Puzzling puzzle problem

Hey all
So I have a puzzle that doesn't want to work properly. I have it setup so when all six pieces are dragged onto their respective spots, the movie goes to frame 2, but when I drag all the pieces properly and the scores add up to 6, the action of going to frame 2 doesn't occur, but if I pull a piece off, and the score equals 5 the action occurs!?!?!?!?!?!
There are 6 pieces named tl, tm, tr, bl, bm, br and those get dragged onto their 6 respective mcs (drag_tl etc.).
I have no idea why this is happening. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Here's the link: superbean_puzzle
...one more thing, is there a way to make the link disply at 100% instead of full screen?
Thanks some more
stop();
// Cursor //
onMouseMove = function () {
     updateAfterEvent();
onEnterFrame = function() {
     counter.text = ((scoretl + scoretm + scoretr + scorebl + scorebm + scorebr) + "/6");
     if (scoretl + scoretm + scoretr + scorebl + scorebm + scorebr == 6) {
          gotoAndPlay(2);
     Mouse.hide();
     curs._x = _xmouse;
     curs._y = _ymouse;
onMouseDown = function() {
     curs.gotoAndStop(2);
onMouseUp = function() {
     curs.gotoAndStop(1);
pieceArr = Array()
pieceArr[0] = "tl";
pieceArr[1] = "tm";
pieceArr[2] = "tr";
pieceArr[3] = "bl";
pieceArr[4] = "bm";
pieceArr[5] = "br";
dragArr = Array()
dragArr[0] = "drag_tl";
dragArr[1] = "drag_tm";
dragArr[2] = "drag_tr";
dragArr[3] = "drag_bl";
dragArr[4] = "drag_bm";
dragArr[5] = "drag_br";
var scoretl = 0;
var scoretm = 0;
var scoretr = 0;
var scorebl = 0;
var scorebm = 0;
var scorebr = 0;
for(i=0; i<pieceArr.length; i++)
(_root[pieceArr[i]]).onPress = function() {
     startDrag(this);
for(i=0; i<pieceArr.length; i++)
(_root[pieceArr[i]]).onRelease = function() {
     stopDrag();
     checkTarget(this);
function checkTarget(drag) {
     if(tl.hitTest(drag_tl)) {
          setProperty(tl,_x, 256);
          setProperty(tl,_y, 186);
               if (scoretl == 0) {
                    scoretl = 1;
     } else {scoretl = 0}
          //trace("1 " + scoretl);
     if(tm.hitTest(drag_tm)) {
          setProperty(tm,_x, 353);
          setProperty(tm,_y, 203);
               if (scoretm == 0) {
                    scoretm = 1;
     } else {scoretm = 0}
          //trace(scoretm);
     if(tr.hitTest(drag_tr)) {
          setProperty(tr,_x, 463);
          setProperty(tr,_y, 203);
               if (scoretr == 0) {
                    scoretr = 1;
     } else {scoretr = 0}
          //trace(scoretr);
     if(bl.hitTest(drag_bl)) {
          setProperty(bl,_x, 257);
          setProperty(bl,_y, 280.5);
               if (scorebl == 0) {
                    scorebl = 1;
     } else {scorebl = 0}
          //trace(scorebl);
     if(bm.hitTest(drag_bm)) {
          setProperty(bm,_x, 370);
          setProperty(bm,_y, 298);
               if (scorebm == 0) {
                    scorebm = 1;
     } else {scorebm = 0}
          //trace(scorebm);
     if(br.hitTest(drag_br)) {
          setProperty(br,_x, 479.5);
          setProperty(br,_y, 297.5);
               if (scorebr == 0) {
                    scorebr = 1;
     } else {scorebr = 0}
          //trace(scorebr);

kglad: Thanks! I didn't realise I had to get rid of the "_root" when taking "" off mc indices.
dalcde: Thanks! The _root.nextFrame got it!! I don't know why though..... It kinda bugs me
Thanks again guys!

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Indul Hassan
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8-Puzzle Depth First Search .. Need Help

