[Year 12 IPM] flash tutorial problem

[brn at brentwood.vic.edu.au]

Hello all.
I was clearing out my email and came across the Flash discussion.  A Media teacher at school put me onto this fun item.  
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Animator+vs+Animation/
Cheers.
Alda Brangsch

"Travers, Graham J" <travers.graham.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:12:43 +1100 wrote:
> I'm certainly no Actionscript person but I'd think NAN means 'not a
> number' and you're trying to add to a text element.
> 
> If that's the problem (similar to VB) you'll need to convert the score
> variable to a numeric, do the maths, and convert back to text to
> publish.
> 
> But I'm just guessing!
> 
> GT
> 
> 
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> On Behalf Of Andrew Grimshaw
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> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] flash tutorial problem
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> 
> HI ALL
> 
> 
> 
> Im new to Flash  this term and am learning it along with the kids. We
> are having a great time with it and have been using the tutorials at
> http://www.flashclassroom.com <http://www.flashclassroom.com>  (I highly
> recommend them)
> 
> 
> 
> I was wondering if anyone else has used these and has come across the
> same issue as me:
> 
> 
> 
> In the DESIGN A SHOOTING STYLE GAME (Flash 8 version) tutorial - I think
> the action script for the target button is incorrect.
> 
> 
> 
> We have faithfully duplicated what is in the pdf, but when we test the
> movie all that happens is that instead of the score going up we get
> "NaN" appearing
> 
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> 
> I have spent several hours tweaking it as have my students, using the
> flash help section, etc, to no avail so I am hopng someone can help me
> out
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Grimshaw
> 
> Colac College
> 
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Alda Brangsch
Year 8 Level Coordinator
Brentwood Secondary College
Ph. 8545 0364