Why don't tutorials work the way book says they will?

Question

When I copied the test action script to get the
button to work in this tutorial, the text does not show up as
advertised.
function testFunc(eventObj:Object) {
menu_mc.title_txt.text = "Testing the title";
menu_mc.description_txt.text = "Testing the description";
// add the event listener for the button
next_btn.addEventListener("click", testFunc);
I thought maybe it was because of the difference in what the
tutorial told me to name the menu. It was named "menu" in the
explanation on creating it, and now I see the the action script is
looking for "menu_mc". This is one of many discrepancies in your
"Exploring Studio 8" book, and this one could easily screw up
action script. Is this a common problem with people trying to do
these tutorials? Also, in many cases the UI just doesn't behave in
the way that the tutorial describes. I'm starting to get pissed off
with your product and the documentation.

Answer 1

Hate to say this - as pissed off as you may be with this
product and its documentation - this is an
case of user issue - there's nothing wrong with the tutorial
- it works just fine - out of curiosity
i followed each step and 3 minutes later the button worked
and the text displayed.
Did you miss a step?
Chris Georgenes
Animator
http://www.mudbubble.com
http://www.keyframer.com
Adobe Community Expert
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sifupeter wrote:
>
When I copied the test action script to get the
button to work in this
> tutorial, the text does not show up as advertised.
>
> function testFunc(eventObj:Object) {
> menu_mc.title_txt.text = "Testing the title";
> menu_mc.description_txt.text = "Testing the
description";
> }
>
> // add the event listener for the button
> next_btn.addEventListener("click", testFunc);
>
> I thought maybe it was because of the difference in what
the tutorial told me
> to name the menu. It was named "menu" in the explanation
on creating it, and
> now I see the the action script is looking for
"menu_mc". This is one of many
> discrepancies in your "Exploring Studio 8" book, and
this one could easily
> screw up action script. Is this a common problem with
people trying to do these
> tutorials? Also, in many cases the UI just doesn't
behave in the way that the
> tutorial describes. I'm starting to get pissed off with
your product and the
> documentation.
>