RE: FLASH: How do I tell a movie clip to disappear?

[Paul Willoughby]

Hi Nico,


What you want to do is put the instance name of the showing text into a

variable, so you can target it and send it back to frame 1 when the next

clip is pressed. Maybe it will be clearer if i show you the code for one of

the buttons:


On (Press)

      Begin Tell Target (/:visibleText) (won't do anything the first time a

clip's clicked, as the variable's not set yet) 

            Go to and Stop (1)

      End Tell Target

      Begin Tell Target ("../Apple text")

            Play

      End Tell Target

      Set Variable: "/:visibleText" = "/Apple text"

End On


On the bear clip you would set the variable /:visibleText to "/Bear text".

One problem I noticed with your movie that stops this working is that you

have a little tween on the apple, and a keyframe with an instance of the

apple on the button layer in frame 3. I got round this by taking out this

instance and the stop action and just letting the clip loop back to frame 1.

Let me know off list if you'd like the adapted FLA mailed back to you.


hth


paul



Nico Irby wrote on 03 November 2000

> 

> 

> Hi Everybody!

> 

> I am in the process of making a Flash 'alphabet' for my 

> children where there is a picture of an Apple, Bear, Carrot, 

> Dog etc. which will hopefully get them to learn something 

> about the alphabet (as well as improving my Flash skills!).  

> However, I can't seem to be able to make a movie clip 

> disappear automatically when I start another movie clip.  At 

> the moment, when you click on the Apple, a little text box 

> about the Apple appears.  When you click on the Bear, a 

> little text box about the Bear appears and so on.  What I 

> would like would be for the text boxes to disappear when a 

> different object is clicked.  I'm sure it can't be too hard - 

> but my tired brain can't seem to get around the problem...

> 

> I have uploaded some of what I have done to 

> http://www.free0041720.free4all.co.uk/ and the FLA file is 

> also up there at 

> http://www.free0041720.free4all.co.uk/clips.fla  If any of 

> you can take a look at it to see what I am doing wrong I 

> would be most appreciative.  I have been trying various 

> things all evening to sort this out but don't seem to be 

> getting anywhere.

> 

> Many many thanks,

> 

> Nico.

> 

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