I want in actionscript to place an object in my library onto the stage where I clicked. Seems easy? Right? TOTALLY BLANKING. any help would be awesome :) my code thus far is:
package code {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public class Main extends MovieClip {
public var redBox: Box = new Box(mouseX, mouseY);
public function Main() {
// constructor code
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseClickEvent);
}
public function mouseClickEvent(e:MouseEvent):void {
addChild(redBox);
}
}
}
that is the main and then the box code is:
package code {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Box extends MovieClip{
public function Box(myX:Number, myY:Number) {
// constructor code
myX = x;
myY = y;
}
}
}
Just do this :
package code {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public class Main extends MovieClip {
public var redBox: Box = new Box();
public function Main() {
// constructor code
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseClickEvent);
}
public function mouseClickEvent(e:MouseEvent):void {
redBox.x = stage.mouseX;
redBox.y = stage.mouseY;
addChild(redBox);
}
}
}