Hey, I love your simple carousel menu, but I cant seem to get it to actually click thru to anything!

function mouseDownListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
	var clip1_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
	var clip2_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
	var clip3_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
	var clip4_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
	var clip5_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
	
	var clickthru:URLRequest = new URLRequest(e.target.name+"URL");
	navigateToURL(clickthru);
	trace(e.target.name + " was pressed.");
}

the trace action works fine, but the clickthru always passes "clip1_mcURL" instead of the URL. what am I doing wrong?

[gusmcq]

Hi Flo, welcome to Ultrashock

The code doesn't do what you want because you're mixing variable names and strings. To be specific, the statement

new URLRequest(e.target.name+"URL")

will create a url request with the url "clip1_mcURL", not the value of the variable with that name.

Try this instead.

var clip1_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
var clip2_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
var clip3_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
var clip4_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"
var clip5_mcURL:String  = "http://www.google.com"

function mouseDownListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
	var clickthru:URLRequest = new URLRequest(this[e.target.name+"URL"]);
	navigateToURL(clickthru);
	trace(e.target.name + " was pressed. URL is " + clickthru.url);
}

By declaring the variables outside the function, Flash creates properties on the object (in this case, the MovieClip). Then we can retrieve their actual values from their name string, using the statement this["propertyName"];

this[e.target.name+"URL"]

This retrieves the actual value of the property (variable) with the name e.target.name+URL, in this case "http://www.google.com". Now your code should do what you want

HTH.

And I'm glad you like the Carousel. Thanks

Gus (Asset Author)

[flo_evans]

ahha! thanks! Still getting used to AS3 and writing everything as functions. I had gotten used to just relying on button and MC actions :P