[Tweener] Noob Question: Animate Instances Only?

[Zeh Fernando]

Well, the instance name is the reference variable. So if someone wants 
another name instead, one can always create another reference.

   var xx:MovieClip = myMovieClipWithALongName;

Then:

   Tweener.addTween(xx, {...});

Instead of

   Tweener.addTween(myMovieClipWithALongName, {...});

Same thing.

Wes wrote:
> It sounds to me as if he's asking if he can use a variable instead of 
> typing the exact name of the instance.
> 
> --- On *Sun, 8/10/08, Zeh Fernando /<zeh at zehfernando.com>/* wrote:
> 
>     From: Zeh Fernando <zeh at zehfernando.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Tweener] Noob Question: Animate Instances Only?
>     To: tweener at lists.caurinauebi.com
>     Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 1:26 PM
> 
>     > I'm still learning AS3 and Tweener at the same time so please excuse me
> 
>     > if my terminology is off but hopefully you get what I'm trying to ask.
>     > I'm trying to create a class for disabling an animation and I'd
>     like to 
>     > know how to animate something without having to use the instance name. I 
>     > know the description of Tweener says that it animates instances but is 
>     > there a way to do this dynamically so I don't have to type in the 
>     > instance names all the time?
> 
>     I'm not really sure I get the question - Tweener would have to know what 
>     to animate, so you need to use the instance name as the reference.
> 
>     If you're trying to animate the same display object, you can just use 
>     "this" as the reference parameter since you're inside the object
>     already.
> 
>     If it's a child of the current display object or something that's 
>     somewhere else, you'd indeed need to use the name, or if you want to do 
>     that in a more painful way, you could use getChildAt().
> 
>        // Animates whatever's at level 0
>        Tweener.addTween(getChildAt(0), {...});
> 
>     Or you could always have an array of objects too...
> 
>        var myobjs:Array = [cube, sphere, pyramid];
>        // Animates "cube"
>        Tweener.addTween(myobjs[0], {...});
> 
> 
>     HTH,
>     Zeh
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