I created some movieclip buttons, set a statement to disable it, but I can't enable them again when another button is selected how can i resolve this?[code]
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now when you first look at this code.. it looks perfectly fine right? .. well if you use this exact code and place a clip on the stage with an instance name of 'mc' .. publish and rollover 'mc'... the trace statement does not show.. is there something I never read about with respect of creating functions inside if statements??
I would think you could use the function name(){ syntax.. and not be forced to using variableName = function(){ syntax in creating functions inside if statements..
I have a movieclip on the screen called "mc_bg". Within this movieclip are 7 movieclips called "barrier1" through "barrier7".From main.as I want to be able to do this call:
for (var i: int = 1; i < 3; i++ ){
trace("got here")
trace(mc_bg["mc_barrier" + String(i)])
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I have a dialog box object, every time a dialog box is created I want to disable clicking on everything else until it's closed. I was thinking about doing ...mouseChildren = false;, but because the dialog box is a child of that itself it wouldn't work out too well. Is there an easier way to disable mouse events on only certain things? I know I could add this as a separate child directly to my main displayobject, aside from the rest of the GUI, but is that the best way?
View 1 RepliesI am working on a Holiday Card for work, with a sound loop and an On/Off button. I used a boolean variable with and If/Else statement to check if the user had turned the sound off, as the movie looped back around to the beginning. After a lot of trial and error, I've gotten it to almost work properly... the buttons work correctly and the sound will stay on or off (after the loop) depending on what the user chooses. BUT, I cannot get the music to automatically start playing when the flash movie starts... the movie starts with the sound off. Is it possible for one of the seasoned AS3 veterans to take a quick look at my code below
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var pausePoint:Number = 0.00;
var isPlaying:Boolean;
var soundChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("GlidingOnAir.mp3"));
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Is there an efficient way to assign the following switch statement to two different buttons (movie clips)?
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Is there a way to use ActionScript to disable all buttons in a movie at the start of the movie (or at any given time in the movie), and then re-enable them at a certain time? I'm using Flash MX (only version I have access to), and I know how to get to the ActionScript panel and use it for basic things like stopping/playing a movie or jumping to a certain frame, but I haven't figured out much about ActionScript beyond that.
(btw, what version of ActionScript does Flash MX have?
I have designed a website in Flash AS2 and it is nearly complete, but I have one big problem. On my main page, I have a line of scrolling buttons as well as a slide show which also doubles up as a button. All of these buttons link to FLV movies. When clicked, the movie page fades up to cover the entire stage.This is the effect I want and I like the way it looks, but the problem is, all the buttons remain active underneath the FLV as it plays.So if you accidentally click on the movie while its playing, it's still possible to trigger one of these buttons, causing all kinds of undesired chaos!Here is a link to the current swf, so you can see exactly what I'm talking about.
The row of scrolling buttons (the circles) and the arrow buttons at the bottom are contained within a single movie.I must point out that I am not well versed in action script. I have picked up bits and pieces as I've gone along but I don't speak the language
I want to disable the tooltip on certain buttons.
The tooltip manager seems to be an all or nothing solution. Is it possible to disable the tooltip for just one or two buttons?
During an upload I need to disable all buttons on stage except the one to cancel the upload process. I tried this but "mybutton" keeps on being disabled:
stage.mouseChildren = false;
mysection.mybutton.mouseChildren = true
I am creating a spinning globe where I set up two movieclip buttons. One is called "europe1" and another is called "russia1". When you roll over "europe1" button, movieclip "europe_people" starts to play and button "closeEurope" appears. When you click on "closeEurope" button, the movie clip "europe_people" and the button "closeEurope" disappears and the globe begins to spin again. If you roll over "russia1" the same thing happens.
What I want to do at this point is if the user rolled over "europe1", I want to deactivate button "russia1" on the spinning globe until the user closes "europe1" by pressing the "closeEurope" button. When the user presses the "closeEurope" I want "russia1" button on the spinning globe to activate again. [code]...
Movie should not RESTORE(MINIMISE) if ESC is pressedMovie should not Close if ALT + F4 is pressed How should i deactivate or Disable ESC and ALT buttons in flashi have used fscommand on frame enter i could deactivate all other buttonsbut
View 3 RepliesAfter A.swf loaded on the top of B.swf,How can I disable all buttons in B.swf?
View 4 RepliesI have a website, and each section fades in and fades out. The problem is the hidden sections (alpha=0) still have their buttons active...you can click them and I don't use buttons, they are movieclips with actionscript in frame 1...How would you make sure these are disabled?What I tried was to create a variable sectionFlag:Number=1; this would have a different number 1,2,3,4 depending on the current section and then if (sectionFlag==4){ execute code }however, the sob just wouldn't work, it would execute the code anyway!
View 8 RepliesI have setup some nav buttons on my website. When I click one of the buttons, I want the current page to fade out, and I don't want the other page fading in until the first one is gone. This means I need a statement to go along with each button so that they all get rid of the current page, and don't fade in their respective pages until the first one is gone. Here is my current code:
buttons_mc.about_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CL ICK,disappear);
buttons_mc.about_mc.buttonMode = true;
buttons_mc.about_mc.useHandCursor = true;[code]...
So, what do I need in order for this to all function correctly, once "home_mc" has reached its final frame?
I have several layers of scrolling BGs via action script. In between these layers are a set of simple buttons made via "button" symbols. Within the stage, the buttons are recognized, however, when I test the movie, the buttons are not recognized/activated by the cursor. My guess is that the scrolling BGs that are on top of everything else (NOT added via "addChild" in a blank movie clip below all other layers) are somehow "blocking" my cursor from reading the simple buttons "below" them.
