variables, does this work?

[PowerSerge]

currentclip="skeleton_mc";
currentclip.onEnterFrame = moveStuff;


if I were to have that, would it be the equivelant of...

skeleton_mc.onEnterFrame = moveStuff;

?

[JEBoothjr]

no it would be:


_root[currentClip].onEnterFrame=moveStuff;

[PowerSerge]

thanks.

so _root[currentclip]

is equivelant to _root.skeleton_mc then?

do the []'s work like the . ?

[petefs]

or:

currentclip=skeleton_mc;
currentclip.onEnterFrame=moveStuff;

^_^

[JEBoothjr]

Yes, _root[currentclip] would be the same as _root.skeleton_mc

The []'s evaluate the variable 'currentclip'. If you just use _root.currentclip, Flash would look for a clip called "currentclip", which is not what you want. You are using a variable clip name.

[PowerSerge]

Thanks :)

one more thing....
I have all the code in the first frame, and so it repeats 31 times each seconds... what do I do if I just want it to declare a variable once when the movie starts? What I'm trying is....

if(firstrun!==false)
{
currentclip="skeleton_mc";
firstrun=false;
}

but I don't think it's working.

[tg]

if(firstrun!=false)

loose one of the = signs.

[petefs]

hm, shouldn't a strict inequality work with a simple boolean comparison?

I mean, it's unnecessary, but maybe I'm just confused... ^_^ A good explanation would help me learn the error of my ways.

[PowerSerge]

Nevermind ;) I just used the first frame for variables and then stopped the animation on the second and used the main code there.

[tg]

how/where are you initializing your variable?

[JEBoothjr]

There must be something else wrong with your code. I can get it to work with or without strict equality. Can you post a little more of it, or the fla?

[PowerSerge]

But... new problem.

I have it so an animation runs. When the movie clip is done running I need the program to change it to something else, so I put a bit of code on the last frame of the movie clip... but the code in the movie clip doesnt run. The movie clip does, but the code doesn't.

Any thoughts?

[JEBoothjr]

Can you post the fla?

[PowerSerge]

This link should be right:
http://s94450126.onlinehome.us/game.fla

by the way, as you'll notice, I'm having other problems with it... for some reason the movie clip isn't appearing at the right x and y.... they were working before O_o