_level property

loadMovieNum("sub.swf", 9);
myBtn_btn.onRelease = function() {
 _level9.stop();
};

_level9.gotoAndStop(5);

Comments

Jackie_2004 said on Apr 8, 2006 at 4:06 PM :

I was working with _levels and realized that if a loaded movie has a sound attached or plays a sound, it doesnt stop if i use stopAllSounds() or _levelN.stopAllSounds(); can someone suggest something??

JohnKirk said on Jul 27, 2006 at 12:05 PM :

Hi,

In order to utilize good programming practices, we need better documentation of the "_level" property, as follows:

1) We know it is possible to create and use a String to be used as the level property:
Example:
function Get_Level_No():Number { return 20; };
function Get_Level_AsStr():String {
return "_level" + Get_Level_No();
};
MCL.unloadClip(Get_Level_AsStr()); (works):

2) It is NOT possible to reference _level properties using this method, and this needs to be documented:
Example:
_level20.XML0 = myXml; (works):
Get_Level_AsStr().XML0 = myXml; (does not work):

Regards,
-- John Kirkish

juankpro said on Aug 1, 2007 at 9:59 AM :

This happens because only the global functions (loadMovie, unloadMovie, duplicateMovieClip, etc) can receive an string, this function later (inside the function definition) gets a reference to the movie and works with it.

It is not that the function can receive a MovieClip reference also. What happens is that the toString function is called in the movie clip prior to passing the parameter and the with that string it references the movie clip in the process. (This is why you should be carefull to pass an existent movie clip other wise the toString will return an empty string (FP 6 and older) and an empty string means the _root movie)

But when you need to call a movie clip directly you cannot use a string, because a string is a string and a movie clip is not a string. For the code to work in the second usage, change the line Get_Level_AsStr().XML0 = myXml; (does not work), to:

eval(Get_Level_AsStr()).XML0 = myXml; // does work