Action script help needed for advent calendar

[Spira6029]

Hello, very new here and this is my first post. So Im making an advent calendar and trying to use action script 2 to make the doors only open on their days and the previous doors automatically be open. I got it so that only the doors open on their days when clicked using(on the movie clip for door 14):
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this.displayDate = 14;
}
on (release) {
if (_parent.checkDate(this.displayDate)){
this.play();}

}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(_parent.checkDate < (this.displayDate)){
gotoAndStop(20);}

}

I've been using this code for the other doors eg here 13
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this.displayDate = 13;
}
on (release) {
if (_parent.checkDate(this.displayDate)){
this.play();}
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(this.displayDate<=14){
gotoAndStop(20);}

}

The problem is I want this door to be click-able so the animation will play but it stays open at the end of the movie clip.

Any help is appreciated.

Jenna

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

Perhaps attach your fla here

[Spira6029]

Hi fruitbeard this is my fla file thanks for replying calendar.fla.zip

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

to get strated with, on each of your calender bits, use this instead of what you have now:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    if (this.displayDate < _parent.currentDay)
    {
        gotoAndStop(20);
    }
} 

only replace the onClipEvent (enterFrame) parts
nnow lets see what you need to do after that

[Spira6029]

Hi fruitbeard,
That seems to have worked perfectly, I dont know how many different ways I tried with this code but obviously not that one, thanks so much for the help I would have been stuck on this forever otherwise .

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

You may also want to put this on each clip too, replacing the on (release) values for each, so it is clickable or not

on (release) {
    //Should the box be opened?
    if (this.displayDate == _parent.currentDay)
    {
        play();
    }
    else if (this.displayDate < _parent.currentDay)
    {
        gotoAndStop(20);
    }
    else
    {
        gotoAndStop(1);
    }
} 

[Spira6029]

I will add this now too, I've been using flash for awhile for animations but I'm quite hopeless when it comes to code, thanks for all the help .