Re: FLASH: Tell Target Looping to Wait for Variable Loading

[John Croteau]

Hi Gary,


Everything looks correct.

Test it loaclly just changing to a text file.

If that doesn't work then make your FLA or a version of your FLA that

shows the problem available (zipped or bin-hexed), so we can see where

you are going wrong.


> Since not everyone is needing to load values into Flash, I hate to beat this

> thing to death, but I�m having trouble getting Flash to hold up it�s

> execution until my variables are loaded.

> It shouldn�t be difficult, but here is what I�m doing.  I have a variable

> within my Library instance called FinishedLoading which is initialized to 0,

> and set to 1 from my ASP page after all other variables have been loaded.  I

> also have an instance (called �Timer�) of a movie clip (called movTimeCount)

> on my main movie which displays a clock with hands circling every time the

> clip is played.  Here are the frames of this movie:

> 

> Frame 1: Stop

> Frame 2: labeled TimerRepeat

> Frame 13:       If (/Library:FinishedLoading = 0)

>                         Go to and Play ("TimerRepeat")

>                 End If

 

> Whenever I am ready to load my ASP variables, I execute the following:

> 

>             Set Variable: "/Library:FinishedLoading" = 0

>             Load Variables ("getProj.asp", "/Library", vars=POST)

>             Begin Tell Target ("/Timer")

>                   Go to and Play ("TimerRepeat")

>             End Tell Target

> 

> The way I understand things, the code within my Tell Target should continue

> to execute until all my variables are loaded, THEN proceed to the code after

> the End Tell Target statement.  That is not what is happening.  I�ve

> confirmed by trace statements that, even though the /Timer target is

> executed, Flash keeps right on executing code after the End Tell Target

> before the variables have had a chance to load.  What am I missing or not

> understanding here?


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