Accessing Variables/Properties on the Display Object

[bensbury]

Hi,

 

There is probably a simple way to do this, but I didn't really know what to search for.

 

Basically I want to attach some property or variable to the contentDisplay object from the imageLoader so I can grab it from the rollOver/Out etc Events.

 

In the simplest case I am trying to pass an ID to the image loaded to it, so it can be linked to another loaded thumbnail image.

I have passed Vars about using the Params variable on the Loader but I can't access this from the event.target on the Rollover as it targets the displayObject.

 

Sorry if this isn't very clear..... but basically I would like to pass a variable to the image which I can pick up directly from a mouse Event using event.target.

 

Is this doable?

[bensbury]

Sorry, I figured it out so I'll answer my own question if some one else has a similar question.

 

You can add anything you like to the parameters property when creating the loader: (which I knew how to do)

 

thumbqueue.append( new ImageLoader(url + thumbList[i], {parameters: ['smith'], x:i*51, container:menu.thumbs, width:50, height:50, hAlign:"center", vAlign :"bottom", name:imgName,alpha:1, visible:true }) );

 

You can access this from the Loader... as so

 

private function onInitiate(e:LoaderEvent):void {
   		var preloader = e.target.vars.parameters;
	}

 

.... my problem was trying to access the parameters variable from a MouseEvent, but actually it was very easy:

 

private function thumbOver(e:MouseEvent):void {

		var i = e.target;
		trace(i.loader.vars.parameters);}

 

Just access the loader from the MouseEvent and there it is!

 

I hope this is a decent way of doing it, and also it might save some time for someone else.