Making a button work in Flash CS3, CS4 or CS5 with ActionScript 3.0 – it’s not too bad

OK, so I can’t even get my code here correctly. It’s more like this:

stop();
foodbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.bc.edu/dining"));
}
peoplebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL (new URLRequest ("http://www.cbord.com"));
}

AND the error is:

Scene 1, Layer ‘food’, Frame1, Line 7 1021: Duplicate function definition. function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{

Hi there.
I’ve got quite similar example, the only difference is its about gotoandplay/stop action. It looks like this:

stop();
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndPlay(2);
}
but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(25);
}

First button works fine, but second one doesn’t. Instead of going straight into frame 25 and stopping there, it begins animation from frame 2 and stops at the last frame (because of stop action in frame 30).

When you make the function unique you need to changes it call too.

stop();
drill_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(20);
}

grinder_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2);
function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(30);
}

So in:
grinder_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2); <— You add you 2 here as well.

Hey, Everyone….
I am a newbie to flash cs3 and as3. I’ve been building a flash website for the past week or so and so far things are going ok. However, I have a navigation menu with buttons I’ve as’d to navigate to a new url. Currently when the buttons are clicked they open the url in a new tab in my net browser; I am using the code below for these buttons:

function HomeBtn(event:MouseEvent):void {
    var targetURL:URLRequest = new
    URLRequest("http://www.graemmegilmann.com/gghome/gg_home.swf");
    navigateToURL(targetURL);
}
home_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, HomeBtn);

What I need to know is how I get these same button instances to open the new url in the same tab I’m already viewing. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

I have a simpler question…I have a “Scene 1″ and a movie clip within the main timeline.

I have a button inside the movie clip and am trying to reference a “home” frame in the main timeline in “Scene 1″.

I have tried a number of things, but just can’t fuigure it out!

Please let me know and thanks in advance.

hi jen..Im pretty familiar with flash buttons and movie clips, unfortunately very little on scripting…i could get buttons to work but my question is ‘how to script a movie clip button within a movieclip? like where to include the actionscript whether in the movieclip, button or on the scene where the movieclip is’
enlightenment will be much appreciated…many thanks

Consider my last post as not sent, got it fixed thanks to Flashthusiast > categories ‘buttons’ duh sorry for my stupidity

All buttons work now, nice and easy

Thanks!

Peace
Thomas

D,
I had this same issue and this is what I assigned to my button and it worked for me. This takes my movie to the first frame outside the movie clip.

function playMovieMass(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    (root as MovieClip).gotoAndStop(1);
}

Mass_Play.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, playMovieMass);

Sorry I just noticed the second event listener was wrong.

function imgRewind(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(2);
}
rewind_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgRewind);

HI ! a newbie to Flash and AS3. I want to control the LABEL on my button but I can not get the syntax correct.

this.btn_Movie.visible = false; 

works to make it visible … but the same code doesn’t work for .enabled or .label.

this.btn_Movie.label = "MyNewLabel";

I get the following error:

1119:Access of possibly undefined property label through a reference with static type flash.display:SimpleButton

Tried to IMPORT the class:

import fl.controls.Button;

but then I get the error:

1172:Definition fl.controls:Button could not be found

Any help greatly appreciated! THANKS MUCH!!

I have five text buttons linking to 5 different states on a website(home, about, news etc).

i have added the following script:

stop();
home_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndPlay(1);
}

about_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2);
function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndPlay(11);
}

news_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler3);
function mouseDownHandler3(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndPlay(21);
}

portfolio_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler4);
function mouseDownHandler4(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndPlay(31);
}

links_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler5);
function mouseDownHandler5(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndPlay(41);
}

i have the following problem:

When i click a text button(doesn’t matter which one) it works fine. Then none of the buttons work after that. Assumedly because the script has not been added to the other states on the timeline. When i add the script to the five corresponding states on the timeline, i get compiler errors (duplicate script).

what’s the correct action to take?

Hi guys i’m new to the flash cs3.
After i press the button I don’t want the url to open in a new window ( want to keep it in the same window) how can i do that.
I been trying to add “_parent” but i’m getting an error msg
Tnx

I was wondering if it is possible to somehow get the name of the instance from which the action came?
If I press the thisButton_btn, then it could be nice to get the instance name passed as an argument or something – is there some way to do that?
Thanks in advance

What is wrong with this? I just want to simply move down the damn timeline! Thanks

stop();

fmr.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(2);
}

fmr2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(3);
}

fmr3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler3(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(4);
}

fmr4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler4(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(5);
}

fmr5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler5(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(6);
}

fmr6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler6(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(7);
}

fmr7.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler7(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(8);
}

fmr8.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler8(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(9);
}

fmr9.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler9(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(10);
}

fmr10.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler10(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(1);
}

Hey i am an absolute noob at actionscript 3.0, and i want to make a button that works and links to another scene. Thankyou

Thanks for putting up this tutorial Jen, I was struggling for over an hour trying to figure out how to create the previous and next buttons for a Flash CS3 presentation.

Oh and I get this error message

The class or interface ‘MouseEvent’ could not be loaded.

I can’t find anywhere that explains how to program a button to fast-forward 5 seconds or rewind 5 seconds with AS3. I get the logic (from what I’ve seen similar to this,) that you somehow call the current frame “n,” and you make a function akin to gotoAndPlay(n+5) seconds. I just don’t know the code to do this.

This is the best thing I have found for AS2:

on(press) {
    this.gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe+30); 
    slide01.gotoAndPlay(slide01._currentframe+30);
}

Can anyone AS3-ify this?

It tried this script and other variations but they do not work on Firefox, Opera on Windows, or Safari on Mac (and probably windows). I rolled back to Actionscript 2 (GETURL script) to get it to work, which it did except on Safari.

Is there a fix for this? I’ve done tons of research and have found none.

to the flash gods,

i am using 2.0 and i am trying to link a drop down menu to my web pages.
my drop down menu is 4 buttons that i would like to use to load a movie clip into the main contentMC. i have been trying to figure this out for myself but i am a little confused. i am using 2.0 and all the tutorials teach you how to link to an outside url

so my question…

 
menuBack.resumeBtn.onRelease = function() {
    loadMovie("resume.swf", contentMC);
};

menuBack is the movie clip name for the drop down menu. resumeBtn is the button inside the movie clip. contentMC is the movie clip that is on stage displaying the swf file.

the code that i have does not work. the buttons drop own but do not allow the swf files to load into contentMC.

when i have the proper working code do i.? put the code into the page actions or the movie clip (menuBack) actions?

any help would be greatly appreciated, i really want to do this on my own but i have hit a road block and i need to get around it.)

I’ve been trying to get these buttons to work with no luck at all haha.

I’m using this code

stop();

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

HomeButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
    gotoAndPlay(1);
}

PortfolioButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2);
function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void{
    gotoAndPlay(40)
}

I’m getting this error

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at PersonalSite02_fla::MainTimeline/PersonalSite02_fla::frame35

please somebody help lol I am totally lost as to whats going on…thanks a bunch

Grrr, I’m new to Flash CS3 also, and I’m having difficulty with a flash banner template my client purchased. The flash file already has an action layer, i.e. falling dollar bills, and I have added the client logo, however, they want me to add a hotspot to be clicked and navigated to the clients home website, URL. Can I not have two actions layers?

Above the button (inv_btn) layer I made a separate actions layer. I put in the actionscript:

inv_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.example.com"));
    trace("You clicked me.");
}

And I get an error:

The class or interface ‘MouseEvent’ could not be loaded.

What am I doing wrong?
Please help!

Thanks, Jen. I think I’m writing 3.0 script for 2.0, whoops!

Does anyone know of any good Flash CS3 beginner tutorials?
Thanks!

I’m having the exact same problem that Ruby did up above, that I’ll click a button, it’ll take me to another frame that has the same buttons on it but then the buttons no longer work. I’m assuming they should be buttons and not movie clips (?) I couldn’t quite understand what Ingrid did but if anyone can point out my errors, it would be SO apprecaited. Thanks.

Hi, I had same prob as Ruby but fixed with same mouseDownHandler number so thanks.
I have two button set up same as each other, but the second one when I test movie runs through its 4 states (up, over, down and hit) continuously like it can’t stop! Why would it do that but the first one doesn’t?

Sorry another problem has come up. Button 1 goes to frame 2 (correct) then button 2 goes to frame 3 (correct) but if I press on button 1 again nothing happens. Shouldn’t it go back to frame 2 with this script?

stop();
features_BTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(2);
}

location_BTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2);
function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(3);
}

Hi, great work!
i’m using the code you’ve written in a flash intro, exactly for the button “skip intro” and it works well!
but is it possible to make the page open in the same window and not in a new one? where have i to modify the code?
many thanks!!!!

In the button’s timeline, is the rectangle you drew in a layer above the button states? That should solve your problem.

Hi Jen,
I am also very, very new to flash actionScript 3.0, and I needed to know how to set up buttons correctly, I could get one to work but the others weren’t – thank you such much for your info, and for everyone’s posts, I worked out what I was doing wrong (not numbering my event handlers!!) and now it’s all working a-ok. thanks so much!!!
I do have a different problem now, I’ve been searching the net for ages and just can’t find what I am after, I want to make my swf play/pause via one button and I am completely lost! – any help/thoughts would be v much appreciated!!

