Re: FLASH: Disabling a Button

[John Croteau]

Hi Larry,


>> To disable a button go to a new frame where you have another instance

>> of the button but have the behavior of this instance set as graphic.  Return

>> to the active button(s) (behavior set as Button) when you need it clickable again


> I have all my MC's in Frame1 of the Main Timeline (about 20 of them in separate > layers). So far the whole movie is 1 Frame. Do I place the aforementioned

> graphic instance of the button in Frame2.

Or possibly in the Movie Clip.


> Can I use a Stop action in Frame1 to prevent it from jogging back

> and forth between Frame1 and Frame2 and vice-versa a Stop action

> in Frame2 when I want only the graphics versions of all my MC's on

> the stage. Is this the way to do it.

That could be one way.


> The invisible button is on top in MC 'A' which contains MC '1' with an invisible

> continuous feedback button array, and MC '2', a set of animations with a parked

> frame for the stage. So I don't know how to disable the hit state of the

>  top button instance and keep the button graphics on stage.

Don't understand but if you need to disable an invisible button wouldn't

you just eliminate it in the frame that is inactive?

 

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