Re: FLASH: animated button

[John Croteau]

Hi Todd,


> This should be a simple yes or no question (HA!). Is it possible to

> create a button that uses different movie clips for each of the first

> three states (static,over,select)?

Yes


> And if it is, is there any secific

> actions that need to be set in the movie clips themselves to allow them

> to play continuosly once they are in the "button" frames? thanks in

> advance for any help.

MCs in buttons can only play when the button state it is in is active. 

Movie Clips play continuously and loop by default.

If you don't want the animation to start and stop every time you enter a

particular button state you can easily control Movie Clips that are

external to the button.


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