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Subject:	Re: FLASH: valueOf problem; or is it !
From:	Helen Triolo
Date:	Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:53:09 GMT

Kevin,

Where did the 7 mc's come from? Are they duplicated copies of a main mc
in the library, or 7 unique mc's? Are menu1, menu2, etc their instance
names or library names? What are you trying to do in the loop -- get
the instance name of each mc, get its path, something else? Need more
background info on setup and what you're trying to accomplish.

Regards,
Helen
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kevin dowd wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have 7 movie clips on named menu1, menu2....
>
> The following code
>
> var totalMenus = 7;
>
> for (myCounter = 1; myCounter <= totalMenus; myCounter++) {
> var temp = ("menu" + myCounter);
> var theClip = valueOf(temp);
> trace(temp + " = " + targetPath (theClip));
>
> }
>
> }
>
> returns
>
> menu1 = _level0.instance1
> menu2 = _level0.instance1
> menu3 = _level0.instance1
> menu4 = _level0.instance1
> menu5 = _level0.instance1
> menu6 = _level0.instance1
> menu7 = _level0.instance1
>
> I would expect the instance name to be different on each iteration of
> the "for" loop.
>
> Anybody tell me what's going on ?

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