Flash :: [Flash MX 2004] Daft ClipEvent + If Statement Problem :(

Help Me With Daft Circles
Hello I can't get the following to work, it very simply sends some moving circles across the stage - but the problem is it really slows down the FPS and starts to corrupt the screen/browser. The function is certainly the culprit.

I came up with this code to try and remove onEnterFrame, but my issue is calling onEnterframe when the movie clip reaches a certain position on the stage, which is not working. this is wrong:

Code:
if (this.circle2_mc._x = -250)
I want to call the function below with an onRelease then when it reaches a certain position unLoadMovie and/or delete OnEnterFrame.

Would it be better to try and acheive this using a time/duration function?

Heres my code:

Code:
function movecirc ()

{attachMovie ("mccircle", "circle2_mc", 1)

_root.sq_mc.circle2_mc.onEnterFrame = function ()
{this._x += -15;}
if (this.circle2_mc._x = -250)
{this.circle2_mc.unloadMovie();
delete this.onEnterFrame ;
trace("deleted");
}
}
Thanks ery much in advance!

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Clipevent Help
please indulge me if you have read this before but i'm really stuck... sorry it's long, just trying to be thorough...

i'm doing a flash presentation and want it to function the same way as a ppt presentation (user hits the space bar, it advances forward, back key and it goes back one).

I know you can easily do this with buttons, but I was trying to avoid that. So i tried using a clip event (the different sections of my presentation are built in movieclips) that states:

onClipEvent (keyDown) {
play ();
}

The problem is when it gets to the end of that movie clip, it just goes back to the beginning of the same one (mc) and starts to play it over again. I want it to advance to the next movieclip on the main timeline. I'm not sure how to get the clipevent to recognize when it is at the end of the designated movie clip and begin playing the next mc.

Is there some other action I could be using? Do I need to set this up in a different way?

PLEASE HELP ME!

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Using Flash MX, can you call a setInterval within an onClipEvent (enterFrame) on a MC? I've tried testing this and it won't work.

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I have a quiz built using the flash interactions and it's great. I have it plugged into my LMS and everything is tracking wonderfully except my results page.

I have 3 dynamic text fields on stage, and I want them to display how many right, how many wrong, and percentage.

Now....

When the user clicks a choice in a multiple choice for example I have this code:

onClipEvent(mouseUp){
_global.wrong = _global.wrong += 1;
}

The problem is whenevr the mouse is clicked on any frame this value gets added to. So in the end it will say 10 wrong out of 5.

I want a variable named wrong and a variable named right to be added to only when the user clicks the distractor.

I'm I making sense?

-Lemorris

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Function/clipEvent Help
I have 2 movieclips on my stage (box_mc, box2_mc), each contains a button(my_btn). box2_mc starts off with an _alpha of 0 while box_mc starts off with an _alpha of 100. When a button in box_mc is pressed it will fade box2_mc in and fade box_mc out and vice versa. What I would like some help with is creating a function that will fade 1 movie clip out and when that clip's _alpha has reached 0 it will start to fade the other clip in. Any help with this would be great. Here's my code so far:
code:
var fadeBox:Number;
var fadeBox2:Number;
box_mc.my_btn.enabled = true;
box2_mc.my_btn.enabled = false;

box_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function() {
box_mc.fadeBox = 0;
box2_mc.fadeBox2 = 100;
box_mc.my_btn.enabled = false;
box2_mc.my_btn.enabled = true;
}
box2_mc.my_btn.onRelease = function() {
box_mc.fadeBox = 100;
box2_mc.fadeBox2 = 0;
box_mc.my_btn.enabled = true;
box2_mc.my_btn.enabled = false;
}

clipEvent
code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
_alpha += (fadeBox - _alpha) / 5;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
_alpha += (fadeBox2 - _alpha) / 5;
}

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ClipEvent Problem
I need some help with a clipEvent. Right now I have two clips(clients_display_mc, work_thumbs_mc) fading out, when the clip is faded out another clip(content_area_mask_mc) slides into position. Once that clip has reached it's new _x spot I want another clip(work_mc) to fade in. Currently I have the first two clips fading out fine and the second clip sliding into position, but I can't get the last part of my clip even to fire telling the last clip to fade in. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Code:
_root.checker_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (_root.content_mc.clients_display_mc._alpha > 0) {
_root.content_mc.clients_display_mc._alpha -= 10;
_root.content_mc.work_thumbs_mc._alpha -= 10;
} else {
_root.content_mc.content_area_mask_mc.endX = 10;
if (_root.content_mc.content_area_mask_mc._x >= 10) {
_root.work_mc._alpha += 10;
if (_root.work_mc._alpha >= 100) {
deletethis.onEnterFrame;
}
}
}
};

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ClipEvent To Function
Hi,

I have used the following onClipEvent to move a menu according to the x position of the mouse:

Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
xcenter = 250;
speed = 1/15;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var distance = _root._xmouse-xcenter;
_x -= (distance*speed);
if (_x>0) {
_x = -500;
}
if (_x<-500) {
_x = 0;
}
}
Is this script also possible in a function and if yes how does that function look likes .

