FrozenHaddock Tutorials: Introduction to Variables

In this tutorial you will learn how to make an variable textbox containing a number, then make buttons to alter it's value.

first let's make a blank keyframe, then on the frame's actions put-

This will set your variable start value to 1. Try a different number if you want to, but don't test the flash movie yet as it will not work at the moment.

Now make a new keyframe and put the stop function on it-

Now let's make a plus button and a minus button which will change the variables. If you need help with buttons, try our first
buttons tutorial.

Here's the minus button.

And the plus button.

Now let's make a text box but don't put anything in it. Now we need to change it from a static text field, to a dynamic one.
This dynamic field is what we are going to use to display our variable.

Now, as you can see, our Dynamic text field is clear and blends in to the background. This is not vital, but it's much easier to see.

To sort this we click the icon below-

Now, as you can see the field has a white background and an outline.

Now we need to set this dynamic text field to link up with our variable. We do this by setting the Var: field.

Now we can test this flash movie to see if it matches the variable we set at the start.

Now we can add code to our plus and minus buttons. Here they are-

There's the minus button.

And here's the plus button.

Now test the movie again. If it works, you could try setting different values, so you could
start at a different value or you could raise/lower the value by a different amount.

Here is my finished version-

Written by: Dazza_13
Website: http://www.frozenhaddock.co.uk/dazza13