Your instructions are so easy to follow. Thank you so many sites out there that make it really hard to understand. You are a champion !
Ben

CS3/AS3 is very different from version 4. I’m lot at this point and need some help.

I have a map with 50 buttons plotted on it. I would like for each individual buttons to launch either a new scene of another swf. I’ve given an instance name for each button “button_13″ and “button_14″ etc. How and where do I add these on the buttons?

Any help would be really appricated.

Ok, I just started actionscript 3 and im making a website. the top of each frame has HOME ABOUT BLOG PORTFOLIO CONTACT buttons. so on each frame i put this (of course for each frame the buttons had diff. instance names)

stop();

abouthome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(2);
}

bloghome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(3);
}

portfoliohome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(4);
}

contacthome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(5);
}

cs3 says i can not repeat the same function. i saw that someone named chet made a comment like this earlier, but the answer to his problem didnt even change the code. please help!

I am experiencing the same problem as Andrew… when i click button 1 it takes me to frame 5 (correct), when I click button 2 it takes me to frame 16 (correct) but when I click on button 1 again, nothing happens. I have tried everything I can think of, double checked everything, and the actionscript looks correct:

stop();

function gotoAudio(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    gotoAndStop(5);
}
btnAudio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoAudio);

function gotoVideo(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    gotoAndStop(16);
}
btnVideo.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoVideo);

Any suggestions on anything to try to fix this? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!

Ok so Im a first time user of Flash and Im trying to create a simple training program for some co-workers. Some simple buttons with some simple video clips. I was excited until I found out that I have to use code for button functions. Can anybody please tell if there is another way to use buttons with having to input code?

I am creating a game on flash, but having trouble with trying to make a button move from one place to another. I tried using a tween but it wouldn’t move when I played it! All i want it to do is move up and down, but it wont work! All my frames have actions applied to them. Do I have to change the button to a graphic or a movie clip, and what actionscript will i need?

>Sorry also note that if you are linking from a button that nested in a movie clip that’s nested in another movie clip you have to alter the code to look like this.

function trail_nav(evt:MouseEvent):void {
    MovieClip(parent.parent).gotoAndStop("home");
}
trail_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, trail_nav);

*You are going to want to add another “parent” after MovieClip(parent.parent) like that.

——————————————————————————

>For a Transparent Background And Fullscreen Video’s

In Dreamweaver after you add your .swf file to your page click on the flash movie and in you properties panel look for “parameters” button and click on it and then type…

wmode = transparent

and then click ok and your done.

*note: or if you have a video in .swf that you want to have the fullscreen function work on it just enter this instead…

allowFullScreen = true

—————————————————————————–

Well that’s it I hope this help you guys.

I need to have a code that works with my next and previous button.

I have a flash CS3 slideshow, but I want people to see wich button belongs to wich photo by making the button glow. How can I do this?

Thank you for these clear and FUNCTIONAL explanations of how to to make a clickable banner. After hours of searching for the answer, I finally found it here. Again, thanks!!

Hi Jen

Great post. I am also a newbie to Flash and your tutorial came along at the right time.

But I also have to sound the “how do you get the link to open in the same tab/window” horn.

Please help.

Hello everyone,

I am trying to make revise my portfolio website in Flash CS3. However, things are not as easy as I would have hoped. For some reason when I ‘test movie’ my buttons all work as rollovers but once you click the ‘about’ button to go to the ‘about’ page you’re stuck there! Once you’re on a page I can’t click another button to go to any other page. Does anyone have any suggestions for this frustrated Flash user? Thank you!

I am completly lost… I am trying to create a flip book with a foward button and reverse button foward that moves to the next frame and stops, the reverse moves to previous frame and stops.
I have 9 images on the image layer
then the button layer where on the first frame I have the buttons. I have named the instances I can (using this tut) get the frame to go foward one frame and back one frame using this code…

stop();

function imgAdvance(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(3);
}
forward_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgAdvance);

function imgRewind(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(2);
}
rewind_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgAdvance);

function imgRewind(event:MouseEvent):void {
    gotoAndStop(2);
}
rewind_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgRewind);

I am sooo lost can anyone HELP
R

hi Josh.. can you be more specific as what you mean by going to another page???

You People are using AS3 in a really primitive way specially for the use of multiple buttons writting function after function after function and the same with event handlers that’s to much work guys why not use the power of Arrays and Loops to assign one function to all your buttons?

let me explain

first off create all your buttons and there functionality I prefer to use MovieClips to make my buttons for the flexibility.

