How to manage depth in AS2 - actionscript-2

Question

How do I change the movie clip (mainClip) in AS2 code below so that is behind all graphics in the flash file?
Code is below:
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.geom.Matrix;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.geom.Point;
var imageBmp:BitmapData;
//setting the width of blind parts.
var widthB:Number = 40;
//setting the speed of blind parts movement;
var speedChart = 5;
//time to wait lo load another image
var nbSpeedPhoto:Number = 3000;
//Setting the minimum and maximum alpha for controls container and updating timer
var nbACMin:Number = 10;
var nbACMax:Number = 65;
var nbACUpd:Number = 40;
//Setting the minimum and maximum alpha for textField Container
var nbATMin:Number = 0;
var nbATMax:Number = 100;
var nbABMin:Number = 0;
var nbABMax:Number = 65;
//Setting the color for textField Container and font title
var nbATBackColor:Number = 0xD0C8CD;
var nbATFontColor:Number = 0x1F0010;
//Setting the right margin and top margin for controls
var nbRightMC:Number = 2;
var nbTopMC:Number = 2;
//Setting the bottom margin for title and its height
var nbBottomMT:Number = 5;
var nbHeightMT:Number = 50;
//Init Slider viewer
var bbPlay:Boolean = true;
//Setting left to right (1), right to left (2), paralell(3), or random(4) transition
var nbForm:Number = 4;
//if you don't choose parallel, setting the time lag.
var nbLag:Number = 1;
//initial state of FullScreen and AutoPlaying buttons
var bbFull:Boolean = false;
var bbAnimating:Boolean = false;
var bbEnableTitle:Boolean = false;
var bbActiveTitle:Boolean = false;
//setting the first image number to load
var imageNum:Number = 0;
var imageLast:Number;
//initial Photo
var nbPhoto:Number = 0;
//timer variables
var nbTimerNow:Number = 0;
var nbTimerNext:Number = nbSpeedPhoto;
/*********Arrays*******************/
//used for load XML values
var arPhotoPath:Array = new Array();
var arPhotoTitle:Array = new Array();
/**Setting listener to load images**********/
var listener:Object = new Object();
listener.onLoadComplete = function(imageClip:MovieClip):Void {
if (imageNum>0) {
imageBmp = new BitmapData(mainClip["image"+imageLast]._width, mainClip["image"+imageLast]._height);
imageBmp.draw(mainClip["image"+imageLast],new Matrix());
var sqBmp:BitmapData;
var x:Number = 0;
var y:Number = 0;
if (nbForm == 1 || nbForm == 2 || nbForm == 3) {
form = nbForm;
} else {
rnd=Math.random()
if (rnd>0.66) {
form = 1;
} else if (rnd>0.33){
form = 2;
}else{
form = 3;
}
}
for (var j:Number = 0; j<cols; j++) {
x = j*widthB;
if (j>=cols-1) {
var ww = Stage.width-j*widthB;
} else {
var ww = widthB;
}
sqBmp = new BitmapData(ww, mcMask._height);
sqBmp.copyPixels(imageBmp,new Rectangle(x, y, ww, mcMask._height),new Point(0, 0));
cloneClip.createEmptyMovieClip("clone"+imageLast,cloneClip.getNextHighestDepth());
makeSq(sqBmp,j,form);
}
}
unloadMovie(mainClip["image"+imageLast]);
bbAnimating = false;
bbEnableTitle = true;
nbTimerNext = getTimer()+nbSpeedPhoto;
nbOK = 0;
mcText.tfToolTip.text = "Photo "+String(nbPhoto+1)+" of "+String(xmlLength)+": "+arPhotoTitle[nbPhoto];
mcText.tfToolTip.setTextFormat(myformat);
imageNum++;
};
var imageLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
imageLoader.addListener(listener);
/***Creating Squares*******/
function makeSq(sqBmp:BitmapData, jValue:Number, fvalue:Number):Void {
var sqClip:MovieClip = cloneClip["clone"+imageLast].createEmptyMovieClip("sq"+jValue, cloneClip["clone"+imageLast].getNextHighestDepth());
sqClip.attachBitmap(sqBmp,1);
sqClip._x = jValue*widthB;
if (fvalue == 1) {
sqClip.lag = jValue;
} else if(fvalue == 2) {
sqClip.lag = cols-jValue;
}else{
sqClip.lag = 0;
}
sqClip.init = 0;
sqClip.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.init>this.lag) {
this._xscale = this._xscale-speedChart;
}
this.init += nbLag;
if (this._yscale<0 || this._xscale<0) {
unloadMovie(this);
}
};
}
//setting the main movieclip and its clone.
