Re: FLASH: Need some help with button to control a movie clip

[Helen Triolo]

ifxjps [dot] net

 wrote:

> 

> Hi,

> 

> I need to set up a submit button that controls a movie clip based on whether

> a user enters text into some text fields. Let's say I have 3 textfields...

> one for name, the second for address and the third for phone number. I also

> have a 4 frame movie clip on the stage (first frame is empty to be invisible

> on the stage) with 3 error messages that play according to the user input of

> the textfields. If the user fills out 1 and 3, but doesn't put info. into

> field 2, then the movie clip will play to frame 3 where there is a message

> that says "you need to fill in your address" etc... I also need the script

> to be able to send the movie to another frame in the timeline if all the

> info. has been filled out. At that frame, there is a "thank you" page and

> other stuff. It seems simple enough.. but I'm having trouble putting the

> code together. I'm thinking I can just get away with a "if/then goto and

> play" type statement... but not totally sure of how to go about this. 


Alan,


You'll have to sort out the logic for your error checking first (eg, do

you want to sent an error message displayed for every field that was

left blank individually, or do you want one message if *any* of the

fields are blank, or something else?)  Once you have the logic structure

determined, start simple to test -- maybe with one textfield (thistext)

and your movieclip with two labelled frames, textok and texterror.  Then

try code on the submit button like


if (thistext="")

  begin tell target("/mc")

    goto and play(texterror)

  end tell target  

else

  begin tell target("/mc")

    goto and play(textok)

  end tell target  

end

stop


and put code at the end of each section of the mc to tell target the

main timeline (begin tell target "/", play) to resume playing.


Then just work up as needed for all your fields.  (Usual disclaimer:

That's what I'd do anyway)


Helen

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