Re: FLASH: Store internal variable

[John Croteau]

Hi David,


> Is it possible to store a variable, such as a frame number,

> inside of Flash?

Yes, you can store information in a Movie Clip, but only if you can

contemplate all the potentail possibilities first. There are several

methods you can use. Below is one.


For a random access Set and Get Movie Clip (using Nested MCs) you need a

labeled frame for each possibility assigned a frame inside a Movie Clip.

For each position you need a nested Movie Clip that has the Action you

will want performed. Each Nested Movie Clip will have the same Instance

Name.


So to set the Movie Clip you Tell Target the Movie Clip to the correct

frame.

To poll the Movie Clip and have it perform the desired action you Tell

Target the Nested Movie Clip. 


A Nested Movie Clip is a Movie Clip 'Nested' or placed inside another

Movie Clip. To Tell Target a nested Movie Clip both the Host Movie Clip

and its Child must both have Instance Names. For instance give the Main

Storage Movie Clip an Instance Name of 'SaveFrame' and each nested Movie

Clip an Instance Name of 'Return'. 


Set:

Tell Target  /SaveFrame

  Go to and Stop    Frame16

End Tell Target


Poll (Get):

Tell Target  /SaveFrame/Return

   Go to and Play.

End Tell Target


> I want to set the frame of an MC and when a user rolls over the MC it

> changes frames and when they roll off of the MC I want to get back to that

> previously set frame.

Yes, this is quite possible. The above is just one method of storing and

getting information in Flash.

Standaed rules of Movie Clips apply such as the Movie Clip must exist

continuously and you can't use Scenes.


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