While and/or duplicateMovieClip problem 1

[leujel]

This is my problem.

I've got to duplicate movieclips dynamically. This happens with the following code:

count = 0
while(count < _root.database.aantal)	{
	_root.mc_dummy.duplicateMovieClip("boxx"+count, count);
	_root["boxx"+count]._x = _root.mc_dummy._x + (20 * count);
	_root["boxx"+count]._y = _root.mc_dummy._y + (20 * count);
	count += 1;
}

This should duplicate the movieclip mc_dummy, but it doesn't. _root.database.aantal is a variable that i load from a PHP file thru

loadVariables("database.php", "_root.database");

When I replace _root.database.aantal for a number (ie 3) in the while statement it does work. I tried converting _root.database.aantal to a number (Number(_root.database.aantal)) but that didn't work either...

Can anyone help me?

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[wangbar]

If the 'database.aantal' number is being drawn in from a database (seems likely) it's probably due to the fact that you're trying to use the value before it's loaded in - this would explain why a hardcoded value works as it requires no loading time.

If you use loadVars to bring the value in then you could fire this code from the onLoad function which would mean the script won't run until there's a value there for it to work with.