Variable adding problem, Please can you help?

[Bottlebank]

Hi anyone can you please help, i'm running CS3 action script 2.

I have made two input text boxes, their variables being AuthorBox and YopBox

I have a dynamic text box with the vairable name ResultsBox


What I want is Dynamic text box to equal something like

ResultsBox = AuthorBox + ". (" + YopBox + ")"

So that the dynamic text box displays something like this

Smith. A. (1997)

I have created a button with the following code attached to it but it just shows the AuthorBox variable on its own.

on (release) {
ResultsBox = AllText + ". (" + YopBox + ")"
}


Can you please help????? Would be much appreciated and the final program will help a lot of people.

Thanks

Bottlebank

[Nig 13]

what is AllText? and can you post your FLA file?

[Bottlebank]

Sorry typed it in wrong

on (release) {
ResultsBox = AuthorBox + ". (" + YopBox + ")";
}


Sorry am a newbie, how do i upload the FLA to the thread?

Bottlebank

Thanks for your time btw.

[Bottlebank]

I think it should be attached now

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

try this

//declare empty variables first

AuthorBox = "";
YopBox = "";
ResultsBox = "";
// probably do all
// also can be used as clear form button etc.

//button command

ResultsBox = Author.text + ". (" + YearofPublication.text + ")";

it now works