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From: Ross FT on 21 Sep 2007 20:12 Hi all, Is it possible to navigate to a specific icon using the GoTo(IconID@"IconTitle") replacing "IconTitle" with a variable that has captured the icon title to go to? Thanks R
From: Mike Baker **Adobe Community Expert** on 21 Sep 2007 20:39 Yes you can do that with something like this TargetIcon := "The Icon I want" Goto(@(TargetIcon)) Or you can assign an icon id to the variable TargetIcon := IconId("The Icon I want") Goto(@(TargetIcon)) If you name an icon "67275" and there is an icon with id of 67275 then you can't tell where it might go. HOWERVER Even though it's possible, you really ought to steer clear of using Goto. It can make programs very difficult to trace, troubleshoot, maintain, etc. You can check the history in the newsgroups to see discussion on the topic. HTH, Mike ==================== Mike Baker Adobe Community Expert mike-baker(a)cox.net "Ross FT" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:fd1mkp$2b7$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > Hi all, > > Is it possible to navigate to a specific icon using the GoTo(IconID@"IconTitle") replacing "IconTitle" with a variable that has captured the icon title to go to? > > Thanks > > R
From: Amy Blankenship *AdobeCommunityExpert* on 21 Sep 2007 20:26 "Ross FT" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:fd1mkp$2b7$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > Hi all, > > Is it possible to navigate to a specific icon using the > GoTo(IconID@"IconTitle") replacing "IconTitle" with a variable that has > captured the icon title to go to? Look at the calculated navigation type in the Navigation icon. Note that the icon must be attached to a framework and have a unique title. HTH; Amy
From: Ross FT on 22 Sep 2007 05:37 Sorry guys I still can't get it to work properly, I suspect it is my explanation. I am capturing icon titles using variables as they progress through the piece. I wish to use this title with an incremented number to send them elsewhere if a selection is chosen. I use: currentIcon := IconTitle to capture where they are, i.e. The Current Value of currentIcon = "My Page" When I use the GoTo(@(currentIcon) it goes nowhere If I hard code GoTo(@("My Page") it works I want to be able to use the variable to navigate not have to hard code the title as this will change depending upon where they are in the piece. Thanks for any help. R
From: Amy Blankenship *AdobeCommunityExpert* on 22 Sep 2007 09:25
"Ross FT" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:fd2npl$45v$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > Sorry guys I still can't get it to work properly, I suspect it is my > explanation. > > I am capturing icon titles using variables as they progress through the > piece. > I wish to use this title with an incremented number to send them elsewhere > if > a selection is chosen. > I use: > > currentIcon := IconTitle to capture where they are, > i.e. The Current Value of currentIcon = "My Page" > > When I use the GoTo(@(currentIcon) it goes nowhere > If I hard code GoTo(@("My Page") it works > > I want to be able to use the variable to navigate not have to hard code > the > title as this will change depending upon where they are in the piece. Use CurrentPageID AND A NAVIGATION ICON. |