YES IT'S ME AGAIN :o) LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN.....

[Michel]

Hi guys

I found another gap in my knowledge
here's the deal:

very short:
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Is there a way to check which background.swf is
loaded from whithin the controls.swf and then
jumps to the appropriate keyframe that tells
you which background is displayed???????
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more detailed:
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before i explain here's the site it's about:
http://people.a2000.nl/mstaal

i use an empty loader.swf to load the stuff into levels.

there are 2 levels
1 containing the background (level 1)
and
1 containing the controls (level 2)
There are actually more but it's only confusing when i write them all down

now when using the displaycontrol you can switch backgrounds
and the selected backgroundicon in the displaymenu will have
a text effect telling you it is selected
(for this example select background 2 or 3).

Once you have moved your mousepointer away from that control the menu closes again.

Now this is what's wrong:
open the displaymenu again and you will see that the wrong
keyframe is displayed telling you that background 1 is
loaded

Is there a way to check which background.swf is loaded from
whithin the controls.swf and then jumps to the appropriate
keyframe that tells you which background is displayed???????

Hope you guys understand what i mean because it's a bit hard to explain

resume:
3 backgrounds named:
backgrnd1.swf (this one is loaded into level 1 by an empty loader.swf that loads everything into place)

backgrnd2.swf (replacing the one in level 1)
backgrnd3.swf (replacong the one in level 1)

controls.swf (loaded into level 2)
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[Edited by Michel on 04-21-2001 at 08:14 PM]

[mgb]

Get level1 to set a variable on level0 when if is loaded;

_level0.whichBkd=bkd_a;

and use an if statement to check which background is active.

~mgb

[Michel]

But could you please help me with a more detailed example of the script because i never used the IF statement

I do understand the principle you explained so further i would be able to implement it in the site
but i need some exaple of the actual code

Thanks in advance

[Michel]

ON THE LOADED BACKGROUND:
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_level0.whichBkd = backgrnd2;
stop ();
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AND ON THE CONTROLS:
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tellTarget ("_level0") {
if (whichBkd = backgrnd2) {
gotoAndStop (2);
}
}
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this is probably not the way so please give me some info on this MGB

[mgb]

Originally posted by Michel

this is probably not the way so please give me some info on this MGB

Your idea is basically what I'm on about. On the button or frame event put;

if(_level0.whichBkd == bkgrnd2){
// do some stuff;
} else if (_level0.whichBkd==bkgrnd3){
// do other stuff;
}

On the preloaders of the levels for the background put;
if(_framesloaded==_totalframes){
_level0.whichBkd=bkgrnd2;
}

tell target is deprecated so it's best to use the dot notation.
[Edited by mgb on 04-22-2001 at 10:14 AM]

[Michel]

I've done exactly whatyou told me to but
Somehow i am missing something because i can't get it to work
even though i understand the scripting bit

Is it possible that i send you the fla's by email?
so you could have a closer look at it.
(Total of all the fla files is 611kb)

Hope to hear soon from you
and if you want to receive the fla's send me an empty e-mail to: m.staal@chello.nl

I'll reply that one with the files

Thanks in advance

P.s. don't think i am not trying because i also tried this:

in the preloader of the background:
if (_framesloaded == _totalframes) {
var whichBkd = bkgrnd3;
}


in the first keyframe of the controls:
if (_level1.whichBkd == bkgrnd1) {
gotoAndStop (2);
} else if (_level1.whichBkd == bkgrnd2) {
gotoAndStop (3);
} else if (_level1.whichBkd == bkgrnd3) {
gotoAndStop (4);
}

But that didn't do the trick either

[Edited by Michel on 04-22-2001 at 01:57 PM]

[mgb]

You need to set the variable on level0

in the preloader of the background:
if (_framesloaded == _totalframes) {
_level0.whichBkd = bkgrnd3;
}


do a trace on the variable to see if it's being set...


~mgb

[Michel]

It works
THANKS MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!

here's why it didn't work the first attempt:

to set the var i had to change it
var whichBkd = bkgrnd3;
into
_level0.whichBkd = "3";

because somehow the var statement only worked when i used a single number instead of the full bkgrnd3
the var did get set but the controls didn't read it

Or it might be because i was overlooking something.


Nevertheless (if that's good english )
YOUR THE MAN !!!!!!!!
IT IS WORKING NOW

to see that you really helped check:
http://people.a2000.nl/mstaal

[mgb]

Ok, well done!

~mgb

[Michel]

Locally it works just fine

but when i look at the version i uploaded to my isp
it is working after several switches back and forward

And there is a tick in the animation the second the background icons fall into place (that isn't when tested locally)

Any suggestions?

[mgb]

This could be a timing problem where the variable is not set for a few seconds even though the swf is cached. You should also set the whichBkd variable to "" with;

if (_level0.whichBkd=="2"){

// do something;

_level0.whichBkd="";

}

~mgb

[Michel]

I've tried what you told me but that didn't solve it.

So i looked at it more closely
And the reason why it only working locally is because
there are all 3 of the backgrounds.

Once you've selected all the of the background in the online version it is working.

So for some reason all 3 of the background.swf's must be in the cache

Any suggestions?

BTW
I realy appreciate your help and the quick replies

[mgb]

Perhaps it is not necessary to use levels. You could use a movie clip for all your backgrounds an use frames in the clip to set the variable. You could also have the nav mc on the root.

You also might try to figure a way to make the variable reset if the swf is reloaded after it is cached so the ifFrameIsLoaded sets the variable and it is also set if it is reloaded.

~mgb

[Michel]

I tried and tried and tried and tried )

Finally it is working now
You where right about the timing thing AGAIN !!!

I changed the point of the variable being written from keyframe 1 of the preloader to the last keyframe of the beckground animation (the one containing the stop action)

And now it is working

Thanks for ALL the support and i hope to be of some help in the future
(although i don't think that will happen ))

Once again
Thanks man