misterios class properties

hello,

 

i'm quite new flash development.

i'm struggling many hours understand origin of several properties , hierarchy inside as3 linked class.

the setup is:

there mask layer several masked layers.

 

there movie clip each of masked layers in libarary (some of linked as3):

i added layer label inside () next name of each movie clip

also photocontainer movie clip there external as3 class

 

in flash debugger see following hierarchy of display objects:

 

stage -> maskarea -> photoguidecontainer (movieclip) -> photoguide (photocontainer)

stage -> maskarea -> photodrag (photodrag) -> photocontainer (photocontainer)

stage -> maskarea -> masker (masker)

stage -> maskarea -> masker (masker)

stage -> maskarea -> collisionarea (masker)

stage -> maskarea -> bg (movieclip)

 

as3 code in application classes direct manipultion above properties like:

 

maskarea = new maskarea();

var pc:photocontainer = maskarea.photodrag.photocontainer;

...

 

without ever creating/relating these display objects.

 

my questions are:

 

1. these objects come ?

2. how display object hierarchy created ?

3. how photoguide becomes instance of photocontainer (see above stage -> maskarea -> photoguidecontainer (movieclip) -> photoguide (photocontainer)) ?

 

thank you.

a.  can't determine what's on stage checking layer names.  unlock them, click keyframe , check highlighted on-stage objects check library symbol

b.  maskarea=new maskarea() create new displayobject.

 

1.  on-stage objects see when testing either on-stage in ide or created actionscript

2. if, hierarchy mean depth, determined layer order (for ide created objects) , order objects added display list (addchild) actionscript created objects (unless addchildat used).

3. photoguide isn't instance of photocontainer.  photoguide child of photoguidecontainer.

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