is there a stop() on frame 1 of text_mc? On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Ali Hitch <hitchy....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, > > Having problems on the coding side of what I thought would be a very simple > task. > > The task is: > > I am creating a navigation bar for a website. On the navigation bar, when > the user does a mouse over on a certain area of the bar (invisible button), > a specified movie will play once and will not play again unless the user > does a mouse over again. When the user clicks on the invisible button, it > will perform the action of a link and direct the user to another page. > > In a bit more detail: > > In flash I have created a document (actionscript 3.0). On the document for > this example, there is a piece of text called labelled 'home'. This text > has > been converted into a movieclip labelled home_mc. Inside the movie clip > there are 7 frames. Frame1 = home font size20 | Frame2 = home font size21 | > Frame3 = home font size22 | Frame 4 = home font size23 | Frame 5 = home > font > size 22 | Frame6 = home font size21 | Frame7 = home font size20. As you can > probably tell, I am trying to make a growing text effect in flash. > > Coming out of the movieclip to Scene 1 I have created another layer called > invivisible button1. This has then been converted to a button called > home_btn and made 'invisible'. > > What I have been trying to do with actionscript is make the movieclip > home_mc play once when there is a mouse over event with home_btn (invisible > button), but with all the code I have tried so far nothing has really > worked > and when I test the movie, the movieclip home_mc is just constantly playing > and looping back on itself. > > The latest code I have tried is: > > **Start code** > > var home_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip (); > //home_mc = someClip you embedded; > text_mc.name = "myButton"; > > home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver); > home_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut); > //adds event listeners > > > > funtion mouseOver (event:MouseEvent):void > { > trace (event.currentTarget.name + "mouse over"); > // the trace event is asking for the name property (which is like a > method) we set that property above. > //otherwise tracing event.currentTarget just tells us the type of object > we are dealing with = MovieClip > event.currentTarget.play(); > //this function can be used on ANY subject that has an event handler - > addEventListener > } > > funtion mouseOut (event:MouseEvent):void > { > trace (event.currentTarget.name + "mouse out"); > event.currentTarget.gotoandstop(1); > } > > **end code** > > I have had some vague help previously and have read and looked at > tutorials/books but still don't quite get this. I am after all trying to > learn a new programming language without any previous experience with > programming languages. > > Any help with this hopefully simple problem would be gratefully > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ali Hitch > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders