cant figure out how to define these variables correctly

[whoknows361]

Hello all. been quite awhile since i've posted. but ran into a prob.

I am trying to set up a simple add item to cart function and evertyhing works below aside from the "paypal part". I ommitted my scroll function as its not necessary.

stop();


//functions***********************************
updatepos = function() {
	//moves next item row down and increased depth by one//
_root.beginy = _root.beginy + 87;
_root.depth = _root.depth +1;
_root.depth2 = _root.depth2 +1;
}

//************************************************************


var names:Array = ["Name1", "Name2", "Name3", "Name4", "Name5", "Name6", "Name7", "Name8", "Name9", "Name10"];
var productnumber:Array = ["Number1", "Number2","Number3","Number4","Number5","Number6","Number7","Number8","Number9","Number10"];
var price:Array = ["$1.00", "$2.00", "$3.00", "$4.00", "$5.00", "$6.00", "$7.00", "$8.00", "$9.00", "$10.00"];
var description:Array = ["desc1", "desc2", "desc3", "desc4", "desc5", "desc6", "desc7", "desc8", "desc9", "desc10"];

_root.depth = 500;
_root.depth2 = 1000;
_root.beginx = 0;
_root.beginy = 0;
_root.overallheight = 0;  //used to get the value of how far to scroll down for scroller
Tnumber= 10;

for(var i = 0; i < Tnumber; i++){ 
_root.counter = i;
var mc:MovieClip = _root.initialholder.holder.contents.attachMovie("partcontainer", "partcontainer"+i, _root.depth);
//positioning
mc._x = _root.beginx;
mc._y = _root.beginy; 
//filling in textboxe
//assigning and displaying text box values//
mc.name.text = names[i];
mc.partnumber.text = productnumber[i];
mc.price.text = price[i];
mc.description.text = description[i];

_root.overallheight = _root.overallheight - 60; //gives us the y value for the scroller to scroll down to.

//setup paypal button and presson info////the below paypal code doesn't work right//
mc.attachMovie("paypal_btn", "paypal_btn", _root.depth2);
mc.paypal_btn.onPress = function() {
	this.price = price[i];
	this.ID = names[i];
	this.name = names[i];
	this.option1Name = "Part#";
	this.option1Value = productnumber[i];
	this.addQuantity = 1;
	this.maxQuantity = 999;
	this.addToCart();

}
//call position function
updatepos();
}

the problem lies in the paypal section. You see the mc "partcontainer" is simply a mc showing the part name number, descr, etc. and within each "partcontatier+i" clip i want there to be my paypal_btn mc. each with its own specific name .. ie paypal_btn +i. and I want to be able to pass the price, ID, name, option1Name, option1VAlue, etc to each button... as each will be different. Can someone please give me an idea as to how I would do this. I feel like I am so close but am missing a simple idea. Please help

Jonathan

 

[kennethkawamoto]

The first thing is to see if your set up is working:

mc.paypal_btn.onPress = function() {
   trace(this);
}

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk