Hi Jason It achieves what I'm trying to achieve, but it's a long way round as I have to edit each of the symbols to put in the labels and stop actions. I was wondering if there was a property that could be set so that Flash would automatically use the first 4 frames of the movie clips as the 4 buttons states so there's no need to edit the symbols themselves. The more I think about it, the more I think I'm making it up though...
On 10/20/05, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you put the following frame labels inside 4 frames of a movie clip: > > _up, _over, _down, _hit > > and put a stop action in each of those frames, > > when you assign behaviors to the movie clip instance (i.e. > myMC.onRelease = function() ) the movie clip will act exactly like a > button. Is this what you mean? > > Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | > icfconsulting.com<http://icfconsulting.com> > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Stickland > >>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:45 PM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: [Flashcoders] movieclips functioning as buttons > >> > >>Hi all > >> I've got a library of button symbols that I want to be movieclips so > I can > >>link them to an as2 class. > >> I can obviously convert all the symbols to movieclips in the library, > and > >>the button states are retained as frames inside the clip, however the > >>movieclip continually loops through the frames (as would be expected). > >> One way of fixing this is to execute a stop() action as soon as the > >>movieclip loads, but I thought it was possible to somehow flag a > movieclip > >>as a button instead so that it automatically treats each of the 4 > frames as > >>the 4 button states? Or have I been dreaming again... > >> Thanks in advance > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Flashcoders mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > NOTICE: > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, > please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use > of this e-mail by you is prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- http://www.chombee.co.uk _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
