Flash :: [Test] Array Painter

Test If Array's Element Is An Array.
I'm recursively looking through an Array, and I'm looking for a solid way to test if an element is actually an Array(there is a chance that the tested array element is another datatype). I was thinking that I could use the length property to test, however looking in the index of ASDG2 I see that there are a few other Objects that possess the a length property, and I am afraid that this might cause a problem.

look at
nav_array[i].length >= 1
below

Is there a way to use typeof on an Array, and have it return anything other than Object?

Code:
private function recurseThroughArray(nav_array, itemsArray, depthHolder){
for(var i=0;i<nav_array.length;i++){
depthHolder.push(i);
if(nav_array[i] == itemsArray){
var returnDepth:Array = depthHolder;
break;
}else{
if(nav_array[i].length >= 1){ //make sure that this is an Array
recurseThroughArray(nav_array[i], itemsArray, depthHolder);
}else{
depthHolder.splice(depthHolder.length-1,1);
}
}
}
return returnDepth;
}
also, I'm new to recursion, and I haven't tested this yet.

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Painter Program
Hey, i was messin around with AS the other day and made http://phildman14.homeip.net/flash/paint.html . Then i got this idea to be able to save what you drew and call it up later. After maybe 30 min of changes in my previous code i got http://phildman14.homeip.net/flash/paintsaver.html and its decoder: http://phildman14.homeip.net/flash/paintopener.html . Right now its just copy and paste (Ill work on a php saver app later) But the question im trying to get to is: Are there any suggestions on how to make the lines ACTUALLY connect rather than having to move the mouse slowly? One friend had the idea to have the dot expand, but thats just having bigger dots. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

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Dynamic Painter
Have a project where I'm going to have to change the mouse into a paintbrush, then have it leave a trail as you move the mouse. This would occur regardless if you press down on the mouse or not. After a bit of time, the trail would begin to dissolve. Anyone see anything like this before? I can easily script out the painting portion, it's just the dissolving aspect that's tricky.

Thanks!
Ryan

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Flash Painter
I am trying to make my own flash painter. I was able to make a pencil for my pointer, the pencil draws black. I was able to make a masked area so the strokes could only go in that area where my picture is. I make pallet buttons red, blue, etc. and 4 stroke size buttons. Now I'm stuck. I'm reading Learning ActionScript 2.0 for macromedia flash 8. I've looked all over the internet but I cannot figure out how to make each individual buttons change stroke or color. Does anyone know where I can find some basic examples to do this? Any ideas? I would like to post the fla as an attachment but I can't it's telling me the file is too big. New to this forum

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Hit Test In Array?
Is it possible to do some code like this in an array instead?

code:
if (_root.hit.hit0.hitTest(_root.hero)) {
scroll = "false";
}else if (_root.hit.hit1.hitTest(_root.hero)) {
scroll = "false";
}else if (_root.hit.hit2.hitTest(_root.hero)) {
scroll = "false";
}else if (_root.hit.hit3.hitTest(_root.hero)) {
scroll = "false";
}else if (_root.hit.hit4.hitTest(_root.hero)) {
scroll = "false";
}else if (_root.hit.hit5.hitTest(_root.hero)) {
scroll = "false";

...

I tried without succeeding ... thought you guys could help.

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Test If Value Is In Array
Hi

Does ActionScript have a function similar to PHP's in_array()?

I have an isometric grid game where a character can walk around a certain area but certain grid squares are holes. I have the grid coordinates for all the squares in an array and I wanted to check the
array to see if the character is standing on solid ground or over a hole. So basically if the current position exists in the array ...carry on....if the position does not exist in the array....play falling down animation.

I can think of a few alternative ways of doing this, but an in_array function would make life so much sweeter!

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Using An Array To Hit Test
Hello, I'm making a game where enemies (beans in this case) generate off a timer and run across the screen. The aim is to hit them with a big fork to kill them (controlled by the keyboard).

The bean enemies are all instances of the same movie clip, so I added them to an array called beanGroup. When I hitTest with the code I have at the moment, it throws up a run time error:

Error #2007: Parameter hitTestObject must be non-null.

The idea was to place the instance names in an array, then access them through a hitTest. However, it is becoming problematic to reference the names from the array back to the actual instances that placed them there. Can anybody figure out what solution may be required?

The Code:
Please note: I have removed some of it to make it easier to read.