Hi, I have the following code for doing a depth first search on the 8-Puzzle problem
The puzzle is stored as an object that contains an array such that the puzzle
1--2--3
4--5--6
7--8--[] is stored as (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,0)
The class for the puzzle is:
class Puzzle implements {
     Puzzle parent;
     int[] pzle;
     int blank;
     Puzzle(int p1,int p2,int p3,int p4,int p5, int p6, int p7, int p8, int p9){
          pzle = new int[9];
          pzle[0] = p1; if(p1==0){ blank=0;}
          pzle[1] = p2; if(p2==0){ blank=1;}
          pzle[2] = p3; if(p3==0){ blank=2;}
          pzle[3] = p4; if(p4==0){ blank=3;}
          pzle[4] = p5; if(p5==0){ blank=4;}
          pzle[5] = p6; if(p6==0){ blank=5;}
          pzle[6] = p7; if(p7==0){ blank=6;}
          pzle[7] = p8; if(p8==0){ blank=7;}
          pzle[8] = p9; if(p9==0){ blank=8;}
     public Puzzle() {
     public boolean equals(Puzzle p){
          if(p == null) return false;
          for(int i =0;i<9;i++){
               if(p.pzle!=pzle[i]){
                    return false;
          return true;
     public String toString(){
          return pzle[0] + "\t" + pzle[1] + "\t" + pzle [2] + "\n" +
                    pzle[3] + "\t" + pzle[4] + "\t" + pzle [5] + "\n" +
                    pzle[6] + "\t" + pzle[7] + "\t" + pzle [8] + "\n";
     public String printSolution(){
          String ret ="";
          Puzzle st = parent;
          while(st!=null){
               ret = st + "\n=======================\n" + ret;
               st = st.parent;
          ret=ret+this;
          return ret;
     public ArrayList<Puzzle> successors(){
          ArrayList<Puzzle> succ = new ArrayList<Puzzle>();
          int b = blank;
          if (((b-1) % 3) != 2 && b!=0) {
          Puzzle np1 = new Puzzle();
          np1.parent = this;
          np1.pzle = new int[9];
          for(int i =0;i<9;i++){
               np1.pzle[i] = pzle[i];
          np1.pzle[b] = np1.pzle[b-1]; np1.pzle[b-1] = 0;
          np1.blank = b-1;
          if(!np1.equals(this.parent)){
          succ.add(np1);
          if (((b+1) % 3) != 0) {
          Puzzle np2 = new Puzzle();
          np2.parent = this;
          np2.pzle = new int[9];
          for(int i =0;i<9;i++){
               np2.pzle[i] = pzle[i];
          np2.pzle[b] = np2.pzle[b+1]; np2.pzle[b+1] = 0;
          np2.blank = b+1;
          if(!np2.equals(this.parent)){
               succ.add(np2);
          if (b-3 >= 0) {
          Puzzle np3 = new Puzzle();
          np3.parent = this;
          np3.pzle = new int[9];
          for(int i =0;i<9;i++){
               np3.pzle[i] = pzle[i];
          np3.pzle[b] = np3.pzle[b-3]; np3.pzle[b-3] = 0;
          np3.blank = b-3;
          if(!np3.equals(this.parent)){
               succ.add(np3);
          if (b+3 < 9) {
          Puzzle np4 = new Puzzle();
          np4.parent = this;
          np4.pzle = new int[9];
          for(int i =0;i<9;i++){
               np4.pzle[i] = pzle[i];
          np4.pzle[b] = np4.pzle[b+3]; np4.pzle[b+3] = 0;
          np4.blank = b+3;
          if(!np4.equals(this.parent)){
               succ.add(np4);
          return succ;
     The code for the DFS is      public static boolean DFS(Puzzle p, Puzzle goal, ArrayList<Puzzle> closed){
     if(p.equals(goal)){
          sol=p;
          return true;
     for(Puzzle pz : closed){
               if(pz.equals(p)){
                    return false;
     closed.add(p);
                    //Generate all possible puzzles that can be attained
                    ArrayList<Puzzle> succ = p.successors();
                    for(Puzzle puz : succ){
                         if(DFS(puz,goal,closed)){ return true;}
          return false;
}The problem is that when i run this on say the following start and goal:          Puzzle startP = new Puzzle(5,4,0,6,1,8,7,3,2);
          Puzzle goalP =new Puzzle(1,2,3,8,0,4,7,6,5);
          ArrayList<Puzzle> closed = new ArrayList<Puzzle>();
          startP.parent=null;
          boolean t = DFS(startP,goalP,closed);5-4-0
6-1-8
7-3-2
start and goal
1-2-3
8-0-4
7-6-5
it first takes foreever which is expected but it There should be 9! possible states correct? If I print out the size of the closed array (already seen states) it gets up to about 180000 and then returns with no solution found. But this is well under the 9! possible states...
Its hard to know whats wrong and if it is even wrong.. but could someone please look at my code and see if something is off?
I dont think the successor generator is wrong as I tested the blank in every space and it got the correct successors.
Any ideas?

