Parent a layer inside a symbol with an external object.

[sergiopop75]

Is it possible to parent a layer that is inside a symbol, with another symbol that is in the main scene? For example for some pupils that are inside the eye symbol, control them from a controller in the main scene.

[kglad]

layers don't exist once you publish, so you can't do anything with layers outside the ide (like control with code). 

otoh, there's no need for that.  you can always copy and paste a layer (or layers) into a movieclip timeline and, of course, movieclips are controllable outside the ide (eg, with code including reparenting).

[sergiopop75]

If it can be done with the movieclip, I am interested, because a pupil of one eye, does not have so many changes of pose, and if needed, it can be swapped symbol and without problems. Now it is how to make this script.

[kglad]

what script?

[sergiopop75]

I refer to "code including reparenting".

[kglad]

if you're asking for code to reparent a movieclip, as3 or canvas/js?

[sergiopop75]

To work with characters, it is better in as3. Currently to use the pupil is to work with two windows, one from the stage and one that is inside the symbol, which is where I move the pupils.

[kglad]

use addChild().

for example, if pupils is a child of character and character is a child of the main timeline and you want to reparent pupils from the main timeline (after it exists), use:

newparent.addChild(character.pupils);

note: even though pupils is now a child of newparent, you still reference it (from the main timeline) as character.pupils, not newparent.pupils.