Re: FLASH: Re: Newbie Scripter-variables in "go to frame"?

[Robert Bleeker]

OOPS,


Have to change the targeting for the variable!!!


                  Go to and Stop (../:i+1) <-- PROBLEM 2


Sorry, you can see how easy it is to get this wrong.


Robert




on 7/4/00 9:50 AM, Robert Bleeker at

rbleekercadre [dot] com [dot] au

 wrote:


> Hi Greg,

> 

> I think there are two problems in your script.

> 

> Set Variable: "i" = 1

> Loop While (i <= vCounts)

> COMMENT: In this if statement you were missing the last bracket and

> what I think you were trying to do with the get() statement should be

> Eval().

> If (Var1 < Eval("Var2"&i))  <-- PROBLEM 1

> Begin Tell Target ("/MC")

> Comment: Within this tell target statement your "i"

> variable has to be addressed as if you are looking for it from the target

> location.

> Go to and Stop (/MC:i+1) <-- PROBLEM 2

> End Tell Target

> Else

> -- Blah Blah

> End If

> Set Variable: "i" = i + 1

> End Loop

> 

> 

> Hope you can work out the comments and fixes above.

> 

> Robert

> 

> 

>

on 7/4/00 7:45 AM, Greg Nelson at gnelsonlamar [dot] colostate [dot] edu wrote:

> 

>> Hello all,

>> My first posting after reading and picking up good hints for

>> a long time ...

>> 

>> I've been using FLASH for animation for years, but now I

>> have to script, and I'm no whiz even though I can get by

>> with Lingo. I would appreciate some help.

>> My animation loops on two frames

>> Everything works except:

>> I have a subroutine that includes the following Loop While

>> 

>> 

>> Set Variable: "i" = 1

>> Loop While (i <= vCounts)

>> If (Var1 < get("Var2"&i)

>> Begin Tell Target ("/MC")

>> Go to and Stop (i+1) <-- PROBLEM?

>> End Tell Target

>> Else

>> -- Blah Blah

>> End If

>> Set Variable: "i" = i + 1

>> End Loop

>> 

>> Apparently, when I use the Expression option in the tell

>> target "go to frame" I can't get it to recognize any

>> variables--just hard wired numbers (although I get no error messages).

>> 

>> What is the Expression option for in this dialog box and is

>> there a way to script this?  



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