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How to place a movie clip on the top layer above everything else on stage...(AS2)

Asked by: sam928

hello,
i have movie clip that was called by 'attach movie' (clip 1), and i have another movie clip (clip2)  that i need to be on top of that 'clip1' ... but it is not letting me because the clip 1 (attach movie) is not on an actual layer to begin with..

How do make my other movie clip go to the top layer above the attach movie clip?

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2009-10-29 at 11:39:59ID24855713
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actionscript. flash

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as2

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Apple Laptop

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ActionScript

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Adobe Flash

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Answers

 

by: CyanBluePosted on 2009-10-29 at 12:00:08ID: 25696994

You could use swapDepths() call to swap them...

   clip2.swapDepths(clip1);

CyanBlue

 

by: sam928Posted on 2009-10-29 at 12:21:56ID: 25697248

hello CyanBlue !

ok so what i have is a button called 'ButGetImage'   .. this is inside of the movie clip called 'ThumbHolder' , that was loaded via 'attachMovie'  .. When i click 'ButGetImage' it makes visible the 'image_mc' on the _root level.  
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here is the code that loads in the 'attachMovie'..
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var mc:MovieClip = this.ref.attachMovie("ThumbHolder", "mc" + i, this.ref.getNextHighestDepth());
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the snippent below is what calls the 'image_mc'  .. << this is the movieclip that i need to appear on top of the

i have inserted the swapDetpths.. but apparently i did it wrong.. ;))

ButGetImage.onPress = function() {
   gatherData();
_root.image_mc._visible = true;
   image_mc.swapDepths(ThumbHolder);

                                              
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by: CyanBluePosted on 2009-10-29 at 12:57:54ID: 25697612

Do the image_mc and ThumbHolder both reside in the _root level???  If that is the case, you simply specify it...

   _root.image_mc.swapDepths(_root.ThumbHolder);

CyanBlue

 

by: sam928Posted on 2009-10-29 at 13:26:42ID: 25697889

hello,
the 'image_mc' is on the _root level.. yes.. but the ThumbHolder is not on any level becasue it is attached via 'attachMovie'  .. so to answer that question I do not know !

I have tried to get all my code on the main time line but it will not work.

I need to open another question for that one.. lol.. grrrrrr

soo i have tried the below snippet but no luck on that either.



ButGetImage.onPress = function() {
   gatherData();
   _root.image_mc._visible = false;
_root.image_mc.swapDepths(_root.ThumbHolder);

                                              
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by: CyanBluePosted on 2009-10-29 at 13:43:21ID: 25698043

Duh...  It's been a while with AS2, so I missed this...  :(

The ThumbHolder is the item in the library not one on the stage...  "mc" + i is the actual instance name on the stage...

So, it should be something like this...  I don't know what the value of 'i' is though...  But that should be the one you'd like to make it go on top...

   _root.image_mc.swapDepths(_root["mc" + i]);

CyanBlue

 

by: sam928Posted on 2009-10-29 at 14:36:47ID: 25698511

nope .. thats not it  either..

i think it has something to do with all of my code not being on the main time line... I will try to get it all there and see what happens then.

 

by: CyanBluePosted on 2009-10-30 at 07:38:32ID: 25703379

I think there is something you are not telling me then...  I don't really understand why that won't work...

CyanBlue

 

by: sam928Posted on 2009-11-02 at 09:58:52ID: 25721752

is there another way to call a movie clip on top of everything?

below is the code that calls the movie clip 'image_mc'

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can we add something to it, like 'getNextHighestDepth' to make it go to the top of everything?

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http://www.previewsample.com/album
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if you click on the link..  you can view the problem..

1. click on link
2. click on 'ablum1'
3. click on the first thumbnail.
4..............here you will the see the 'image_mc' underneath the thumbs.. (the thumbs loaded VIA attachMovie)  i guess this is why the swapDepths wasn't working?  


ButGetImage.onPress = function() {
   gatherData(); 
  _root.image_mc._visible = true;
	 
};

                                              
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by: sam928Posted on 2009-12-03 at 15:21:35ID: 31647660

thank you

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