Tracing problem

1

hello,
well i’m trying to make a dynamic text box show the y value of an object, and the dynamic text box number changes as the object does…and i was thinking the trace function should do it, so heres my code, but it doesn’t seem to work. i’m not sure why, any input would be good thx

[AS]
blah1.onLoad = function() {
blah = setInterval(function () {
trace(_root.bong._y);
}, 100);
};
[/AS]

blah1 is the instance name of the dynamic box which i thougth you would need, and blah is the variable name of the dynamic text box, while bong is the instance name of the object thats moving. thx again

2

Not sure textFields have onLoad handlers defined, and you don’t have to use it anyway.

The thing is, trace outputs something in the output window, not in a textfield, so you don’t need anything, really. Just put somewhere:

setInterval(function () {
        trace(_root.bong._y);
}, 100);

pom :slight_smile:

3

yea that part worked, but the thing was that i want people to see the coordinates the object is on, so i was wondering how it could be done. The only way i could think of was trying to get the trace to show up in a dynamic text box instead :-/

4 
setInterval(function(){blah1.text=bong._y;}, 100);

?? =)

5

wow that seemed easy, thx very much :slight_smile:

6

ah yea, i just reliazed what i just copied and pasted dind’t have trace in it. now i understand why it works :slight_smile:

7

no problem :wink: =)