Apply Actionscript to all Movieclip

[evaneley]

I was wondering how you could apply some actionscript to every movieclip on the stage, other than manually copying and pasting, preferably with some actionscript.

[Archon68]

Just expand from this:

var myMovieClips:Array = new Array("duck", "cow", "dog", "cat");

function myFunction(){
	trace("Function Executed");
	//Your Code
}

for(var i=0; i<myMovieClips.length; i++){
	_root[myMovieClips[i]].onRelease = function(){
		myFunction();
	}
}

[evaneley]

Um, I don't really know what to do with that, I suck with arrays and other actionscript stuff. All I want to do is apply one line of code to every movieclip I have on stage, which is a lot, and it would take to long to apply one line of code to them all manually. (I just want to apply this.swapDepths(_y)) So could I do something like,

var myMovieClips:Array = new Array("All Movieclips on Stage:);

function myFunction(){
this.swapDepths(_y);
}

for(var i=0; i<myMovieClips.length; i++){
_root[myMovieClips[i]].onRelease = function(){
myFunction();
}
}

Sorry, I really don't get it.

[Archon68]

Why would you want to make it swap depths with its own _y position?

To add more items to my array, just add a comma, followed by a string with the name of your movieClip.

[Archon68]

At 6/21/09 02:46 PM, Archon68 wrote: Why would you want to make it swap depths with its own _y position?

To add more items to my array, just add a comma, followed by a string with the name of your movieClip.

Code, BTW:

var myMovieClips:Array = new Array("duck", "cow", "dog", "cat");

for(var i=0; i<myMovieClips.length; i++){
	_root[myMovieClips[i]].onRelease = function(){
		this.swapDepths(_y);
	}
}

[evaneley]

It's so that objects can appear behind and infront of other objects, it gives it the depth of its current _y position. But it doesn't work when I use that code.

[Yambanshee]

easy:

for(i in _root){
i.onEnterFame = function () {
//CODE
}
}

thats ALL you need

[UnknownFury]

At 6/21/09 02:59 PM, Yambanshee wrote: for(i in _root){
i.onEnterFame = function () {
//CODE
}
}

for (var i in _root) 
{
	if (typeof(_root[i]) == "movieclip") 
		_root[i].swapDepths(_root[i]._y);
}

[Archon68]

At 6/21/09 02:49 PM, evaneley wrote: It's so that objects can appear behind and infront of other objects, it gives it the depth of its current _y position. But it doesn't work when I use that code.

Did you change "duck" "cow" "dog" and "cat" to your own Movie Clips?

Here's a .fla file so you can see it working.

And to Yambanshee, wouldn't that apply the actions to ALL the movieclips in the _root layer? I'm guessing he doesn't want it applied to everything. If he has a movieclip for the background, or for a mute button, etc. then it'll apply the function to those as well.

[milchreis]

check out "prototype".

[evaneley]

Hey thanks for all the help, it works, but all i need now is a code so that the depth of one movieclip is always above everything.
Should I just set its depth to 999999999999 or something?

[milchreis]

At 6/21/09 04:35 PM, evaneley wrote: Hey thanks for all the help, it works, but all i need now is a code so that the depth of one movieclip is always above everything.
Should I just set its depth to 999999999999 or something?

check out "getNextHighestDepth()"

[asgrunt]

prototype is nice but be aware that _root is a mc, too. The prototype may affect it which makes no sense. So to loop through everything in _root maybe a better solution. Also, as far as I understand the question, it is enough to change the depth of the objects on _root (and not mcs who are nested in other mcs - prototype would change them, too)

[milchreis]

At 6/22/09 04:02 AM, asgrunt wrote: prototype is nice but be aware that _root is a mc, too. The prototype may affect it which makes no sense. So to loop through everything in _root maybe a better solution. Also, as far as I understand the question, it is enough to change the depth of the objects on _root (and not mcs who are nested in other mcs - prototype would change them, too)

duuh, are you afraid to make this last step yourself or what?
use a flag var.
Be aware that this may help somebody who does not want to change the depth only and who searches for a way to place code on every mc. (I know that this is not probable, yet not impossible)

[Hoeloe]

At 6/21/09 03:09 PM, Archon68 wrote:

At 6/21/09 02:49 PM, evaneley wrote: It's so that objects can appear behind and infront of other objects, it gives it the depth of its current _y position. But it doesn't work when I use that code.

Did you change "duck" "cow" "dog" and "cat" to your own Movie Clips?

Here's a .fla file so you can see it working.

And to Yambanshee, wouldn't that apply the actions to ALL the movieclips in the _root layer? I'm guessing he doesn't want it applied to everything. If he has a movieclip for the background, or for a mute button, etc. then it'll apply the function to those as well.

It's still easy to cut any out by just adding in:

&& i._name != "movieclipname"){

to the function.

Swapping depths with the _y position is also the best way to allow objects to move on a 4 way directional plane and interact with the depths of other objects, i.e. appear behind or in front of an object depending on where they are on the screen.