calling instances from class

[flamer09]

stage(a instance called player)
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inside another movieclip named mc i have a movieclip named enemy
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i placed a class in enemy and want to call the instance "player".

i've tried MovieClip(parent).player but it give me an error "A term is undefined and has no properties."

is there anyways that i can call the instance "player" from movieclip enemy?

sorry for the poor english

[arkitx]

post a sample or your project.

[abeall]

Your description of the display hierarchy is quite confusing. Your stage is an instance called player? You put the enemy inside the player? Give the full display paths of the objects in question, such as:

main timeline -> player
main timeline -> mc -> enemy

Without a clear understanding of the hierarchy it's impossible to use the parent property effectively.

Also note that stage and root are different. The root is inside the stage. The main timeline in Flash is compiled as the root, so refer to your main timeline as root, not stage.

You can use this method to determine the exact display object path of any display object:

function getDisplayPath(object:DisplayObject):String {
    var a:Array = [];
    while(object){
        a.unshift(object.name || object.toString());
        object = object.parent;
    }
    return a.join(".");
}

[flamer09]

sorry for the late reply. my hierarchy is as follows

main timeline -> player -> playerLevel -> playerLibrary -> me

i wanted to call player from me. is there anyway i can call?

[Sonny]

Calling parent from me will refer to the container holding me. so to access player you either have to step out 3 times . like parent.parent.parent .
or use it from root.
MovieClip(root).playerinstance

[flamer09]

ahh.it works!! thx!!