Random Flash Cards, Continued

[bsquared18]

Hi,

Kenneth Kawamoto was kind enough to provide code for a random flashcard setup. See

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1145199&page=1

I added a button to flashcard #1 to try to go from that flashcard to another frame where the answer for the flashcard would be (I arbitrarily used frame 5 to test the action, but in actuality the frame would be beyond the 32 frames dedicated to the flashcards).

My added code is shown as the first couple of lines of code below. When the button is pressed, nothing happens. I assume it has something to do with the other code. Is there a way to make the two sets of code work together?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, once one gets to the answer screen, what would be the button command to take the user back to the random screen they just left?

Thanks! Bill

// ActionScript 2
this.ans_button_1.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop(5);
};
//Above is supposed to send action to frame 5
var frames:Array = [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31];
// Nrs. above are second frame to next to last frame.
stop();
//
this.button.onPress = function() {
var frameNumber:Number;
var n:Number = this._parent.frames.length;
if {
var randomIndex:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*n);
frameNumber = this._parent.frames.splice(randomIndex, 1);
} else {
frameNumber = 32;
//Nr. above is last frame.
}
this._parent.gotoAndStop(frameNumber);
};

//

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Is your button called "ans_button_1"? If so it won't work as you're telling ans_button_1 to gotoAndStop at frame 5 on press. There's no frame 5 in ans_button_1, right? If you want to send the main timeline to frame 5, you have to do like this:
[tt]//
this.ans_button_1.onPress = function () {
this._parent.gotoAndStop(5);
};
//[/tt]
Remember this is AS2 - its scoping is not loose like in AS1

As for the 2nd part of your script, your array looks dodgy to me.
You can do:
[tt]//
var frames:Array = [];
for (var i = 2; i<=31; i++) {
frames.push(i);
}
//[/tt]
Saves you lot of typing too!
As long as your button is called "button" it will take you to a random frame specified in the array "frames".

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[bsquared18]

Kenneth (and anyone else who wants to chime it),

I replaced my code with yours, but still nothing happens when I run test movie, flip through the random flashcards until I get to number 1, and then press the ans_button_1 button. Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Bill

 

[kennethkawamoto]

What are the "flashcards"? Can you tell us what you're trying to do?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[bsquared18]

See the previous posting at

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1145199&amp;page=1

for an explanation.

Bill