Re: FLASH: Targeting using loop

[Helen Triolo]

Must've sent this too soon after the original -- followup messages

*never* seem to get sent to the list when they're sent too soon after

the original for some strange reason...  Well, here it is again:


Oh, one other thing:  I think it should be


Set Variable: "/letter" & /:damncounter & ":desplazamiento" =

/:direccion


Helen Triolo wrote:

> 

> Looks like it should work, as long as the action is done on the main

> timeline and you're talking to mc's letter1-letter6 that exist on the

> main timeline (I assume you've checked to make sure the instances are

> right and that they exist in the frame where this action is done).  If

> not executed on the main timeline, try:

> 

>  Loop While (/:damncounter<6)

>         Set Variable: "/letter"&/:damncounter:desplazamiento =

> /:direccion

>         Set Variable: "/:damncounter" = /:damncounter+1

>  End Loop

> 

> (or adjust the path for letter to something else if it's nested, and/or

> the path for the variables if they're in a mc).

> 

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> 

> Jose/DoubleYou wrote:

> >

> > Hi there,

> >

> > I have to send the same variable to a bunch of MCs so I thought I could do

> > do it using the loop action. Guess what? It seems I was wrong.

> >

> > This is the code I'm using:

> >

> > Loop While (damncounter<6)

> >        Set Variable: "letter"&damncounter:desplazamiento = direccion

> >        Set Variable: "damncounter" = damncounter+1

> > End Loop


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