[unsolved] AS3: How to declare instance names?

Hi.

Say I make a symbol, place it in Root.main.content, and set its instance name to contentBg. Now how do I declare that instance in my code? As a result I want to be able to do for example this:

Root.main.content.contentBg.x = 100;

In AS2 I didn’t have to do any special declarations, but here I have to and don’t know how :)

Thanx!

What exactly is Root.main.content? Is that a package? or are they also symbols?

So, you’ve created a movieclip in the library, and checked the ‘export for actionscript’ button in the properties, right?

Suppose you called the movieClip in the library ‘Stickman’

myNewStickman : Stickman = new Stickman();
stage.addChild(myNewStickman);

You can now reference that movieclip by

myNewStickman.x = 100;

No need to use root at all. AS3 doesn’t really use root anymore.

If you’ve already dragged a copy of the movieclip onto the stage you can give it a name in the properties window. You don’t ned to declare it in that case. Whatever name you gave it, that’s what you use in your actionscript to reference that movieclip.

In AS3, you should hardly ever need to use instance names, since usually they are referenced by variables. If you feel that you need to use the reference name of the object, you can find it by the objects name property.

var myNewStickman : Stickman = new Stickman();
myNewStickman.name = "bob";   //I believe its a string, but not positive.