Re: FLASH: More text field scrolling questions

[Mark Sheppard]

Ok I see what you are saying here, I have used placeholder MCs before.

But do i then use a tell target to pass the variables on to the textfield?


Loading the text it's self is not a problem, but I still don't understand

how to pass

the variable "content.scroll" = content.scroll + 1 on to where it is

interpreted.


On (Press, Drag Over, Drag Out)

      Begin Tell Target ("news page")

        Set Variable: "clicks" = clicks + 1

        If (content.scroll < content.maxscroll)

        Set Variable: "content.scroll" = content.scroll + 1

       End If

End Tell Target

End On


If so, couldn't the same thing be done in theform it sits now

i.e.   Begin Tell Target ("_level1")


Please excuse me for being so dense I"ve never done any type of programming

at all before.

----------------------------------------

Mark Sheppard

aka Zachnefein

zach29columbus [dot] rr [dot] com

> Hi Mark,

>

> First you should load your "news page" into a placeHolder MC, this can be

a

> blank MC (say with a name like "newsPage"), remember that the "news page"

> MC's top left corner will load into the center of the blank "newsPage"

> placeHolder.

> Now you have a easy path to follow for Tell Target commands.

>

>

> Then you load your text into the MC "newsPage".

>

> ie. Load Variables ("news.txt", "newsPage")

>

>

> As for variable text file names, do this:

>

> Set Variable "whichNews"=1

> Load Variables ("news"&whichNews&".txt", "newsPage")

>

> making sure that you have the URL field set to be an Expression.

>

> Hope this works for you.

>

> Robert

>


>

on 30/5/00 7:21 AM, Mark Sheppard at zach29columbus [dot] rr [dot] com wrote:

>

> > I have set up a scrollable text field also , which is importing from a

text

> > file. (tut. on Mooks)

> >

> > The problem I am running into is that I want to use continuous feedback

> > buttons to control it, and don't know how to pass the variable "up?"a

level

> > from the MC that acts as the button.

> >

> > I have the main time line and a "news page" that is loading into level 1

> > with the textfield.

> > Then two MCs which are each 4 frames with 2 layers containing the

buttons.

> > Every other frame has a button with :

> > *MC up arrow:

> >

> > On (Press, Drag Over, Drag Out)

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

> > If (content.scroll < content.maxscroll)

> > Set Variable: "content.scroll" = content.scroll + 1

> > End If

> > End On

> >

> > Also the variable "clicks" is used to set the text field back to line

one

> > when loading new text files (old news) so that variable also needs to be

> > sent . (This works ok on a plain button so far)

> > To load a new text file the button action is:

> >

> > On (Release)

> > Set Variable: "content.scroll" = content.scroll -clicks

> > Load Variables ("news.txt", 1)

> > End On

> >

> > Another question is, is it possible to have the text file to be loaded

set

> > as a variable so I can have one button to load subsequently older news?

i.e.

> > news1.txt   news2.txt    news3.txt.

> >

> > Actually it would be really cool to have these listed in reverse order

so

> > the end client could just rename the current news to

> > news5.txt if news.txt 1,2&3 allready existed.

> >

> > I am definatley new to actionscripting, and sometimes it really feels

like

> > my head is about to explode : )

> >

> > Thanks in advance

> > ----------------------------------------

> > Mark Sheppard




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