A possible workaround could be adding a reset method that (re)initalizes the behaviour. You could move your constructor logic to this method. So, your constructor calls reset() when the object is first instantiated. Then, when neccesary, you could call this method to reset the behaviours (in a frame script in the timeline or where your code issues the gotoAndStop or gotoAndPlay that changes the frame).
Hope this helps. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2010/6/21 Tony Fairfield <[email protected]> > Is there a way to overcome the following: > > > > I have a timeline file, with quiz buttons on each frame. Each button is > a duplicate of one basic movie clip with a linked class and a > constructor that initializes the behaviour -- rollovers etc. For each > frame, the buttons are named "a1", "a2, "a3" etc. The problem is, I > foolishly assumed that a new keyframe meant these would be considered > all brand new buttons by Flash, and their constructor functions would > dutifully fire afresh, and all would be well. Of course, they don't: as > far as the Display List is concerned, if there was a button called "a1" > in frame 1, and if there's a button with the same name in frame 2, they > are exactly the same button, to hell with the keyframe. Hence, no > buttons after frame 1 will fire their constructor function. Even the > state of the previous button -- if it had been selected - is applied to > the new button with the same name. > > > > Normally, I would have built something like this dynamically, adding and > removing the buttons, but I was given an exisitng file that was quicker > (I thought) to work with as is, than to rework into a single frame, > dynamic file. I'm probably just going about things the wrong way. I hope > this is a fairly garden variety issue with a solution (other than > abandoning the timeline approach). > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > Tony Fairfield > Programmer > Lifelearn, Inc. > > 67 Watson Road S, Unit 5 > Guelph, ON N1L 1E3 > www.lifelearn.com <http://www.lifelearn.com> > > T: 519-767-5043 > F: 519-767-1101 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
