FLASH: tell target, actionscript equivalent?

[Paul Hagwood]

There is something I've been trying to figure out how

to do for a looonnnngggg time and it suddenly dawned

on me how to do it in Flash3 with TellTarget. What am

I talking about? 

I wanted to know when someone had clicked on a

succession of buttons (i.e. I would know when they had

clicked a series of buttons so that an action would

take place, like tell an animation to play). I can do

it with telltarget but I want to know if anyone can

figure out a way to do the same thing with Flash4

(cause I'm actionscript illiterate.)

Here is how to do it using telltarget:


1. All the buttons that are part of "series A" have a

telltarget that will tell MC "animationA" to Go to

Next Frame.


2. All buttons that are not part of series A have a

telltarget that will tell MC "animationA" to Go to

Previous Frame. 


Thus if there are five buttons that are in series A,

they have to move MC "animationA" forward 5 frames

before they can see the animation. The only way to do

that is to click all the correct buttons in

succession. 


That is how to do it in Flash3. Is there an easier way

using Flash4? If there is, I would love some help. 


Also, if anyone knows of a really good basic, idiot

guide to actionscript, please let me know. I assure

you, I can be taught, it just takes a little longer.

;-)




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Paul Hagwood

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