Yeah, that link actually lays out my own preferred method of executing this. The snippet I put into this thread was just a quick kludge to get that code up and working. Please don't anyone take it as the 'right' approach - my apologies if anyone was mislead...
Peace... -- Dok Skyymap, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judah Frangipane Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:33 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] passing a variable to a function That's what I was thinking too. This article may be helpful in this situation http://osflash.org/flashcoders/as2?s=delegate. Judah Glenn J. Miller wrote: >My guess here is that your reference to _root is 'lost' in terms of >scope, as you're handling the onLoad event locally (on the stack) >within the >loadDescriptions() function. Might try this with your current approach: > >// namespace for this module >if(_global.LoadNS == undefined) { > _global.LoadNS = this; >} > >function loadDescriptions() { > for (var i = 0; i < _root.menuItems_array.length; i++) { > var thisTextLoadVars = new LoadVars(); > thisTextLoadVars.onLoad = function(success) { > trace(LoadNS.menuItems_array[i]); > }; > var thisDoc = _root.menuItems_array[i]; > trace("thisDoc: " + thisDoc); > var textDoc = _root.menu[thisDoc].description; > thisTextLoadVars.load(textDoc); > } >} > >Hope this helps... > >-- >Dok >Skyymap Inc. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt >bik-elliott (Receptacle) >Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:11 PM >To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >Subject: [Flashcoders] passing a variable to a function > >k - sorry for spamming this board all day but it's all been from the >same problem > >i've boiled the whole thing down to this: > >how do i pass a variable to an onLoad() function? > >here is my script >function loadDescriptions() { > for (var i=0; i<_root.menuItems_array.length;i++) { > var thisTextLoadVars = new LoadVars(); > thisTextLoadVars.onLoad = function(success) { > trace (_root.menuItems_array[i]); > }; > var thisDoc = _root.menuItems_array[i]; > trace ("thisDoc: "+thisDoc); > var textDoc = _root.menu[thisDoc].description; > thisTextLoadVars.load(textDoc); > } >} > >the trace in the the onLoad function returns "undefined". Can anyone >tell me how to get around this please? > >thanks >alz >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
