jsfl question - getting layers in a movieclip

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May 7, 2020
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Hi, could anybody tell me, how to get the layers IN a movieclip with jsfl ?

in this example i am getting the layer called "SH3", that has to be on the main timeline.

if (fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().findLayerIndex("SH3") != undefined) {
document.selectNone();
var layerIndex = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().findLayerIndex("SH3");
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().setSelectedLayers(layerIndex[0], true);
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().setLayerProperty('locked', false);
}

But how should i do that if the layer is IN A MOVIECLIP-symbol? ( called keyart) , so NOT on the main timeline

Thank you!

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marlonp68079250

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Vladin M. Mitov

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Hi,

You just need to create a function that receives as parameters the timeline and the layer's name. For example:

function searchForLayer( tml, layername ){
	if ( tml.findLayerIndex( layername ) != undefined) {
		document.selectNone();
		var layerIndex = tml.findLayerIndex( layername );
		tml.setSelectedLayers( layerIndex[0], true );
		tml.setLayerProperty( 'locked', false );
	}
}

OK, now we need to get the symbol's timeline:

var lib = fl.getDocumentDOM().library;
var itemIndex = lib.findItemIndex("keyart" );
var myTimeline = lib.items[ itemIndex ].timeline;

...and pass it as a first parameter to the function. The second parameter is the layer's name:

searchForLayer( myTimeline, "SH3" );

- Vlad: UX and graphic design, Flash user since 1998Member of Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation

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RobCrisPAuthor

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Hi, thanks for your answer. It sounds perfectly right, and does not throw any errors, but does not work ( at least for what i want to do )

the following example works ( this time it is the SH1 layer )

var SH1_Visible = false;

if (fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().findLayerIndex("SH1") != undefined) {
	document.selectNone();
	var layerIndex = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().findLayerIndex("SH1");
	fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().setSelectedLayers(layerIndex[0], true);
	fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().setLayerProperty('visible', SH1_Visible);
}

in your example , it seems, that the layer SH3 is undefined, but i am not sure, i will keep testing...

In the end i just want to set the layer to invisible, or delete it somehow... after that another jsfl is reverting that anyway..

i wonder if it is really necessary to get into the movieclip´s timeline (what i thought is the only solution). so is´nt it possible to delete a ibrary item, without going through the layer selection - thing?

The whole thing is just about image-export. and the bools on top set to true or false should just make it possible to set some Images/Texts/Layers to invisible, it all works, except getting to the content that is inside a symbol. so if you could give me another hint, how i just "get rid of something" , that is in the library ( lets forget the layers if thats possible ).?

ok sorry for the trouble, what i wanted works the hard but easy way:

if (!SH1_Visible) {lib.deleteItem(["SH1"]);}
else {lib.deleteItem(["SH1b"]);}

Thanks again!

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