Really quick dumb AS2 question

Hi, this is the most beginner thing I can think of, but its somehow a mystery to me still…

I have 5 buttons, everytime time a button is clicked, I need a dynamic text field to say different words for different buttons…

My buttons and dynamic text fields are on different timeslines, due to animation….

Does anyone know a way to do this?

yea, this would work, but…

after you click a button that changes the dynamic text, theres an outro animation first, then the text file shows up…

when i try to set the variable anyway from an onPress event, the variable is never set.

So I try to set the variable from a button click, after the button click the object animates out, and then the text animates in, only…variable isnt being set.

Just a kinda weird suggestion, but here goes. You could use an onEnterFrame that checks for a variable to see if the text field has loaded. Once it has then delete the onEnterFrame and fill in the dynamic text field dynamically.

yea, this would work, but… after you click a button that changes the dynamic text, theres an outro animation first, then the text file shows up… when i try to set the variable anyway from an onPress event, the variable is never set. So I try to set the variable from a button click, after the button click the object animates out, and then the text animates in, only…variable isnt being set.

Then you may want to set the text field value in its own movieclip’s timeline through a variable. Example:
myTextField.text=_parent.textVar; (make sure the target is right)

So you will set that variable value on button click:
textVar="My Text";

I was thinking have a movieclip that has each text on its own frame, then when the button is clicked, the mc goes to right frame, keep this movieclip invisible, until animation is gone, then declare it visible, I dono Im gona try that now ill get back to you

SO ME AND MY CODELESS IDEA WORKED .

I have an mc with all the text ON ITS OWN FRAMES , I have the mc invisible on the same frame as my buttons, then u click the button, the invisible mc goes to the right text, the animation plays, then the mc becomes visible. VOILA !...man I need to learn more ActionScript 3 though….Ive been riggin components on the timeline since flash 8!

But it still works!