Puzzle(int p1,int p2,int p3,int p4,int p5, int p6, int p7, int p8, int p9){
          pzle = new int[9];
          pzle[0] = p1; if(p1==0){ blank=0;}
          pzle[1] = p2; if(p2==0){ blank=1;}
          pzle[2] = p3; if(p3==0){ blank=2;}
          pzle[3] = p4; if(p4==0){ blank=3;}
          pzle[4] = p5; if(p5==0){ blank=4;}
          pzle[5] = p6; if(p6==0){ blank=5;}
          pzle[6] = p7; if(p7==0){ blank=6;}
          pzle[7] = p8; if(p8==0){ blank=7;}
          pzle[8] = p9; if(p9==0){ blank=8;}
     }vs
Puzzle(int...puzzle) {
assert puzzle.length == 9;
this.puzzle = Arrays.copyOf(puzzle, 9);
for (int blank = 0; blank < 9; ++blank) if (puzzle[blank] == 0) break;
// check values are 0...8
Arrays.sort(puzzle); // sorts the original
for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i) assert puzzle[i] == i;
Does anyone know if there are any simple applets or programs that do 8 Puzzle on any given start and finish state? Just to see the expected results.Not off hand, but you can always generate your starting state by moving backwards from the finish state.
Also, I dont know..but are there some instances of an 8 Puzzle that cannot be solved at all?? IIRC, you can't transform 123 to 132 leaving the remainder unchanged, though I haven't checked.

Problem writing external file to externally mounted disk in Windows

Folks,
I've got a puzzling problem with a simple OWB mapping where I'm dumping the contents of a table to an external file.
Versions are OWB v 11.2.0.2 64-bits on Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.2 Windows 2007 64-bits Enterprise Server.
When the external files module is hooked up to a location that points to a local disk and directory on the OWB-server, everything works fine - files are created and written.
When the external files module is hooked up to a location that points to a mounted disk on another Windows 2007 64-bits Enterprise Server, I get +"Invalid Path for target file, check if connector is deployed correctly".+
The "File System Location Path" in OWB is set to "N:" (no slashes either way). "Test Connection" reports OK.
I've given both the Oracle os-user and "Everyone" (for good measure) all rights on the mounted disk, and I can see that the generated package code is using the correct Directory, and the Directory Path is the correct one on the server. The mounted disk (N:) should appear as a local disk to Oracle as far as I can see. I'm able to create and delete files on the disk using command line on the OWB/DB-server.
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I think it is possible to create "persistent" network drive mapping for Oracle database context with specification non-SYSTEM account (domain or server local) for running Oracle database instance (and Oracle Listener service).
Also it seems there is a workaround to access mapped network drive under SYSTEM account:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182750/how-to-map-a-network-drive-to-be-used-by-a-service
Regards,
Oleg

Problem opening a particular PDF document in ALL browsers

I have a problem a PDF document in all browsers.
I have a mail order account online and I am trying to open one of my statements by clicking on the PDF logo.
A new window opens and is either blank or tells me it cannot load (depending which browser used). When the new window opens the address in the browser is an IP address / name of the company / document number.PDF
I have contacted the company but they tell me to either download the latest Adobe Reader (which I have), and try a different browser (which I have).
I have tried changing settings in all browsers as per instructions found on other sites, and I can open PDF docs from other sites and my pc no problem. This tells me that the problem lies with the company, yet they cannot seem to resolve.
Does anyone have any ideas or can shed light on this puzzling problem?
So grateful, thanks.

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Problem with random number generation

hey forum, i wonder if anyone can help me out with a small problem with my university coursework (yep its homework!!!)
heres my problem, i am writing one of them 8 puzzle problems (the one based around sam lloyds 15 puzzler), i can successfully generate one random sequence of numbers with no duplicates, but whenever i call the random method again it keeps producing the same results
heres the code
in my main class file
if(e.getSource() == randomButton) {
      new RandomPuzzle();
      System.out.println(random.randState);
      //startStateString = new RandomPuzzle();
}heres my number generator class file
import java.util.Random;
import java.io.*;
public class RandomPuzzle
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    Random rn = new Random();
    /** Puzzle holder */
    byte b[];
    long number = 0;
    String randState = "";
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    public RandomPuzzle() {
        rn.setSeed(number);
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        randState = randomString();
    /** Provide range for generation */
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    /** Set size for array */
    public int rand( int hi){
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            return n;
    /** Check for duplicate values within the same configuration */
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        int i = b.length;
        boolean exists = false;
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            if( b[j] == value )
                exists = true;
        return exists;
    /** returns the actual string */
    public String randomString(int lo, int hi) {
        int n = rand( 9 );
        //boolean valueEntered = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
            boolean valueEntered = false;
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            while( valueEntered == false ) {
                if( !valueExists( temp ) ) {
                     b[i] = temp;
                     valueEntered = true;
                else
                    temp = (byte)rand('0', '8');
        return new String(b, 0);
    /** calls above function */
    public String randomString() {
        return randomString(0, 8);
}i've tried for hours to work this out, but i am stumped. if anyone can point me in the right direction, maybe point out the problem code and give one or two tips i would be forever in your debt
thanx in advance
korbitz

thanx for the help paulcw, but when i removed the seed code it done the same
but i added this to my main class and now it works fine
if(e.getSource() == randomButton) {
               RandomPuzzle temp = new RandomPuzzle();
               System.out.println(temp.randState);
               //startStateString = new RandomPuzzle();
          }thanx again for your help

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