Input/Dynamic Text Question

[Nursedad]

Greetings!

I'm having a bit of a problem and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Here's my setup:

Frame 1 has an input field with an instancename of "studentName"

Frame 2 has a dynamic text field with an instancename of "name"

I am trying to get the dynamic text field to display what is entered into the input field on frame 1.

Here is the script I'm using on the "submit" button that is below the input field on frame 1:

on (release) {
gotoAndStop(2);
name.text = studentName;
}

Am I completely off base or am just missing something simple?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

- - Nursedad

[jennyj]

on your submit button, just have
on (release) {
gotoAndStop(2);
}

then give your input box the variable "studentName"
on the second frame, give your dynamic box the variable "name", and put this code on the frame

stop();
name = studentname;


I have included a very basic fla to help you

[catbert303]

the 2 textfields don't exist at the same time, so on the button in frame 1 flash has no idea what name is. you could do this by assigning a temporary variable.

on (press) {
var temp = studentName.text;
gotoAndStop(2);
}

then in frame 2

name.text = temp;

[Nursedad]

Thanks so much to both of you for your input!!

I tried both methods (for the purposes of my education) and each...of course worked.



- -Nursedad