Give them simple names for example you can name them the same as the sections of let’s say a website like (home, aboutUs, contactUs) you will be surprised how much easier this makes things later when you can use the names of your buttons to do a lot of other things using AS3′s classes

Now create an Array with all your buttons names in it like so;

var btnArray:Array = new Array(home, aboutUs, contactUs);

We will loop through the array later using a (for Loop) to access the buttons by the index number of the array.

Then write your on click, over and out functions and issue the instruction to the event target button instead of a particular button, this makes your function reusable and that is one of the biggest advantages of OOP languages like AS3. If this doesn’t make sense keep reading

Leave them blank for now!

function onMouseClick (event:MouseEvent):void {

}

function onMouseOver (evt:MouseEvent):void {

}

function onMouseOut (evt:MouseEvent):void {

}

now the For Loop this is where the magic happens !!!

Let me explain!

write a loop that uses a variable give it the name of a single letter I will use the letter (i) make it an integer and give it the value of 0, then compare that variable with the array’s length property by setting it less then the array.length property of the array class, and finally increase the variable by one by using the ++ method of AS3.

inside the loop we add the button functionality by assessing the button through the arrays index by using our loop variable to access it like so “btnArray[i]“,

and if you use MovieClips for your buttons 2 little bits of code to make them work like true buttons the buttonMode and the mouseChildren property’s of the MovieClip class they both get a Boolean value so there really easy to set.

for (var i: int = 0; i < btnArray.length; i++){
    btnArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);
    btnArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onMouseOver);
    btnArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onMouseOut);
    btnArray[i].buttonMode = true;
    btnArray[i].mouseChildren = true;
}

now add your functionality to your functions if the buttons are going to do totally different things the use if and else if statements to assign the functionality if they are for navigation to a url then use the navigateToUrl property of the flash.net class and if it is for navigation in the flash file then go back to your flash file and at the beginning of each section put a frame label with the same name as the button that will navigate to that section then use the event.target.name property to go there like so;

function onMouseClick (event:MouseEvent):void {
    this.gotoAndStop(home);
    navigateToUrl(new URLRequest("http://flashthusiast.com/"))
}

function onMouseOver (event:MouseEvent):void {
    event.target.gotoAndPlay(over)
}

function onMouseOut (event:MouseEvent):void {
    event.target.gotoAndPlay(out)
}

I hope that was clear enough for the smart ones lol any how the complete code is a lot more clean and short the writing ten functions and ten event listeners here it is

var btnArray:Array = new Array(home, aboutUs, contactUs);

function onMouseClick (event:MouseEvent):void {
    this.gotoAndStop(home);
    navigateToUrl(new URLRequest("http://flashthusiast.com"))
}

function onMouseOver (event:MouseEvent):void {
    event.target.gotoAndPlay(over)
}

function onMouseOut (event:MouseEvent):void {
    event.target.gotoAndPlay(out)
}

for (var i: int = 0; i < btnArray.length; i++){
    btnArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);
    btnArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onMouseOver);
    btnArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onMouseOut);
    btnArray[i].buttonMode = true;
    btnArray[i].mouseChildren = true;
}

LOST in AS3 here is the code I think you need for your project when trying to flip from one frame to another you can use really simple math and the “Read Only” property of the MovieClip time line “currentFrame” and by using if statements you can loop from the first frame to the last with out running out of bounds.

stop();

function imgFoward(evt:MouseEvent):void{
    if (this.currentFrame == 10) {
        this.gotoAndStop(1);
    }
    this.gotoAndStop(this.currentFrame +1);
}

function imgRewind( evt:MouseEvent):void{
    if (this.currentFrame == 1) {
        this.gotoAndStop(10);
    }
    this.gotoAndStop(this.currentFrame -1);
}

fowardBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgFoward);
rewindBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgRewind);

Why on earth would they make it more complex? You would think that they would make the code shorter or something instead of twice as LONG!

Help! I have created a Flash CS3 Home page. I have a preloader on Frame 1 of my Actions layer. I have a stop action on Frame 32. I have 7 rollover buttons that animate as the come into the page. If I test the movie, it plays and stops on Frame 32. Each button is on its own layer. Where in the heck do I add the scripts that I want to add a URL script to each button? I have tried several places. If I add it to Frame 32, after the “stop();” the movie just keeps looking instead of stopping. This is so much of a pain than AS2. Why can’t you add a script to a button directly? Any advice would be much appreciated. – James

I need some help with more than one button on a page. One button works fine. When I add the script for two or more buttons, the flash movie just starts from the beginning again.
I did add a stop(); in the beginning, what am I missing?

stop();

finishes_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
      navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.perleygates.org/finishes.html"));
}

mural_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
      navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.perleygates.org/finishes.html"));
}
home_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
      navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.perleygates.org"),_self);
}

I have imported a video(AVI) and I need it so when anywhere on the page is clicked it goes to another scene and frame. I have tried many things and none seem to work! if any one can help please let me know!!

