real dumb one here

[koziebear]

I use to use the var i=i+1 in flash 5 but now in MX it returns a NAN value. what am I doing wrong, im using this var to duplicate MC. "i" is the new name and depth. Ive been searching the MX board and cant find a solution.

thanks
dave

[palkot]

I'd be glad to help. Could you paste the code here?

In this situation, I always use i+=1; without a problem.

I learn as I go, so maybe I missed something, but what is "MC" and what do you mean that "i" is the new name AND depth? Isn't that variable just holding one value?

[koziebear]

Sorry for the vagness, I have a button that when pressed duplicates a movieclip (cir)
code:

on (press) {
i = i+1;
duplicateMovieClip ("cir", "cir"+i, i);
_root["cir"+i]._x += 100;
_root["cir"+i]._y += 0;
}

[koziebear]

one more thing,
each time the button is pressed a new instance of the MC "cir" is produced ie: cir1, cir2, cir3

MC = movieclip