Hi all. I'm creating a script that imports an Mc from the library. Then I position the x,y coordinates of the mc. Then I want to run a transition of the mc. I can import the mc, move the mc to the correct coordinates. But I can't get the transition to work.

Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction.

import flash.events.*;
import flash.display.SimpleButton;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;


var currentButtn;
var currentPage:Number;
var newPage:Number;
var newNC:String;
var popUpTween1:Tween;
var newMcNum:Number;
var newMcLoc:Number;
var newMc:MovieClip;
var eventName:String
var mcEvent:MovieClip
var mcClass:*;


	function importAndMoveMc():void
	{
		var p:Number;
		if(newPage > currentPage) 
		{	
			newMcNum = 0;
			for(p = currentPage +1; p <= newPage;p++)//count to the right
			{
				eventName = "event"+p;
				
				newMcNum ++;
				newMcLoc = newMcNum * 715;				
				
				mcClass = getDefinitionByName(eventName);
				mcEvent = new mcClass();
				mcEvent.x = newMcLoc;
				mcEvent.y = 4.8;
				addChild(mcEvent);
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			}
		}
		else if (newPage < currentPage)
		{
			newMcNum = 0;
			for(p = currentPage -1; p >= newPage;p--)
			{
				eventName = "event"+p;
				
				newMcNum ++;
				
				newMcLoc = newMcNum * -715;
				
				mcClass = getDefinitionByName(eventName);
				mcEvent = new mcClass();
				mcEvent.x = newMcLoc;
				mcEvent.y = 4.8;
				addChild(mcEvent);
				
			}
		}
		else if (newPage == currentPage)
		{
			trace("Same Page");
		}
		currentPage = newPage;
			var mcTrans1 = "move"+p;
			mcTrans1 = new Tween(mcEvent,"x",Regular.easeIn, mcEvent.x = newMcLoc, mcEvent.x = -200, 1, true);
	}

[Isocase]

Your tween is messed up.

mcTrans1 = new Tween(mcEvent,"x",Regular.easeIn, mcEvent.x = newMcLoc, mcEvent.x = -200, 1, true);

Should be
//new Tween(object,"object property you want to change", ease, start, finish, 1, true);
mcTrans1 = new Tween(mcEvent, "x", Regular.easeIn, mcEvent.x, -200, 1, true);

[BSMH]

It still doesn't work. It will import the mc to the stage. It will position it. But it won't run the tween.

[BSMH]

I think it has something to do with grabbing the mcEvent mc on the stage. I swapped out the name mcEvent in the tween for an mc thats already on the stage. It worked perfectly. So maybe I'm not referencing the imported mc correctly.

[BSMH]

To make matters even more complicated, it will work one moment, the next time I compile it (without any changes) it won't work.

[BSMH]

Could it also be that by the time the transition kicks in, the child hasn't been fully imported?