Re: FLASH: coding buttons

[Paul]

You mean to toggle a button on and off visually?


Set up a movie clip with the button in the up state in one frame and the

down frame in another. Then create an invisible button instance which is

within the movie clip. Use only the HIT frame of this button to define the

HIT area.


Double click on this button instance to display the instance properties.

Select ACTIONS from the tabs.


Your first action will be ON MOUSE EVENT from the actions list. Choose this

and then select RELEASE. You'll need two things; a variable called, say,

ButtonState. You'll also need an IF THEN ELSE action to make the button

toggle properly (i.e. permanently on or permanently off). Your action may

look something like


On (release)

   IF (ButtonState = "Up")

         Go to and stop (1)

         SetVariable (ButtonState eq "Down")

    ELSE

         Go to and stop (2)

         SetVariable (ButtonState eq "Up")

    END IF

END on


Each time the user clicks the (invisible button), you're animation will be

forced to move from frame 1 to 2 (up to down) in one instance and frame 2 to

1 (down to up) in the next.


I don't know if this is what you're asking but it's an answer to an

otherwise interesting question. (Excuse me if there's syntax or spelling

errors as I'm writing this e-mail on the fly).



--

Paul

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To: "'flashershocker [dot] com'" <flashershocker [dot] com>

>Subject: FLASH: coding buttons

>Date: Wed, Oct 27, 1999, 10:21 am

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> Hello all,

>

> there's probably a very simple answer to this, but I can't figure it out, so

> here goes:

>

> Is there an easy way in Flash 4 to make a button stay on its 'mouse down'

> state until another button is clicked?

>

> Thanks very much!

>

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