Thanks in advance

hi. i was wondering if anyone can tell me how/ why a button with a rollover function within a movielip in the main timeline does not work?
thanks!

I have a question, I need help. What I want to do is make a button that when you click on it it opens a SMALLER pop up window, that doesn’t have a nav bar or anything.
Like when you’re shopping online and you click on a pair of pants and a pop up window pops up that has a larger image and description and price of the pants.
This is in AS3.
I understand how buttons work but I’m not sure of the code on this. Any help would be immensely appreciated.
Thanks

U R GREAT!!! THAT´S RIGHT!!! I HAVENT CLUE OF ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0…in fact, i speak spanish, so its double hard for me. but u……..yes u!!!!!!! i love you! hahaha

thanks a lot, for real!

BUTTON DOESN’T WORK AFTER CLICKING TO NEXT FRAME

Hi There

I have a problem with my button navigation. I would like my buttons to work after being clicked, but it seems that my buttons works fine but if I want to reclick them again they stop working. I have each frame name in instances and have my actions on a different layer. Also, they I have made sure that the instances are also copied and named. There are no errors but I do not know why it is not working. This is my code:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
A.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,AClick);
function AClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Prep_A")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
B.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,BClick);
function BClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Prep_B")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
C.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,CClick);
function CClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Design_C")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
D.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,DClick);
function DClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Design_D")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
E.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,EClick);
function EClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Design_E")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
F.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,FClick);
function FClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Pre-Cons_F")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
G.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,GClick);
function GClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Pre-Cons_G")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
H.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,HClick);
function HClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Pre-Cons_H")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
J.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,JClick);
function JClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Cons_J")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
K.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,KClick);
function KClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Cons_K")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
L.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,LClick);
function LClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Use_L")
}

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
RIBA_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,RIBAClick);
function RIBAClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
	gotoAndStop ("Collapse_Dn")
}

PLEASE HELP! Thanks!

Hi everyone – I am having trouble making a movie clip called SJH_1 invisible on the stage. The movie clip plays a short slide show as the page loads – but when a site visitor clicks on a button, a video plays and I want to hide the slide show movie clip.

jk1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, vid1);

function vid1(e:Event):void {
	SJH_1.visible=false;
	vidPlayer.source = "jenvid.flv";
}
jk2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, vid2);

function vid2(e:Event):void {
	SJH_1.visible=false;
	vidPlayer.source = "SJH_Rendering1.flv";
}

When I test the movie, a compiler error appears stating that an undefined property (SJH_1) is being accessed. SJH_1 is on stage by the time the function is called (and of course it is in the library).

Does anyone know why Flash considers SJH_1 to be undefined?

And, is there a different/better way to remove something from the stage than setting visible to false?

Thanks for any help!

Any help with this code would be appreciated. I’m trying to get mouse to turn into crosshair and to have it work on a linked butoon. Each code works sepaerately but not together.

btn_africa.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.arcutech.com/image-testing"));
}

Mouse.hide();
crosshair.startDrag(true);
_root.onMouseMove = function() {
coordsDisplay.text = "X: " + _xmouse + "nY: " + _ymouse;
}

EVERYONE MAKE SURE THAT FLASH KNOWS THAT IT IS LISTENING FOR AN EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

place this code at the top of your actionscript:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

Sorry…
The error is:

The class or interface ‘flash.events.MouseEvent’ could not be loaded.

I seem to have a problem with adding actionscript to a button…in previous version of flash i’d have no problem but with CS3 whenever I make or draw a button, it doesn’t allow me to add actionscript to it even though i have it selected. It says in the Actions window that the current selection cannot have actions applied to it. I have no idea what to do. any ideas?

i honestly don’t understand why mine isn’t working.
help!

btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://student.ins.siskiyous.edu/art/art36/CULVER0407/Lessons/Lesson01/less01.html"));
}

that’s what i have
i copied exactly what you have, changed monkey_btn to btn1, and changed the url!
what’s going on!

that is the instance name that i gave it.. am i using a wrong format for the instance name? in lynda.com thats how they explained an instance name could/should be. and also regarding your response for natalie’s, do you add the script to the frame that the button is on in the actions layer? and what if i have a tween for the button, do i add the script into the last frame that the tween is on? or the first?

