want to play a movie a certain # of times

[guitarlover]

I am developing a logo in which small squares "pixels", flicker seemingly randomly. I want them to do this for a few seconds and then stop. According to Flash help, I can do this with a do/while expression:

i = 0
do {
gotoAndPlay("flicker");
i = i + 1
} while (i<=50);

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. It just flickers away without counting.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank, Steve

 

[billwatson]

try

i=0

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(i<50){
gotoAndPlay("flicker");
i++
}else{
delete this.onEnterFrame
}
}

 

[guitarlover]

Dear Bill Watson,

Thanks for the info. What happens is that it does what I just realized my actioncode was doing. It doesn't count up the "flickers", it regulates how fast it plays the next "flicker". In effect, it merely slows the flickering down.

I'm going to have to look elsewhere in the .fla file.

Thanks anyway,

Steve