallCircle";

                              bC.addChild(sC);

                              bC.sC = sC;

                              var tC:MovieClip = new BigCircle();

                              tC.x = tC.y = 100;

                              tC.name = "tinyCircle";

                              sC.addChild(tC);

                              sC.tC = tC;

                              addChild(new Wtf());

                    }

          }

}

package

{

          import flash.*;

          import flash.display.*;

          import flash.events.*;

          public class Wtf extends MovieClip

          {

                    public function Wtf()

                    {

                              var bS:MovieClip = new BigSquare();

                              bS.name = "bigSquare";

                              addChild(bS);

                              bS.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, bS_ef);

                    }

                    function bS_ef(e:Event):void

                    {

                              var bC = MovieClip(root).getChildByName("bigCircle");

                              trace(bC.sC.tC.x); // WORKS!!!

                    }

          }

}

Last question, I suppose, : How can I turn this:

  var bC = MovieClip(root).getChildByName("bigCircle");

  trace(bC.sC.tC.x);

to ONE line, may be not using new var?

trace(MovieClip(root).getChildByName("bigCircle").sC.tC.x);  //Is not working, flash does not find property 'sC'

I've found the answer:

var bC = MovieClip(root).getChildByName("bigCircle");

trace(bC.sC.tC.x);

is similar to

trace(MovieClip(MovieClip(root).getChildByName("bigCircle")).sC.tC.x); // ActionScript 3

trace(_root.bC.sC.tC._x); // ActionScript 2

THANKS FOR HELP!