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Subject: Re: FLASH: target w/ expression (bug?)
From: Jon Williams
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:07:16 +0100

I hereby take back everything I ever said about the amount of
email this list generates. (thanks for the sanity check robert, this
snafu gets me REPEATEDLY...ever have one of those
mistakes you just *keep* making over and over?)

-jon

Robert Bleeker wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> add:
>
> Set variable "return:dir" = dir
>
> before the tell target.
>
> any variable inside the tell target function thinks it is inside the target
> MC.
> You could also change the "go to and play (dir)" to "go to and play
> (../:dir)"
>
> Good luck
>
> Robert
>
> on 30/6/00 8:29 AM, Jon Williams at jonatshovemedia [dot] com wrote:
>
> >>
> >
> > I feel silly...
> >
> > ok.
> >
> > Is there a bug with targeting a frame using an expression?
> >
> > I've tried it using both a variable that evaluates to a string
> > and a variable that evaluates to a frame number. both fail.
> >
> > So like,
> >
> > Begin Tell Target (return)
> > Go to and Play (dir)
> > End Tell Target
> >
> >
> > ...where return is a variable that's the string name of my target
> > (which is working correctly) and dir is the variable i'm having
> > trouble with.
> >
> > I've GOT to be missing something.
>
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