setProperty question

programming flash
1

Im trying to optimise my code a bit so i dont have ten lines of identical code on each button. Actionscript is not my strong point. Currently on each of the menu buttons there is this code:

// sets the vertical position of all scrollbars (name0) inside their content movieclips //(name) to _y = 0

on (release) {
setProperty(“work1.carni.carni0”, _y, “0”);
setProperty(“work1.dead.dead0”, _y, “0”);
setProperty(“work1.super.super0”, _y, “0”);
setProperty(“work1.scan.scan0”, _y, “0”);
setProperty(“work1.zero.zero0”, _y, “0”);
setProperty(“work1.blow.blow0”, _y, “0”);
setProperty(“work1.pirn.pirn0”, _y, “0”);
}

what i’d like to do is some kind of function like this, which does all the work in a frame on the main timeline. For example:

on each button:

// tells every “name0” mc to set _y to 0 within their respective content movieclips
on (release) {
vertical = (_y = 0);
verticalHold(vertical);
}

on the main timeline something like this:

// Get the command from the buttons and run the function and set all “name0” _y to 0
function verticalHold(vertical) {
setProperty(allName0Clips(vertical));
}

i’ve played around with this function for loading external swfs, but i have no idea how to make it set multiple _y positions. any suggestions? what about putting all the mc names into an array (called “allName0Clips”) and doing it that way?

cheers

supernaut

2

First of all, forget about setProperty. Use the dot syntax.

Then your idea is good: put all the clips in an array, and then use a loop. Something like:

myArray=["blabla0","iiii0"];
for (var i=0;i < myArray.length;i++){
    work1[myArray*]._y=0;
}

Something like that :slight_smile:

pom :asian:

3

thanks heaps for your help. check it out at ::: dance sucker dance ::: in the works section

MY SOLUTION:

code:

//this resets the vertical position of all menu content scroll bars to _y = 0
vert = [“carni”, “dead”, “super”, “scan”, “zero”, “blow”, “pirn”];

function resetVert() {
for (i=0; i<vert.length; i++) {
this.work1[vert*][vert* + “0”]._y = 0;
}
}

//this resets the vertical position of all menu content scroll bars
//to _y = 0 via a function in main timeline

on (release) {
resetVert();
}

thanks again,

supernaut