if > problem

[akhunaton]

this is driving me crazy, hopefully you can help.

the problem I have is if "myversion" equal 3.00 and "currentversion" equals 3.00 flash goes to frame 2. what am I doing wrong?

var myversion:Number = _root.updates.myversion.text;
var currentversion:Number = _root.updates.currentversion.text;

if(myversion >= currentversion){
		   downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);}
else {
if(myversion < currentversion){
			downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);}}

[georgegowan]

var myversion:Number = _root.updates.myversion.text;
var currentversion:Number = _root.updates.currentversion.text;

if(myversion >= currentversion){
downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);}
else if(myversion < currentversion){
downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);
}


and if the mc called downloadlink is on the root timeline you should change
it to

if(myversion >= currentversion){
downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);}
else if(myversion < currentversion){
downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);
}

[akhunaton]

ok. i changed the code but am having the exact same problem.I can't get a function to work if the variables are the same/equal.

new code:

var myversion:Number = _root.updates.myversion.text;
var currentversion:Number = _root.updates.currentversion.text;

if(myversion >= currentversion){
		   downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);}
else if(myversion < currentversion){
			downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);}

[georgegowan]

try this.

if(myversion == currentversion){
downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);}
else if(myversion < currentversion){
downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);
}


oh!

lol, i forgot to change that second code i posted in my last post ;P
it should liik like this.

if(myversion >= currentversion){
_root,downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);}
else if(myversion < currentversion){
_root.downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);
}

and if the first and second dont work. try posting what you are trying to make and ill hav a look at it if you want ;P

[akhunaton]

well, this is weird because it works if i put the data in the field myself but when I retrieve the data from the server it does not work right. I made a new .fla with just the code I'm trying to get to work. It's attached. I'm perplexed

[georgegowan]

AAAHHHH!!!, i poked and prodded everything possible and cant get it working lol

i tried changing else if to just else i traced every possible variable to make sure it was working properly

sorry but i cant help :P

[akhunaton]

thanks for trying. someone told me that when retrieving data from external text file, flash makes it a string . So i need to convert it to number somehow, i guess. but i just can't get it...

[akhunaton]

someone helped me from another board. here is the fix:

"getMinorVersion(...) takes your string data from text fields and convert them to ints, so you can then compare "apples to apples" (ints againts ints, like 0 againts 1 read from "3.00" and "3.01"),"

//
function getMajorVersion(aVersion:String):Number {
    var majVersion:Number = parseInt(aVersion.substr(0, aVersion.indexOf(".")));
    return majVersion;
}
function getMinorVersion(aVersion:String):Number {
    var minVersion:Number = parseInt(aVersion.substr(aVersion.indexOf(".")+1));
    return minVersion;
}
//
var myversion:Number = getMinorVersion(_root.updates.myversion.text);
var currentversion:Number = getMinorVersion(_root.updates.currentversion.text);
trace(myversion);
trace(currentversion);
if (myversion>=currentversion) {
    trace("up to date");
    downloadlink.gotoAndStop(3);
} else if (myversion<currentversion) {
    trace("update required");
    downloadlink.gotoAndStop(2);
}