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Subject: Re: FLASH: Variables : What am I doing wrong
From: William Glenn
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 19:15:06 +0100

Does someone need to contact an isp about this?

William

-----Original Message-----
From: Louis L. Gambogi III <llgtaurus2000athome [dot] com>
To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: FLASH: Variables : What am I doing wrong


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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Mendizabal" <steveatfuse-media [dot] com>
>To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:48 PM
>Subject: FLASH: Variables : What am I doing wrong
>
>
>> Hello. I hope that someone can help me. I am almost at my wits end.
>> Here is the situation:
>>
>> I have a main timeline with 2 buttons (there will be a total of five)
>>
>> They are blank buttons, just a rectangular hit area. Under each of
>> these I have text. They have this action attached them:
>>
>> On (Roll Over)
>> Set Variable: "who" = "about"
>> Set Variable: "move" = "go"
>> End On
>> On (Roll Out)
>> Set Variable: "who" = "about"
>> Set Variable: "move" = "stop"
>> End On
>>
>> I then have 2 controller movies that have the following:
>>
>> frame 2:
>> If (/:move eq "go")
>> Go to and Play ("who")
>> Else
>> Go to and Play (_currentframe -1)
>> End If
>>
>> So you roll over the button *poof* the move var get set to go. On to
>> frame 10 which has this:
>>
>> If (/:who eq "about")
>> Set Variable: "MaxUp" = "295"
>> Go to and Play ("MaxUp")
>> Else
>> Set Variable: "MaxDown" = "320"
>> Go to and Play ("maxDown")
>> End If
>>
>> on to MaxUp "frame 15":
>>
>> Set Variable: "OrigY1" = GetProperty ( "../about", _y)
>> Set Variable: "yPos1" = GetProperty ("../about", _y)
>>
>>
>> frame 16:
>>
>> Set Property ("../about", Y Position) = yPos1
>>
>>
>> frame 17 (maxUp2):
>>
>> If (yPos1 <= MaxUp)
>> Go to and Play ("upHold")
>> If (/:move eq "stop")
>> Go to and Play ("return")
>> End If
>> Else
>> Set Variable: "yPos1" = yPos1 -2
>> Go to and Play (_currentframe -1)
>> End If
>>
>> upHold (frame20):
>>
>> nothing
>>
>> frame21:
>> If (/:move eq "stop")
>> Go to and Play ("return")
>> If (/:move eq "stop")
>> If (/:who eq "about")
>> Go to and Play ("maxDown")
>> End If
>> End If
>> Else
>> Go to and Play (_currentframe -1)
>> End If
>>
>> frame25:
>> Set Property ("../about", Y Position) = yPos1
>>
>>
>> frame26 (return):
>> If (yPos1 >= origY1)
>> Go to and Play (1)
>> Else
>> If (/:move eq "go")
>> If (/:who eq "about")
>> Go to and Play ("maxUp2")
>> End If
>> Else
>> Set Variable: "yPos1" = yPos1 + 1
>> Go to and Play (_currentframe - 1)
>> End If
>> End If
>>
>> Now. This seems to work fine for the first few times. You start
>> moving a little quicker and then they (the buttons) start to stick at
>> different _y positions then I have defined. Also it seems that if
>> one is at its "max" and you roll to the other button it keeps them
>> both at "max". After awhile they just stick at "max" permanently.
>> There will be a total of 5 buttons and they will float down if they
>> aren't the ones that are rolled over.I DONT WANT THE ANSWERS just
>> some suggestions. Feel free to mail offlist and tell me to forget it
>> and become a potato farmer.
>>
>> Thanks
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