must all global list be hard-coded in?

[kyleg webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

As customary, I use parameter dialogue boxes for most of the settings that I would change frequently; however, it seems that you can not use a property from a property desecription list to represent a global list.

Is this correct? My example is to use "glistname" as the substitute for glist name so that I can change the reference as to what list I want the behavior to effect (glist, glist2, glist3 etc.)

As you can see below "glistname" is declareded property and the default to use is "glist".

I keep getting an error when I run; however if I hardcode the word glist where glistname is in the mousedown-- it works?

Ps. I have also declared "glistname" as both a property and as a global, neither way worked. In the example below it is declared as a property which should be working just fine. right now I have to make a new behavior for everytime I want to point to a different list. Not very streamlined

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have bolded to lines of mention



--On Click Member Change Behavior--
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PROPERTY DECLARATIONS
property spriteNum
property myClickSwapMember
property myOriginalMember
global glist, glist2, glist3 --list for recording up to 3 seperate changing members (checkboxes)
property myglist
property glistname - property that let you type in the desired glist right from the ParamDiagBox

----------------------------------------------------
EVENTS

on mousedown
set myglist=glistname
global myglist
if sprite(spriteNum).member=member(myOriginalMember)t hen myglist[#myOriginalMember]=1
if sprite(spriteNum).member=member(myOriginalMember)t hen myglist[#myClickSwapMember]=0
if sprite(spriteNum).member=member(myClickSwapMember) then myglist[#myOriginalMember]=0
if sprite(spriteNum).member=member(myClickSwapMember) then myglist[#myClickSwapMember]=1
end if
end if
end if
end if
end

------------------------------------------------
on mouseup --sends it back on 2nd click
global myglist
if myglist[#myOriginalMember]=1 then sprite(spriteNum).member = myClickSwapMember
if myglist[#myClickSwapMember]=1 then sprite(spriteNum).member = myOriginalMember
end if
end if

end

-----------------------------------------
PARAMETERS

on getPropertyDescriptionList

PDL=[:]

PDL [#myClickSwapMember]= [#comment: "Display which member on click?",#format: #graphic, #default: member "Pick your member"]

PDL [#myOriginalMember]= [#comment: "Display which member on click-back ?(should be your Original)",#format: #graphic, #default: member "Pick your member"]

PDL [#glistname]= [#comment: "Choose the name of the glist from the Global List for Member Change behavior that coincides with this sprite",#format: #string, #default: "glist"]

return PDL
end

[Robert Tweed]

"kyleg" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>
> As customary, I use parameter dialogue boxes for most of the settings that
> I would change frequently; however, it seems that you can not use a
> property from a property desecription list to represent a global list.

OK, you've got to understand what is going on here. You can only set
*properties* in getPropertyDescriptionList. In fact, you don't actually set
the property at that time; what you are doing is specifying the default
values for the property when the behaviour is instantiated by the score. In
other words, what happens is this:

1) Score suddenly needs your behaviour

2) Score creates behaviour with (script "whatever").new()

3) Score then sets all properties to the default values specified in the
propertyDescriptionList

4) Score triggers beginSprite event

If you want to affect a global variable, then you must do it in the new or
beginSprite handler for that behaviour. Of course, that will only change the
global at the time that the handler is called. You cannot add/remove values
in globals from behaviours in the same way as if you were to put the values
in prepareMovie, it just doesn't work that way.

You /could/ change the value of a global variable in the
getPropertyDescriptionList handler itself, but that wouldn't do you any
good. If you saved the movie and closed Director, the value would be lost.
To get it to change the global again, you would have to look at the
behaviours inspector. Try this, for example:

global gList

on getPropertyDescriptionList
if( not listP( gList ) ) then gList = []
gList[ gList.count + 1 ] = "I woz ere"

return [:]
end

on mouseUp
put gList
end

You can re-run the movie as much as you like and gList will stay the same.
However, if you open the behaviour inspector and flick between the panel
showing the script properties and any other panel, you will see lots of
extra "I woz ere" entries appearing in the list. If you close and re-open
the movie without looking at that panel, then gList will be empty.

- Robert

[Luke]

"Luke" <lukewig@SPAMMAGNET_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bg63g8$rj0$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> If you specify the name of the global variable as a property, you can
> retrieve that variable from the globals. In other words, your
> getPropertyDescriptionList should look like this

That should be "If you specify the name of the global variable as a
symbol... etc"

[kyleg webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Luke,

First of all, thanks for your reply
I changed the global variable from a property to a symbol and from

set myglist=glistname to set myglist=(the globals)[glistname]

I still get the error "object expected"

Can you look at my dir file and see what might be the problem?

If you can look at this a would be greatly appreciated.

your [email]lukewig@SPAMMAGNET_hotmail.com[/email] shows a no domain error

can you send a good address to [email]kyle.gonyer@dana.com[/email] and let me know where I could send. (if you feel you could take a quick look of course)

thank you