RE: [flasher] Actionscript geniuses, please help....

[Tom Verhaegen]

Hi Pascal,

took some time and this is the result, more questions feel free to ask.


Tom


On (Press)

-- to capture the mousedownevent


      Set Variable: "numChildren" = ..:numChildren

-- here you are setting the variable "numChildren to the value of the

Variable "numChildren which has been created in a movie one level below

("..:" means "one level lower, in the new syntax this is equal to "_parent")


      Set Variable: "counter" = 1

-- setting the value of counter to 1


      Loop While (counter <= numChildren)

-- here a loop is started which goes from counter (which you just setted to

1) to numChildren (probable a numeric value)


            Set Variable: "arrayElement" = "..:child_" & counter

-- here you create a temporary variable "arayElement" and you give is the

string value "..:child_" + counter (this should be "..:child_1" in the first

passage of the loop)


            Set Variable: "control" = Eval (arrayElement)

-- here you are setting the var "Control" to the evaluated value of

"..:child_1"  // probably there are a number of variable in the movie one

level lower whith the names "child_1 , child_2 , child_3 ...."


            Begin Tell Target (control)

                  Go to and Stop (1)

            End Tell Target

-- Tell Target calls a movie (in this case the movie whith the name which is

equal to the value of "control" ) and tells it to Go to the First frame and

stop


            Set Variable: "counter" = counter + 1

-- the variable "counter" plus "1" // here the loop starts again untill the

value of counter is equal to the value of numChildren


      End Loop

-- loop is ended


      Set Variable: "..:selected" = _target

-- the variable "..:selected" is setted to the value of the path from the

root of the flash movie to the movie in which the "_target" function is

called. // you can embed several movie in one flash movie, you can also

instanciate several movie, so a flash movie can have several layers, to nowe

the complete position of a certain embedded or instanciated movie you use

the "_target"-function


      Go to and Stop (2)

-- go to Frame 2 and stop


End On

-- end of mouseEvent


Tom Verhaegen

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GUI engineer

Carels Innovative Software

Belgium



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Subject: [flasher] Actionscript geniuses, please help....



I have this script which I need to use but I would like (if possible) for

someone to tell me(ASAP-tonight if possible) exactly what each syntax means,

especially the "numChildren",the periods,etc..

here it is below,


On (Press)

      Set Variable: "numChildren" = ..:numChildren

      Set Variable: "counter" = 1

      Loop While (counter <= numChildren)

            Set Variable: "arrayElement" = "..:child_" & counter

            Set Variable: "control" = Eval (arrayElement)

            Begin Tell Target (control)

                  Go to and Stop (1)

            End Tell Target

            Set Variable: "counter" = counter + 1

      End Loop

      Set Variable: "..:selected" = _target

      Go to and Stop (2)

End On


Thank you for your time, I really appreciate it,

Pascal



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