Line 1: You should probably be asking the opposite of what you have here (use '!') Line 6: I am guessing 'ABusRight' is a reference to an actor. If so, note that 'setBackground(GreenfootImage image)' is a world class method, not an actor class method. And 'setBackground' does not have 'Color' as a parameter. If I am correct about 'ABusRight' being a reference to an actor, usein place of line 6.

i noticed an error when i was retyping the code above. but anyways. Actually ABusRight is a label. im trying to set the background color and text of the label based on the location of the Actor named RedSquare. so ABusRight is a label that is declared and initialized in the world, whereas RedSquare is an actor. so the function im trying to call is is there something im missing here? i thought if ABusRight (A label) and RedSquare (An Actor) are both public then there shouldnt be an issue with doing this function.

yes. ABusRight is a Label from the Label Class. theres a setBackground and setText. the code is as follows,: the code that isnt working is

thanks. that got me partly there. but im running into this funky little error. on line 5 that code wont work. but this one will however the class RedSquare has the code: so the first code i posted on line 5 should work. but it doesnt. any ideas why it only works for the less than, but not the equal to?

Could the RSquare possibly have moved from Y=400 once it reaches there? From what you have given so far, it appears that RSquare will stop at Y=400, and the code to change the background color of the label should function. In order to delve further, I would need more information. Are you getting an error message, or are you just not getting the results you want to achieve? If you are getting an error message, what exactly does that message say (be detailed)? As a side note: in order that you are not constantly creating the new image each act() cycle, you may want to add a boolean insance variable 'private boolean foundAtY400 = false;' and when the object is found to be at y=400, change the value to 'true'. Oh, and use it to qualify changing the image ('if (!foundAtY400)'). I am assuming the once the RSquare reaches Y = 400 that it will no longer move at all -- is that correct?

@danpost: no, im not getting an error message, its just not giving me the results i want. and yes you are correct, once RSquare reaches Y=400 it will no longer move at all.

thanks for the help! im still not there yet though. when i attempted to do the boolean FoundAtY400, i got an error message saying that this function had to be public. so in the actor class for RedSquare, i put public boolean FoundAtY400= false; then i created an if statment in the same actor if(getY()==400) { FoundAtY400=true; } in the world class i changed line 5 of the code i posted above to if(RSquare.FoundAtY400=true) { some code. } the code works, to an extent. however, it occurs at the wrong time. it seems as if the FoundAtY400 is set to true automatically so its not being set once RedSquare reaches 400. any ideas? also, what other information could i offer that would be helpful in solving the issue? Thanks again for all of your help.

Actually, it may be because you have a single equal sign in 'if(RSquare.FoundAtY400=true)' instead of a double equal sign; but you can just ask 'if(RSquare.FoundAtY400)'.

lol. it seems like no matter what we try it doesnt give the desired results. I didnt receive any error messages, but this time, the RSquare.FoundAtY400 wasnt recognized at all. when Rsquare reached 400, nothing happend. i tried using the double equal and if(RSquare.FoundAtY400) and got the same results with both. could the issue lie elsewhere and not on that specific part of the code?

Very possible. Could you upload the scenario with the source code so I could take a look? I can let you know when I have it, so you can immediately remove it from the site, if you wish.