[Solved] Dont get textfield changed with US

[Dreadis]

Hello,
I searched the last hours for a solution and nothing worked. Its a UnrealScript problem but ScaleForm related.
I have a movie-clip on the main stage. In this movie-clip "mctablet" on a specific frame a dynamic text-field with the instance name of "locaton_txt" appears.
Now I want to change the text with UnrealScript:

class GCRTabletMenu extends GFxMoviePlayer;

var GFxObject PositionTitle; // variable for current position
var GFxObject McTablet;

function bool Start(optional bool StartPaused = false) {
	super.Start();                  // call start function of parrent class GFxMoviePlayer
	Advance(0);                     // play the .swf from frame 0

	McTablet = GetVariableObject("_root.mctablet");
	PositionTitle = GetVariableObject("_root.mctablet.locaton_txt");	    // Assign Textfield to variable 
	PositionTitle.SetText("LOCATION");                              // set value to Textfield 
	
	return true;
}

but nothing happens. The strange thing is, when I put the textfield in to root and address the texfield directly over :

PositionTitle = GetVariableObject("_root.locaton_txt");

The textfield changes.

Has anyone a idea? Would be amazing

[Matt Doyle]

It should work as you have it coded. I just did a quick test on my end, and it works fine. I have a dynamic text field on frame 1 inside of a movie clip on the _root timeline.

What frame of your movie clip is the text field on?

[Dreadis]

Hello Matt,
thank you for the response. It is on frame 17 in the mctablet movieclip.

[TOP-Proto]

when you run the scaleform player look at the log to see the full path for your object. it might be slightly different.

[Dreadis]

Hi,
sorry but where do I find the log? Or do you mean the FxMediaPlayer.exe command window when I test the swf in flash?
Edit: it is definitely a Flash Path Problem but I cant find why it don't work properly when the location_txt is inside of a Movieclip.
Edit2: Okay it has something todo with the fact that the textfield appear on a specific frame.


So it looks like a comon problem in flash. So it dont has anything todo with UnrealScript.
I placed the textfield on the first frame and made it invisible. On a specific frame I made it visible again.