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actionscript 2.0 for-loop logic problem

Dear All,

I am using Flash 8 and actionscript 2.0 to load a photoWall into moviescript.
While the script runs smoothly if I separate the inside i-loop into 4 blocks.
Or some of the images will be missed. Did I missing something in logic?

Thanks in advance.
Simon :confused:

for (j = 0; j <= 3; j++) {
        for (i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
                trace(i);
                mainImgURL = generalDir+ "apart"+ i + j + ".jpg";
                photoWallImg = photoWallMC.attachMovie("xternalImageMC", "xternalImgMC_"+i+j, i+j);
                bigImgHolderMCL.loadClip(mainImgURL, photoWallImg);
                photoWallImg._y = 85 * j;                                
                photoWallImg._x = i * SPACING;
                trace("photoWallImg._y "+ photoWallImg._y);                
                trace("photoWallImg._x "+ photoWallImg._x);
                trace(mainImgURL);
                trace(photoWallImg);
 
        }
 
}
 
 
/* //divided into four separate loops
for (i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
                mainImgURL = generalDir+ "apart"+ i + "0" + ".jpg";
                photoWallImg = photoWallMC.attachMovie("xternalImageMC", "xternalImgMC_"+i+"0", i+"0");
                bigImgHolderMCL.loadClip(mainImgURL, photoWallImg.loadPhotoMC);
                photoWallImg._x = i * SPACING;
}
 
for (j = 0; j <= 4; j++) {
                mainImgURL = generalDir+ "apart"+ j + "1" + ".jpg";
                photoWallImg = photoWallMC.attachMovie("xternalImageMC", "xternalImgMC_"+j+"1", j+"1");
                bigImgHolderMCL.loadClip(mainImgURL, photoWallImg.loadPhotoMC);
                photoWallImg._y = 85;
                photoWallImg._x = j * SPACING;
}
 
for (k = 0; k <= 4; k++) {
                mainImgURL = generalDir+ "apart"+ k + "2" + ".jpg";
                photoWallImg = photoWallMC.attachMovie("xternalImageMC", "xternalImgMC_"+k+"2", k+"2");
                bigImgHolderMCL.loadClip(mainImgURL, photoWallImg.loadPhotoMC);
                photoWallImg._y = 170;
                photoWallImg._x = k * SPACING;
}
 
for (l = 0; l <= 4; l++) {
                mainImgURL = generalDir+ "apart"+ l + "3" + ".jpg";
                photoWallImg = photoWallMC.attachMovie("xternalImageMC", "xternalImgMC_"+l+"3", l+"3");
                bigImgHolderMCL.loadClip(mainImgURL, photoWallImg.loadPhotoMC);
                photoWallImg._y = 255;
                photoWallImg._x = l * SPACING;
}
*/

I can't see what's wrong with the code at this point. It looks good.

You should put your code in code tags, by the way.

thanks a lot, have got it fixed immediately.

Problem resolved

Hihi!

I have resolved the problem:
There were 2 problems:
1. Since there is depth consideration in flash, the depth variable have problem. Some photos will be overlapped.
2. I have swapped the thought of column and row so that the image is missed if I combine the code together.

Hope this can set an opp. example.

Thanks!
Simon

for (j = 0, k=0; j < 4; j++) {

        for (i = 0; i < 5; i++, k++) {

                mainImgURL = generalDir+ "apart"+ j + i + ".jpg";

                photoWallImg = photoWallMC.attachMovie("xternalImageMC", "xternalImgMC_"+j+i, k);

                bigImgHolderMCL.loadClip(mainImgURL, photoWallImg);

                photoWallImg._x = 85 * i;                

                photoWallImg._y = 85 * j;                

        }

}

Thanks for posting your solution, Simon, and I'm glad you got it fixed. :)

Summary of problems for all reference

Thanks, you are so nice!

Summary of image not load problem for reference:

1. movieclip name (the name inside script mismatch with the name of Mclip)
2. image path is not correct
3. depth checking(the result is weird if depth have problem)

whenever doing a complex scripts, return and make a simple script
as a testing probe. Hope this can save you from hours of frustration.

Cheers