newbie variable problem with mc and scenes

Hello clever experts,

I've read the Flash tutorials and posts on variables, but I am stuck
in the fog on this one.

I have an mc with two frames that toggles a mask to reveal or hide
text in a different channel. How can I make the mc remember what frame
it was on in the previous scene instead of resetting, so that the user
does not have to keep clicking to show text in each new scene?

I've tried to solve this in a bunch of ways, including placing "on
(press)" script in each frame telling it to replicate the action in the
other named instances that are in the other scenes, but it doesn't
work, the mc resets anyway as soon as the scene changes.

Now I'm trying to make the mc frame 1 and 2 set a variable to true or
false, and in the first frame of each scene check the variable and send
the scene's mc instance to frame 1 or 2 depending on the variable.
Here is the code that is not working. Help?

on the mc button in frame 1:

on (press) {
set (textview, true);
// my variable that does not work
this.gotoAndStop(2);
// the text is hidden
}

on the mc button in frame 2:

on (press) {
set (textview, false);
// variable that does not work
this.gotoAndStop(1);
// now text shows
}

in the first frame of each scene:

if (textview == true) {
this.ani_chart.viewtext_chart.gotoAndStop(2);
}

ani_chart is the main scene mc, viewtext_chart is the instance of the
text toggle mc. I've also tried putting this script in the first frame
of the ani_chart mc with no result.

What am I doing wrong? It's driving me bonkers.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Oooh, I must be a clever expert. The solution is:

on the mc clip button in frame 1:

on (press) {
textview = true;
this.gotoAndStop(2);
}

in frame 2:

on (press) {
textview = false;
this.gotoAndStop(1);
}

at the beginning of the next scene:

if (textview = true) {
this.ani_screens.viewtext_start.gotoAndStop(2);
}

Now the mc checks the variable to see what frame it should be on in the
next scene.

apparently the set variable script disabled the variable after the mc
loaded, and there's no telling what vile bad manners == created to
offend Flash. However, better examples of different types of variable
scripting in the Flash help files would have been helpful.


city7.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello clever experts,
>
> I've read the Flash tutorials and posts on variables, but I am stuck
> in the fog on this one.
>
> I have an mc with two frames that toggles a mask to reveal or hide
> text in a different channel. How can I make the mc remember what frame
> it was on in the previous scene instead of resetting, so that the user
> does not have to keep clicking to show text in each new scene?
>
> I've tried to solve this in a bunch of ways, including placing "on
> (press)" script in each frame telling it to replicate the action in the
> other named instances that are in the other scenes, but it doesn't
> work, the mc resets anyway as soon as the scene changes.
>
> Now I'm trying to make the mc frame 1 and 2 set a variable to true or
> false, and in the first frame of each scene check the variable and send
> the scene's mc instance to frame 1 or 2 depending on the variable.
> Here is the code that is not working. Help?
>
> on the mc button in frame 1:
>
> on (press) {
> set (textview, true);
> // my variable that does not work
> this.gotoAndStop(2);
> // the text is hidden
> }
>
> on the mc button in frame 2:
>
> on (press) {
> set (textview, false);
> // variable that does not work
> this.gotoAndStop(1);
> // now text shows
> }
>
> in the first frame of each scene:
>
> if (textview == true) {
> this.ani_chart.viewtext_chart.gotoAndStop(2);
> }
>
> ani_chart is the main scene mc, viewtext_chart is the instance of the
> text toggle mc. I've also tried putting this script in the first frame
> of the ani_chart mc with no result.
>
> What am I doing wrong? It's driving me bonkers.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.