If I create a clip or text field like this:

max_amt = 10
for(i=0; i<=max_amt; i++){
createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+i,i);
clipi.createTextField("text"+i,i+max_amt, i, i*2,100,20);
}

how do I access clip0._x or clip5's value with i's?
a cheesy example how do I assign the first clip's (clip0) _x to the value of
the last clip then increment...

something like -
max_amt = 10
for(var ii=0; ii<=max_amt; ii++){
rClip = createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+ii,ii);
rClip.createTextField("text"+ii,ii+max_amt,0,0,100,20);
tClip = rClip["text"+ii];
tClip.text = ii;
tClip._y = ii*30;
}

hth

Jack,
Thanks for the help.

passing arrays through a function is probably
the most efficient, create your array in your loop
and pass it, or hardcode as in this example -

aTxt1=["q","w","e","r","t"];
aTxt2=["a","s","d","f","g"];

function fields(arr){
max_amt = 4;
for(var ii=0; ii<=max_amt; ii++){
rClip = createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+ii,ii);
rClip.createTextField("text"+ii,ii+max_amt,0,0,100,20);
tClip = rClip["text"+ii];
tClip.text = arr[ ii ];
tClip._y = ii*30;
}
};

fields(aTxt1);

btn.onPress = function(){
fields(aTxt2);
}

hth

I want to add a button to each of the clips so that they'll go to a location,
but it's not working.
Here's what I got:
aTxt1=["q","w","e","r","t"];
aTxt2=["a","s","d","f","g"];

function fields(arr){
max_amt = 4;
for(var ii=0; ii<=max_amt; ii++){
rClip = createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+ii,ii);
rClip.createTextField("text"+ii,ii+max_amt,i,i*100,100,20);
tClip = rClip["text"+ii];
tClip._y = ii*30;

tClip.text = arr[ ii ];
rclip.onPress = function(){
getURL("http://www."+aTxt1[ii],"_blank")
//getURL("http://www."+aTxt1[3],"_blank") // works, but is wierd...
fields(aTxt2);
}
}
};
fields(aTxt1);

Any way to press functions for each in the main function?

try -
aTxt1=["q","w","e","r","t"];
aTxt2=["a","s","d","f","g"];

function fields(arr){
max_amt = 4;
for(var ii=0; ii<=max_amt; ii++){
rClip = createEmptyMovieClip("clip"+ii,ii);
rClip.createTextField("text"+ii,ii+max_amt,i,i*100,100,20);
tClip = rClip["text"+ii];
tClip._y = ii*30;
tClip.text = arr[ ii ];
rClip.onPress = function(){
temp = this._name.split("clip");
openWindow(temp[1]); };
}
};
fields(aTxt1);

function openWindow(num){
getURL("http://www."+aTxt1,"_blank");
};

hth

that should be -
function openWindow(num){
getURL("http://www."+aTxt1[ num ],"_blank");
};

why does this forum post screw up on

Thanks Jack,
That's great, I changed the getURL to _self and in while in flash it was opening the link 3 times, but when I changed it to _blank it only opened it once. Ever seen that happen before?

_self is the default action of getURL, so should not be needed,
old pros - (Byron Canfield comes to mind) recommended
that it should NEVER be used as it is unstable.

hth

ps .. for correct results, always test getURL in the browser.

Cool. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.