Targetting an instance of a mc

Question

hello
With AS2 I u sed to do  createEmptyMovieClip("name"+i, ..... ) to create multiple instances of an mc. I ocuuld then target these individual instances
I am trying to do a similar thing in AS3 but am stuck.
I can create movieclips (easy!) thus;
var linkHolder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var linkText:TextField = new TextField();
and then add a reference thus:
linkHolder.ref=i
I can then get the "i" value when I roll over the link with a listener
However, I want to target back to the link when I roll over it so I can change its formatting. How do I get at the moveclip/textfield that I just rolled over?
I have tried various versions of:
function overHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
  all sorts of things go here so I can target the link I just rolled over - but none work!;
Would really appreciate any pointers
Thanks
Edward

Answer 1

Thanks for reply - am getting closer but still not there.
I can trace (event.currentTarge) and it says object MovieClip and I can manipulate that clip. Now I want to get at the text that is inside the movieclip. I thought that would be...
event.currentTarget.textHolder.defaultTextFormat=mTitle_fmt;
but it generates the error shown below - any more ideas please?
E
function createVideoLinks():void{
for (var i:int=0; i<externalXML.videoClip.length();i++){
//build the arrays of link text and link destination
trace (108+i*20);
vidText=externalXML.videoClip.vTitle;
vidLink=externalXML.videoClip.@vurl;
var linkHolder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var linkText:TextField = new TextField();
linkText.defaultTextFormat=lInact_fmt;
linkText.embedFonts=true;
linkText.antiAliasType=AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
linkText.text=vidText+;
linkText.height=19; linkText.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
linkHolder.addChild(linkText);
addChild(linkHolder);
linkHolder.x=1; linkHolder.y=(108+i*21);
linkHolder.buttonMode=true; //appears to give me back the correct cursor for links
linkHolder.ref=i;
//linkHolder.id=i;
linkHolder.mouseChildren = false;
linkHolder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
linkHolder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, overHandler);
function overHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.currentTarget.textHolder.defaultTextFormat=mTitle_fmt;
I get this error code
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at index001_fla::MainTimeline/overHandler()