Re: FLASH: waiting for LOAD VARIABLE results

[Branden Hall]

Well, somehow you must have had the code, or the middleware file set up

incorrectly, because a two frame loop is exactly what is needed.


The way the actual load process would work is as follows:

Frame 1: The load variables action. Make sure that you are loading the

variables to the target/level you want.  Its automatically set to level 1

even though most often want the variables to load to level 0.


Frame 2: A simple if statement.  Pick a variable that you will always be

getting back from your middleware, say, max.  Then you would do the

following if statement:

if (max ne "")

    Goto frame 4 and Play

end if


Frame 3: Just a goto action:

Goto frame 2 and Play


Thats it!


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software


----- Original Message -----

From: Helen Triolo <

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To: <

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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 10:16 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: waiting for LOAD VARIABLE results



Henri Cujass wrote:

>

> ...I use Load Variable and it's working fine.

> The problem is that the asynchronus call of the "load variable"

> procedure make it difficult to check the returning values.

>

> I saw the waiting loop example with two frames at flashers-list. I try

> it and get a runtime error "more as 200000 loops" after a second.

>

> Any ideas how to fix it ? Should I use a loop with more frames ?

>

Henri,

   I'd love to tell you how to fix this, but can't.  I had the same

problem: when I added a 2-frame "wait for variables to load before

proceeding" section to my movie, it never proceeded.  I went over and

over Branden's example at flashlite.net and tried to set it up exactly

the same, but couldn't get it to advance out of the loop.  When I took

out the waiting loop and put in a Goto right after the load variables

statement, it worked fine, and the variables were loaded (I know because

they displayed just fine).  I'd like to hear from Branden or someone

else that has suggestions for the wait loop though.  (When is it

necessary?  Any ideas why we can't get it to work?)


TIA,

Helen

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