flash (macromedia): Hello,
I'm trying to get a counting loop working. well i don't really know if
its a counting loop. What is supposed to happen is this code
stop();
selectModuleCounter = 0;

if (selectModuleCounter>15) {
gotoAndStop(1);
} else {
selectModuleCounter++;
}
is supposed to keep adding till selectModuleCounter is greater than 15,
then goto frame 1. As is now it just counts once, 1, then stops. How can i get
it to keep counting till 15, or more, is reached ? I tried using a FOR loop but
it goes way to quickly. I'm using AS2 by the way.

Thanks for any help you can offer up.

any thoughts on how i can get this to work ?

stop();

var selectModuleCounter:Number = 0;

var myInt = setInterval(countIt, 1000); // 1000 = 1 second
function countIt(){
if(selectModuleCounter > 15){
gotoAndStop(1);
clearInterval(myInt);
} else {
selectModuleCounter++
}
}

so every second your variable increases by 1

thanks for the help.

Your attempt worked, only it worked once as it entered the frame it was on. I
set up an interval to run every 1 second, and every time the interval fires it,
first, checks to see what the value of the variable is, and if it doesnt meet
the requirement, it will increase it by 1, if it does meet the requirement, it
will go to frame 1 and stop the interval. (ps: very important to clear an
interval when not needed)

The function is not a loop, it is an interval. Once the playhead reaches the frame it resides on, it will start to execute that function every second until the clearInterval() is called.