[F8] for loop problems

[donaldparkerii]

when i use the following code

_global.suspendData = 2;
function btnEnabler(){
	for(var i; i = _global.suspendData; i++){
		ch[i]_btn.enabled = true;
		ch[i]_btn.onRelease = function(){
			gotoAndStop("lesson");
			_global.currCourse = "ch"+i+".swf";
		}
	}
}

I am returned the fallowing errors

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=2:Line 5: Syntax error.
     		ch[i]_btn.enabled = true;

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=2:Line 6: Syntax error.
     		ch[i]_btn.onRelease = function(){

Total ActionScript Errors: 2 	 Reported Errors: 2

I am at a total loss as to what causes this.

[silentweed]

_global.suspendData = 2;
function btnEnabler(){
	for(var i; i = _global.suspendData; i++){
		_root["ch"+i+"_btn"].enabled = true;
		_root["ch"+i+"_btn"].onRelease = function(){
			gotoAndStop("lesson");
			_global.currCourse = "ch"+i+".swf";
		}
	}
}

[silentweed]

also give the movieclips an id property for use in the onRelease:

_global.suspendData = 2;
function btnEnabler(){
	for(var i =0; i = _global.suspendData; i++){
		_root["ch"+i+"_btn"].enabled = true;
                _root["ch"+i+"_btn"].id = i;
		_root["ch"+i+"_btn"].onRelease = function(){
			gotoAndStop("lesson");
			_global.currCourse = "ch"+this.id+".swf";
		}
	}
}

[donaldparkerii]

I am not getting a output, and none of the buttons have code attached to them. I took out the enabled = true because its pretty pointless if they dont have any code at all.

function btnEnabler():Void{
	for(var i = 0; i = _global.suspendData; i++){
		trace(_root.ch[i+"_btn"])
		_root[".ch"+i+"_btn"].onRelease = function(){
			gotoAndStop("lesson");
			_global.currCourse = "ch"+i+".swf";
		}
	}
}

im not even getting an output

[donaldparkerii]

even with trace(i); i get nothing and I also tried it the period before _root removed and added in ".ch". i also added in the id... thanks i didnt even pic that one up at first

[silentweed]

im on mx 2004 cant opne ur file

but it should be
_root["ch"+i+"_btn"] not _root[".ch"+i+"_btn"] i.e take out the . before ch

[donaldparkerii]

here is the code for that frame

stop();

function btnEnabler():Void{
	for(var i = 0; i = _global.suspendData; i++){
		trace(i)
		_root["ch"+i+"_btn"].id = i;
		_root["ch"+i+"_btn"].onRelease = function(){
			gotoAndStop("lesson");
			_global.currCourse = "ch"+this.id+".swf";
		}
	}
}

function exitLMS():Void{
	if(_global.suspendData = _global.noOfCourses){
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","setValue","cmi.success_status","passed");
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","setValue","cmi.completion_status","completed");
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","commit");
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","terminate");
	}else{
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","setValue","cmi.success_status","passed");
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","setValue","cmi.completion_status","failed");
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","commit");
		ExternalInterface.call("apiCall","terminate");
		
	}
	
}

[silentweed]

where are you actually calling the function btnEnabler ..i dont see a call btnEnabler()

[donaldparkerii]

I i take off the void it still doesnt do anything. but when i call the function at the bottom of all that code, i get the error

"a script in this movie is causing flash player to run slow...... do i want to abort?"

shouldnt it stop after two?

[silentweed]

aaah .. it should be for(var i = 0; i <= _global.suspendData; i++){ ..}

dont use an equal sign or u will make it an endless loop

[donaldparkerii]

right on!!!!! thanks for all you help dood

[silentweed]

np your welcome ..im off to sleep now lol!!!

[Wheels]

Or "==" or "<=".

[silentweed]

the equivalence operator == would not really work. Because i starts from 0 which is NOT equivalent to 2 ..the loop would actually not even run once.. e.g the following would show no traces..

for(var i = 0; i == 2; i++){
	trace("hello");
}