Thanks in advance

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Screed Against On(clipEvent)
I am continually amazed at the number of people who are just now coming to Flash (or have only just started learning a bit of Actionscript) and post questions regarding on(someClipEventOrOther). I'm trying to understand who and/or what is guiding them to using this type of pre-Flash MX (6) style of coding.

Flash 6 was released early in 2002 and introduced all the MovieClip.onSomeClipEventOrOther events. The benefits of being able to put all your code in one place (or at least in more controlled places) and not having to search around to make changes are truly amazing. Personally I haven't used the on(clipEvent) structure since 2002. And I suspect that most folks here who do a lot of development use it very sparingly if at all? Am I correct in this assumption?

Personally I seldom answer questions that involve that kind of code because I just don't remember all the in-outs-and-little-tricky-bits about using it. Scoping issues, does the clip exist at the correct time, what is the path from it to other things on the stage, what is their code and properties, etc. It just gets too hard to debug and follow when it is so broken up. Or maybe it is just me?

I'm just trying to start a community dialog about this and am wondering if there is someway we can encourage/lead new folks to not using that style of coding? Or does everyone think that it is a good thing?

PS: I used to be crazy and rabid about the use of _root, and I would just like to point out that we don't seem to have so many questions that revolve around _root anymore, now do we? :)

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Refresh ClipEvent
Hello:
I have a blank container mc into which I am loading JPGs after you click on a button.
There are 10 buttons in the movie, each associated with a different JPG.
This container_mc is part of a function called on the main Timeline.
The Flash movie is 1 frame on the main Timeline.
This code works correctly on the first JPG when I click on a button for the first time), but then when you click on a different button I believe it just uses the dimensions and coordinates of the first JPG.
How can I reset or refresh (unload, reload?) this function so it works correctly every time I load a new JPG?
updateAfterEvent, maybe?
thanks.
//after full size image loads into detailthumb_mc,
//resize image so that neither width nor height is > 150, tben recenter
onClipEvent(load) {
var maxWidth = 150;
var maxHeight = 150;
if (this._width > maxWidth || this._height > maxHeight) {
var scaleFactor = this._width > this._height ? maxWidth / this._width : maxHeight / this._height;
this._width = Math.floor (this._width * scaleFactor);
this._height = Math.floor (this._height * scaleFactor);
this._x = 85 - (this._width/2);
this._y = 90 - (this._height/2);
//display gallerywm_mc at bottom of resized image
var gallerywm = _parent.gallerywm_mc;
gallerywm._x = this._x;
gallerywm._y = this._y + this._height - 20;
gallerywm._width = this._width;
gallerywm._height = Math.floor (gallerywm._height * this._width /150);
//hide boundingbox_mc if image is portrait orientation
if (this._height == 150) {
_parent.boundingbox_mc._visible= false;
}
//hide imagepreloader_mc
_parent.imagepreload_mc._visible= false;
}
}

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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
xmove = (xpos-this._x)/5;
this._x += xmove;
}

And the following framecode in the same keyframe as square:

_root.square.xpos = Math.round(Math.random()*550);

Now I want to convert this into a function so I can control more than just one clip for the random movement.

Can anybody tell me how this function should look like?

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However, if I put it in the main timeline or the movieclip's timeline, it refuses when I export.

Where do you actually put the code?

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Ok.. I have a dynamic xml menu systmem that I have hacked around from some script that I got from somewhere. I'm trying to convert it to a drop down menu system. I made it so that i you can click to open and click to close each menu but I want it on mouse over. The trouble is the usual way of solving this is...

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
this.gotoAndStop("over");
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this.gotoAndStop("off");
}
}

but as my menu items are all scripted on to the stage where would I put this code??

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I don't consider myself really good at anything. AS is one of those. I am not bad at it, having handwritten about 40,000 lines so far, but there is still so much that I don't truly understand.

Currently I am trying to figure out what is the useful difference between

Code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
and

Code:
onClipEvent(load){
I mean, I know the obvious differences, but as far as coding goes I am lost. depending on the need/use of the AS, if I use one and it doesn't work I use the other, but I don't know "why".

Can some one explain the "why"?

~MoN

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Code:
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}
}
I have this on a mc, but I can't get it to load the file, it works on frame, and loads where I want it, but when I put it on the MC I want it to load into, it stops working, now I know it's some kindof syntax, but so far everything I've tried has failed.

Any ideas?

