Re: Getting worse RE: FLASH: Action Script problem using telltarget

[Helen Triolo]

Samir,


On second look, I see what the problem is (or might be) and it's a

familiar one.  framechange is a variable on the main timeline, but your

tellTarget thinks it's in the gallery movieclip.  If this is to be

exported as F4, change your statement to


  tellTarget ("gallery") {

     gotoAndStop (/:framechange);


or, if you don't need to export to F4, then no tell target needed:


    _root.gallery.gotoAndStop(_root.framechange);


(And if neither of those works, then put a statement like this


  trace("xchange=" + xchange + " framechange=" + framechange);


before the tellTarget to make sure the vars are what you think they are.

(And make sure the mc instance name is gallery and that the frame

pointed to by var framechange is already loaded when you do the command,

etc etc)


Helen

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Samir Ahmed wrote:

> 

> Hey Helen,

> 

> It seems to be the telltarget/goto (expression) command, soesnt work at all.

> 

> I couldnt find any reference of this command aswell.

> 

> Samir Ahmed

> Web Development Team Leader

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> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Helen Triolo [designeri-technica [dot] com (mailto:designeri-technica [dot] com)]

> Sent: 19 October 2000 16:01

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: Getting worse RE: FLASH: Action Script problem using

> telltarget

> 

> Put a trace statement (or several) in to see which of your variables is

> not what you expect.

> 

> Regards,

> Helen

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> 

> Samir Ahmed wrote:

> >

> > Hi Guys,

> >

> > Still waiting in peril for an answer!

> >

> > Hi Guys,

> >

> > I am working with flash 5 and I am facing a scripting problem. I want a

> > movie clip to go to a certain frame which is calculated by a simple

> > mathematic formula. The script is as follows:

> > startDrag ("move", true);

> > x = 225-move._x;

> > frame = getProperty (gallery, _currentframe);

> > tframe = getProperty (gallery, _totalframes);

> > xmain = mover._x;

> > xchange = int (-((x^2)/10));

> > xnew = xmain-xchange;

> > framechange = frame-xchange;

> > setProperty ("mover", _x, xnew);

> > tellTarget ("gallery") {

> >     gotoAndStop (framechange);

> > }

> >

> > The movie clip in question is the <gallery> clip which i am

> <telltarget>ing

> > to the new frame. Nothing happens!


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