FLASH: Setting properties through a variable

[Jose M. Rubio/DoubleYou]

Hi all,


There's something here I'm doing wrong, but I cannot figure it out at the moment.

That's the situation:


-I've got a movieclip called "bar" which has its x_position set to 100 at the beginning.

-In my first frame I have a variable called "myx" set to "100" and another one called "masterx" set to "0".

-Some frames later I've put a stop action and three buttons. Each one sets "masterx" to a specific value (100, 200, 300) and makes the movie go to frame 30. 

In that frame I have the following code:


                    If (myx<masterx)

                          Go to and Play (40)

                    Else If (myx>masterx)

                          Go to and Play (50)

                    End If


-On frame 40 there's the following code:


                    Set Property ("bar", X Position) = "myx"


-On frame 41 that one:


                    Set Variable: "myx" = myx+1

                    Go to and Play (30)



-Frame 50 and 51 have the same code except that in the Set Variable action which is 


                    Set Variable: "myx" = myx-1


The idea is to control the position of the "bar" movieclip through the buttons. It seems quite simple, but I can't make it work. The movie just gets to frame 30 and begins to loop between frame 41 and 30, but the "bar" MC doesn't move.


Any idea?

TIA



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Jose M. Rubio

DoubleYou

josedoubleyou [dot] com

http://www.doubleyou.com

Tel. +34 93 292 3110

Fax. +34 93 292 2197

ICQ Number: 68390036



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