RE: FLASH: Targetting a movie clip inside a button

[Len Harrison]

Hi John,


Thanks for your quick response. It was nearly immediate. I was afraid this

was the case. I'm looking to create a button that is reusable in from 1 to N

instances. It's a plaque kinda thing and needs a label that sits on top of

it. I wanted to put the labels in a clip that referenced a set of text

symbols, provide an instance name for the clip equal to the button number

and then target that to give the button a label. Iterate from btnLabel1

through N in a control clip and voila: one button works as often as needed.

Change the text symbols for the labels as needed. Modify size and color

attributes in the over and down states of the clip. But won't work. I didn't

think so.


I don't want to put any "private method" code on the instance of the button.

That defeats the reusability and destroys the encapsulation. Better to make

N buttons and keep them clean. Too bad you can't trigger events off the up,

over, and down frames themselves. Oh well...


Thanks again,


len


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From: ownershocker [dot] com [ownershocker [dot] com]On">mailto:ownershocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of John

> Croteau

> Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 6:45 PM

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> Subject: Re: FLASH: Targetting a movie clip inside a button

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>

> Hi Len,

>

> > Can you telltarget to a movie clip on a layer inside a button?

> No, buttons don't have Instance Names or a hierarchy in the

> Movie/MovieClip structure.

>

> > I want to tell btnLabel1 to goto frame 1 and stop, either

> from the main

> > timeline or from within the instance of the button,

> preferably from the

> > main timeline.

> > How do I form the target here?

> Create a Novie Clip external to the button. Use Button actions to

> control it. Place the movie clip above the button or below it

> as needed

> and make the button partially or completely transparent in the

> applicable button frame if needed.

>

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