FLASH: Stop/start button for all sounds and animations

[Joseph Balderson]

I have a flash site I am building which has an animated logo and a few

other background elements including sound running once the intro movie

is finished and the main site is displayed.


My question is: how do I create one button to stop/start all background

animations and all sounds? The logo and background animations are movie

clip objects, and the sounds are all activated by buttons, residing in

button objects. I figured that a dual state button would be needed,

something that would be a play button like (>) when all is stopped, and

a stop button ([]) when all animations and sound are active. But what

the ActionScript for something like that would be has me puzzled. I am

new to Flash but I am familiar with Javascript, and so I would normally

just plug away at it until I came upon the answer, but this is a client

job for which there is a time factor involved. Any insight would be most

welcome.


Joseph Balderson


flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     flashforward2000 and the Flash(tm) Film Festival

 July 24-26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY, Hammerstein Ballroom

                  www.flashforward2000.com

   Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com

 Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems, Fusion, Inc, AtomFilms,

           shockwave.com and Electric Rain.

 1.877.4.FLASH.4  or (1.805.640.6679 outside the US and Canada)

 Register before June 15 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com