Re: FLASH: How do you deactivate lower level movies?

[Paul Hagwood]

--- Steve Chadwick <

stevestuff [dot] co [dot] uk

> wrote:


> The problem I am having is that when a movie in a

> higher level is active,

> the buttons on the invisible level 0 are also still

> active and respond to

> mouseovers, clicks and so on.

> 

> How do you deactivate them?

> 

> I am using Flash 3

> 

> Thanks

> 

> Steve

 Steve,


Two solutions: 

1. when you load another swf into the main movie, send

the main movie to a different point in the timeline

where you don't have active buttons. (You can

deactivate buttons by creating a new keyframe and then

simply changing the properties from button to graphic.

2. If the above isn't possible, create a big blank

button that will sit in the background of your swfs

that load on top of your main movie. This big button

will fill the whole background and will only have a

"hit" state, do not put anything in the on, over, or

down frames. Then simply don't assign any action to

that button. Flash will only recognize the topmost

button  and will ignore buttons that are hidden under

another button. (good trick to know when you are doing

pop-up windows.)


Hope that helps.


Paul

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