RE: FLASH: Buttons inside of Movie Clips

[Dave Hollinden]

Yes, can do this is one movie clip.


In a frame on the timeline of your movie clip, create a numbered sequence of

variables with the names of your labels:


Set Variable: "var1" = "frame label1"

Set Variable: "var2" = "frame label2"

Set Variable: "var3" = "frame label3"

etc.


Put this in your button action:


On (Release)

      Go to and Stop (Eval ("var" & Substring (_name, 9, 1 )))

End On


The Substring function takes the name of the movie clip and selects the 9th

character, which is the number you've put at the end of its instance name.

Next you create a string by appending this number onto the end of the string

'var'.  The Eval action takes the string you just created and evaluates it

as a variable, returning its value which you have assigned (see above set

variable actions).  Your Goto action will then go to that label name.  Just

replace "frame label1" with the name of the label you want to go to in

letter_t1, same for "frame label2" and letter_t2, etc.


HTH


Dave Hollinden

Web Design Team Lead

dhollindensonicfoundry [dot] com

-----Original Message-----

From: Jason Bouwmeester [

jasonintervisual [dot] com (mailto:jasonintervisual [dot] com)

]

Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:21 PM

To:

'flasherchinwag [dot] com

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Subject: FLASH: Buttons inside of Movie Clips



Hey everyone,


I have a movie clip called "mc: letter T" - inside that movie clip is a

button called "btn: letter T"


Now what I want to happen is this, there are a few "mc: letter T" spread out

but each has a different instance name, i.e. letter_t1, letter_t2 and so

forth. Now inside the mc with instance "letter_t1" I want the button "btn:

letter T" to tell the mc letter_t1 to go to a labelled frame. No problem.

Now when I go into the mc with instance "letter_t2" I want THAT "btn: letter

T" to tell the mc instance letter_t2 to go to a labelled frame. The only

problem is when I apply actions to the button within letter_t2 it changes

the actions in letter_t1. I know why this is, because technically letter_t1

and letter_t2 mc are the same, but I thought that perhaps naming the

instances different that that would work. Is there any way around this

without having to have a separate mc for each letter T that is on the page?


I hope I made some sense and hope someone can help me out =0)


TIA,

Jason


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