Re: [flasher] else grayed out/not available

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David,

The typical preloader is a 3 frame process:  A Boolean ifFrameLoaded check in 

the first frame with a jump to Frame 3 and a loop back in the second Frame.  

The ifFrameLoaded is not treated as a traditional 'if' in actionscript, so 

there is no 'else' of 'elseif' available.  It sounds like you've done it the 

right way.


Welcome to the enigmatic world of Flash.


Andrew


In a message dated 1/29/01 9:26:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Clock86aol [dot] com

writes:


<< I am new to action scripting.

 I tried to make a simple loading script with Actions in the normal (non 

 expert) mode.

 The "else" command was grayed out.

 

 this is what I wanted:

 If  frame 255 in the scene "end segment" is loaded then go to frame 1 in 

 scene "opening".

 Else

 go to frame 1 in scene "loader"

 end

 

 This is what Flash allowed  me to do (this was placed in the second to last 

 frame in the "loader" scene):

 ifFrameLoaded ("end segment", 255) {

     gotoAndPlay ("opening", 1);

 }

 

 Since the "else" command was not available to me, I put another action 

script 

 in the last frame of the "loader" scene that just said to go to frame 1 of 

 the "loader"

 

 thanks

 david

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