dynamic text boxs

[Chris Kennedy]

I am using Flash MX but I would like my dynamic menu to work in the Flash 5
Player, unfortunately Flash 5 doesn't support the use of instance names for
dynamic text boxes. Is there an easy way around this within the framework of
the code I am using below.

while (amount>=0)
{
duplicateMovieClip (_root.navbutton_mc, "button"+i, i);
this["button"+i].varTitle = myVars["url" + i]
i++;
amount--;
}

[S. Elliott \(timberfish.com\)]

You'll have to code your movie using scripts that work in Flash 5. That
means you'll have to assign your text fields a variable name and then set
that.

--
Shane Elliott
[url]www.timberfish.com[/url]


"Chris Kennedy" <chrisk@cybase.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1058987874.316923@azores.network-i.net...

> I am using Flash MX but I would like my dynamic menu to work in the Flash

5

> Player, unfortunately Flash 5 doesn't support the use of instance names

for

> dynamic text boxes. Is there an easy way around this within the framework

of

> the code I am using below.
>
> while (amount>=0)
> {
> duplicateMovieClip (_root.navbutton_mc, "button"+i, i);
> this["button"+i].varTitle = myVars["url" + i]
> i++;
> amount--;
> }
>
>
>
>

[Max Davy]

Hi Chris,

It seems to me that you are targeting the Var: of the dynamic text field not
its instance name?
Otherwise it would be: this["button"+i].varTitle.text = myVars["url" + i]

The code you supplied should work with Flash 5, but if not - the lack of
support for the instance name of a dynamic text field isn't the reason. To
test this, open the movie clip and remove the instance name (not the Var)
from the text field - you will find that it all still works in Flash 6, and
doesn't alert you to an unsupported feature when you publish it for Flash 5
(that doesn't mean it will actually work).

Perhaps its the this[]: this["button"+i].varTitle = myVars["url" + i]; Maybe
you could try eval() instead: eval("button"+i).varTitle = myVars["url" + i]

Anyway, I'm reluctant to post this without a solution, but it might help put
you on the right track.

Best regards,

Max Davy

--

Oz Impact Multimedia
Innovate, Immerse, Inspire

[url]www.ozimpact.com[/url]

"Chris Kennedy" <chrisk@cybase.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1058987874.316923@azores.network-i.net...

> I am using Flash MX but I would like my dynamic menu to work in the Flash

5

> Player, unfortunately Flash 5 doesn't support the use of instance names

for

> dynamic text boxes. Is there an easy way around this within the framework

of

> the code I am using below.
>
> while (amount>=0)
> {
> duplicateMovieClip (_root.navbutton_mc, "button"+i, i);
> this["button"+i].varTitle = myVars["url" + i]
> i++;
> amount--;
> }
>
>
>
>