Set Variable As Label?

programming flash
1

I’d like my button to set a variable, then play the rest of the frames. On the last frame I want it to jump to a label.

Can you set variables to labels?

I’ve got this on my button:

on (release) {
set(whereNext, dictate);
play();
}

Then in the last frame I have:

gotoAndPlay(dictation);

But it’s not working. How might I accomplish this?

2

um… one is dictate, one is dictation?

also… wherenext is the variable name and dictate is supposed to be the expression

so, it would make more sense if it was

gotoandplay(wherenext);

3

alright… I caught all that, but it’s still not working.

it plays to the last frame where this code is:

gotoAndPlay(dictation);

But instead of going there, it just keeps playing down the timeline

4

There is a problem with gotoAndPlay(variable) that has been solved by the guys at flashcoders (surprising…). Just put this.gotoAndPlay(variable). Dunno why but it works.

pom :smirk:

5

.gotoAndPlay(variable) ?

6

:stuck_out_tongue: this.gotoAndPlay(yourVariable)

7

Can you set a variable go to a frame label?

8

Nevermind… I got it working now… Thanks for all the help.

9

’ this ’ works well… is there another one I could use for a ’ child ’ MC?

What would be the eqivalent of ’ _level2 '?

10

What do you mean?

11

ah… thanks, but I figured it out. I was putting my coordinates in the wrong place. And… I was needing to use _level0…