[RESOLVED] Actionscript help with line that's not working

[blanius]

Anyone have any ideas why this line of code won't work?

target_mc._x = hit_left._x+(eval("thumbnail_mc.t"+k)._width+5)*k;

It's driving me crazy...... I suspect it's the eval statement. and I may need a work around. KM complains

"expecting a varible for the property target"

and yes it says varible, not variable

[w.brants]

Bret, Does it work when you change it to this ?

target_mc._x = hit_left._x+(this["thumbnail_mc.t"+k]._width+5)*k;

[blanius]

Yes.. Thanks. Now to find what else is wrong

LOL

[blanius]

Here that line is in context and while that fix keeps it form not parsing It's not working yet. Looks like the function is failing somewhere.

function thumbnails_fn(k) {

thumbnail_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+k, thumbnail_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
tlistener = new Object();
tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc) {

target_mc._x = hit_left._x+(this["thumbnail_mc.t"+k]._width+5)*k;	
	target_mc.pictureValue = k;
	target_mc.onRelease = function() {

	p = this.pictureValue-1;
	nextImage();

	}
target_mc.onRollOver = function() {

this._alpha = 50;
thumbNailScroller();

};
target_mc.onRollOut = function() {

this._alpha = 100;

};

};
image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(tlistener);
image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k);

}

[blanius]

fyi I'm trying to adapt the gallery from
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm

Combining it with PHP code that generates the xml

[w.brants]

Did you get it to work Bret ?
If not, it might have to do with using a function within a function.
Did you try to look at the generated swf file with an actionscript viewer to see if everything looks fine ?

[blanius]

No it's not working. What should be happening is thumbnails loaded into created clips but they are not loading or not being created.

[blanius]

<bump>
Still not working.. Any ideas!

[Bob Hartzell]

Function within a function may not be supported.

[blanius]

Actually it was working, stupid me I didn't have the thumbnails in place so it didn't load them.... working now.