Re: FLASH: Rapid TellTargets, Multiple MouseClicks crash Flash

[John Croteau]

Hi Marc,


> What I would like to know is if others have had trouble with Flash seeming

> not to keep up with rapid series of commands.

You should as you discovered normally disable the button as one of the

Actions. It may in some cases be best to disable the button then call

other actions such as Tell Targets in that second frame.


> How about Flash crashing from too much MC activity at once?

If you don't do the above it is easy to enter a non-ending loop. Or go

dowm a road not expected. I do many more Movie Clip actions without

problems, but all actions take time and not disabling a button when not

needed can cause all sorts of problems.


> Are there situations where MCs aren't really

> keeping the same frame rate, so they get out of sync?

I don't think so.


>  By the way, I was

> not TellTargeting anything that was not already present on the timeline,

> but I wonder if a MC in action might not receive TellTargets reliably.

> Ideally, I would like to understand what it is about Flash's architecture

> and functioning that would cause these problems.

I think the key to understanding why you have problems when allowing

multiple compound actions (regular or Tell Target) is that Flash does

NOT necessarily process the Actions in sequencial order. It has rules

for which actions will be executed first.


For instance, you can place an Unload Movie action command (that unloads

the current movie on the current Level) anywhere in the Actions list,

and all the other actions will be executed before the Unload Level

Command. If the UnLoad command is placed first Flash does not Unload the

current Movie and thus ignore the rest of the commands because the Movie

has been unloaded.


Therefore, the key is not to let Flash decide what order to do actions

in and you do this with the timeline. Allowing a second button action(s)

before you are sure all actions have been executed and completed from

the first button may lead to undesired results.


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