Re: [flasher] RE: Movie Clip in a button

[Erik Parris]

Thanks a lot, andy!



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Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 2:58 AM

Subject: [flasher] RE: Movie Clip in a button



> Hey Erik,

>

> The command gotoAndPlay() will always act on the timeline in which it is

> programmed. The button has its own four frame timeline. So

> gotoAndPlay("Up"), would tell the button to go to the frame labelled "Up"

in

> this timeline. If you want to reference another timeline such as the main

> timeline (or _root as it is called) in which you have put your button you

> need to use the tellTarget() command.

>

> For example, you could create a second frame in the main timeline with the

> navbar rolled out and the extra rollover buttons. In both of the frames in

> the main timeline put a stop action. Then using the following code:

>

> tellTarget (_root) {

> gotoAndPlay (2)

> }

>

> will tell the main timeline to go to frame 2.

>

> Since you have put a movie clip in the 'over' frame of the button, you

have

> created a hierarchy of timelines that looks like this:

>

> _root

> button

> movieclip

>

> The hierarchy can be used to target accurately too. So, if you had a

> Movieclip on the main timeline you could use the 'instance' panel to give

> the movieclip an instance name of e.g. Movie1. The hierarchy would then

be:

>

> _root

> Movie1

>

> If you then wanted to tell the movieclip Movie1 to do something you can

use:

>

> tellTarget (_root.Movie1) {statement}

>

> Similarly, if you put another movieclip in a fram in Movie1, then the

> hierarchy would be:

>

> _root

> Movie1

> Movie2

>

> and this one could be referred to as _root.Movie1.Movie2 etc.

>

> If you go to "Window - Help" in flash and search for TellTarget, you'll

find

> lots more info. You might also want to look at gotoAndStop.

>

> I haven't found a way of giving a button an instance name though, so you

> cannot target the button timeline from somewhere else (if anyone knows how

> to do this, I'd love to know!!). As a result, you might want to look at

the

> possibility of making your NavBar a MovieClip instead of it being a

button.

> To get the rollover action in your new Navbar movieclip, you can include

an

> invisible button (one with just the "Hit" frame specified and no content).

> Have a play with the idea and see what you come up with!

>

> Regards

>

> Andy

>

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