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I have the following clipEvent to control a scrolling menu:

Code:
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xcenter = 250;
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}
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var distance = _root._xmouse-xcenter;
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Frame1:

ActionScript Code:
stop();loadText = new LoadVars();loadText.load("gallery.txt");loadText.onLoad = function(success) { _global.total = this.total; trace(_global.total); gotoAndStop(2);};

Frame2:

ActionScript Code:
stop();MovieClip.prototype.tot = total;MovieClip.prototype.i = tot/2;MovieClip.prototype.j = i;MovieClip.prototype.num = tot;

Attached on a mc (within a mc):

ActionScript Code:
onClipEvent (load) { this._visible = 0;}onClipEvent (enterFrame) { //CODE GENERAZIONE QUARDATI trace(tot); for (var i = 1; i<tot+1; i++) { e = "foto"+i; if (i%2 != 0) { if (i != 1 && i != 2) { yp = 0; xp = _parent["foto"+String(i-2)]._x+68; } else { xp = 0; yp = 0; } } else { if (i != 1 && i != 2) { yp = 68; xp = _parent["foto"+String(i-2)]._x+68; } else { yp = 68; xp = 0; } } duplicateMovieClip(_parent.foto, e, i); _parent[e]._x = xp; _parent[e]._y = yp; _parent[e].img._xscale = 64; _parent[e].img._yscale = 64; _parent[e].foto.n.text = i; _parent[e].dataa = dataa[i]; _parent[e].link = link[i]; }}

What it does (should do) basicaly is duplicate the mc foto for the value of tot.
The txt file is loaded properly and it does trace the correct value for total and tot but it doesn't duplicate the movie.
If instead of

ActionScript Code:
MovieClip.prototype.tot = total;

I write

ActionScript Code:
MovieClip.prototype.tot = 10;

Everything works fine.
Any idea why if tot and total trace the right value, the duplicateMovieClip won't work???

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Hey, I have a movie clip that has its own timeline animation. When the mouse is clicked on the movie clip, the animation starts and then is removed. So, I can do this easily when the movie clip is dragged on the stage, I click on it and add the on clipEvent(mouseDown) script.
But when the movie plays, I need to have the mc generate on screen a bunch of times. When its in the library, it doesnt have the on clipEvent(mouseDown) script and I cant figure out how to add the script to the mc in edit mode when its in the library, I keep getting errors.
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this._y=0;
this._visible=true;
}
badPeanutReset();
}

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._y = _y+badPeanutSpeed+3;
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basically when this MC loads its giving it a random _x position. the enter frame is telling the MC to fall vertically at a random speed and when it gets the the bottom of my stage to reset to the top with a new random _x position. Its basically a loop. I need to know how to stop it based on other script elsewhere. I need to know how to manipulate the data to either stop the clipEvent (enterFrame) or something. Please help.

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onClipEvent (load) {
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if (this._x <- 100) {
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}
if (this.hitTest(_level0.guy.hitTarg)) {
_level0.lives--;
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lives();
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what i want to do is consolidate this code(x3 becasue this code example was only from the flower mc) into an array...AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE???? i need all the randomness and hit.test incorporated into the array..

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for (var i:Number = 0; i < numEnemy.length; i++) {
flower.duplicateMovieClip( "flower", "flower" + i, i + 100);
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Hello,

I'm using the following script on a movie clip to produce an animated drop down menu:

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this.nextFrame();
} else {
this.prevFrame();
}
}

This works such that when the mouse is within the boundaries of the movie clip, the menu activates forward and when the mouse leaves the boundaries, the menu activates back to initial state. I'm wondering how to amend this code so that a mouseclick within the movie clip will produce the same effect as leaving the boundaries of the movie.

Example:
movie clip is a menu dropdown...
- user highlights a menu item button within drop down
- user clicks on menu item
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Link to example:
http://www.davegk.com/dropdownmenu.html
source:
http://www.davegk.com/dropdownmenu.fla

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David

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I wonder if any on can help me here with this...this is my script that is attached to movie clips which ar erandomly placed on the screen and walk about at random angles and speeds.

-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
onClipEvent (load) {
sx = random(4)+4;
sy = random(6)-6;
if (_name != "ganga") {
_x = Math.random()*750+25;
_y = Math.random()*550+25;
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_name != "ganga") {
_x += sx;
_y += sy;
// these may not be needed if it never just goes in one direction:
if (sx == 0 && sy<0) {
// just up
this._rotation = 0;
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this._rotation = 180;
}
if (sx<0 && sy == 0) {
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this._rotation = 270;
}
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this._rotation = 90;
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this._rotation = 90;
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this._rotation = 45;
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this._rotation = 135;
}
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this._rotation = 225;
}
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// 7
this._rotation = 315;
}
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} else {
sx *= -1;
}
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} else {
sy = -2;
}
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sx = 2;
} else {
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}
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} else {
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}
} else if (_y>575) {
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if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
}
}
}
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
But what I want to do since i'm using MX is put all this into a function on the main timeline...but i can't get it to work! any ideas anyone...the mc are all on the root.