For the visual aspect of the project, the scrolling BGs are needed both "below" and "above" the buttons, so I need a work-around for simple button use in this multi-level scrolling BG environment. (just to clarify, by "above" and "below" I dont mean vertically above and below, but rather "layered" above and below, so as to "cover" eachother).
A way to disable multiple buttons on different timeline mostly resides movie clipLike when I click a single button, the other buttons will be disabled.As of now what I'm doing is like this...
function disableButtons(){
preview.btn1.enabled = false;
preview.btn2.enabled = false;
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i call my disable button function that is inside a for loop? it only ever disabled the last button but i want it to disable them all. Below is my code:
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import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
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I'm looking to create a bit of code the allows you to click on a button and disable the rest and so forth reinable when the others have been used
View 2 Replieshow to disable the button actions on an swf that I loaded so that they don't interfere with anything else. Is this possible? If so how do i do it?
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var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader();
holderMC.addChild(swfLoader);
var bgURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("cambria_home.swf");
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I have a couple of buttons on a movie in level 0, and those buttons load movies right on top of this one but to level 1... how can i disable buttons on level 0 as soon as level 1 loads, and vice versa, need to enable them when i press the button on level 1 that unloads this movie..
View 1 RepliesIs it possible to disable all buttons in _parent?I dont want to use the name of all the buttons
View 2 RepliesI have a meny here with 5 buttons. They are called "undermeny1.btn1", "undermeny1.btn2" etc. What I need to add to this code is that when I click Button 1, this button gets disabled, and if I then click lets say Button 4, Button 1 gets enabled and Button 4 disabled. Maybe an easy one but I just cant think straight.
Here's the code for my buttons ("undermeny1" is the mc in which the buttons live);
for(var i=1;i<=8;i++){
var meny = undermeny1;
_root["meny"]["btn"+i].ivar=i;
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I had tried to disable some button in external.swf which I loaded into the movieclip (mc_content) in the main.swf. The instance name of button in external movie is btn_1.
_root.mc_content.loadMovie("external.swf"); this works perfectly - it's open that external.swf in main movie. I have also a disable button (btn_disable) in main movie.
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I am building my online portfolio and basically you scroll through my work (you may have noticed another thread about this lol) and then you click on an image which represents the different work that i have done. This opens an "info box" with a few more screen shots of that project and some text about it. This all works great, but what i need is when the "info box is opened (loaded externally), the other buttons etc on the stage need to be disabled because the info box loads in a layer above everything else. When the infobox is closed, the buttons etc need to be enabled again so i cant just put the code in the onRelease function which activates the infobox as this will permanently disable everything. I was thinking maybe I can set up some variables so it can detect whether the infobox is opened or closed depending on the value of the variable but I have found it hard to reference the variables properly.
My portfolio is currently online - www.theo-nicolaou.co.uk - but it is one year old, buggy, slow and needs updating as i have more work to show. That is why I am rebuilding - mainly the structure and a few design changes. If you go to the link, click on portfolio, and then click on one of the circular buttons under the black square, and then click the image in the square you will see the "info box" and you will notice that any buttons underneath are disabled until the box is closed.
To activate the infobox, an image (i call it a thumbnail" is clicked, for example, "DG_thumb":
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DG_thumb.onRelease = function() {
_root.holder_mc.infobox_holder.loadMovie("DG_infoBox.swf", "start");
}
the portfolio page itself is a separate .fla (portfolio.fla) which is loaded into a main fla which has an empty MC called holder_mc. The instance name "infobox_holder" is in the portfolio.fla file and that is what it is loaded into when the thumbnail is clicked. The thumbnail itself is within a MC called webList (in this case) which is within a MC called portfolioList. This is on the main timeline of portfolio.fla so i guess the path would be (though maybe i am wrong):
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_root.holder_mc.portfolioList.webList.DG_thumb
however this doesnt seem to make any difference and it is still enabled even if i use enabled = false;I have also tried using _parent. but that doesnt work either.I also need to disable the circular group of buttons which are within a MC on the main timeline of portfolio.fla called "circles". They all have instance names, so in the case of the work i call DG, it would be "DG_button".
I have four buttons on a website - on press I want each button to trigger a fade in for an image...When a user hits on diff button, the the previous image should fade out and a new image fade in..... The script I am using doesnt work all the time..sometimes when i press a button...the i press a diff button...two images will fade in overlapping eachother take a look at my file and tell me how to make this concept work with no errors?
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I'm writing a flash game with using some pop-out message boxes, constructed by myself. Users can close it by clicking the button in the box. Meanwhile, the buttons outside the box should all be disabled!
I don't want to just add a condition check inside all buttons manually if there are alternatives... So I have considered using "Button.prototype.onRelease" event, but I don't know whether it can terminate the original script in each button.
In part of my actionscript i'm using: thumbnail_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+k, thumbnail_mc.getNextHighestDepth()); to create a seperate movieclips for ewach image in my xml file. How would I then attach another movieclip to each of the newly created ones? ie thumbnail_mc.t0, thumbnail_mc.t1, thumbnail_mc.t2... is there a way to do it automaticall7y or do i have to assign it to each one individually? "thumbnail_mc.t"+k.attachMovie obviously doesn't work
View 11 RepliesI am trying to build a menu. I have created few texts and converted into buttons, which goto some url on click. Now, I have to add "fire burning" animation to these texts on mouseover. I have a movie clip of burning fire. I want to reuse the same movie clip. Also, when the animation plays, I want text to be visible on top of flames.
Can I reuse one mc or should I create multiple clips (or instances)? How to bring the text to foreground? Guidelines and if possible,
i have a prob i have a class called Button wich it the base for my created buttons. my prob is that i want to create 3 btns on a y of 546. and 3 btns at y 576. would i have to create another array to hold them or can i do it it one array.
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