[JonoMarshall]

So I'm probably overlooking something fairly obvious here, but my "activated" variable in the script below isn't updating, any ideas? (The script is meant to hide/show a mvc depending on its active state.)

Thanks in advance for any help!

var groupinfo:Array = [newsbox];

var GROWSTART:Number = 10;
var GROWSTOP:Number = 19;
var SHRINKSTART:Number = 20;
var SHRINKSTOP:Number = 29;

function doOn() {
if (this._currentframe > SHRINKSTART && this._currentframe < SHRINKSTOP) {
this.gotoAndPlay(GROWSTART + SHRINKSTOP - this._currentframe);
} else {
this.gotoAndPlay(GROWSTART);
}
}

function doOff() {
if (this._currentframe > GROWSTART && this._currentframe < GROWSTOP) {
this.gotoAndPlay(SHRINKSTART + GROWSTOP - this._currentframe);
} else {
this.gotoAndPlay(SHRINKSTART);
}
}


function init() {
for (var mc in groupinfo) {
if (activated == false) {
groupinfo[mc].onRelease = doOn;
activated = true
} else if (activated == true){
groupinfo[mc].onRelease = doOff;
activated = false
}
}
}

init();

[IEEE1394]

I haven't done any Flash programming before, but it looks vaguely like JavaScript. I would think you would need to declare the "activated" variable somewhere before you can use it, otherwise it is probably just declared in that one if() statement and then destroyed.

[JonoMarshall]

I've tried declaring "activated" before the function and elsewhere as a global variable, but still don't seem to have any luck, thanks though!

Any more thoughts anyone? Obviously I'll post back here if I figure something out!

[richwig83]

Id probably try a flash forum Adobe - Flash Support Forums

[JonoMarshall]

Heh, true true, no worries though, here's the solution:

var groupinfo:Array = [newsbox];

var activated:Boolean = false;

var GROWSTART:Number = 10;
var GROWSTOP:Number = 19;
var SHRINKSTART:Number = 20;
var SHRINKSTOP:Number = 29;

function doOn() {
if (this._currentframe > SHRINKSTART && this._currentframe < SHRINKSTOP) {
this.gotoAndPlay(GROWSTART + SHRINKSTOP - this._currentframe);
} else {
this.gotoAndPlay(GROWSTART);
}
activated = true;
init();
};

function doOff() {
if (this._currentframe > GROWSTART && this._currentframe < GROWSTOP) {
this.gotoAndPlay(SHRINKSTART + GROWSTOP - this._currentframe);
} else {
this.gotoAndPlay(SHRINKSTART);
}
activated = false;
init();
};


function init() {
for (var mc in groupinfo) {
if (!activated){
groupinfo[mc].onRelease = doOn;
} else {
groupinfo[mc].onRelease = doOff;
}
}
};

init();

stop();

(Just In case someone googles and ends up here...)