[MX04] Out of my depth, advice needed

[shaunfreeman]

I have been working on my shopping cart for months now but can't seem to get my head around arrays . This is the only thing that holding me back. I download some examples, but just got more confused then ever.

Anyway heres the code. Can someone give me any advice?

//changing infomation. text will be varibles on stage.
tempproduct = "title"
tempdescription = "description"
tempsize = "UK size 12"
tempqty = "1"
tempprice = "100.00"
carttext = "Your Cart Is Now Empty"
_root.slidertwo.infotext = "Your Cart Is Empty";
    
//Setup array
var itemtemp:Array = new Array()
itemtemp = [tempproduct, tempdescription, tempsize, tempqty, tempprice];

trace(itemtemp);
//trace each in array
trace(itemtemp[0]);
trace(itemtemp[1]);
trace(itemtemp[2]);
trace(itemtemp[3]);
trace(itemtemp[4]);

addbtn.onPress = function() {
    //gets height of cart so I can place mc under last mc
    +i;
    i++;
    mcheight = _root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder._height;
    itemheight = 90;
    var scrollheight:Number = mcheight+itemheight;
    trace(itemheight);
    trace(mcheight);
    trace(scrollheight);

//
    //search all mcs to see if its already in the basket, if it matches then
    //itemtemp.quantity++; ?
    if (_root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder["productitem"+i].product == tempproduct) {
        // if the qty is under 10.
        if (this.inputItem1q < 10) {
            // add the tempqty amount to it.
            this.inputItem1q+tempqty;
            //if it is over 10.
            if (this.inputItem1q+tempqty > 10) {
                //set it to 10
                this.inputItem1q = 10
            }
        }
    } else {
        totalproducts++;
        trace(totalproducts);
        if (totalproducts == 1) {
            _root.slidertwo.infotext = +totalproducts +" product in your cart";;
        } else {
            _root.slidertwo.infotext = +totalproducts +" products in your cart";;
        }
        _root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder.attachMovie("productitem", "productitem"+i, i, {id:i});
        var tempVal = eval("_root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder.productitem"+i);
        tempVal.mymenu = new Object();
        tempVal.product = tempproduct;
        tempVal.description = tempdescription;
        tempVal.sizeandcolour = tempsize;
        tempVal.inputItem1q = tempqty;
        tempVal.item1p = tempprice;
        //tempVal.loader_mc.loadMovie(cStr);
        setProperty("_root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder.productitem"+i, _y, mcheight);
        //deletebtns
        tempVal.deletebtn.onRelease = function() {
            totalproducts--;
            trace(totalproducts);
            for (var i = (this._parent.id+1); i<100; i++) {
                this._parent.removeMovieClip();
                _root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder["productitem"+i]._y -= itemheight;
                if (totalproducts == 1) {
                    _root.slidertwo.infotext = +totalproducts +" product in your cart";;
                } else {
                    _root.slidertwo.infotext = +totalproducts +" products in your cart";;
                }
            }
            _root.slidertwo.myScroller.invalidate();
            _root.slidertwo.myScroller.vPosition = _root.slidertwo.myScroller.maxVPosition;
            if (totalproducts == 0) {
                _root.slidertwo.inputTotal = totalproducts;
                _root.slidertwo.infotext = carttext;
            }
        }
        _root.slidertwo.deleteallbtn.onRelease = function() {
            totalproducts = 0;
            trace(totalproducts);
            _root.slidertwo.inputTotal = 0;
            for (var i = (tempVal.id-100); i<100; i++) {
                _root.slidertwo.myScroller.spContentHolder["productitem"+i].removeMovieClip();
                _root.slidertwo.myScroller.invalidate();
                _root.slidertwo.infotext = carttext;
            }
        }
    }
}
addbtn.onRelease = function() {
    _root.slidertwo.myScroller.vPosition = _root.slidertwo.myScroller.maxVPosition;
} 

[sstalder]

So what is the problem?

[shaunfreeman]

when I created the cart I did not use any arrays at all. so when I buy something it just copies a movieclip from the library put the varibles in the newly created mc and puts it in a scroll area. What I have to do is use arrays, so I can send the contents of the cart to a third party. ie Paypal. I created the a array but I don't know what to do now. Do I push array? Do I use the array to fill in the movieclips automatically and to check qty.