PHP Code:

var beanGroup:Array = new Array();
            var beanNumber:Number = 0;

            function addBean(event:TimerEvent):void
            {
            bean = new mcBean();
            addChild(bean);
            bean.name = "bean"+beanNumber;
            beanGroup.push("bean"+beanNumber);
            beanNumber++;
            }

            stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, moveFork);

            function moveFork(evt:KeyboardEvent):void
            {
                switch (evt.keyCode) {
                case Keyboard.DOWN :
                forkInstance.y += yFork;

                for ( var i:int = beanGroup.length -1; i >= 0; i--)
                {
                if(forkInstance.hitTestObject(beanGroup[i] as DisplayObject)){
                    trace ("bean killed");
                    }
                }
}

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Test For A Value In An Array
Hi,
How do I test if a value is already in my array? I am pulling random data from an XML file and displaying it. I have a variable "rand" that I write to an array wihtin my loop of 3 iterations. But how do I test to see if the current rand is already in the array, and if so, generate rand again. Here's what I got so far:

Code:
myPhoto = new XML();
myPhoto.ignoreWhite = true;
myPhoto.load("dynamic-content.xml");
myPhoto.onLoad = function(success) {
numimages = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
//create an array to hold the random numbers I've used so far
used = new Array();
//set image spacing
spacing = 100;
for (i=0; i<3; i++) {
//generates a random nuber within the number of entries in my xml file
num = (Math.random()*(numimages-1));
rand = Math.round(num);
//add the current rand to the 'used' array
j = used.length;
used[j] = rand;
trace(used);
//sets the random number entry of the xml file (and it's data) to picHolder
picHolder = this.firstChild.childNodes[rand];
thumbHolder = thumbnails.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail"+i, i);
thumbHolder._y = i*spacing;
//displays the text and image
_root["title"+i].text = picHolder.attributes.title;
_root["text"+i].text = picHolder.attributes.desc;
_root["loader"+i].loadMovie(picHolder.attributes.thmb);

}
};

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Hit Test Using Array
I am in the process of making a jigsaw game. For testing purposes, it is only a 4 piece, square puzzle. I have 4 seperate movie clips named one, two, three, and four.

I wanted to make it different than the other jigsaw puzzles I've seen in flash, and wanted to make it so that when you 'connect' pieces that go next to each other, they actually follow each other.

In each movie clip I have :

PHP Code:

onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
    if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse)) {
        this.startDrag();
    }
}

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
this.stopDrag();
}

There is only one frame, and on the first frame's actions I have :

PHP Code:

stop ();

_root.one.onEnterFrame = function () {

if (_root.one.hitTest(_root.two)) {

xposition1 = getProperty("/one", _x);
yposition1 = getProperty("/one", _y);

setProperty(/two, _x, _root.one._x + 205);
setProperty(/two, _y, yposition1);
}
}

That code all works just fine ( I know I can clean it up a little, but I am not concered with neatness just yet. Once it is done I will clean up the code). What I am trying to do though is make it so that I can create an array and have it loop for the function of each movie clip. I have this code, yet don't know exactly how to implement it:

PHP Code:

    myArray = ["one", "two", "three", "four"];
    for (j=0; j < myArray.length; j++) {
        blah += myArray[j];

What I want is when a MC checks for a hitTest, I want a function for it to test which other MC it hit, rather than listing them each individually like in the first code snippet I showed. I don't want to code for each instance, though I will, I just wondered if there's a way to to do it with Arrays.

I am attaching a copy of the fla i've been workin on. Thanks so much. Heck, if theres a better way to do it too, let me know!

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How To Make A Painter In Flash?
I mean, How to make a paint software in flash, which you
can take (chosse)a pen or pencil and chossing a colors and free draw on the stage, like the paint software of microsoft, usually located at: START -->Programs-->accessories-->Paint.

Understood? (I can try to explain it again in other way)

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Corel Painter 9 Tutorial
Hi, apologize for posting about another program in here, but I'm not sure where else to post this. Does anyone know of any good online tutorials for Painter, or another message board to ask this question?
Thanks in advance

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Using An Array To Hit Test Enemies
Hello, I'm making a game where enemies (beans in this case) generate off a timer and run across the screen. The aim is to hit them with a big fork to kill them (controlled by the keyboard).

The bean enemies are all instances of the same movie clip, so I added them to an array called beanGroup. When I hitTest with the code I have at the moment, it throws up a run time error:

Error #2007: Parameter hitTestObject must be non-null.

The idea was to place the instance names in an array, then access them through a hitTest. However, it is becoming problematic to reference the names from the array back to the actual instances that placed them there. Can anybody figure out what solution may be required?

The Code:
Please note: I have removed some of it to make it easier to read.

