hi guys
it's been a while since i last posted but i really hope you guys can
help
i'm using the flash 6 player and actionscript 1.0
i am trying to pass a value from a loadVars object to a variable
elsewhere in the movie but it doesn't seem to want to go
the whole menu is set up using an xml file which loads as expected
the object is set up like this
function loadMenu(XMLDoc) {
var textFilesPath = "./updateable_files/";
// --> sets a reference to the whole path to grab the text files for
the load() method (at the bottom)
XMLVars = new XML();
XMLVars.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
for (i=0;i<this.firstChild.childNodes.length;i++) {
var thisKind =
this.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.kind;
trace(thisKind);
// --> sets up a reference to the menu item from the attribute of
the xml node named 'kind')
// --> trace returns correct name and is used elsewhere for
loading images into another movie correctly using a loadMovie
// --> function for setting common attributes
on all menu items
setMenuCommonAttributes = function() {
// --> sets up object to pass to this
menu item
var tempObject = new Object();
tempObject.description_txt = "some
copy";
tempObject._y = 13 * i;
_root.menu.attachMovie("menuItem_clip",
thisKind, i, tempObject);
trace (typeof
_root.menu[thisKind].description_txt);
// --> trace returns "string"
trace
("_root.menu[thisKind].description_txt);
// --> trace returns "some copy"
};
var thisText = new LoadVars();
thisText.onLoad = function(success) {
trace ("thisText TXT fired");
if (success) {
var thisInstanceText = this.txt;
trace (thisInstanceText);
// --> trace returns copy as
expected
_root.menu[thisKind].description_txt = thisInstanceText;
// --> this seems to be where things go wrong
trace (typeof
_root.menu[thisKind].description_txt);
// --> returns "undefined"
trace
(_root.menu[thisKind].description_txt);
// --> returns "undefined"
} else {
// --> error handler
trace ("text content failed");
thisText.txt = "error loading text
file";
}
};
var textDoc = _root.menu[thisKind].description;
thisText.load(textDoc);
} else {
_root.description.htmlText = "<b>Error loading
content</b>";
}
}
XMLVars.load (textFilesPath+XMLDoc);
}
the problem areas have had the indentation taken out
i really hope you guys can help - i can't imagine it's a scope
problem because i'm using an absolute path to the variable i want to
change (_root.menu[thisKind].description_txt which works at the setup
stage but seems to be undefined when i try to pass something else to
it) and it can't be a problem with the loadVars object because i've
passed a copy of the variable to a local variable (thisInstanceText)
first and that traces fine
i know it's something stupid
alz
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