concatenate variable

[docstw]

Hi. I'm sure it's so simple but I'm struggling.

I want to declare a variable in my .swf that will (for example) range from 1 to 5. I'm calling it "courseID".

Later, in a movie clip, I want to use the value of that variable to complete a URL address that is opened in a new browser window. I'm getting the no syntax errors, but my URL address is not using the variable value. I am trying this:

In first frame of Flash movie, I set the variable:

var courseID = 5;

In movie clip, I am trying to concatenate that value of the variable in my URL:

on (release) {
getURL(("

http://www.sampledomain.com/Feedback.cfm?UI="

+ courseID), "_blank"
}

It should be returning this URL:

http://www.sampledomain.com/Feedback.cfm?UI=5".

Any suggestions? THanks.

 

[oldnewbie]

Maybe try...

courseID = 5;
my_url = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www..."[/URL] + courseID;
trace(my_url);

Then...

on(release){
    getURL(my_url, "_blank");
}

Regards,

 

[docstw]

Thank you oldnewbie.

I modified your solution a bit, because I have the movie clip attached dynamically (it's created in the first frame of the AS) and I don't think the variable was being accessed outside of the main timeline.

So I declared a global variable on frame 1:

_global.myUrl = "

http://www.sampledomain.com/Feedback.cfm?UI=5";

trace(myUrl);

And, in the MC, I use the script as you have it:

on (release)
{
getURL(myUrl, "_blank"
}

Now I can share the MC across different Flash files, because the source is in a shared library, and I just have to declare the global variable value in the first frame of the destination .swfs.

Works perfectly! Thanks.