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checking for the event listener before adding should fix the problem. but it's not clear why you're even trying to repeatedly add the listener and repeatedly defining buttonOne() etc. you're over-complicating your project.
you only need to add the listener once and define the functions once in the first keyframe that contains keyPad. on that layer that contains keyPad there should be no other keyframes. if you don't want keyPad to appear on some frames and reappear on others, use its visible
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so my repeated adding the same eventListener(s) through out my timeline is a likely cause for my problem?
my logic for adding the listener to each frame that there was a change in scenario was when I needed the 'enter' button to do or go somewhere different.
The keypad is on its own layer and is from frame 1 but is invisible until needed further down the timeline. below is a screen shot of frame 110 of my project to show what I'm talking about
thanks for the help, all comments are seriously taken on board.
Dom
I have tried all kinds of the above suggestions for which I am grateful for the time spent answering my query. But it is quite probable I'm implementing them incorrectly, and I still have the same problem with my dynamic text field not behaving as I would expect after 'Enter' is pressed, so perhaps my original question about removeEventListeners was wrong.
This is the frame and with the error message red box shown (otherwise hidden until triggered by an incorrect input)
So upon landing on this frame, the user is prompted to input numbers/characters that will populate the green outline Priority Line box (a dynamic text field). They can press 'delete' and remove a number/character on each press or 'Cancel' to empty the dynamic text field.However, once 'Enter' is pressed and if correct it goes on to the next keyframe, but if wrong, the error message pops up. From which point, when 'Delete' is pressed it no longer removes each character, it takes out up to 4 and when a number is pressed it puts in 4 of the same number in. This seems to multiply a lot should I come out of this keyframe and back again later.
However, once 'Enter' is pressed and if correct, it goes on to the next keyframe, but if wrong, the error message pops up. From which point, when 'Delete' is pressed it no longer removes each character singularly, but it takes out up to 4 and when a number is pressed it puts in 4 of the same number in. This strangely seems to multiply a lot should I come out of this keyframe and back again later.
Here is the code again, without removeEventListeners, because I still don't know what I'm doing...
this.stop();
//
this.keyPad.visible = true;
this.keyPad.gotoAndStop(0); //resets the key pad MC to numbers
//Keypad Enter disable
this.keyPad.keyEnter.mouseEnabled = true;
//// ERROR POPUP /////
this.errorMsg.visible = false;
//-- FUNCTIONS
function errorMsgHide() {
rootADAD.errorMsg.visible = false;
}
//-- EVENTLISTENERS
this.errorMsg.addEventListener("click", errorMsgHide.bind(this));
//// KEY PAD /////
//-- Variables Local
var priorityLineEntry = rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt;
var letterChoice = rootADAD.keyPad.letterOption;
//-- Functions
function buttonOne() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "1";
}
function buttonTwo() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "2";
}
function buttonThree() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "3";
}
function buttonFour() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "4";
}
function buttonFive() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "5";
}
function buttonSix() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "6";
}
function buttonSeven() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "7";
}
function buttonEight() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "8";
}
function buttonNine() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "9";
}
function buttonZero() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += "0";
}
//LETTERS
function selectLetterChoice (){
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text += letterChoice.text;
}
//OTHER BUTTONS
function buttonEnter() {
if (priorityLineEntry.text === "800"){
rootADAD.play();
}else{
rootADAD.errorMsg.visible = true;
}
}
function buttonDelete() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text = rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text.slice(0, -1);
}
function buttonCancel() {
rootADAD.priorityLine.priorityLineTxt.text = "";
}
//-- Event Listeners
//NUMBERS
this.keyPad.keyOne.addEventListener("click", buttonOne);
this.keyPad.keyTwo.addEventListener("click", buttonTwo);
this.keyPad.keyThree.addEventListener("click", buttonThree);
this.keyPad.keyFour.addEventListener("click", buttonFour);
this.keyPad.keyFive.addEventListener("click", buttonFive);
this.keyPad.keySix.addEventListener("click", buttonSix);
this.keyPad.keySeven.addEventListener("click", buttonSeven);
this.keyPad.keyEight.addEventListener("click", buttonEight);
this.keyPad.keyNine.addEventListener("click", buttonNine);
this.keyPad.keyZero.addEventListener("click", buttonZero);
//LETTERS
this.keyPad.selectLetter.addEventListener("click", selectLetterChoice);
//OTHER
this.keyPad.keyEnter.addEventListener("click", buttonEnter);
this.keyPad.keyDelete.addEventListener("click", buttonDelete);
this.keyPad.keyCancel.addEventListener("click", buttonCancel);
Again, I am grateful any help or guidance to help me fix this.
Thank you
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