ActionScript 2.0 :: Displaying Variable In A Text Box?
May 14, 2004
I have a tiny spaceship and I can control its direction and speed using the arrow keys. Its only a test for the moment so it looks pretty basic.
Anyway, now that I have that working I am trying to put in a dynamic text box which will display the speed of the spaceship as it slows down or speeds up. I've put the text box in a movieclip called "caption" on the same timeline as the space ship but I can't get a reading.
The variable that holds the speed is called "speed" and the textbox in which i want to display the speed is called "carspeed". I thought this might do it:
_root.caption.carspeed = speed;
However I just keep getting "undefined" in the text box.
I've attatched the .fla so you can have a look.
Press the up arrow to go fwd and the down arrow to slow down and move backwards.
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