targeting one level from another

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November 4, 2008
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Within a Flash document called "replace.swf" the following input style text field is created:
_root.createTextField("main_txt",10,375,65,375,400);

------- so, the above input text field can be addressed as "_level10.main_txt" from another level right?

I also load "textStyler.swf" within "replace.swf" on level99:

Now I try to make a change in "_level10.main_txt" from "textStyler.swf" with the following code:
_level10.main_txt.text = "this is the replacement text";

But no changes occur to the text field.

I guess there's something wrong with the targeting!
??
thanks, carry

ActionScript

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chopTheWoodAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks. I never cared much for _level anyway. It's nice to know that I can know less instead of leaning that I have to learn more :)

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Newsgroup_User

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FYI - it's best if you completely forget about the notion of levels as they
are useless and confusing. Think in terms of movieClips and depths within
those clips - which are the same as layers in your clips timeline.

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chopTheWoodAuthor

Inspiring

okay, i get it.. i'm thinking of the z order. I can probably figure it out now.. thanks

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Rothrock

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No. it doesn't. If that code is in the clip that is loaded into _level99 then that code creates the text field at a DEPTH of 10 on the main timeline of _level99.

DEPTHS and LEVELS are not the same thing.

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chopTheWoodAuthor

Inspiring

creates the text field on level 10 (i thought??)

_root.createTextField("main_txt",10,375,65,375,400);// level 10
main_txt.type = "input";
main_txt.border = false;
main_txt.textWidth = 400;
main_txt.background = false;
main_txt.multiline = true;
main_txt.html = false;
main_txt.selectable = true;
main_txt.wordWrap = true;
main_txt.variable = "sortedDir";
main_txt.scroll = true;
//load text file
loadText.load("editText/"+doc+".txt");

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chopTheWoodAuthor

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the .swf file that is loaded into level99 is addressing the dynamic text file that is loaded into level 10. It is trying to change the text in some way.

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Rothrock

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Oh as I clicked the reply button I noticed what I think you are doing.

You think that creating the clip at a depth of 10 puts it on _level10? That isn't what depths are. Read these pages to learn about depths in Flash:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/depths.htm

Levels are really not that useful if you are using actionscript because they aren't really a class with methods and properties that you can manipulate. In fact they have gone away in AS3. There is no way to create a textfield on _level10 other than to make a swf file with a textfield and then loadMovieNum (or the MovieClipLoader version) into _level10.

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Rothrock

Inspiring

Well you say replace.swf is on _level99, but then you are addressing it on _level10. So which is it?

If it isn't working, then there is no text field called main_txt on the root timeline of _level10 -- at least not at the time the command is run. So you might have a problem with trying to address the field before the external content has loaded.

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