Calculation In Button Click event

[Kanchan]

Can someone please help me with this? I am new to Flash Action Scripting.
I need to take a dynamic value from the text box field which user will enter at runtime, take that value and divide this value by 6 and return this value in another text box in a button click event.

I have written this script but it gives me 3 errors.

butcalculate.onPress = Function cal()
{Set Variable: "i"= earthWeight.text;
Set Variable: "x"= i/6;
this.moonWeight.text=x}

Thank you

[NTD]

Hi,

Maybe something like......

earthWeight.text = "Input earth weight";
earthWeight.onSetFocus = function() {
	earthWeight.text = "";
}
butcalculate.onPress = function() {
	var i = earthWeight.text;
	var x = i/6;
	_root.moonWeight.text = Math.round(x);
}

[Kanchan]

I tried your solution NTD, but it gives me 3 errors and also it says not suppoted by Flash 5, even though i am working in Flash MX. I pasted your code in the Action Panel for the button. It gives me following errors :

WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 5 player
Scene=Scene 1, layer=field: moonWeight, frame=1:Flash MX Text Field Instance Name
Scene=Scene 1, layer=field:earthWeight, frame=1:Flash MX Text Field Instance Name
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=button:calc, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
earthWeight.text = "Input earth weight";

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=button:calc, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear within on handler
earthWeight.onSetFocus = function() {

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=button:calc, frame=1:Line 5: Statement must appear within on handler
butcalculate.onPress = function() {

Scene=Scene 1, layer=button:calc, frame=1:Flash MX Button Instance Name
Total ActionScript Errors: 3 Reported Errors: 3


As i am new to flash Action scripting, can you please help me to sort this?

Thank you !

[NTD]

Hi,

I guess I should have asked which version of Flash you were using. I assumed you were using FlashMX or FlashMX2004. I have not coded anything for Flash5 in a long while. I have forgotten some of the limitations. I know Flash5 cant use button instance names and I dont think the "text" property of a textfield was introduced until FlashMX. Flash5 was also commonly used object code over frame code so the buttons would need the code instead of the frame. Hmmmm, maybe try something like this......

Create two textfields and give them variable names of earthWeight and moonWeight. Create a button and paste this actionscript directly onto the button.....

on(press){
i=earthWeight;
x=i/6
moonWeight=x;
}

Edit...... I guess I need to read more accuratly, you are apparently using FlashMX. What you need to do is export the movie as an .swf file and make sure your using the latest player version. Flash MX code wont work with player version 5...... only 6 and higher. I'll make a quick demo file and post it to my site.

NTD

[NTD]

Hi,

Here is a quick demo file in MX format using the original code sample. Change the .swf extension to .fla to download the file for a closer look.....

http://ntdesigns.net/quickDemo/earthWeightDemo.swf

Regards
NTD

[Kanchan]

Thank you NTD

Your code works...
Actually my mistake was, I was pasting your code in the action panel of the button ( like in flash 5). I am new to Flash MX, so I did not know that it has to be in the first frame of the movie. When I pasted it in the 1st frame it Works perfect.

Thank you so much!