Looping clip (textfield) should get new content each lap

[sirugo]

I have a text field as a movieclip.
The field is moving across the screen. Then it starts over.
I want to change the content of the text field for each lap it completes.

I'm a newbie but I know some ActionScript, I know how to create clips and how to assign values to text fields.

Still I don't know how to make combination of frames/commands to succeed with this.

Let's say - for a start - that the field should contain "1" for the first turn across the screen, then "2" for the second turn, then "3", up to "10". Then start all over from "1" again.

Anyone?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

The following does what you described (if I didn't misunderstand you!)

[tt]//
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcX", 0);
mcX.createTextField("tfX", 0, 0, 0, 20, 20);
mcX.n = 1;
mcX.tfX.text = ""+mcX.n;
var iniX:Number = -mcX._width;
mcX._x = iniX;
var speed:Number = 5;
mcX.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this._x>=Stage.width) {
this.n>=10 ? this.n=1 : this.n++;
this.tfX.text = ""+this.n;
this._x = iniX;
} else {
this._x += speed;
}
};
stop();
//[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[sirugo]

Thanks! I get the point.

But I'm also getting some errors that I cannot sort out.
I changed Stage.width to a constant (400) but it didn't help.
Looks good to me though. Help?

this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcX", 0);
mcX.createTextField("tfX", 0, 0, 0, 20, 20);
mcX.n = 1;
mcX.tfX.text = ""+mcX.n;
var iniX:Number = -mcX._width;
mcX._x = iniX;
var speed:Number = 5;
mcX.onEnterFrame = function() {
    if (this._x>=Stage.width) {
        this.n>=10 ? this.n=1 : this.n++;
        this.tfX.text = ""+this.n;
        this._x = iniX;
    } else {
        this._x += speed;
    }
};
stop();

 

[sirugo]

Oops. Forgot the error code:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 9: Operator '=' must be followed by an operand
    if (this._x>=Stage.width) {

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 10: Syntax error.
        this.n>=10 ? this.n=1 : this.n++;

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 11: Syntax error.
        this.tfX.text = ""+this.n;

Total ActionScript Errors: 3 Reported Errors: 3

 

[kennethkawamoto]

This is in AS2 - what version of Flash are you using?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[sirugo]

Professional 7.0.1

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I have just pasted the script in Flash 7 and it works just fine. It's 7.2 though.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[sirugo]

Seems like a "basic" error.
What about that operand issue?

 

[sirugo]

Hi again

I looke elsewhere and I got the tip not to copy the code you wrote.
So I wrote every single character myself and the errors were gone. Also the clip works exactly as I wanted!

THANKS!