PHP Code:

var beanGroup:Array = new Array();
            var beanNumber:Number = 0;

            function addBean(event:TimerEvent):void
            {
            bean = new mcBean();
            addChild(bean);
            bean.name = "bean"+beanNumber;
            beanGroup.push("bean"+beanNumber);
            beanNumber++;
            }

            stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, moveFork);

            function moveFork(evt:KeyboardEvent):void
            {
                switch (evt.keyCode) {
                case Keyboard.DOWN :
                forkInstance.y += yFork;

                for ( var i:int = beanGroup.length -1; i >= 0; i--)
                {
                if(forkInstance.hitTestObject(beanGroup[i] as DisplayObject)){
                    trace ("bean killed");
                    }
                }
}

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Using An Array To Hit Test Enemies
Hello, I'm making a game where enemies (beans in this case) generate off a timer and run across the screen. The aim is to hit them with a big fork to kill them (controlled by the keyboard).

The bean enemies are all instances of the same movie clip, so I added them to an array called beanGroup. When I hitTest with the code I have at the moment, it throws up a run time error:

Error #2007: Parameter hitTestObject must be non-null.

The idea was to place the instance names in an array, then access them through a hitTest. However, it is becoming problematic to reference the names from the array back to the actual instances that placed them there. Can anybody figure out what solution may be required?

The Code:
Please note: I have removed some of it to make it easier to read.

PHP Code:

var beanGroup:Array = new Array(); var beanNumber:Number = 0; function addBean(event:TimerEvent):void { bean = new mcBean(); addChild(bean); bean.name = "bean"+beanNumber; beanGroup.push("bean"+beanNumber); beanNumber++; } stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, moveFork); function moveFork(evt:KeyboardEvent):void { switch (evt.keyCode) { case Keyboard.DOWN : forkInstance.y += yFork; for ( var i:int = beanGroup.length -1; i >= 0; i--) { if(forkInstance.hitTestObject(beanGroup[i] as DisplayObject)){ trace ("bean killed"); } } }

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Want To Purchase Website Template For A Painter
Hello,
I'm looking for a full flash website template which could be used for a painter website (No. It is not Picasso )
Can you help me to find a place in which I can purchase that kind of a template?
Thanks in advance,
David

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Array Hit Test With Mc(check This Out Its Diff.)
ok so what i am doing is makikng a game that u have a ship, it shoots lasers, and if a laser hits one of the many enemy ships that are shown, that ship blows up. I have the ship shooting the lasers, and the lasers hitting the enemy and having the laser dissapear, but i cant get the enemy ship to blow up (its a mc and i am moving it by a tween inside the movie clip, so it goes left and right) when they collide, i say this:

Code:
for (i=1; i<=10; i++) {
if (this.hitTest(_root["enemy"+i])) {
_root.spaceship.laserCounter--;
this.removeMovieClip();
_root["enemy"+i].gotoAndPlay(71);
}
}

and what happens is the laser disappears, (this is on the laser) but the movie clip of the enemy doesnt go and play line 71 , which is the explosion animation, in the enemy i have it so that the movment keeps looping by a go to and play 1, and right after that i have theexplosion animation, fram 71, but it never goes and plays it, can ne one help? (the laser counter is just keeping track of the lasers on the field so u can only have 4, but though sometimes itm akes it so u can only shoot 3, or 2, but dont matter that problem for later, now i cant figure out how to make it so the enemy goes to the explosion.) thank you so much.

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Saving Drawning In Flash Painter Program
Ok, I just did a little flash painter program. Its a program in which you draw lines on the form. Now, i would like to be able to save those drawning. Is it possible. Can i save them in a known format like jpg or bmp? If not, can i only save them as a unknown format and then be able to load them after in the program? If yes how?

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Saving Drawnings In My Flash Painter Program
Ok, I just did a little flash painter program. Its a program in which you draw lines on the form. Now, i would like to be able to save those drawning. Is it possible. Can i save them in a known format like jpg or bmp? If not, can i only save them as a unknown format and then be able to load them after in the program? If yes how?

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Saving Drawning In My Flash Painter Program
Ok, I just did a little flash painter program. Its a program in which you draw lines on the form. Now, i would like to be able to save those drawning. Is it possible. Can i save them in a known format like jpg or bmp? If not, can i only save them as a unknown format and then be able to load them after in the program? If yes how?

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Looking For A Full Flash Website Template For A Painter
Hello,
I'm looking for a full flash website template which could be used for a painter website (No. It is not Picasso )
Can you help me to find a place in which I can purchase that kind of a template?

