[Hitokage]

on (rollOver){
	yTHSS = getProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x);
	trace(_root.thss_movie._x);
	if(_root.thss_movie._x > -500){
		trace("I'm in the while loop!");
		setProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x, yTHSS-15);
	}
}

All I need is for the following to happen: user rolls over the button, and the movie clip continues to move by 15 pixels increments until the user rolls off of the button.

I tried setting up a while loop (remove the IF above for WHILE) and it just blew up. I understand why, but I'm not sure how to fix this problem.

Can anyone help?

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Hello Hitokage,

It's been a little while since I've used actionscript, but let me give it a go. It looks like you are never changing the yTHSS variable, so it is always resetting the y value of the movie object to 15 pixels less than it was originally. Slightly modified, the code would read as follows (including the while):

on (rollOver){
	trace(_root.thss_movie._x);
	while(_root.thss_movie._x > -500){
		trace("I'm in the while loop!");
		yTHSS = getProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x);
		setProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x, yTHSS-15);
	}
}

This I think should do the trick.

Perhaps you could take advantage of the on (rollOut) function if needed as well.

Hope this helps,

Ax

[Ax238]

Hello Hitokage,

It's been a little while since I've used actionscript, but let me give it a go. It looks like you are never changing the yTHSS variable, so it is always resetting the y value of the movie object to 15 pixels less than it was originally. Slightly modified, the code would read as follows (including the while):

on (rollOver){
	trace(_root.thss_movie._x);
	while(_root.thss_movie._x > -500){
		trace("I'm in the while loop!");
		yTHSS = getProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x);
		setProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x, yTHSS-15);
	}
}

This I think should do the trick.

Perhaps you could take advantage of the on (rollOut) function if needed as well.

Hope this helps,

Ax

[Hitokage]

Ax,

That is getting closer to what I want, but now it is just going ZOOM. It goes through that while loop so fast I don't even see it happen, just jumps to the end result.

I basically have a bunch of pictures in a movie clip, and I want people to be able to scroll through them and pick one to click on.

Thanks for the help!

[Ax238]

Try encapsulating the logic into a separate function, then call setInterval on the rollover and clearInterval on the rollOut.

The function would look like this (need to bring the if back in):

function scrollClip(){
	trace(_root.thss_movie._x);
	if(_root.thss_movie._x > -500){
		trace("I'm in the while loop!");
		yTHSS = getProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x);
		setProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x, yTHSS-15);
	}
}

The rest is fairly straightforward.

Regards,

Ax

[Hitokage]

For anyone curious, this was the final code that worked:

on (rollOver){
	var intervalID;
	intervalID = setInterval( scrollClip, 200, "setInterval happens" );

	function scrollClip() {
	trace(_root.thss_movie._x);
	if (_root.thss_movie._x>-500 && _root.thss_movie._x < 318.65) {
		trace("I am in the function scrollClip.");
   		 yTHSS = getProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x);
   		 setProperty(_root.thss_movie, _x, yTHSS+30);
   	 }
	}
}

on(rollOut){
	clearInterval( intervalID );
	trace("Rolled Out!");
	
}

Thank you kindly, Ax! Worked perfect!

[Ax238]

Looks good to me, glad you got it working! You're welcome, anytime.