this is what I created, but as I said it doesn't work:

-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
function walkFree() {
if (_name != "ganga") {
for (i=1; i<=amount1; i++) {
_x += _root["ganga"+i].sx;
_y += _root["ganga"+i].sy;
sx = _root["ganga"+i].sx;
sy = _root["ganga"+i].sy;
}
// these may not be needed if it never just goes in one direction:
if (sx == 0 && sy<0) {
// just up
this._rotation = 0;
}
if (sx == 0 && sy>0) {
// just down
this._rotation = 180;
}
if (sx<0 && sy == 0) {
// just left
this._rotation = 270;
}
if (sx>0 && sy == 0) {
// just right
this._rotation = 90;
}
if (sx>0 && sy == 0) {
// just right
this._rotation = 90;
}
// directions:
if (sx>0 && sy<0) {
// 9
this._rotation = 45;
}
if (sx>0 && sy>0) {
// 3
this._rotation = 135;
}
if (sx<0 && sy>0) {
// 1
this._rotation = 225;
}
if (sx<0 && sy<0) {
// 7
this._rotation = 315;
}
if (_x<25) {
_x = 25;
if (sy != 0) {
sx *= -(random(2));
} else {
sx *= -1;
}
if (random(2)) {
sy = 2;
} else {
sy = -2;
}
} else if (_x>775) {
_x = 775;
if (sy != 0) {
sx *= -(random(2));
} else {
sx *= -1;
}
if (random(2)) {
sy = 2;
} else {
sy = -2;
}
}
if (_y<25) {
_y = 25;
if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
} else if (_y>575) {
_y = 575;
if (random(2)) {
sx = 2;
} else {
sx = -2;
}
if (sx != 0) {
sy *= -(random(2));
} else {
sy *= -1;
}
}
}
}
------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------

this is called from in the on clip event within the mc's they also have the top part as there onclipevent load:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
onClipEvent (load) {
sx = random(4)+4;
sy = random(6)-6;
if (_name != "ganga") {
_x = Math.random()*750+25;
_y = Math.random()*550+25;
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
walkFree;
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------

please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!STU

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Hi

Sorry about running two posts so close together, but I couldn't change the other one to reflect the changes I've made in my problem.

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Populate 2 text fields with information from the XML file(works)
Compare the two text fields, if they contain the same information then the checkbox, via AS is told to be selected. (Heres the problem);

Heres the code:

Code:
runCode_btn.onPress = function() {

data_xml = new XML();
data_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
data_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
//point to the first node with information
var track_xml = data_xml.firstChild;
//loop through each node
while (track_xml != null) {
//print out each node
test1 = track_xml.toString();
//point to the next node
track_xml = track_xml.nextSibling;

//Runs my code

//Define the contents of two text fields located in the movie
textOne = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild;
textTwo = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild;
trace("data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild = " + data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild);
trace("data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild = " + data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild);
/*dummyYes = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild;
dummyNo = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[6].firstChild;
dummyMaybeEmail = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild;
dummyMaybeFax = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].firstChild;*/

//Checks between the two text fields for a match
if (textOne == textTwo) {
trace("It is selected!" + textOne + " " + textTwo);
check_fax.selected = true;
} else {
trace("Ir is NOT selected!" + textOne + " " + textTwo);
check_fax.selected = false;
};

}
} else {
trace("error reading file");
}

delete data_xml;

};

data_xml.load("XML/dummy2 - email.xml");

};
After you read the code, you'll have noticed the trace commands I stuck in there.
They send this to the output panel:

Code:
data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild = 1
data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild = 1
Ir is NOT selected!1 1
So as far as I can see, it reads the XML file with no problems, it loads the text fields with no problem. But for some reason the IF statement refuses to recognize that both the XML nodes contain the same information.

If I alter the code like so:

Code:
textOne = 1;
textTwo = 1;
Then the IF statement works. It sees that the two text fields are identical in content, and the checkbox is selected.

So whats wrong with the Data from the XML file?
I haven't a clue.
I tried converting from a string to a Numeral using:

Code:
newText = Number(textOne);
But that didn't work, it just produced "NaN" when traced.
I tried populating the XML file with text versus numbers, still no luck.
What came from the trace:

Code:
data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild = hi
data_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild = hi
Ir is NOT selected!hi hi
The idea behind this app is that its an electronic form. The user fills it out, the information is then sent to a newly created XML file, months later the open the XML file in flash, and Flash fills out text fields and check and or unchecks Checkboxes based on the XML data.
CheckBoxes are mandatory.
But I don't see how I'll be able to use them if i can't create and condition statements based on the loaded Data.

I'd really appreciate some help and suggestions with this, I think I'm out of ideas.

Thanks

-Lem

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