controlling a sprite in various movies

[mrsr84]

I want to control the behavior of a sprite that occurs in 3 separate movies. I want the lingo to use If logic that "If the user goes to a specific marker, then set the sprite in 2 different movies to show a code" but if the user goes to a different marker, then the sprite should remain empty.
Help is needed since the project is rapidly approaching the deadline for completion.
Thanks in advance.


mrsr84:)

[Rob Dillon]

What is the action that you want to use as a test? It sounds like the
simplest thing to do is to set that field?, text?, member to empty if
the playback head is at the one marker and set it to the code string if
the playback head is at the other. In other words, just segment the
sprite and apply a different behavior to the sprite where the field or
text member should be empty, or use a different member that has no text
in it.

If you want to do this more dynamically then you could use a movie
script to test for the marker and changes the content accordingly.
Place that script in an external cast and link the cast to all of the
movies that need to use it. You will still need to define the event
that calls the function.

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[mrsr84]

I am trying to determine if a user has gone to a particular movie and if so, I want a checkbox to show a green check to show "been there, done that" or leave it blank. I am trying to measure the visit using the following code:
on beginSprite me
global gonetorecord
if getpos (gonetorecord, 180) of movie "how compass works" then -- been to 180
set the member of sprite the currentSpriteNum to member "GCHECK~1"
else
set the member of sprite the currentSpriteNum to member "G Checkbox"
end if
end

In another instance, I am trying to determine if the user has successfully passed a test. If so, a code needs to be entered in 2 different movies and the checkbox needs a green check. If the user fails, then a red check goes into the box.

Hopefully this clarifies the problems that I am having.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Nancy

mrsr84:)