I'm using createEmptyMovieClip() to make, well, an empty MovieClip, in which I then draw a TextField using createTextField().
The trouble is, even though I tell the routine to put the empty MovieClip on layer 9999, the TextField appears *behind* items on layer 10. Is this expected behavior? Any workarounds?
I did do some web searching and found no other mention of this problem.
Here's the code in question:
if (this.tipText.length > 0) {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("the_tip_MC", 9999);
with (this.the_tip_MC) {
var clipBounds = getBounds(_root.invisoBackground);
createTextField("tipText", 9999, 10, 20, 100, 20);
tipText.border = true;
tipText.autosize = "left";
tipText.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFCC;
tipText.background = true;
tipText.text = this.tipText;
myFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.font="_sans";
tipText.setTextFormat(myFormat);
}
}
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Carl Fink
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createEmptyMovieClip always below other layers?
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createEmptyMovieClip always below other layers?
by Carl Fink » Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:48:06 GMT
Re: createEmptyMovieClip always below other layers?
by PierreAlain » Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:05:20 GMT
as far as I experienced, the created movie clip is ABOVE all clips --in the level it is created--. If you want it easy, create a swf witch will be loaded level 9999 where you put your code to create the EmptyMovieClip -- Pierre Alain XXXX@XXXXX.COM
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