Re: FLASH: can't see wood for the trees -thanks

[carl captieux]

Thanks Helen.


Kind regards,


Carl


Helen Triolo wrote:


> I love these F5 addressing issues!  You want

>

>     _root[mc].gotoAndPlay("fade");

>

> (I think you also want just mc = subMenArray[i] before it too; no string

> function necessary).

>

> Here's a general rule:

>

> 1) for an instance name, use quotes:

>

>     _root["mcinstancename"].gotoAndPlay("fade");

>

> (this is the associative-array equivalent of

> _root.mcinstancename.gotoAndPlay("fade"); -- either one works)

>

> 2) for a variable that contains an instance name, no quotes:

>

>     _root[variable].gotoAndPlay("fade");

>

> (no dot syntax equivalent of this)

>

> If you want more notes on addressing issues like that, the first couple

> pages of a tutorial i did at flashkit attempts to explain it:

> http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/5_ad_piect/tute_piechart.shtml

>

> Regards,

> Helen

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>

> carl captieux wrote:

> >

> > Hi All,

> > I have a number of mc's I want to tell to go and play frame "fade"

> >

> > The loop goes through the array with mc equalling the items from array.

> >

> > subMenArray = new

> > array("experience","products","trends","services","community","index");

> >

> > function moveSubMens (){

> >     for(i=0; i< subMenArray.length; i++){

> >      mc = String(subMenArray[i]);

> >      _root.mc.gotoAndPlay("fade");

> >      }

> >  }

> >

> > However, the problem seems to be the line: _root.mc.gotoAndPlay("fade");

> > What seems to be wrong with this?

> >

> > telltarget("_root"+mc){

> >     gotoAndPlay("fade")

> > }

> > Tell Target works, but I would like to use the new syntax.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Carl

> >

>

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