//the clone will store the parts of the main image.
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mainClip",this.getNextHighestDepth());
this.createEmptyMovieClip("cloneClip",this.getNextHighestDepth());
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcMask",this.getNextHighestDepth());
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcMask2",this.getNextHighestDepth());
//Creating the text container and setting its properties
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcText",this.getNextHighestDepth());
mcText.createEmptyMovieClip("mcBackText",this.getNextHighestDepth());
makeARectangle(mcText.mcBackText,0,Stage.height-nbBottomMT-nbHeightMT,Stage.width,nbHeightMT,nbATBackColor,100);
mcText.mcBackText._alpha = 0;
//Creating the mc text container
mcText.createTextField("tfToolTip",mcText.getNextHighestDepth(),0,Stage.height-nbBottomMT-nbHeightMT,Stage.width,nbHeightMT);
mcText.tfToolTip._alpha = 0;
//Creating the masks
var bmpMask:BitmapData = new BitmapData(Stage.width, Stage.height, false, 0xCCCCCC);
mcMask.attachBitmap(bmpMask,this.getNextHighestDepth());
mcMask2.attachBitmap(bmpMask,this.getNextHighestDepth());
mainClip.createEmptyMovieClip("image"+imageNum,this.getNextHighestDepth());
//setting the number of columns and files
var cols = Math.ceil(mcMask._width/widthB);
//setting the main and clone masks
mainClip.setMask(mcMask2);
cloneClip.setMask(mcMask);
//setting buttons behaviors
if (bbPlay) {
mcControl.mcPausePlay.gotoAndStop("onPlay");
} else {
mcControl.mcPausePlay.gotoAndStop("onPause");
}
mcControl.mcBackControls.onRollOver = mcControl.mcFull.onRollOver=mcControl.mcLast.onRollOver=mcControl.mcFirst.onRollOver=mcControl.mcPrevious.onRollOver=mcControl.mcPausePlay.onRollOver=mcControl.mcNext.onRollOver=function () {
clearInterval(activeID);
activeID = setInterval(activeControl, nbACUpd, true);
};
mcControl.mcBackControls.onRollOut = mcControl.mcFull.onRollOut=mcControl.mcLast.onRollOut=mcControl.mcFirst.onRollOut=mcControl.mcPrevious.onRollOut=mcControl.mcPausePlay.onRollOut=mcControl.mcNext.onRollOut=function () {
clearInterval(activeID);
activeID = setInterval(activeControl, nbACUpd, false);
};
function activeControl(bb:Boolean) {
if (bb) {
if (mcControl._alpha>=nbACMax) {
clearInterval(activeID);
} else {
mcControl._alpha += 4;
}
} else {
if (mcControl._alpha<nbACMin) {
clearInterval(activeID);
} else {
mcControl._alpha -= 4;
}
}
}
mcControl.mcFull.onRelease = function() {
if (bbFull) {
Stage.displayState = "normal";
this.gotoAndStop("onNormal");
bbFull = false;
} else {
Stage.displayState = "fullScreen";
this.gotoAndStop("onFull");
bbFull = true;
}
};
mcControl.mcPausePlay.onRelease = function() {
if (bbPlay) {
this.gotoAndStop("onPause");
bbPlay = false;
clearInterval(initPhoto);
} else {
if (!bbAnimating) {
this.gotoAndStop("onPlay");
bbPlay = true;
clearInterval(initPhoto);
initPhoto = setInterval(initPlay, 200);
}
}
};
mcControl.mcLast.onRelease = mcControl.mcFirst.onRelease=mcControl.mcPrevious.onRelease=mcControl.mcNext.onRelease=function () {
if (bbAnimating == false) {
