Can anyone explain what are advantages/disadvantages to put the button inside the movie clip vs. to put a button instance directly on the main timeline? My final goal is to have plenty of animation going on inside the button stages.
View 4 RepliesI'm having trouble with buttons i placed inside the movie clip....whenever i place functions the rollover state of the button doesn't work anymore....i'm having trouble thinking where to place functions or methods.....i know programming in java and to be frank i'm having trouble with learning actionscript because the books i read don't say where to place the functions they write.Here's a link to my flash file [URL]
View 10 RepliesOn the about page of my Flash website, I wanted 7 buttons to navigate to various labels. I just finished the first button. I made it while I was inside the about_mc. It worked well but would NOT navigate. I took the button OUT of the Movie clip and made a separate layer on the about page for buttons and pasted it there and it worked perfect. When I made it inside the mc, is there some different code I should have used other than the standard code for making a button navigate to a frame. I built an addeventlistener and a function. BUT they only worked when the button was "ON TOP" of the mc NOT when it was INSIDE the mc. I have a transition tween on the about_mc and therefore the button does not tween when it is on TOP of the mc only when it is inside the mc.
var aboutTween:Tween = new Tween(about_mc, "y", Elastic.easeOut, -200, 146, 3, true);
laborLaw1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, laborLaw1);
function laborLaw1(evtObj:MouseEvent):void{ gotoAndStop("laborLaw1_fl"); }
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I have a movie clip on the main stage- inside that movie clip is a button- I want that button to contol a function on the main timeline-
example: Button Script
closeAll_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, goCloseAll);
function goCloseAll(e:MouseEvent):void {
****don't know what to put here to activate "closeAllOpenMovieClips" function on main stage****
}
example: Main Stage Timeline Script
function closeAllOpenMovieClips():void { trek_mc.gotoAndStop(1); lost_arts_mc.gotoAndStop(1); rain_mc.gotoAndStop(1); vintage_mc.gotoAndStop(1);}
***don't know if I need more script on Main Stage Timeline that just "function" ***
ive got a slider menu which opens when clicked. however the buttons (also mc instanced) inside the slider mc wont work... here is the code:
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the slider mc works however i cant seem to get the 'web_MC' to respond..
I'm just trying to find the right action scrip for instance on my button to control the movie clip it is within.I have currently tried..
on (press) {
mc_lexisnexis_main.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
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I want to put a button on a movie clip that is inside a movie clip. The button needs to access a "label" on the parent movie clip.
View 5 Replieshow can i get a MC button that is inside another MC to carry out its functions
the mc button is using TweenMax for its roll-ON roll-Off effect and that works as normal when i test main movie
but the button itself dont function when pressed still mouse roll-On roll-Off effect works but not the movie clip button it this to do with it been nested inside another mc or is it the code am using below
web.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop,(49);
}
web is just the name of the nested movie clip button i was saying
how do we refer the submenubutton which hasbeen masked inside a movie clip.
In my code ,
mainBtn3 is present inside "mm " movie clip . and on click of it I am able to move to another frame using below code . But, if there is a sub menu for the button , and if I am referring it as below [mm.btn3sub1] and trying to move to another frame . I am getting following error
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at sumiyatried12356_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
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Im able to link to a movieclip inside a movieclipUnfortunately one of the movieclips now are a scrollbar and scroll. Now the actionscript isnt working?cal.onPress = function() {gotoAndPlay(2);message1.contentMain.message.total = unit1;
View 17 RepliesI need to find a way to make a movie clip or button click and direct to a movie clip that pops up a window with data and has an x box to exit that movie clip. I also need that box WITH the x to be draggable together.
//Louisville,CO -------------------------------
louisville_btn.onPress = function () {
louisville_box.gotoAndPlay(play);
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i have a button inside a movie clip.I want the button, when i click it, to go to a web page in a new window.I have put my script on the top layer of the main timeline, in a layer called 'controls'
Here is the script:
Code:
function openPhotomore(yourEvent:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://anarkiuk.deviantart.com/gallery/#Photograph"),"_blank");
};
photomore_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openPhotomore);
I have given the button an instance name of 'photomore_btn', but it seems to be inside a tween aswell?When running the swf i get the error:
1120: Access of undefined property photomore_btn. How come it cant find the photomore_btn?
i have a button inside a movie clip.i want to load external movie clip from an inside movie clip button
View 1 RepliesI have in the Scene 1, on layer 2, Frame 2 a movie clip named "Festival_conteudo_mc".And inside of this i have a buton ( close_btn ) that I would like to close this movie clip and go to the Scene 1 - to the main menu.On Scene 1 I have my menu buttons ( Festival and Contacts ).
The problem is that i dont know how to make them communicate, I've tryed _root, and As3 tells me it doesnt exist and its replace by Stage...I too new in this stuff. What happens when i put
close_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,menu)
function menu(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop("Scene 1", 1);
}
It give Script no error, but when i Export the movie a error 1067 is reported.
i have this code in an as layer within a movie clip called pages
ss_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,reportCli ck);
function reportClick (myevent:MouseEvent):void {
// do something in response
addChild(img_holder);
removeChild(img_holder);
but the ss_btn im trying to access is within another movie clip called menu is there a way i can access the button
I made motion of movie clip iside it a button.the motion is like this:rom 1 to 10 then stopwhen you click the button it tells the movie the contiue from 10 to 20i attached this script to the button
[AS] on (release) {
tellTarget ("/") {
play();
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I've created a frame by frame in the first layer of the timeline and in the second layer (above the first) another one with a keyframe in wich I've inserted another movieclip with some alpha tween (a kind of slideshow).
