[Laszlo-dev] Attaching movie clips to sprites in SWF9 using a property name

[Max Carlson]

addChild() returns a DisplayObject reference - it's probably best to 
store this in its own property and do the lookup that way.

Raju Bitter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In videoview I need to replace the following functionality for SWF9:
> 
> mc = this.immediateparent.sprite.attachResourceToChildView("__LZvideo",
> this.sprite);
> this.sprite.setMovieClip(mc);
> 
> For SWF9, instead of attaching a movieclip to sprite we need create a Video
> object. I can attach that to the sprite using sprite.addChild, but what I'm
> missing is the functionality to attach it using the property name __Lzvideo.
> 
> if ($swf8) {
>   // no other subviews should be allowed (todo: schema)
> 
>   mc = this.immediateparent.sprite.attachResourceToChildView("__LZvideo",
> this.sprite);
>   this.sprite.setMovieClip(mc);
> } else if ($swf9) {
>   var vid = new Video(width = this.width, height = this.height);
> 
>   vid.attachNetStream(this.stream);
> 
>   this.stream.play(this.url);
> 
>   this.sprite.addChild(vid);
> }
> 
> In the method _getflashvideo() the __LZvideo property for for the movieclip
> is accessed again:
> function _getflashvideo () {
>   return this.__LZmovieClipRef.__lzvideo;
> }
> 
> Is there a way to add a child to a sprite in SWF9 using a property name like
> "__LZvideo"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Raju
> 
> 

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Max Carlson
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