Re: FLASH: Adding to a Variable (no, concatenating)

[Helen Triolo]

Jason Bouwmeester wrote:

> 

> Hey everyone,

> 

> Got a quickie here I hope. I have successfully loaded a variable from an ASP

> file into Flash. The variable loads into a movie clip called current_date -

> the text field variable is currentDate. Unfortunately, the ASP function

> returns 4/17/00 but Flash only displays 4/17 - I need to add the /00 to the

> end. So I tried this:

> 

> Set Variable: "/current_date:currentDate" = /current_date:currentDate +

> "/00"

> 

> but no luck. The first /current_date:currentDate is a string, the second is

> an expression - is that my problem? Any takers?


String concatenates use a "&", not a "+".  And while we're on the

subject, it seems that Flash will concatenate either a string or a

number variable equally.  Is that everyone else's experience too?  It

seems wierd to me, but it's very useful in loops since you don't have to

worry about converting variable types.  My second comment about the

above is that there must be a way to get Flash to display the actual

year in a date, not just the month and day!  Are you sure the ASP is

really returning the whole thing?


Helen

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