Problems with new color and MCs

programming flash
1

Hi All

I have a map of the US made up of 50 state instances. These instances are all MCs and have been name according to the 2 letter state abbreviation.

I am pulling some data from Flash Remoting. The problem is when i try to insert a new color based on the value pulled for a state, some state MCs will change colors and others won’t.

Now i thought perhaps it is a problem with the fact that movies aren’t loaded yet, but these movies are all already on the scene.

I have attached the code below:

[AS]

//Code that loops through results and assigns a color value

function initVariables(){
memberLevel1 = “0x072CA9”;
memberLevel2 = “0x2353F5”;
memberLevel3 = “0x608EFB”;
memberLevel4 = “0x00CCFF”;
memberLevel5 = “0xB9CDFD”;

moneyLevel1 = "0x006600";
moneyLevel2 = "0x009900";
moneyLevel3 = "0x00CC00";
moneyLevel4 = "0x00FF00";
moneyLevel5 = "0x66FF99";

moneyLev1 = "10000000";
moneyLev2 = "1000000";
moneyLev3 = "500000";
moneyLev4 = "100000";
moneyLev5 = "100000";

}

function prepareLegend(map) {
initVariables();

if (map == "usMap"){
	//trace("doIt");
	_root.usMapTitle.text = "Members by State";
	_root.legend1.text = "> 15,000 Members";
	_root.legend2.text = "> 7,500 Members";
	_root.legend3.text = "> 2,000 Members";
	_root.legend4.text = "> 1000 Members";
	_root.legend5.text = "< 1000 Members";
	
	for (n=1; n<=5 ;n++){
		var newColor = new Color(eval("cl"+n));
		newColor.setRGB(eval("memberLevel"+n));	
	}
	
} else if (map == "usMoney") {
	_root.usMapTitle.text = "Gross Winning by State";
	_root.legend1.text = "> $10,000,000";
	_root.legend2.text = "> $1,000,000";
	_root.legend3.text = "> $500,000";
	_root.legend4.text = "> $100,000";
	_root.legend5.text = "< $100,000";
	
	for (n=1; n<=5 ;n++){
		var newColor = new Color(eval("cl"+n));
		newColor.setRGB(eval("moneyLevel"+n));	
	}
}

}

function getMoney_Result(money){
trace(“I am back”);
localStates = money;
prepareLegend(“usMoney”);

setInterval(populate, 3000, "lala");

}

function populate() {
trace(localStates.items.length);
for (i=0; i<localStates.items.length; i++){
//trace(localStates.items*.state_abv);
//trace(localStates.items*.num);

	if (localStates.items*.amount &gt;= moneyLev1){
		var newColor = new Color(localStates.items*.state_abv);
		newColor.setRGB(moneyLevel1);
		
	} else if (localStates.items*.amount &gt;= moneyLev2) {
		var newColor2 = new Color(localStates.items*.state_abv);
		newColor2.setRGB(moneyLevel2);
		
	} else if (localStates.items*.amount &gt;= moneyLev3) {
		trace("$500,000" + localStates.items*.state_abv);
		
		var newColor3 = new Color(localStates.items*.state_abv);
		newColor3.setRGB(moneyLevel3);
		
	} else if (localStates.items*.amount &gt;= moneyLev4) {
		var newColor4 = new Color(localStates.items*.state_abv);
		newColor4.setRGB(moneyLevel4);
		
	} else if (localStates.items*.amount &lt; moneyLev5) {
		var newColor5 = new Color(localStates.items*.state_abv);
		newColor5.setRGB(moneyLevel5);
	}
	
}

}

[/AS]

2

Which part of the script isn’t working, please?

3

the populate function will work on some but not all movies. I am not sure why.

some states will get colored while others will stay gray. However when i trace the if statements i clearly see the gray states and therefore they should be colored.

Will try to post an example…

4

It’s fixed.

I checked the output coming back from the db and it had some white space in there, which was throwing my naming convention.

For example TX was coming back as TX  .

Fixed that by doing an rtrim() (that’s in SQL).