sorry i have soooo many questions

..or is there a way to just copy/paste the text and have it dynamic and have it work that way? when i did that before.. it loaded but once I tried to scroll, the text disappeared… SORRY!! I know this is a lot of coding and stuff!
thanks

stop();

var textLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var textReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("content/news_content.txt");

function textLoaded(event:Event):void
{
    news_mc.external_txt.text = textLoader.data;
    minScroll = news_mc.y;
    maxScroll = minScroll - news_mc.height + mask_mc.height;
}

textLoader.load(textReq);
textLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textLoaded);

var scrollPercent:Number = 0;
var minScroll:Number;
var maxScroll:Number;
var targetScroll:Number = news_mc.y

function dragScroller(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    var dragX:Number = scroll_bar.x + 20;
    var dragY:Number = scroll_bar.y;
    var dragW:Number = 0;
    var dragH:Number = scroll_bar.height - scroll_btn.height;
	
    scroll_btn.startDrag(false, new Rectangle(dragX,dragY,dragW,dragH));
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
    stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, setScrollPercent);
}

function stopDragging(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    scroll_btn.stopDrag();
    stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, setScrollPercent);
}

function setScrollPercent(event:Event):void
{
    scrollPercent = (scroll_btn.y - scroll_bar.y) / (scroll_bar.height - scroll_btn.height);
	
    if(scrollPercent  1)
    {
        scrollPercent = 1;
    }
    targetScroll = (scrollPercent * (maxScroll - minScroll)) + minScroll;
    news_mc.y = targetScroll;	
}

scroll_btn.buttonMode = true;
news_mc.external_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; 
scroll_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragScroller);

actually… with the coding i left earlier.. the text i imported as an external file loaded properly now and in the SWF and HTML files, once i drag the scrollbar, the text scrolls, but I loaded the page onto the FTP server and when i hit the scroll bar button, the text disappears. I dont know if its something in the publishing settings, or in the coding… i also loaded the external txt file and the same thing happened.
HELP

I’m trying to make a button link to a downloadable file, but right now I can’t even get it to link to another web page. Here is the code I have in the action bar for frame 158 (the last frame in the clip):

stop();

vcflink1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.flashthusiast.com/"));
}

Now when I run the movie in test mode, I get this error message in the output bar (not the compiler errors bars)

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at Movie_fla::MainTimeline/frame158()

What does this mean and how can I fix it?

Thanks.

sorry i keep bothering you… i tried copy/pasting that code and changing the names for the rest of the buttons I have on that page, but i keep getting these errors:

1021: Duplicate function definition. function handleLink( pEvent:Mouse

function handleLink( pEvent:MouseEvent ):void
{
    if( pEvent.target == younghottBtn )
    {
        var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://www.myspace.com/yhstatefam" );
        navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
    }
}
younghottBtn.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, handleLink );

function handleLink( pEvent:MouseEvent ):void
{
    if( pEvent.target == MockUlBtn )
    {
        var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "www.myspace.com/sickscientistsound" );
        navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
    }
}
MockUlBtn.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, handleLink );

vcflink1 is the instance the button on the stage.

Hi_going crazy with AS3, pretty sure I’ve done everything you guys recommend, but this is my problem:
I want 2 simple text buttons to take me to 2 different urls and another simple image button to have a mailto link.
I can make 1 button work, no problem but as soon as I add scripting functionality for the other 2 the first one stops working and the rest don’t work either. I have tried adding numbers after the mousehandlers and am sure my instance names are correct.
Is this a mac safari/firefox issue? Is there a workaround?? Here is the code and I will email you the fla file just in case you can give me a hand. Any help super appreciated!

eng_bot.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.yogamountainyogasea.com/index.html”));
}
esp_bot.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2);

function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.yogamountainyogasea.com/esp/index.html”));
}

I’m a super newbie to Flash CS3. I have imported a graphic into Flash, converted it to a button symbol, but when i click on the button in the stage, it says “Current selection cannot have actions applied to it’.

I have imported both a gif and jpg. I have clicked on the button itself and gotten the ‘up,over,down,hit’ frames, but still cannot apply any scripting. The nav bar I’m trying animate has a left arrow, #’s 1,2,3 and a right arrow. My intent is to have the numbers go to a specific graphic. For the arrows I want them to go to the previous graphic (if user is on #2, and clicks on the arrow, he should see #1.

Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!

