Question

So I am using this code to embed my .swf file. I am creating classes for each asset in my library.

[Embed('assets/assets.swf', symbol='game.menu.levels')]
public static const LEVELS_MENU:Class;

It works just fine but how can I access a child element multiple depths down?

I have this thus far:

this.object = new R.LEVELS_MENU();
var child_element:MovieClip = 
    this.object.getChildByName("child_element") as MovieClip;

Is there a better way than doing this:

var child_child_element:DisplayObjectContainer = 
        DisplayObjectContainer(
                child_element.getChildByName("child_child_element")
        );
var child_child_child_element:DisplayObjectContainer = 
        DisplayObjectContainer(
                child_child_element.getChildByName("child_child_child_element")
        );

Is there a way I could do it with dot syntax as such:

child_element.child_child_element.child_child_child_element...

Answer 1

Not as far as I am aware.

There might be a workaround.

If you created those children from the Flash IDE, you should be able to access them directly via references like this:

MovieClip(this.object).child1.child2.child3.child4;

Or if you are doing that MovieClip initialization manually (new operator) inside the swf, you can also create those references manually like this:

child["child_child_name"] = child_child;

Though this won’t matter for movieclips, as they are dynamic, so you can just do:

child.child_child_name = child_child;

These last two are inside .swf code of course;