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The problem is that when i test/publish the project, the frame by frame layer playes but the slideshow does not play at all, unless i extend in the main timeline with the F6 shortcut. If anyone has an ideea what is wrong please help me. Ty.
I'm working on an AS2 website that uses some alpha gradient masks in its header's looping animation. If I put this animation on the main timeline my masks work perfectly [setMask()], but, because the header needs to be a movieclip, my masks don't work at all.
It doesn't matter whether I tick the cacheAsBitmap property in the properties panel or I set it to true with AS for both the mask and masked mc's. I even tried with both, ticking and AS at the same time, but as long as my masks are inside the header mc, they're not working.
How do I move / create a button that functions inside a movie clip?I have been creating a quasi-simple website following the tutorial provided by Lynda.com. Using I have created a functional site in which the buttons work so long as they are part of the main timeline. However if I take this functional button and drop it into a movie clip I've created, it ceases to function. Drag it back out of the movie clip and it starts working again. I am sure it's an action script coding problem on my end.[code]
View 2 RepliesI am building a click through presentation that has some small text in it. To maintain the design and allow for readability, I have added a zoom feature.Here is the structure of the movie,Stage - contains pages movie clip and forward/reverse click buttons for changing pagesThere is a button at the _root level that uses a tweener to scale the pages_mc up to 170%. When this is clicked, it allows the pages to be dragged around the screen so you can look at different sections. When you click the button again, it returns the pages back to their original size stops drag.My problem is, on the pages, there are buttons with links to external sites. Once startDrag has been invoked, I cannot touch the buttons inside the movie clip. Is there a way to make these buttons work?
Code below
magUp_btn.onRelease = function() { this._visible = false; TweenLite.to(pages_mc, .25, {_x:-250, _y:-193, _xscale:170, _yscale:170}); TweenLite.to(magUp_mc, .75, {_alpha:0});
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I have one button its name a_btn. this button is inside one move clip name a_mc. this button is on first frame. so when write code for that:
function submit(event:MouseEvent):void
{
trace("hii")
}
a_mc.a_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, submit);
its working. but when i keep this button on 2nd frame or any where not in 1st frame inside that movie clip, then i get runtime error like: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.at NewFlashDocument_fla::MainTimeline/NewFlashDocument_fla::frame1(). how can i access that button on second frame...
I have a button (myButton_btn) which is nested inside a few movie clips. How do I access it from the main time line? Does this look like a proper code:
firstLevel_mc.secondLevel_mc.thirdLevel_mc.myButton_btn.addEventListen er(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick_goHome);
function onClick_goHome(event:MouseEvent): void {
this.gotoAndPlay("homesequence");
}
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I have this code in an as layer within a movie clip called pages[code]...
but the ss_btn im trying to access is within another movie clip called menu is there a way i can access the button
Trying to target a button inside a mc in order to trigger a swf.the mc is called "nav_btns"the button is called "contact_btn" The swf has the same name as the listener in order to repeat the function with multiple swfs. my problem is, i'm getting an error of an Access of undefined property with my mcI geting an error:"1120: Access of undefined property nav_btns.
my code:
var Xpos:Number = 461;
var Ypos:Number = 294;
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My problem is I don't know how to call buttons that are located inside the movieclip?
nav_btns is the movie clip on the main tiimeline, contact_btn is the button inside the mc
script example: nav_btns.contact_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.C LICK, btnClick);
everything is labeled correct and i still get a undefined error
but i figured it out "use the Target" in AS3
I have button inside of a movieclip (that acts as a button and this movieclip has these actions)
movieclip.onRelease = function() {
moviclip.play();
};
I cannot click the button inside the movie clip (movie clip is getting closed) what shall I do?
I have a movie clip button inside another movie clip. I want that movie clip button to take me to the main timeline, frame 1 (or any equivalent that would you restart the .fla).
View 2 RepliesI am creating a menu system, where the links is being dynamically populated. The menu actually slides in and out of the screen from the side. The problem I am having, is that the menu that is sliding in and out, is being called onto the stage through action script from the library. Within the menu(Index_mc) there is a button with a instance name "Closed_button", where I want to tell it to slide back out.
I find it when I used the code;
_root.Index_mc.Close_button.onRelease = function () {
Tweener.addTween(_root.Index_mc, {_x:-300, time:.8, transition:"easeOutCubic"});
}
It is not registering the event on the button. Even though the index_mc loads properly and populate the menu accordingly. I have buttons on the stage where it is not within the "Index_mc" movie clip but controls the "Index_mc" moving it in and out of the stage fine. All the issues occurs when the button is nested in a movie clip.
The other issue I can forsee is that as I am dynamically generating the list of items in my menu which is not set in length depending on the xml, and how many slides there is and pushing it into an array. From there I attach movies clips of a button into the "Index_mc" in addition incrementing the the button name, giving it a unique name for the nested buttons being created (eg button1, button2, button3). My question is there a way I can register what is being clicked on in the menu? Since it is all is dynamically loaded and I wouldn't know how many buttons is being created in the menu.
how to have a button work when it is inside a movie clip that has actions on it. for example ..i have a movie symbol that has a 'on rolloever..x-scale up to 150%..and then back down to 100 on rolloff.' when i put a button inside this, that button loses its functionality.
View 3 RepliesBasically I have a movieclip that when I roll_over it reveals two buttons that I then need to use to remove movieclips that are on the same stage as the original movie clip. So the button inside the movieclip needs to remove a different movieclip that is also up on level.I've tried this many different ways, none seem to work. The error that I keep getting is undefined property of "grey_mc." And yes I made sure it has an instance name of grey_mc on the main stage. my code looks like:
Code:
removeButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent) {
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