just put a stop() on the last frame (when the text is big)
2009/3/9 Joel Stransky <stranskydes...@gmail.com>
> 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
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>
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