For loop not working when added to function

[IainDHamilton]

Hi,

New here hopefully, this is in the right place.

I have several pop-ups on the stage called pop1-10. I need them to be hidden at run time.

When I try and achieve this using a for loop, it works fine.

for(i=1;this['pop'+i]!=undefined;i++)
{
this['pop'+i].visible=false;
console.log('pop'+i+' hidden');
}

When I try and put this in a function to use later on. It doesn't identify any of the 'pop' objects and leaves them visible.

function hPop()
{
for(var i=1;this['pop'+i]!=undefined;i++)
{
this['pop'+i].visible=false;
console.log('pop'+i+' hidden');
}
}
hPop();

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

[kglad]

'this' is not the parent of your pop-ups when/how hPop() is called, or you're calling hPop() when your pop-ups are not what you think they are.  to debug use the trace() function.

[IainDHamilton]

Hi,

Looks like you were right. I did the 'root' thing from the other response and it has worked.

Thanks for your help

[avid_body16B8 · Accepted solution]

I would do this.

1- add to your first frame

var root = this;

then change this to root in your function.

[IainDHamilton]

resdesign​

Worked like a charm. Thank you very much

[avid_body16B8]

My pleasure. good luck on your project.