I've tried the Actionscript forum but got a message that it wasn't the right forum. I hope this one is more appropriate.

Thanks in advance,
David

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Looking For A Flash Full Website Template For A Painter
Hello,
I'm looking for a flash full website template for a painter (well, not a professional, but will be one day :-).
Do you know where can I gey or purchase such a template?
My email is david@nessicom.com

Thanks,
David

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Test Wether Functionparameter Is Number, Array, Or Certain Object
Hello

I need a function that tests what type of parameters were passed to it. Something like this:

function test (parameter)
{
if (parameter==typeof(number)) DoSomething;
else if (parameter==typeof(Array)) DoSomethingElse;
else if (parameter==typeof(Object:Test)) DoSomethingDifferent;
else if (parameter==typeof(Object:Two)) DoSomethingcompletlyDifferent;
else DoNothing;
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Test Array For Numerical Order, Return True
I've got this function:

ActionScript Code:
function sfrCM() {
for (var j= 0; j<oH.length; j++) {
if ((oH[j]>oH[j+1]) && (oH[i+1] != undefined)) {
hS = false;
trace("no");
} else {
hS = true;
trace("yes");
}
}
}

but it doesn't trace anything so obviously it's messed up somehow.

basically I'm just trying to see if the five numbers in the array oH are in consecutive order, and if so, return hS = true;

so not compare the [i] placement, but set the numbers in the array equal to real numbers so that I can compare those and see if they are in consecutive numerical order

there are five numbers though, and I think even if it worked properly, what I've got would only check if the first two array elements were consecutive, but I want all five...

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Flash 8 Quiz Guru Needed: Make Link Appear For Next Test Only If Test Taker Passes.
Greeings, all,

Flash 8 has quiz templates which are coded for multiple choice, true/false, text statement, and matching types of questions, along with hotspots and probably anoher type I am forgetting. The test taker makes their selection(s) or answers, and clicks a "check answer" button. They then get a feedback statements depending on whether they have answered correctly or not. Many questions involve multiple selections to be correct, but all must click on the "check answer" button to advance to the next question.

The point is that all of this functionality is coded in the component(s) which make the template so versatile. A copy of my .fla shouldn't actually be needed (I am guessing here), because the component code is what I believe needs tweaking, at least the part where the final percentage of correct answers is calculated at the end of the test, and that percentage is compared to a user-defined passing percentage score.

I think this requires a Flash Quiz Guru, who knows just how to connect the pass or fail result to a new button or a "go to" redirect. I don't know whether the same effect could be accomplished by frame scripting, but I expect tweaking the component(s) code would seem a more direct approach.

I cannot fill in the blanks for any idea that is just an idea. If anyone can code this, make it work and test it, and direct me to where the snippets must be placed, I would be deeply grateful. This is about education, not a game or commercial razz-ma-tazz.

Are there any Flash Quiz Guru's who can help me out with this?

Thank you.

regards,

stevenjs
____________________________________
"I am but an egg."
--Stranger in a Strange Land

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Flash Quiz Guru Needed: Make Link Appear For Next Test Only If Test Taker Passes.
Greeings, all,

Flash 8 has quiz templates which are coded for multiple choice, true/false, text statement, and matching types of questions, along with hotspots and probably anoher type I am forgetting. The test taker makes their selection(s) or answers, and clicks a "check answer" button. They then get a feedback statements depending on whether they have answered correctly or not. Many questions involve multiple selections to be correct, but all must click on the "check answer" button to advance to the next question.

The point is that all of this functionality is coded in the component(s) which make the template so versatile. A copy of my .fla shouldn't actually be needed (I am guessing here), because the component code is what I believe needs tweaking, at least the part where the final percentage of correct answers is calculated at the end of the test, and that percentage is compared to a user-defined passing percentage score.

I think this requires a Flash Quiz Guru, who knows just how to connect the pass or fail result to a new button or a "go to" redirect. I don't know whether the same effect could be accomplished by frame scripting, but I expect tweaking the component(s) code would seem a more direct approach.

I cannot fill in the blanks for any idea that is just an idea. If anyone can code this, make it work and test it, and direct me to where the snippets must be placed, I would be deeply grateful. This is about education, not a game or commercial razz-ma-tazz.

Are there any Flash Quiz Guru's who can help me out with this?

Thank you.

regards,

stevenjs
____________________________________
"I am but an egg."
--Stranger in a Strange Land

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Hi all,
I have buttons in a movieclip i've used
_root.
and the buttons work when i do test scene but when i try and test movie the buttons link back to the wrong screen. why is this? There is no apparent reason as the scripting seems fine.

