Re: FLASH: how to wait??

[John Dowdell]

> Loop while _currentframe > 10 ...  [SNIP]

> But a "loop" or "if" is erroring before it ever gets to

> frame 10 (endless loop).



Watch out for this approach... you only want to use programming loops to

process programming things, rather than user interactivity. If you spin

around in a tight little repeat loop nothing else will happen, because only

one handler executes at a time.


Lots more info is in the Director technotes under keyword "repeat", and

I've got it on my plate to duplicate this info in a Flash-specific way for

the Flash technotes.


I'm not sure when you don't know what frame you're on, so can't usefully

provide a scenario, but generally, for the type of situation you may be

looking at, it's generally more useful to regularly poll whether a property

or variable has yet achieved a value, rather than to spin around inside a

tight little repeat loop waiting in vain for it to change.


jd






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