Using strings to go to other scenes

[Guest]

Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem:

I'm trying to use an input text field as a cheat code input to move between 2 different scenes - if the code is correct, I want to go to one scene, but if the code is not correct, I want to go to a different scene. At the moment, no matter what I put into the text field, I end up going to the scene that's supposed to be for incorrect codes - even when I enter the correct code.

The code I'm using:

stop();

//stops on this scene

{

var cheat:String = "Enter Code Here";

//declaring a variable for a cheat code

_root.cheatBox.cheat = cheat;

//sets the text of the cheat box to cheat

_root.menuButton.onRelease = function()

//when the menu button is released

{

  gotoAndStop("Menu", 1);

  //goes to menu scene and stops on that scene

}

_root.cheatBox.goButton.onRelease = function()

//when the go button in the cheat box is released

{

  if(_root.cheatBox.cheat == "N0496151")

  //if the text box contains the code

  {

   gotoAndStop("Cheat", 1);

   //goes to the cheat scene and stops on that scene

  }

  else if(_root.cheatBoxcheat != "N0496151")

  //otherwise

  {

   gotoAndStop("Menu", 1);

   //goes to the menu scene and stops on that scene

  }

}

}

All of this code is on the main timeline, is there something I'm not doing right?

[kglad]

if _root.cheatBox is your textfield, you should be using

if(_root.cheatBox.text=="N0496151")

likewise for your 'else if' branch.

[Guest]

no, the _root.cheatBox.cheat is the text field, _root.cheatBox is just a movie clip containing it

I tried adding the .text to the end of the _root.cheatBox.cheat - however this doesn't seem to change anything

[kglad · Accepted solution]

use the trace function to debug,

_root.cheatBox.goButton.onRelease = function()

//when the go button in the cheat box is released

{

trace(_root.cheatBox.cheat.text+" "+_root.cheatBox.cheat.text.length);

  if(_root.cheatBox.cheat.text == "N0496151")

  //if the text box contains the code

  {

   gotoAndStop("Cheat", 1);

   //goes to the cheat scene and stops on that scene

  }

  else if(_root.cheatBox.cheat.text != "N0496151")

  //otherwise

  {

   gotoAndStop("Menu", 1);

   //goes to the menu scene and stops on that scene

  }

}

}

[Guest]

I ran a trace on the text field, and the output is returning "undefined undefined"

[kglad]

then you don't have a correct reference to your textfield.

to find the correct reference, on the timeline that contains your textfield, put:

trace(this+" "+cheat);

[Guest]

I found the problem, I had given the text field a variable name, which was preventing it from working properly - when i removed it, it started working fine

thanks for the help

[kglad]

you're welcome.