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batch operation in function

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October 18, 2011
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hey folks,

I have a number of mcs labelled h 1-15. I want to have a function that if someone places an mc on it, it'll lock to the h mc centered. So I'm thinking I'll have a function similar to this (see below). Is there a way to run this without having to do 15 of the else ifs?

function dragchange(e:DisplayObject):void{

if(h1.hitTestPoint(mouseX, mouseY, true)){

TweenMax.to(me,1,{scaleX:0.4,scaleY:0.2,rotation:0});

} else if (h2.hitTestPoint(mouseX, mouseY, true)){

TweenMax.to(me,1,{scaleX:0.4,scaleY:0.4,rotation:0});

} else if (h3.hitTestPoint(mouseX, mouseY, true)){

TweenMax.to(me,1,{scaleX:0.2,scaleY:0.1,rotation:0});

} else {

TweenMax.to(me,1,{scaleX:0.4,scaleY:0.4,rotation:0});

me.x =500

me.y=500

}

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HandVoodoo

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whats calling the dragChange function?

it will probably be much easier to simply check what mc, if any, is located under the mouseX, mouseY coords (atleast thats what i think youre doing)....

since ultimately the operation your doing to the MC is the same, regardless of which MC it is, you may want to just wrap everything up in an array (or typed vector) than perform your operation.

Here is some pseudo code..

Not exactly sure of all your var names.

                         public var myVector:Vector.<MovieClip> = new Vector.<MovieClip>;
                    public function assignToVector():void {
                              //create a pointer to all your 'h' movie clips in the vector
                              for (var q:Number = 1; q < 16; q++) {
                                        myVector.push(this["h" + q.toString()]);
                              }
                    }
  
                    public function dragChange(e:DisplayObject):Boolean {
                              //cycle thru all the movieclips until a hittest is found
                              for each(var clip:MovieClip in myVector) {
                                        //if hittest, do your Tweening
                                        if (clip.hitTestPoint(mouseX, mouseY, true)) {
                                                  TweenMax.to(me, 1, { scaleX:0.4, scaleY:0.2, rotation:0 } );
                                                  me.x = 500;          //what is 'me'? is this listed somewhere else?
                                                  me.y = 500;
                                                  return true; //return true if something is found
                                        }
                              }
                              return false; //return false if nothing is found
                    }

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jameslavisAuthor

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hey voodoo, pretty simple coder here. The dragchange function name is just a place holder. Really this function will serve as a lock in place function. So when the user grabs a card and drags it to the specified area, there are "pockets", I want the card they choose to lock into the center of the pocket. So I have 15 pockets designated h1-15. The "me" is the dragged object that is currently active. so my whole code currently looks like this. The lockinplace function is actually the one I meant. Would the code you provided still work?

// listeners

helpmenu.xbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, xbuttonclick);

answermenu.xanswerbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, xanswerbuttonclick);

backbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, backclick);

helpbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, helpclick);

answerbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, answerclick);

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,_fullScreen);

import fl.transitions.Tween;

import fl.transitions.easing.*;

import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;

import com.greensock.*;

import flash.media.Sound;

import flash.display.StageScaleMode;

import flash.events.Event;

import flash.display.StageDisplayState;

helpmenu.visible=false;

answermenu.visible=false;

//cdcasetop.mouseEnabled = false;

//variable declarations

//var dvdpickupsound:dvdpickup=new dvdpickup

//var dvdputdownsound:dvdputdown=new dvdputdown

for(var i:int=1;i<=15;i++){

this["pc"+i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, grabMe);

}

var me:Object;

function grabMe(e:MouseEvent):void{

me = e.currentTarget;

me.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, grabMe);

me.startDrag(true);

//TweenMax.to(me,0.2,{scaleX:1.2,scaleY:1.2,rotation:0});

addChild(e.currentTarget as DisplayObject);

//dvdpickupsoundplay();

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, dragMe);

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropMe);

}

function dropMe(e:MouseEvent):void {

stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropMe);

stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, dragMe);

me.stopDrag();

//TweenMax.to(me,0.2,{scaleX:0.63,scaleY:0.63,rotation:0});

me.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, grabMe)

//dvdputdownsoundplay();

}

function dragMe(e:MouseEvent):void {

e.updateAfterEvent();

dragchange(DisplayObject(e.currentTarget))

}

function dragchange(e:DisplayObject):void{

if(table.hitTestPoint(mouseX, mouseY, true)){

setChildIndex(leftclocktop,numChildren - 1);