copied instance names

[crux]

Easy question: Can Actionscript recognize two seperate yet identical buttons with the same instance name?

As of right now I can only get copy 1 (as it is called in the properties frame) to work and not copy 2.

[tg]

each object should have a 'unique' instance name

[Sualdam]

Why on earth (:)) would you want the same instance name?

I think - and I emphasise 'think', because I have never wanted to do it - that you can't.

To be honest, I never thought about it because it would be very bad programming practice.

<edit - echoing tg>

[tg]

@sualdam: your footer gets more and more colorful each day.

[Sualdam]

Once I get a decent #6 and #7 I'll be happy :)

I wish we had Flash footers enabled - it'd take up far less space... ;)

[tg]

hehhehheh .o0(i can just see it now)

[smoke10010]

have a different similar name and have them call a "for" loop to have them all do what you want at once

[crux]

The reason why I wanted that to happen was because I replicated the neck on a guitar and show each possible note. Each note is link to a .mp3 file. The mp3s are accessed with a function that reads the instance name of the particular note clicked and then calls the appropriate .mp3. As you may know the same note can be played in up to 6 different places on the neck of a guitar, hence the replication of the instance names. I solved the problem, though. The function contained three nested loops to name the functions that calls the .mp3 of the same name. I added a fourth loop to the naming but dropped the fourth variable on the .mp3 call. Works like a charm. I may post the code later.