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IainDHamilton
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April 23, 2019
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For loop not working when added to function

  • April 23, 2019
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Hi,

New here hopefully, this is in the right place.

I have several pop-ups on the stage called pop1-10. I need them to be hidden at run time.

When I try and achieve this using a for loop, it works fine.

for(i=1;this['pop'+i]!=undefined;i++)
{
this['pop'+i].visible=false;
console.log('pop'+i+' hidden');
}

When I try and put this in a function to use later on. It doesn't identify any of the 'pop' objects and leaves them visible.

function hPop()
{
for(var i=1;this['pop'+i]!=undefined;i++)
{
this['pop'+i].visible=false;
console.log('pop'+i+' hidden');
}
}
hPop();

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

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    Correct answer avid_body16B8

    I would do this.

    1- add to your first frame

    var root = this;

    then change this to root in your function.

    2 replies

    avid_body16B8
    avid_body16B8Correct answer
    Legend
    April 23, 2019

    I would do this.

    1- add to your first frame

    var root = this;

    then change this to root in your function.

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      IainDHamiltonAuthor
      Participant
      April 24, 2019

      resdesign​

      Worked like a charm. Thank you very much

      avid_body16B8
      avid_body16B8
      Legend
      April 24, 2019

      My pleasure. good luck on your project.

      kglad
      Community Expert
      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 23, 2019

      'this' is not the parent of your pop-ups when/how hPop() is called, or you're calling hPop() when your pop-ups are not what you think they are.  to debug use the trace() function.

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      IainDHamiltonAuthor
      Participant
      April 24, 2019

      Hi,

      Looks like you were right. I did the 'root' thing from the other response and it has worked.

      Thanks for your help

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