Brain Cloud - Why is function running? 1

[fedtrain]

Here is what is most probably a dumb question, but my brain has stopped being able to analyze....

Simple function, and then a button that is supposed to call that function. But the function is being called with out the button being clicked.

What is going on?

mcBox._visible = false;
var btOne:Button

function changeColor(){
	if (mcBox._visible == true){
		mcBox._visible = false;
	}
	else {
		mcBox._visible = true;
	}
}
trace (mcBox._visible);

btOne.onRelease = changeColor();

This always shows the box as visible. If I comment out the button.onRelease...then the box stays false but what is wrong?

I so can't see it.

"Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena - T.Roosevelt

 

[kennethkawamoto]

[tt]mcBox._visible = false;
var btOne:Button;
function changeColor() {
if (mcBox._visible == true) {
mcBox._visible = false;
} else {
mcBox._visible = true;
}
}
trace(mcBox._visible);
btOne.onRelease = function() {
changeColor();
};[/tt]

(You don't need "var btOne:Button;" by the way.)

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[fedtrain]

Thank you very much...that would have just sat in my head all day distracting me.

So...no calling the function...I have to put it in the function brackets...weird. I looked at much of my old code, but I guess this was too simple for what I was looking at, and couldn't get my brain around it.

As for declaring the button...just doing that because a class I took really hyped declaring your variables, it makes the hints pop up when typing.

Dave

"Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena - T.Roosevelt

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Actually you can do this as well:

btOne.onRelease = changeColor;

Please note there's no parenthesis "()" in changeColor.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk