Input text change with button help!

[ayusuits]

Hi! Using the text tool, I have made a Input Textbox with the instance name of voca2_pg and the other one is voca3_pg. It has a text inside: 1 and 11, respectively.

Now I made a button that should send info to the input text that when I click the back button, text will change to a lower number, or when I click the next button it will change to a higher number.

Example: (they are inside the textbox)

2 12

if I click next button, it will be: 3 13

HOW???

[gparis]

1st, you need a dynamic textfield, not an input. Select the fields and change them via the property panel. So voca2_pg and voca3_pg will be dynamic and display the changes.

One thing i'll assume, because your explanation wasn't clear, that each field contains only one value, ie: voca2_pg has 1 and voca3_pg has 11.

then, you set 2 variables with the default values (the ones you start with).

var firstNum:Number = 1;
var secondNum:Number = 11; 

you display these values in your dynamic textfields:

voca2_pg.text=firstNum;
voca3_pg.text=secondNum; 

your buttons will add or retreive 1 from the 2 variables firstNum and secondNum and display them in the dynamic textfields:

button1.onPress = function() {
voca2_pg.text=firstNum + 1;
voca3_pg.text=secondNum + 1;
}; 

same with the other, except you use firstNum-1 since you're going down.
If there are boundries, for example you don't want them to go past 0 or another number, use an if statement, for example if(firstNum>0), etc.. or if(firstNum<9) etc.. (< means smaller than and > bigger than)

gparis

[ayusuits]

if I change them into dynamic, clients wont be able to type some text right?

[gparis]

ok, then use this:

button1.onPress = function() {
voca2_pg.text++;
voca3_pg.text++;
}; 

gparis

[ayusuits]

where do I put this?

button1.onPress = function() {
voca2_pg.text=firstNum + 1;
voca3_pg.text=secondNum + 1;
};

I pasted that in the frame where my button is, and when I tried it, the voca2_pg.text=firstNum; that is written in the textbox became NaN????

Oh, it should be the action for the button T_T

but if I put it inside the button

I get this error: Statement must appear within on handler

[gparis]

use the above code (post4).

gparis

[ayusuits]

this is what I get:

Statement must appear within on handler

[ayusuits]

These codes:

var firstNum:Number = 1;
var secondNum:Number = 11;

should be put in the VAR properties of the textbox?

and

voca2_pg.text=firstNum;
voca3_pg.text=secondNum;

should be typed in the textbox separately???

[gparis]

just paste post4 in a frame. first code was for dynamic textfields.

gparis

[ayusuits]

yah, I figured it out now. thank you so much gparis

[ayusuits]

button1.onPress = function() {
voca2_pg.text++;
voca3_pg.text++;
};

what to do if I want it to stop at certain number like

from: 1 11
up to: 10 20

only?

i dont get this part:

if(firstNum>0), etc.. or if(firstNum<9) etc.. (< means smaller than and > bigger than)

[ayusuits]

i used this but it is not working:

button1.onPress = function() { 
if(firstNum<10)
	voca2_pg.text--; 
else if(firstNum<20)
	voca3_pg.text--; 
	}; 

button2.onPress = function() { 
if(firstNum>1)
	voca2_pg.text++;
else if(firstNum>11)
	voca3_pg.text++; 
	};

[gparis]

as there is no more firstNum, use voca2_pg (and3) instead.

gparis

[ayusuits]

Ahh I got it. What if I want to add 10 instead of 1 when clicking on the button?

ex. 1 - 11

will go to

11 - 21


Can I still do it in AS2? Bec. I only know AS2 T_T poor me..

And also, since it is an input textbox, when I type 1, voca3_pg will automatically will go to 11,
when I type 10, voca3_pg will automatically go to 21... and so on..

[gparis]

voca2_pg.text++;

Is the same than saying
voca2_pg.text+=1;

that is also shorthand for
voca2_pg.text=voca2_pg.text+1;

you have the choice.

gparis

[ayusuits]

woooohhh... i will try that one so there should be =

Thank you so much, actually Ive been searching that for hours but I think Im typing the wrong tags bec. I dont know howto call that.. hehe

[ayusuits]

how come the minus code is working but on the adding part it is not? They have the same code..

minus_btn.onPress = function() { 
    voca2_pg.text-=10;
    voca3_pg.text-=10;
    }; 

add_btn.onPress = function() { 
    voca2_pg.text+=10;
    voca3_pg.text+=10;
    }; 

if I typed 10 - 20 and click the add button it will go like this:

1010 - 2010
101010 - 201010

[ayusuits]

ok, I already made it. thanks!

[ayusuits]

can I get this forum back to life?

minus_btn.onPress = function() { 
    voca2_pg.text-=10; 
    voca3_pg.text-=10; 
    }; 

add_btn.onPress = function() { 
    voca2_pg.text+=10; 
    voca3_pg.text+=10; 
    }; 

if I typed 10 - 20 and click the add button it will go like this:

1010 - 2010
101010 - 201010


not 10, 20, 30

[gparis]

convert the text to a number with Number()

gparis