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Rolling Money Counter

I need to make a "Digital Counter" that from the start of the Flash Movie goes from 0 to "anynumber" that we input.

Example...we have a fund raiser going on and we want the $$ to run up from $0 to $40,241 this week and next week be able to have it go to $41,955

I'd like to do this in Flash MX so that I can add a rising 3D column that comes up as the dollars rise. If I could tie the column to the rising $$'s so much the better.

I currently have a three frame movie but am getting error messages

Frame 1
var money=0;
var howhigh=1000;

Frame 2 has a dynamic text box with an instance name of 'money' and the following code
if(money<howhigh){
money++;
}

Frame 3
gotoAndPlay(2);

I'm not getting any error messages...nor am I getting anything at all for that matter.

I'm using Macromedia Flash MX 7. It's obvious that I'm not an action script guy...

A little help here?

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Billystyx

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Billystyx

frame2 I changed to this:

if(money<howhigh){
money++;
moneydollars="$"+money+".00";
percent=money/howhigh*100;

bar._yscale=percent;
}

and I added a mc column instance name 'bar', with a background mc with no instance name and a different colour.

Billystyx

Larry Brister

ASKER

Billystyx,
Thanks...I'll definately be awarding the points to you in a moment.
Question...is there a way to "step" the dollars by 10's or hundred's so it loads faster?

Reason...

I may need to show this on a screen where we want to go up to $ 15,000.00

Larry Brister

ASKER

Also...the bar doesn't "rise" with the money. Can we make it match the money and come up like a rising thermometer?

Larry Brister

ASKER

Sorry...
I was wrong on the bar chart...it rises.

But can I get the "step" or "increment" by 100 ?

Billystyx

change this line
money++;
to
money= money+10;

Billystyx