Re: FLASH: inconsistency in loading variables

[Anders Ramsay]

>Hi Anders.

>

>I didn't see in your explanation a loop that checks to be sure the variables

>have been loaded, so maybe that's the problem.  At the this part:

>

>>  the second frame of the movie, I use the Load Movie action set to

>>  'Load variables into location' with target set to a movie clip I use

>>  for variables and subroutines (this movie clip resides on all frames

>>  in the top level movie).  Then, two frames later, I tell the top

>>  level movie to go to the frame label of the variable in that

>>  directory, e.g.  if the file says 'default=home' my script would say

>>  'go to location(default)'

>

>Put a label on the frame after your load movie, like "loading"

>On the next frame after that labelled one, put "if default = "" go to

>loading"



  I did try including a conditional that said


if(location ne 0)

go to(location)

else go to (1) [or the frame before the frame that loads the variable]


but then the movie would sometimes just sit there seemingly 

indefinitely, apparently unable to load the file, so I removed it.


>

>That is, it will loop there until the action to load the variables has

>succeeded.

>

>The problem that I have with offering this solution is that you have tried

>loading the variable with the movie name, and I would have thought that

>would have happened immediately...so really not sure this is the answer.

>But it is something to try!

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