setProperty,Math.abs doesn't do anything??

[Curisco]

Hi ther folks,
I tried to figure this out and i think setProperty is timming and/or positioning and the Math.abs is to keep the result a "round figure"
However! Having a tweened shaped movieclip with the below script attached, nothing seems to be happening apart from the tweened effect!?..

Guidence would be greatly received,
Thank you
/Ramsey


onClipEvent (enterFrame)
{
if (squareXscale)
{
setProperty("", _xscale, _xscale + (squareXscale - _xscale) / 5);
var xsep = Math.abs(squareXscale - _xscale);
if (squareYscale)
{
setProperty("", _yscale, _yscale + (squareYscale - _yscale) / 9);
var ysep = Math.abs(squareYscale - _yscale);
} // end if
} // end if
}


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[kennethkawamoto]

if (squareXscale)

...this will be false if squareXscale is undefined, false, null, or 0. Then nothing will happen.

setProperty("", _xscale, _xscale + (squareXscale - _xscale) / 5);

I think this needs to be:

setProperty(this, _xscale, _xscale + (squareXscale - _xscale) / 5);

...then again I haven't used "setProperty" since Flash 4, may be I'm wrong and you can actually use "" as the path to itself!

Kenneth Kawamoto

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