If statement

[luke.ny]

how do you make an "if" statement cause a movie clip to play a certain frame if it's at frame 1 and "stop" or "play" at other frames.

Something like:

if(_root.myMovieClip=frame(1)){
play.nextFrame;
}
else{
play();
}

This isn't right but any help would GREATLY appreciated.

[nunomira]

hi,

you have the correct idea, but wrong sintax.

to do this you use the _currentframe property of the MovieClip

a comparison uses two equal signs:
= ->this is assignment
== ->this is comparison

if this is what you want:

code:

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if (_root.myMovieClip._currentframe == 1) {

	_root.myMovieClip.nextFrame();

} else {

	_root.myMovieClip.play();

}

//is the same as:

with (_root.myMovieClip) {

	if (_currentframe == 1) {

		nextFrame();

	} else {

		play();

	}

}

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[luke.ny]

one more question for ya. i only use movie clips now. no buttons. more flexibility. i'm trying though, to figure out how to cause a movie clip to stay on a frame while a photo gallery slide show takes place. i'm guessing the code goes something like:

//movie clip is playing
if(_root.myMovieClip.play=true){
//the rollover image _root.myMovieClip.myMovieClipChild.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
//movie clip isn't playing
if(root.myMovieClip.play=false){
//the 'up' image
_root.myMovieClip.myMovieClipChild.gotoAndPlay(1);
}

[nunomira]

there is no direct way to know whether a movie clip is playing or not
butI guess you can define a variable isPlaying that tests that:

code:

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some_mc.isPlaying = true;

//or

some_mc.isPlaying = false;

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and then you can test the condition:

code:

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if(some_mc.isPlaying == true){

//something happens

}else{

//something else happens

}

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when you test if something is true or not:

code:

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if(some_mc.isPlaying == true)

//is the same as:

if(some_mc.isPlaying)

//ie, you can ommit the true

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the same applys when you're testing if a condition is false:

code:

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if(some_mc.isPlaying == false)

//or

if(!some_mc.isPlaying)

//notiece the !

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