Lisa

Thanks for helping me to get this work – it was driving two of us in our office up the wall.

btnSpecialOffers.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.microsoft.com”)}

Hello,

I nearly have this, could use a nudge! Using suggestions from Skeet (11/6), as well as Jonathan Jason (8/15) I have the following code, which works great, except that in the MC containing the content, when it goes to the frame it’s supposed to, when clicking the same button makes it jump to the next frame, as though the btnName value is lost,

-btns are on a layer in scene 1
-AS is too
-mc with content is too
-stops(); are in the MC where needed

AS from scene 1, frame 1:

stop();

home_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, navigate);
about_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, navigate);
map_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, navigate);
donate_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, navigate);

function navigate(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var btnName = “”;// creates an empty variable to hold the button/label name
btnName = event.target.name;// grabs the name of the button
main_mc.gotoAndPlay(btnName); // applies the name of the button as the gotoAndPlay target
}

FYI: I think I got it working, changed the line to read:

main_mc.gotoAndStop(btnName); // applies the name of the button as the gotoAndStop target

Thanks for all the ideas, etc. on this page!

Hi Jen,
How do I link my buttons to another .html page within my own website? I tried the URLRequest function and it works, but the web browser opens up a new tab every time you click a button in the navigation bar! I don’t want that. Help!!!!

To make this open the link in the same window, here’s the code:

monkey_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.flashthusiast.com/”), “_self”);

}

ummm…i tried what everyone said but then it said this

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at Untitled_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
what does that mean?

Hi all

I’m trying to create links/buttons in Flash CS3 with ActionScript 3.0.

It’s working fine when there is only one link/button, code reference below:

myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, MouseDownHandler);

function MouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“URL”), “_self”);
}

But when I try multiple links/buttons I keep getting this error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.

Here is the code reference:

DealOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickDealOne);
DealTwo.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickDealTwo);
DealThree.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickDealThree);
DealFour.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickDealFour);
DealFive.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickDealFive);

function onClickDealOne(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.tuttibambini.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=461″), “_self”);
}

function onClickDealTwo(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.tuttibambini.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=462″), “_self”);
}

function onClickDealThree(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.tuttibambini.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=463″), “_self”);
}

function onClickDealFour(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.tuttibambini.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=464″), “_self”);
}

function onClickDealFive(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.tuttibambini.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=465″), “_self”);
}

I try but I can’t figure out what that is…
Any help is always appreciated.

Thanks with Best Regards,
Muhammad Kashif Nayab Uddin

I have a menu problem i have this script on frame 1 of my timeline in an actions layer. The first script pans out to frame 30 where everything on the timeline ends. Script works perfectly.

function gotoHome(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“home”);
}

function gotoPartsandrims(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“rims”);
//<—- I am trying to get this menu to jump to frame 31 of my //timeline to goto the other menu.
}

function gotoGallery(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“gallery”);
}

function gotoLocation(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“location”);
}

function gotoContact(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“contact”);
}

function gotoStorehours(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“storehours”);
}

home_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoHome);
partsandrims_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoPartsandrims);
gallery_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoGallery);
location_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoLocation);
contact_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoContact);
storehours_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoStorehours);

then on frame 31 of the time line i have a similar script for another set of buttons.

function gotoRims(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“rims”);
}

function gotoTires(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“tires”);
}

function gotoLighting(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“lighting”);
}
function gotoInterior(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“interior”);
}

function gotoExterior(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“exterior”);
}

function gotoPerformance(evt:Event):void {
gotoAndStop(“performance”);
}

rims_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoRims);
tires_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoTires);
lighting_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoLighting);
interior_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoInterior);
exterior_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoExterior);
performance_btn.addEventListener(“click”,gotoPerformance);

This script works fine as well. Although when i run the whole time line the two scripts dont work with each other.

i get the following error :

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at FocusMainPageTemplate_fla::MainTimeline/frame31()
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at FocusMainPageTemplate_fla::MainTimeline/gotoPartsandrims()

I could use all the help i could get i am just a beginer i dont understand why it is doing it due to probably lack of knowledge. I have many books and i cannot find an answer.

Thanks a lot for the great tutorial…

Hi Guys, hope someone can help. I have a simple banner made in F CS3 and the website where i want to upload it to requested to add button which i did and then add:

on (release)
{
getURL(_level0.Tag,”_blank”);
}

Unfortunately after adding this scrip the movie starts looping although it has stop(); in the top layer.
My questions are: how to make this clickTag work and stop the movie from looping?
Any help would be appreciated

The code supplied to open the URL in the same window (rather than new window all the time which looks messy) doesn’t seem to be working???

monkey_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(”http://www.flashthusiast.com/”), “_self”);
}

I have my buttons working but added the “_self”); and got an error message? Any help much appreciated as this is really bugging me now!

I am new to Flash so this is a simple one for you – but not so much for me: I just need my button to link to URL which would open in a new window. How do I do that?

