# Very confused **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [June 4, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724 "2002-06-04T18:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724/1 "2002-06-04T18:40:37Z")
My movie works as desired if I publish only the current scene… however, if i publish the entire movie it doesn’t work… what doesn’t work is this: when i click on a checkbox, a combo box appears. this same functionality works for some other checkbox items in my list, but not on my first one and i’m not sure why… here’s my code (kinda long): * * * stop(); // Hide options objects skids.\_visible = false; typeSkids.\_visible = false; wantToolbox.\_visible = false; wantStinger.\_visible = false; stingerPic.\_visible = false; typeACCovers.\_visible = false; liftingEyesLocation.\_visible = false; liftingEyeOnBuilding1.\_visible = false; liftingEyeOnBuilding2.\_visible = false; liftingEyeOnSkids1.\_visible = false; liftingEyeOnSkids2.\_visible = false; forkLiftPocket1.\_visible = false; forkLiftPocket2.\_visible = false; // Initialize quantity variables numDoors = 0; numWindows = 0; numLadders = 0; numSignPlates = 0 numWaterDrains = 0; layerNum = 0; // initialize miscellaneous variables skidWidth = skids.\_width; skidExtension = 100; // Set baseline positioning variables windowY = 365; doorY = 465; ladderY = 470; waterDrainY = 640; // Set bounding box variables windowBoundsLeft = 300; windowBoundsRight = 530; doorBoundsLeft = 305; doorBoundsRight = 535; ladderBoundsLeft = 300; ladderBoundsRight = 540; signPlateBoundsLeft = 235; signPlateBoundsRight = 605; waterDrainBoundsLeft = 240; waterDrainBoundsRight = 605; // Set scaling variables windowScaleX = 400; windowScaleY = 400; doorScaleX = 540; doorScaleY = 540; ladderScaleX = 595; ladderScaleY = 595; signPlateScaleX = 110; signPlateScaleY = 110; waterDrainScaleX = 150; waterDrainScaleY = 150; // Hide drop targets \_root.doorDropTarget.\_visible = false; \_root.windowDropTarget.\_visible = false; \_root.ladderDropTarget.\_visible = false; \_root.signPlateDropTarget.\_visible = false; \_root.waterDrainDropTarget.\_visible = false; // Set the change handler for the chekboxes wantSkids.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantForkLiftPockets.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantLiftingEyes.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantCertifiedSling.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantAC.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantWindowCovers.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantWindowRainCaps.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantDoorCovers.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantDoorRainCaps.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantPowerCordRack.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantRoxBlocks.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); wantExternalSensorCableBox.setChangeHandler(“determineOptions”); typeSkids.setChangeHandler(“extendedSkidOptions”); wantToolbox.setChangeHandler(“determineToolboxPref”); liftingEyesLocation.setChangeHandler(“determineLiftingEyesLocation”); // check box change handler function function determineOptions© {         if(c.getValue() == true)         {                 if (c.getLabel() == “Skids”)        // handle the extended skids option                 {                         typeSkids.\_visible = true;                         if (typeSkids.getValue() == “Extended”)                                 wantToolbox.\_visible = true;                                 liftingEyesLocation.addItemAt(1, “On skids”);                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Certified Sling”)                 {                         wantStinger.\_visible = true;                         stingerPic.\_visible = true;                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Air Conditioning”)                 {                         typeACCovers.\_visible = true;                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Lifting Eyes”)                 {                         liftingEyesLocation.\_visible = true;                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Fork Lift Pockets”)                 {                         forkLiftPocket1.\_visible = true;                         forkLiftPocket2.\_visible = true;                 } //                set (substring(c, 9, length©), true);                 eval(substring(c, 13, length©)).\_visible = true;         }         else         {                 if (c.getLabel() == “Skids”)        // handle the extended skids option                 {                         typeSkids.\_visible = false;                         wantToolbox.\_visible = false;                         if (liftingEyeOnSkids1.\_visible == true)        // if we have no skids, we cannot have lifting eyes on skids                         {                                 liftingEyeOnSkids1.\_visible = false;                                 liftingEyeOnSkids2.\_visible = false;                                 liftingEyeOnBuilding1.\_visible = true;                                 liftingEyeOnBuilding2.\_visible = true;                                 liftingEyesLocation.setSelectedIndex(0);                         }                         liftingEyesLocation.removeItemAt(1);                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Certified Sling”)                 {                         wantStinger.\_visible = false;                         stingerPic.\_visible = false;                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Air Conditioning”)                 {                         typeACCovers.\_visible = false;                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Lifting Eyes”)                 {                         liftingEyesLocation.\_visible = false;                 }                 else if (c.getLabel() == “Fork Lift Pockets”)                 {                         forkLiftPocket1.\_visible = false;                         forkLiftPocket2.\_visible = false;                 } //                set (substring(c, 9, length©), false);                 eval(substring(c, 13, length©)).\_visible = false;                        } } // extended skids change handler function extendedSkidOptions© {         if(c.getValue() == “Extended”)         {                 wantToolbox.\_visible = true;                 skids.\_width = skidWidth + skidExtension;        // Extended skids are three feet longer…         }         else         {                 wantToolbox.\_visible = false;                 skids.\_width = skidWidth;         } } // extended skids change handler function determineToolboxPref© { } // handler to determine the location of the lifting eyes function determineLiftingEyesLocation© {         if(c.getValue() == “Top of building”)         {                 liftingEyeOnBuilding1.\_visible = true;                 liftingEyeOnBuilding2.\_visible = true;                 liftingEyeOnSkids1.\_visible = false;                 liftingEyeOnSkids2.\_visible = false;                        }         else if (c.getValue() == “On skids”)         {                 liftingEyeOnSkids1.\_visible = true;                 liftingEyeOnSkids2.\_visible = true;                 liftingEyeOnBuilding1.\_visible = false;                 liftingEyeOnBuilding2.\_visible = false         } } ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724/2 "2002-06-04T22:28:25Z")
_headache…_ pom 0] - Sorry for this totally unuseful post but you’re asking a lot, Katirana…\* ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724/3 "2002-06-05T10:23:12Z")
it’s ok. sometimes i post it and it helps me think better… no worries if no one can help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724/4 "2002-06-05T10:28:14Z")
I think the better question would be more along the lines of: Is there any reason(s) why movie components would work correctly in MX if you compile just a scene, but if you compile the whole movie only some of them work correctly… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724/5 "2002-06-05T11:25:32Z")
I officially give you people permission to kick me for being stupid… I finally figured out why it wasn’t working… My program has been redesigned and in that process, the current scene i was working on was 100% brand new… so all the variables FOR THAT SCENE were fresh. however, when i ran the whole movie, in one of my preceeding scenes, i defined some root variables (as that was in the version prior to this one), which overwrote my UI components… took that code out and voila. works perfectly. _closes eyes to receive her kicking_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused/1724/6 "2002-06-05T15:37:48Z")
Take that ! _special Guile-Style reverse kick_ pom 0]