simple checkbox stupidity

"Kree8R" <Kree8R@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Kree8R" <Kree8R@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>i have a checkbox on stage that i want to dynamically set to either
>>selected or unselected... but i'm having problems with a simple test:
>>
>> cb_checker.selected = true;
>>
>> this does not set the checkbox to selected... do i need to create and
>> place the checkbox onstage with script only to have this work?... iow, by
>> manually placing it onstage, are the parameters only readable and not
>> "settable"?
>>
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> oops.. that was "properties" not "parameters"... and yes, i'm using the
> standard checkbox component included with Flash 8

never mind... sorry about that... it works... something else (a shared
object I'm using) is causing my problem... I'll sweat over that one now...
thanks for your patience. ;-)

"Kree8R" <Kree8R@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>i have a checkbox on stage that i want to dynamically set to either
>selected or unselected... but i'm having problems with a simple test:
>
> cb_checker.selected = true;
>
> this does not set the checkbox to selected... do i need to create and
> place the checkbox onstage with script only to have this work?... iow, by
> manually placing it onstage, are the parameters only readable and not
> "settable"?
>

oops.. that was "properties" not "parameters"... and yes, i'm using the
standard checkbox component included with Flash 8