to limit selection of checkboxes

[sskstorm]

Hi there

Does anyone know how to maintain a limit on the no. of checkboxes to be selected?
In my case, there are 8 checkboxes and user has to select any 4 of these.

Please reply.

[flyingmonkey456]

create a variable; raise it by one every time a checkbox is checked and lower it by one every time one is deselected. when you click to select a checkbox, check the variable before you check it. so something like:


on click{
if(Checkboxes =< MaxCheckboxes and selected == false){
select check box
Checkboxes++
}
if(selected == true){
deselect checkbox
Checkboxes--
}
}

[sskstorm]

Hi flyingmonkey456!


Thanks a lot for your reply.
I got inspired by it and used a different method using arrays and a for-loop and it worked!

I am creating an objective-based game with a job interview scenario in Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0.

The basic structure is given below if people out there need it:

var array = [oneBox, twoBox, threeBox, fourBox];

var count:int = 0;

var i:int;

// For selecting a maximum of 2 checkboxes out of 4.

for(i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
{
if(array[i].selected == true)
{
count++;
}
}

if(count > 2)
{
gotoAndStop("current scene");
}

if(count == 2)
{
gotoAndStop("next scene");
}