named function parameters

Forum|Forum|19 years ago
March 10, 2007
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Hi -
I'm trying to condense all the properties of a button or movieclip currently on the stage from:
AnyBtnOrMc._visible=true;
AnyBtnOrMc._x = 400;
AnyBtnOrMc._y = 200;

to:
ElementIs("AnyBtnOrMc", true, 400, 200);

by using the named function attached.

I get the trace(statemnt) but I don't get the mc or btn appearing.

What am I missing?

TIA any help.

JL

ActionScript

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kglad

Community Expert

you're welcome.

J

JLUCCAuthor

Known Participant

Yep - that's the way it's working out.

When one of the inner measurements needs to be blank I've used "0" (without quoutes) and that seems to work.

Hit and miss, hit and miss.

Thanks again for keeping in touch today.

JL

kglad

Community Expert

you're welcome.

can you arrange things so only the last parameter is (sometimes) omitted?

J

JLUCCAuthor

Known Participant

kglad -

Thanks again. It works like a charm.

A further clarification please...
As if to prove that a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing...
I've added width and height to the params.
How do I code the ElementIs if I need to leave out one of the params?

JL

kglad

Community Expert

your passing a string. you must either pass a reference to the object in your function call or resolve the string to an object in your function (using array notation). which do you want to do?

J

JLUCCAuthor

Known Participant

kglad - What a choice (I understand neither) !
SInce I'm not using any Array I think what I'm looking for is to " pass a reference to the object". By object, you mean "elementName" ?

Thanks for your help.

JL

kglad

Community Expert

if you're passing an object reference, don't use quotes:

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