How do I get the var sliderthumb to replace [sliderthumb] in my code below? Thanks for your help.
var sliderthumb:String = "foo";
function natureThumb(){
Sprite(naturepage.sliders.[sliderthumb].getChildAt(1)).height = Sprite(naturepage.sliders.[sliderthumb].getChildAt(1)).width = 65;
}
Just remove the dot.
Sprite(naturepage.sliders[sliderthumb].getChildAt(1)).height
There is a method for displayObjectContainer called getChildByName that allow to access child display objects by its name. Hope this helps!
var sliderthumb:String = "foo";
function natureThumb(){
Sprite(naturepage.sliders.getChildByName(sliderthumb).getChildAt(1)).height = Sprite(naturepage.sliders.getChildByName(sliderthumb).getChildAt(1)).width = 65;
}
Well both answers provided can sorta be right depending on how the OP set things up, but wanted to add some clarification. First I would modify the code to be this:
var sliderthumb:String = "foo";
function natureThumb(){
var sp:Sprite = naturepage.sliders.[sliderthumb].getChildAt(1) as Sprite;
sp.height = sp.width = 65;
}
if you setup the object like
var mySprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
mySprite.id = "foo";
then this will work (assuming you want the second child of the object foo which is a child of sliders)
function natureThumb(){
var sp:Sprite = naturepage.sliders[sliderthumb].getChildAt(1) as Sprite;
sp.height = sp.width = 65;
}
if you instead setup your object like
var mySprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
mySprite.name = "foo";
then this will work
function natureThumb(){
var sp:Sprite = naturepage.sliders.getChildByName(sliderthumb).getChildAt(1) as Sprite;
sp.height = sp.width = 65;
}
