Flash 6 to 8 problems

[GuK]

Howdy.

For school, we've been set the task of making a folio website made entirely in flash. I recently just added an mp3 player to it, after finding an obscure example somewhere. Using Flash 8, I ended up converting the Flash 6 file to Flash 8, and after the convert, a small bit of script doesn't seem to work anymore.

A timer starts at the beginning of a song, letting one know how long the song has currently elapsed. Not having an advanced knowledge in Actionscript, or the difference between Actionscript 1.0 and 2.0, i'm in a bit of a pickle. I'd simply convert back to Flash 6, but I'm using enhanced stroke and text functions.

The code is on frame 1, as is 2 dynamic text boxes, with the instance name and variable name of minutes, and seconds

If you can fix it, only change/neaten the timer functions, 'cause I don't know if anything else would change with alterations.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the script here:

[kglad]

try changing changing totalTime to something else like totalTimeVar. totalTime is a property of the media class in flash 8. i'm not sure that will remedy your problem, but it seems like a good place to start.

[GuK]

Hmm... I gave that a try, but no dice unfortunately.

[Newsgroup_User]

ensure all your variables are initialised BEFORE they are used. I don't
have time to thoroughly look at your code .. but ensure you define things
like 'pauseLength' before it is used .. leaving things undefined will not
work in SWF7 or later (but does in SWF6)
--
Jeckyl

[kglad]

what's the textfield (that should display elapsed time) displaying

[GuK]

kglad - All it displays the "0" and the "00" that the variables set in their respective fields

Jeckyl - All the variables are defined, cause tried renaming, and rearranging stuff, but the timer still doesn't work, it just sits on 0:00

[kglad]

post a link to your fla.

[GuK]

Okey dokie, here it is: Link