clearInterval(initPhoto);
mcControl.mcPausePlay.gotoAndStop("onPause");
bbPlay = false;
mcControl.mcPausePlay.onRelease;
switch (this._name) {
case "mcFirst" :
nbPhoto = 0;
break;
case "mcPrevious" :
nbPhoto = (xmlLength+nbPhoto-1)%xmlLength;
break;
case "mcNext" :
nbPhoto = (nbPhoto+1)%xmlLength;
break;
case "mcLast" :
nbPhoto = xmlLength-1;
break;
default :
break;
}
imageLast = imageNum-1;
mainClip.createEmptyMovieClip("image"+imageNum,mainClip.getNextHighestDepth());
imageLoader.loadClip(arPhotoPath[nbPhoto],mainClip["image"+imageNum]);
bbAnimating == true;
}
};
/********************************/
function makeEnabled(bbEnable:Boolean) {
with (mcControl) {
mcPausePlay.enabled = bbEnable;
mcLast.enabled = bbEnable;
mcFirst.enabled = bbEnable;
mcPrevious.enabled = bbEnable;
mcNext.enabled = bbEnable;
}
}
function makeVisible(bbVisible:Boolean) {
with (mcControl) {
mcPausePlay.enabled = bbVisible;
mcLast.enabled = bbVisible;
mcFirst.enabled = bbVisible;
mcPrevious.enabled = bbVisible;
mcNext.enabled = bbVisible;
}
}
function initPlay() {
if (bbAnimating == false) {
if (bbPlay) {
if (getTimer()>=nbTimerNext) {
nbPhoto = (nbPhoto+1)%xmlLength;
imageLast = imageNum-1;
mainClip.createEmptyMovieClip("image"+imageNum,mainClip.getNextHighestDepth());
imageLoader.loadClip(arPhotoPath[nbPhoto],mainClip["image"+imageNum]);
bbAnimating = true;
nbTimerNext += nbSpeedPhoto;
}
}
}
}
var myformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myformat.font = "myFont";
myformat.color = nbATFontColor;
myformat.size = 18;
mcText.tfToolTip.embedFonts = true;
mcText.tfToolTip.wordWrap = true;
mcText.onRollOver = function() {
if (bbEnableTitle && !bbAnimating) {
alphaTitle(nbATMax,nbABMax);
bbActiveTitle = true;
}
};
mcText.onRollOut = function() {
if (bbEnableTitle) {
alphaTitle(nbATMin,nbABMin);
bbActiveTitle = false;
}
};
function alphaTitle(nbTextAlpha:Number, nbBackAlpha) {
mcText.mcBackText._alpha = nbBackAlpha;
mcText.tfToolTip._alpha = nbTextAlpha;
mcText.tfToolTip.setTextFormat(myformat);
}
//drawing a square
function makeARectangle(mc:MovieClip, x:Number, y:Number, w:Number, h:Number, nbColor:Number, nbAlpha:Number) {
mc.lineStyle(1,nbColor,0);
mc.beginFill(nbColor,nbAlpha);
mc.moveTo(x,y);
mc.lineTo(x+w,y);
mc.lineTo(x+w,y+h);
mc.lineTo(x,y+h);
mc.lineTo(x,y);
mc.endFill();
}
//for loading external XML
var xmlPhotos:XML = new XML();
xmlPhotos.onLoad = function() {
xmlLength = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
for (var i:Number = 0; i<xmlLength; i++) {
arPhotoPath[i] = (this.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.path);
arPhotoTitle[i] = (this.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
}
imageLoader.loadClip(arPhotoPath[0],mainClip["image"+imageNum]);
bbAnimating = true;
initPhoto = setInterval(initPlay, 200);
};
/****Run XML*****************************************/
xmlPhotos.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlPhotos.load("photos.xml");

Answer 1

mainClip.swapDepths(1);
you need to make sure that all the movieclips are on the same layer on the timeline.