FLASH: stuck in variable land

[David Gilden]

Hi James,


>> Else If ("currentscene" = "services")


Did you try?


 Else If ("currentscene" eq "services")


= is good for numbers, eq for strings...

Just a thought.

Dave




On 9/6/00 at 2:19 AM,

ownerchinwag [dot] com

 (flasher-digest) wrote:


> 

> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:30:53 -0700

>

From: "James Goudy" <jamesgwebmail [dot] leighfisher [dot] com>

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

> 

> 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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