RE: FLASH: Getting variables from MCs

[Paul Willoughby]

Hi James,

 

Finding them damn targets can be a right pain I know, so maybe I can relieve

your misery. There's two different ways to solve your problem. The first

would be to change the code in your movie clips to:


On (Release)

      Set Variable: "/:q1" = 1

End On


The /:, means the variable is set on the main timeline, rather than within

the movie clip. The way it's currently set up (i.e.Set Variable: "q1" = 1)

means the variables only exist in their respective clips, which brings me on

to solution 2...


You can target a variable within a movie clip as long as the clips all have

defined instance names. So, write your addition code as:


Set Variable: "score" = /target1:q1 + /target2:q2 + /target3:q3 +

/target4:q4 etc.


I think the first solution is better, but it depends on what you're trying

to do with the code.


hth


Paul



-----Original Message-----

From: James Cutts [

jamesinone [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:jamesinone [dot] co [dot] uk)

]

Sent: 04 September 2000 13:15

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: FLASH: Getting variables from MCs



Hi all


Can anyone help me with my little action-scripting question:


I have a main time-line ('movie') with 10 MCs strung along it with instances

of QI - Q10.


Each of these MCs allows the user to assign a value to

a variable.


The code within the MCs is:


On (Release)

      Set Variable: "q1" = 1

End On


and so on up to "q10".


I then need to add these variables up.

So I have a frame at the end of the movie containing the following code:


Set Variable: "score" = q1 + q2 + q3 + q4 + q5 + q6 + q7 + q8 + q9 + q10


I then need to display the 'score' to the user so i have an editable text

field (in the last frame of the movie) with a variable of "score" which I

know is set up correctly.


Now the problem: It doesnt work. I think its because I need to specify a

path to the individual MCs to get their values but I dont know the correct

syntax.


Can anyone help?


TIA


J

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