Displaying Data inside the rollover state of a button? 1

[Kirderf]

I have a panoramic store that:
1. the user can rollover the pricetag (a button) and
2. have the price, name, category and html link of the item display inside the rollover state of the button.

Is there a way to pull that data into a button using the instance name as a variable? I have a similar button for each tag and need the data to be different for each item.

Is this something that anyone has attempted?



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[Kirderf]

Does anyone know how can I make the instance name of a movie clip a variable?

Thank you.

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[kennethkawamoto]

You can use the instance name (or a variable stored in the button) to retrieve a value from an Object, for example.

Kenneth Kawamoto

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[Kirderf]

Thanks a lot Kenneth for your help.
for example:
Button1 (which is actually movieclips with on(rollOver)
Instance1 of button1
Instance2 of button1
Instance3 of button1

So is there a way to grab the instance name of the button
and use it inside another line of code?

example:
{(grab instance name of button that is rolled over & put it here.display_mov.dynamic_txt.text = this.matchingInstanceName;
};


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[kennethkawamoto]

If I HAVE TO use "on(rollOver)" then it would be:

// assuming your button and "display_mov" are on the same timeline
on (rollOver) {
	this._parent.display_mov.dynamic_txt.text = this._name;
}

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[Kirderf]

is there a method for getting a movieclip instance name?"

Like getInstanceName or something like that?

Maybe that is what I should be asking.
Thanks again.

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[kennethkawamoto]

The instance name is a property of the MovieClip called "_name" - as in my last post.

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[Kirderf]

Everything works with one small glitch which I have exhausted all my options over.
I get an undefined for my output when I use this._name inside the function.

when I hardcode this.instanceName it works fine.

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function() {
trace (_name);
info.text =this._name;//returns "undefined"
};
myData.load("myText2.txt");


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[kennethkawamoto]

In this bit of your code:

myData.onLoad = function() {
   trace (_name);
   info.text =this._name;
};

you're trying to get the _name of myData, which is a LoadVars Class instance. LoadVars has no "_name" so you get undefined. "_name" property is for MovieClip, Button, TextField and Video Classes only.

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[Kirderf]

So how can I get the name of the movieclip and place it into the code without hardcoding it?

myData.onLoad = function() {
trace (_name);
info.text =this.hardcodedName;//this works
};

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[Kirderf]

Even when I put a variable outside the MyDate fuction I can not pull the information in like I would if it was hardcoded.
//my full code
var i:String=_name;
myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function() {
trace (_name);
info.text =this.i;
};
myData.load("myText2.txt");
(this code is in the movieclip called mc_one. When I put the line:
info.text = this.mc_one;
I get exactly the output I need.

See my problem? Sorry to be such a pain, but...its killing my last brain cell.

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[kennethkawamoto]

//Timeline of "mc_one"
myData = new LoadVars();
myData.parent = this;
myData.onLoad = function() {
	trace(this.parent._name); // "mc_one"
	this.parent.info.text = this.parent._name; // "mc_one"
};
myData.load("myText2.txt");

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[Kirderf]

I have a sample posted here:

http://shirtartist.com/test/index.html

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[billwatson]

Sorry to butt in Kenneth

One solutiom - untested


myData = new LoadVars();
myData.parent = this;
myData.onLoad = function() {
switch (this.parent._name) {
case 'mc_one':
this.parent.info.text = this.mc_one;
break;
case 'mc_two':
this.parent.info.text = this.mc_two;
break;
default:
};
myData.load("myText2.txt");
switch (this.parent._name) {

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I finally understood what you wanted:

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.parent = this;
myData.onLoad = function() {
	this.parent.info.text = this[this.parent._name];
};
myData.load("myText.txt");

Important: remove "Var:" from the TextField.

However, this is not the most efficient way to do this thing - you're creating LoadVars Object again and again on every rollover and loading the text file again and again. Totally unnecessary. But that's another matter...

Kenneth Kawamoto

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[Kirderf]

That is exactly what I was trying to make happen. I have never pulled data in from a database, so the text file solution was all I could imagine working at this point.

I would be open for any suggestions for pulling in data a better way. I have tried a few tutorials, but to no avail. Thank you so much for helping.

Here is my project to date:

http://shirtartist.com/test/index.html#flash

Any other suggestions or points to tutorials on this would be great. I will learn this if it mames me.

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[kennethkawamoto]

I would suggest to load the data at the beginning of the movie at _root timeline, then control everything from _root. You need to load the data only once. It's not a good idea to load data on each rollover.

Kenneth Kawamoto

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[Kirderf]

Can I help you on anything before I ask another question?
I have run into another snag putting this one deeper into another movieclip.


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[Kirderf]

Oh, I see you posted. Thanks for you help(again). I am in a little above my head on how to store the data and retrieve it. I thought I would be able to manipulate everything once i got it to work, but it is not that easy for me. My biggest problem is with targeting and displaying the data. I am okay with targeting movie clips.

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