Timelines

Question

I have a problem in an application I am developing. I am
trying to do an automated version of the application in order to
show it's basic functionality as part of a marketing exercise.
On my second screen the user enters a voucher number in order
to be able to proceed with their purchase. In order to automate
this I have stretched the timeline out over a number of key frames,
each with their own AS code designed to add a new number to the
overall voucher number. Each key frame is 16 frames aparts playing
the timeline at a rate of 16fps. So every second a new number gets
added to the overall voucher number. Each of these keyframes has
the same code adding a different number each time, as per the
following code . . .
onEnterFrame()
stop();
Selection.setFocus(itxtVoucherNo);
this.itxtVoucherNo.text = "20060726111503";
trace("entered the number 3 in itxtVoucherNo.");
play();
At the end of this series of keyframes on the timeline, there
are a couple of other keyframes . . .
One of which makes it look like the 'Ok' button has been
pressed, as per the following code . . .
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
onEnterFrame()
var gfOk:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(0x000000, .5, 40, 20);
btnOk.filters = [gfOk];
play();
And the other which takes the app. to the next screen in
logical sequence . . .
onEnterFrame()
// GoTo Screen behavior
if((this._parent.Format != undefined) &&
(this._parent.Format != null))
var screen = null;
var target = this;
while((screen == null) && (target != undefined)
&& (target != null))
if(target instanceof mx.screens.Screen)
screen = target;
else
target = target._parent;
if(screen instanceof mx.screens.Slide)
screen.gotoSlide(this._parent.Format);
// End GoTo Screen behavior
stop();
The problem is when testing the app. using the compiled .swf
file everything works fine, until my app. gets to this next logical
screen where it "throws a wobbley" (for want of a better term) and
returns to the second screen again to go through the process of
adding the numbers to the voucher number field again.
Why is the timeline on my second screen looping like this
even though the app. is on a different screen? How do I get it to
stop doing this!?
Any help would as always be greatly appreciated. I don't
understand the logic here (especially seeing as I have used the
stop(); command all over this app.) and it's driving me mad as per
usual.
Thanks . . . Kevin.

Answer 1

you might want to look into calling a timer function and
stopping the timer on the next screen.
function procAddToVoucher() {
place your onEnter code here
processVoucher = setInterval(procAddToVoucher, 3000);
when you get to the next location place this code in the
first frame
clearInterval(processVoucher )
you can look at the code using help. This is a clean way of
repeating a process with making the movie lopp therough frames. The
number you enter will effect the length of time between calls to
the function.