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hey... another question...

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when I "test scene" for Scene 2 the quality looks great!

but when I "test movie", my Scene 2 movie looks like crap!

Anyone know why!? I went to "publish settings" and put all my settings at highest quality possible. jpg's are at 100, and flash settings are all at 100 and best quality.

They are imported jpg's by the way. And look great until I export or even preview as a flash movie. (????)

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I was wondering if anyone can help me, flash seems to be able to handle variables input from the browser ok
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however I don't know how to get it to accept variables for other levels
(example in link above I cant get the variable "two" in the movie "movie" to work)
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I am trying to build a cartoon. I am going through allot of pain staking measures to sync up stuff. It is behaving (mouths and sounds) different in Test Scene, than Test Movie. I am using 20 fps. Is that a good idea?

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Array, Array HELP - Importing A External File Into N ARRAY - Almost There
I am reading and external file with the following code:

ActionScript Code:
on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
lv = new LoadVars();
lv.onLoad = function() {
questions1 = this.filelist0.split(",");
answers1 = this.filelist1.split(",");
for(i=0;i<questions1.length;i++)
//trace(questions1[i]+" "+answers1[i]);
trace(questions1[i]);

//assumes same number of scores in each list
};
lv.load("questions.txt");
}

When I parse the file it puts it into an columar format as it should...however I need it to look like this:

questions1=new Array ("2+4=?","What is the capital of Illinois?","What color is the sky?","10x(5+2)=?");

answers1=new Array ("8","springfield","blue","70");

How do I do that?

Text file look like this:

&questions1=2+4=?,What is the Capital of Illinois?,What color is the sky?,10x(5+2)=?")&
&answers1=8,springfield,blue,70&

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Hi all,

Ok, we can do hit test with movies and coordinates but, how can we test if two movie clips collide (for example a trashcan and a garbage) in more than 50% ?

I mean if the garbage fills more than 50% of the area of the trashcan how can i grab this ??

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Hello

I have a 2d array:

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etc.

It goes [question, option1, option2, option3, real answer]

I now just want to extract 3 or so of these entries and create a new array with them. Since I want to just use 3 or so questions randomly from a large array of questions.

Does anyone know a good tidy script to do this with??

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e.g.

Code:
array[2][0] = 4;
array[1] = array[2];
array[1][0] = array[1][0] + 3;

trace("array[1]= " + array[1]);
trace("array[2]= " + array[2]);

Result:
array[1]=7;
array[2]=7;

The result I want is:
array[1]=4;
array[2]=7;

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for(var i:Number = 0; i<dropTarg.length; i++){
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autoSize = true;
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}
}

All that is happening though is that the text field displays on a single line with /n in between each array element.

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I'm going to post the full code of the two functions, disregard the "fluff" unrelated to the two functions as it is all working flawless, I've tested this HEAVILY and cannot understand why it keeps setting the entire array to undefined!

Any help would be grateful.

ActionScript Code:
// processReplace Function function processReplace(transferFiles) { var processArray:Array = transferFiles.slice(); var fileName:String = new String(); var filesArray:Array = new Array(); var replaceArray:Array = new Array(); var exists:String = new String(); var error:String = new String(); var promptResult:String = new String(); // Check for (i=0; i<processArray.length; i++) { // This is where it bugs up <b>exists = processSearch(transferFiles[i][1]);</b> if (exists == "replace") { replaceArray.push(processArray[i]); } else { filesArray.push(processArray[i]); } } // Prompt if (replaceArray.length>0) { error = "Replace "+replaceArray.length+" item(s):

"; for (i=0; i<replaceArray.length; i++) { error += " - "+replaceArray[i][1]+"
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The processSearch

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// == processSearch Function function processSearch(sentInfo) { for (i=0; i<_global.boxFiles.length; i++) { if (_global.boxFiles[i] == sentInfo[1]) { return "replace"; break; } } }

Basically it's supposed to check to see if the file exists and return as true if it does and add it to a replace array, then the replace array is processed into a single string and put into a dialog box through the flash wrapper prompting them to "replace the files or not".

It makes the replace array just fine, it actually even has the right "count" in it but it's setting all the "filenames" to undefined because of the exists = processSearch function.

I even tried to make a new array and run the search just from that one and set the values from the old one and it's still failing.

Is it because of the "break" or can anyone figure it out? Iknow it's hard because you can't use the code

ANY Solution ideas are welcome, even if you think it's dumb

Thanks!

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