Instance name is null?

[as3panda]

I generated a list of movieclip that contain different text.

for(var i:int=0;i<locationarray.length;i++) {

                                        locationmc=new locationname();

                                        addChild(locationmc)

                                        locationmc.name="loc1"

                                        locationmc.locationtxt.text=locationarray;

                                        locationmc.x = Math.floor(Math.random() * 500);

                                        locationmc.y = Math.floor(Math.random() * 300);

                                        locationmc.y=100;

                                        locationmc.x=200;

                                        trace(locationmc.name)

                                        locationobject.push(locationmc)

                                        locationmc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,mousedown)

                                        locationmc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,mouseup)

                                        stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,testobject);

                              }

But when I do a check on the instance name it would show up null, code for the checking is as follows

public function testobject(e:Event){

                              trace(e.target.name)

                              trace(e.currentTarget.name)

                    }

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

It is possible e.target is not what you think it is.  Try tracing e.target to see what you are trying to get a name from.  When you trace e.currentTarget you are going to get the object that has the listener assigned, which in this case is the stage, which does not implement a name property.

[as3panda]

I'm so dumb, you right, I shouldn't have added to stage.

[as3panda]

Another question, I have bunch of movieclip placed on stage already with different instance name, is there a way to select them in the as file? I tried getChildByName("loc1").addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,test) but it seem to be null.

[Ned Murphy]

If you have an object you placed on the stage with an instance name of loc1 assigned to it, then all you should need to do is use...

loc1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,test);

But that might not work if the as file is not the document class and the as file has no reference to objects on the stage..

[as3panda]

It doesn't seem to work I tried to declear it on top public var loc1:MovieClip but it would still gave error 1009, and when I try to put a list of loc in array it appear to be null as well

var targetarray:Array=new Array(loc1,loc2,loc3,loc4,loc5,loc6,loc7,loc8,loc9,loc10,loc11,loc12)

[as3panda]

but suprisingly, when I put the code on frame it would work, I don't understand why

[as3panda]

never mind, I fixed, thank you anyway