{"id":382,"date":"2008-07-30T10:33:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T09:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=382"},"modified":"2008-09-02T10:36:39","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T09:36:39","slug":"from-as2-to-as3-where-did-it-go-attachmovie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/2008\/07\/30\/from-as2-to-as3-where-did-it-go-attachmovie\/","title":{"rendered":"From AS2 to AS3 – Where did it go – attachMovie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where did attachMovie<\/code> go in AS3?<\/p>\n

Once I started using attachMovie<\/code> instead duplicateMovieClip<\/code> my AS2 life became a lot easier.<\/p>\n

What has the ActionScript 2.0 Migration<\/a> to say about this subject:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ActionScript 2.0 <\/strong><\/td>\nActionScript 3.0 <\/strong><\/td>\nComments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
attachMovie() Method<\/td>\nRemoved<\/td>\n In ActionScript 3.0, use addChild() to add child display objects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Removed… wtf? and you can read the documentation till you are old and gray, but you won’t find a answer there.<\/p>\n

In AS2 I know 3 ways to attach a movie to the stage:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

AS2<\/h3>\n

For this example you need a movieClip in the library (right-click<\/em> >> Linkage… >> activate ‘Export for ActionScript’) with the Indentifier ‘ImageMovie<\/code>‘ and this AS2 code placed in the root<\/em><\/p>\n

I used the name ‘ImageMovie<\/code>‘ because it also use in an example from Brendan Dawes<\/a> that I use in AS3 examples. And to keep the movieClip the same through all code I kept the name.<\/div>\n

example #1<\/b>
\n[as]\/\/ #1
\nthis.attachMovie(‘ImageMovie’, ‘ImageMovie2’ , 10);
\n[\/as]<\/p>\n

example #2<\/b>
\n[as]\/\/ #2
\nvar myImageMovie:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(‘ImageMovie’, ‘ImageMovie2’ , 10);
\nmyImageMovie._x = 20;
\nmyImageMovie._y = 20;
\n[\/as]<\/p>\n

example #3<\/b> (my personal favorite)
\n[as]\/\/ #3
\nthis.attachMovie(‘ImageMovie’, ‘ImageMovie2’ , 10 , {_x:20,_y:20});
\n[\/as]<\/p>\n

Oke, now in AS3:<\/p>\n

AS3<\/h3>\n

For this example you need a movieClip in the library (right-click<\/em> >> Linkage… >> activate ‘Export for ActionScript’) with the Indentifier ‘ImageMovie<\/code>‘ and this AS3 code placed in the root<\/em><\/p>\n

example #1<\/b>
\n[as]\/\/ #1
\nthis.addChild(new ImageMovie());
\n[\/as]<\/p>\n

example #2<\/b>
\n[as]\/\/ #2
\nvar myImageMovie = this.addChild(new ImageMovie());
\nmyImageMovie.x = 20;
\nmyImageMovie.y = 20;
\n[\/as]<\/p>\n

Update #1:<\/strong> I’m using this a lot these days, so I will let you see how I use it now<\/div>\n

example #2a<\/b>
\n[as]\/\/ #2a
\nvar myImageMovie:ImageMovie = new ImageMovie();
\nmyImageMovie.x = 20;
\nmyImageMovie.y = 20;
\nthis.addChild (myImageMovie);
\n[\/as]<\/p>\n

example #3<\/b>
\nThis code is a copy of the code from brendandawes.com<\/a> and you should visit as3 for lazy bastards (like me)<\/a><\/p>\n

you need a AS file with the name “ImageMovie.as” with this code in there
\n[as]
\n\/\/ #3
\npackage {<\/p>\n

\timport flash.display.MovieClip;<\/p>\n

\tpublic class ImageMovie extends MovieClip {<\/p>\n

\t\tfunction ImageMovie(xPos:Number = 0,yPos:Number = 0) {
\n\t\t\tthis.x = xPos;
\n\t\t\tthis.y = yPos;
\n\t\t}
\n\t}
\n}
\n[\/as]
\nand you need this code in the timeline, because the movieClip in the Library is linked to this AS file you can talk to it directly:
\n[as]
\n\/*
\nHow to “attachMovie” in as3
\n*\/
\nvar imageMC:ImageMovie = new ImageMovie(50,50);
\nthis.addChild(imageMC);
\n[\/as]
\nand the it will work the same as option 3 in AS2<\/p>\n

Here you can find another explanation about this subject: by Airtight Interactive<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope this will clear up some issues you have, happy coding \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where did attachMovie go in AS3? Once I started using attachMovie instead duplicateMovieClip my AS2 life became a lot easier. What has the ActionScript 2.0 Migration to say about this subject: ActionScript 2.0  ActionScript 3.0  Comments attachMovie() Method Removed In ActionScript 3.0, use addChild() to add child display objects. Removed… wtf? and you can read the documentation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,172,3],"tags":[68,39,97,408,114,168],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-as3","category-as3-migration","category-flash","tag-actionscript","tag-as2","tag-as2-to-as3","tag-as3","tag-from-as2-to-as3","tag-migration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t