FLASH: Please help, I'm stuck in variable land

[James Goudy]

Please, if anyone has a few minutes, I'd really appreciate any thoughts...


Namely, I'm trying to set a variable "nextscene" on release of a button on the main timeline. Based on the variable "currentscene" (set by the MC and retrieved by the button), pressing a button will tell target the MC to the fade-out frames of the current section and then goto the label indicated by the variable "nextscene" The buttons don't work properly, and I'm betting it's because I'm not passing variables back and forth properly.


As an example, the script for the "clients" button looks like this:


On (Release)

      Set Variable: "nextscene" = "clients"

      Set Variable: "currentscene" = /bodymc:currentscene

      If ("currentscene" = "profile")

            Begin Tell Target ("/bodymc")

                  Set Variable: "nextscene" = "clients"       <<--see below

                  Go to and Play ("profileout")

            End Tell Target

      Else If ("currentscene" = "services")

            Begin Tell Target ("/bodymc")

                  Set Variable: "nextscene" = "clients"

                  Go to and Play ("servicesout")

            End Tell Target

      Else If ("currentscene" = "logon")

            Begin Tell Target ("/bodymc")

                  Set Variable: "nextscene" = "clients"

                  Go to and Play ("logonout")

            End Tell Target

      Else If ("currentscene" = "contact")

            Begin Tell Target ("/bodymc")

                  Set Variable: "nextscene" = "clients"

                  Go to and Play ("contactout")

            End Tell Target

      End If

End On


This is the AS from the last frame of the section starting with "profileout"


Set Varible: "nextscene" = /:nextscene

If ("nextscene"="clients")

      Go to and Play ("clientsin")

Else If ("nextscene"="services")

      Go to and Play ("servicesin")

Else If ("nextscene"="logon")

      Go to and Play ("logonin")

Else If ("nextscene"="contact")

      Go to and Play ("contactin")

End If



Am I crazy!? Is this simply the most convoluted and incorrect way to try to do this? Thank you a million times for any ideas. Off-list replies are welcome.


JLG


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