Re: FLASH: Tell Target/MovieClip/Menu help

[Cheri Harder]

Hi, Bri


I think I know exactly what you want but I'm not sure I can explain it very

well....brain is fried.  :-/


Each movie clip has a stop action after its opening, and has an ending

sequence.  At the end of the ending sequence, put a tell target and the

target is a variable name....the tell target tells that "variable" movie

clip to play its opening sequence.


That variable name is set by the next button that is pushed.  The button

tell targets


Oh, poo, brain really is fried.


Each button sets var "NextMC" = "a unique name"

    if CurrentMC <> ""

        tell target CurrentMC goto and play "closing"

    else

        goto and play "opening"

    end if


at the end of each mc's "closing" sequence

    tell target "NextMC" goto and play "opening"

    set variable CurrentMC = NextMC


so, if you have pushed "about" and then "things", thing's button will set

NextMC = "thing" and tell "about" to go to the closing sequence, which, at

the end, will tell "thing" to play the opening, and then set the variable up

for the next routine.  The initial "else goto and play "opening" is (I hope

the right way) to handle the very first button push.


HTHTH

(that's hope to heck this helps)


~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

charderawsolution [dot] com

Advantage Web Solution

www.awsolution.com


> http://www.brianmays.com/sellingflash.html

>

> You can click on any of the menu buttons at the bottom of the page.

> When you click one it moves to the top, just as it should, and the

> buttons that are left rearrange themselves as needed.

>

> My problem arises when I want to choose a different subject.  I can't

> seem to get a smooth transition yet.




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