Variables I just can't get right!!

[drewcoster]

Hi All
I figured this would be easy but for some reason I can't get it right.

I have a movie clip that loads a video and streams it. But what I want to do is have the video stream first time but second time it is loaded to go to a stop position.

I have defined a variable x=1; in a movie clip called movieVar - and on the button that calls the video.swf I have put

on(release)
{
_root.movieVar.x=x++;
}


Now in the video .swf on frame 1 I have put:

if(_root.movieVar.x >= 2){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}else{
gotoAndStop("videoStop" );
}

When I first load the video.swf the x variable in movieVar says 'undefined' but when I click the button again to load it it does give it a value of 1 - and then I press again and it goes to 2.

So why is it saying undefined when the button is pressed for the first time?

Any ideas where I am going wrong?

All help much appreciated.

Drew

[webQS]

Hi

Try setting the initial variable in the frame before where the video containing clip is introduced.
Also, try using more descriptive variables. Flash might be getting x mixed up with _x defining the xpos of the clip.

My other thoughts would be to set the video variable at the end of the loaded video. In the containing clip:

this.vidPlayedOnce=true;

Then at the start of the video containing clip:

if(!this.vidPlayedOnce)
{
 gotoAndPlay(2);
}
else
{
gotoAndStop("videoStop" );
}

HTH
Cheers
James

Hi All
I figured this would be easy but for some reason I can't get it right.

I have a movie clip that loads a video and streams it. But what I want to do is have the video stream first time but second time it is loaded to go to a stop position.

I have defined a variable x=1; in a movie clip called movieVar - and on the button that calls the video.swf I have put

on(release)
{
_root.movieVar.x=x++;
}


Now in the video .swf on frame 1 I have put:

if(_root.movieVar.x >= 2){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}else{
gotoAndStop("videoStop" );
}

When I first load the video.swf the x variable in movieVar says 'undefined' but when I click the button again to load it it does give it a value of 1 - and then I press again and it goes to 2.

So why is it saying undefined when the button is pressed for the first time?

Any ideas where I am going wrong?

All help much appreciated.

Drew

[drewcoster]

Hi James

Thanks for responding.

In the end I just put the variables on the main timeline and it worked fine.
But thanks for the idea anyway.

Cheers,

Drew