RE: [flasher] checking to see if last variable has loaded

[Paul Willoughby]

George Medve [

george [dot] medvewheel [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:george [dot] medvewheel [dot] co [dot] uk)

] wrote: 

> I tried placing this on to a movieclip in the scene:

> 

> Variation 1)

> ============

> I created a variable called "information=complete", which is 

> at the end of

> the variable list. 

> (the variable is loaded into '_root.flash_db' moviclip) 

> 

> onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

>     if (_root.flash_db.information eq "complete") {

>         _parent.gotoAndPlay("registration1");

>     }

> }

> 

> Flash just seems to ignore this completely...I tried to place 

> the same 'if'

> statement into a keyframe and have create a loop back to the 

> frame and this

> does not help either.


You need to tell Flash to loop if the condition is not met. Also, you

probably want a normal equality operator as 'eq' is deprecated in Flash 5.

Assuming you've got a blank frame before where this clip appears, try

something like:


onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

	if (_root.flash_db.information == "complete") {

         _parent.gotoAndPlay("registration1");

	} else {

	   _parent.gotoAndPlay(_currentFrame - 1);

     }

}


I find it easier to put loading actions into frames on the main timeline, so

you could also just put this on frame 2 of your movie (again, assuming frame

1 is blank):


if (_root.flash_db.information == "complete") {

         gotoAndPlay("registration1");

} else {

	   gotoAndPlay(_currentFrame - 1);

     }


hth


paul