Help with a Flash AS3 Slider

[afrogirl2k]

Hi, I'm building a flash slider in actionscript 3 using a external slider class that I found on the internet. I'm pulling in the position of the slider into a dynamic text filed when the slider first appears but I need the value in the dynamic text field to update everytime the the mouse is down and the cursor moves the position.I then need that number to be saved in a variable so that I can use it again later.



The class that I have used is below:

    package com.reintroducing.ui
    {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.Stage;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
    import flash.geom.Rectangle;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;
    /**
    * The SliderUI is a class that allows you to quickly create sliders with tracks without the need to use components.
    * There is a "percent" and a "currentValue" property that you can tap into to see what position the slider is at on the track.
    * </ p>
    * Please note that if you are using the SliderUI on the "y" axis your track's registration point needs to be on the
    * bottom (NOT the top) and the slider will go up to raise the value and down to lower it. If you do not pay attention
    * to this your slider will be "broken".
    * 
    * @author Matt Przybylski 
    * @version 1.0
    */
    public class SliderUI 
    {
    //- PRIVATE & PROTECTED VARIABLES -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    private var _stage:Stage;
    private var _track:Sprite;
    private var _slider:Sprite;
    private var _timer:Timer;
    private var _percent:Number;
    private var _lowVal:Number;
    private var _highVal:Number;
    private var _startVal:Number;
    private var _currentVal:Number;
    private var _range:Number;
    private var _axis:String;
    private var _changeProp:String;
    //- PUBLIC & INTERNAL VARIABLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //- CONSTRUCTOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
    * Creates an instance of the SliderUI with the given parameters. If the $startVal parameter is set to something
    * higher than the $highVal or lower than the $lowVal parameter, the $startVal parameter is reset to one of those two values.
    * 
    * @param $stage The stage that the track and slider are sitting on
    * @param $axis The axis that the slider will be used on
    * @param $track The track to be used for the slider
    * @param $slider The object that will function as the slider
    * @param $lowVal A number representing the low value of the slider
    * @param $highVal A number representing the high value of the slider
    * @param $startVal A number representing the value the slider should start at (default: 0)
    * 
    * @return void
    */
    public function SliderUI($stage:Stage, $axis:String, $track:Sprite, $slider:Sprite, $lowVal:Number, $highVal:Number, $startVal:Number = 0):void
    {
    this._stage = $stage;
    this._axis = $axis;
    this._track = $track;
    this._slider = $slider;
    this._lowVal = $lowVal;
    this._highVal = $highVal;
    this._startVal = $startVal;
    this._changeProp = (this._axis == "x") ? "width" : "height";
    this._range = (Math.abs(this._lowVal) + this._highVal);
    this._slider.buttonMode = true;
    this._timer = new Timer(10);
    if (this._startVal < this._lowVal) this._startVal = this._lowVal;
    if (this._startVal > this._highVal) this._startVal = this._highVal;
    if (this._startVal < 0)
    {
    this._percent = (Math.abs(this._lowVal + Math.abs(this._startVal)) / this._range);
    }
    else
    {
    this._percent = (Math.abs(this._lowVal - this._startVal) / this._range);
    }
    this._currentVal = (this._lowVal + (this._range * this._percent));
    if (this._axis == "x")
    {
    this._slider[this._axis] = (this._track[this._axis] + (this._percent * this._track[this._changeProp]));
    }
    else
    {
    this._slider[this._axis] = (this._track[this._axis] - (this._percent * this._track[this._changeProp]));
    }
    this.initEvents();
    }
    //- PRIVATE & PROTECTED METHODS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
    * Initializes the slider and timer events.
    */
    private function initEvents():void
    {
    this._slider.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, handleMouseDown);
    this._slider.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, handleMouseUp);
    this._timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateInfo);
    }
    //- PUBLIC & INTERNAL METHODS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
    * Enables the controls of the SliderUI.
    * 
    * @return void
    */
    public function enable():void
    {
    this.initEvents();
    }
    /**
    * Disables the controls of the SliderUI.
    * 
    * @return void
    */
    public function disable():void
    {
    this._slider.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, handleMouseDown);
    this._slider.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, handleMouseUp);
    this._timer.removeEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateInfo);
    }
    /**
    * Cleans up the SliderUI for garbage collection.
    * 
    * @return void
    */
    public function destroy():void
    {
    this.disable();
    this._timer = null;
    }
    //- EVENT HANDLERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
    * Starts the dragging of the slider and starts the timer to dispatch percentage.
    */
    private function handleMouseDown($evt:MouseEvent):void
    {
    if (this._axis == "x")
    {
    this._slider.startDrag(false, new Rectangle(this._track.x, this._slider.y, this._track.width, 0));
    }
    else
    {
    this._slider.startDrag(false, new Rectangle(this._slider.x, this._track.y, 0, -this._track.height));
    }
    this._timer.start();
    this._stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, handleMouseUp);
    }
    /**
    * Stops the slider dragging and timer.
    */
    private function handleMouseUp($evt:MouseEvent):void
    {
    this._slider.stopDrag();
    this._timer.reset();
    this._stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, handleMouseUp);
    }
    /**
    * Updates the info of the slider's position.
    */
    private function updateInfo($evt:TimerEvent):void
    {
    this._percent = Math.abs((this._slider[this._axis] - this._track[this._axis]) / this._track[this._changeProp]);
    this._currentVal = (this._lowVal + (this._range * this._percent));
    }
    //- GETTERS & SETTERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
    * Returns the percentage of the slider's position on the track, between 0 and 1.
    * 
    * @return Number
    */
    public function get percent():Number
    {
    return this._percent;
    }
    /**
    * Returns the current value of the slider's position on the track.
    * 
    * @return Number
    */
    public function get currentValue():Number
    {
    return this._currentVal;
    }
    //- HELPERS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public function toString():String
    {
    return getQualifiedClassName(this);
    }
    //- END CLASS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    }
    }

Here is the code that I have in the flash file that contains the slider itself:

 //Slider
    import com.reintroducing.ui.SliderUI;
    var sui:SliderUI = new SliderUI(stage, "x", track_mc, slider_mc, 0, 100, 50);
    trace("FIRST PERCENT: " + sui.percent + " & VALUE: " + sui.currentValue);
    //Read position value
    var currentpercent01;
    currentpercent01 = sui.currentValue;
    trace (currentpercent01);
    //Put percent value in box
    currentpercent01text.text = String(currentpercent01 + "%");
    stop();

Any ideas? The value 50 appears to start with as that is what I set the slide to show when it first appears but I need it to update each time the slider bar is moved.

[realMakc]

try adding sui.enable() call