I am having trouble making a button link to the next frame. I am getting this #1009 error message ” TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at website3_fla::MainTimeline/frame2()
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at website3_fla::MainTimeline/enterSite()”

this is my code for moving from the first frame to the second:

stop();
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enterSite);

function enterSite(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(2);
}

Any reason why that shouldn’t work?

Thanks a lot

Hi I’m new to flash and CS3 I’m working on a flash project and my scene has three buttons which are presents the viewer should be able to click on each present which then takes the viewer to the next scene which its not doing right now. Then when should be at the next scene the are two more buttons which is suppose to allow the view to click on and take them back to the beginning of the first scene which is the intro of the movie which I put the timeline location and then the second button takes the viewer back to another location on the timeline.

My five scenes are Intro, birthday, firetruck, bulldozer, and dog. I am trying to get one button to go from the dog scene to the Intro scene and the other button to go from the dog scene to the birthday scene.

Here is the error message I’m receiving:

ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label Intro not found in scene Dog.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at final_project_2_Dog_fla::MainTimeline/boneClick11()

Here is my actionscript code:

stop();bone.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, boneClick11);function boneClick11(event:MouseEvent):void {

gotoAndStop(“Intro”);

}

stop();dogbowl.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, dogbowlClick12);function dogbowlClick12(event:MouseEvent):void {

gotoAndStop(“birthdayscene”);

}

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

hi — just wanted to say THANKS! been trying to get my head around AS3 all morning and just about to give up and go back to 2 then found this page, excellent!!!
Thank you thank you thank you!

Is anyone listening?

This worked great!! Thanks so much!!! ^_^

how could I add a simple text on mouse_over that says Click for Model Gallery them on MoUSE_out the text goes away

would I use the gotoAndstop on a different frame or is there a command that let me do it over the button

thank you

Err, could you explain to me how to make a button that just moves on to the next frame?

Error #2109: Frame label bio not found in scene Scene 1

This is the code:

//handle events for buttons…
bio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickSection);

function clickSection(evtObj:MouseEvent) {
//trace shows whats happening..
trace (“The bio button was clicked”)
gotoAndStop(“bio”);

I am copying and pasting my initial working code and I continue to get this error. With some buttons it works, with others it does not.
Thanks for your help.

Hi. I am working on a project. There are six buttons in it. I have all of them working except the exit button. I can not figure out the right code. Does anybody know how I can do this?

Hi. I am an avid fan of flash really, though am newbie, i still know the basic fundamentals in flash but when it comes to scripting, I suck…

I am creating a slideshow with 5 pictures (or 5 scenes) and at least 6 seconds before it’ll change into the next pic.. I have tried to create a next button that will act as a skip if viewers dont wanna wait for few seconds to view the next pic. What code shall i use??

I saw this kind of slides in yahoo… last year i guess. And I really love it.. Can somebody please help me?? pls….

Am trying to allow for 4 buttons in one flash file to link to separate URLs and have them come up within in the same window. The current action script that I thought was right only allows for the banners to open just the first url for all of them and when I try to add _self nothing works.
——————————-
stop();
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://169.254.87.7/joomla/index.php/pc/california-region-news”));
}
button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://169.254.87.7/joomla/index.php/pc/mid-atlantic?start=2″));
}
button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler3(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://169.254.87.7/joomla/index.php/nonprofit”));
}
banner1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler4(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://169.254.87.7/joomla/index.php/liquor”));
}

I’m trying to create a simple image viewer, where the next button advances to the next frame of the timeline and the back button advances to the previous frame. How do I write AS3 to go to the next or previous frames, when this is a variable event? i.e., I can’t tell it to just go to frame 2… it needs to be something like x+1 or x-1. Here is the code I have so far:

stop();
function imgAdvance(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(2);
}
nextbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgAdvance);

function imgRewind(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(1);
}
backbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, imgRewind);

Mike, try this:
Parameters request:URLRequest — A URLRequest object that specifies the URL to navigate to.

window:String (default = null) — The browser window or HTML frame in which to display the document indicated by the request parameter. You can enter the name of a specific window or use one of the following values:
“_self” specifies the current frame in the current window.
“_blank” specifies a new window.
“_parent” specifies the parent of the current frame.
“_top” specifies the top-level frame in the current window.

Here’s some flash of mine: http://bit.ly/CtVgv – http://bit.ly/10Th0S

I am new to Flash CS4 and am having problems with stop and goto button functions. I added the following code:

stop();
DurabilityBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler1);
function buttonClickHandler1(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
PerformanceBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler2);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {

gotoAndStop(3);
}

If I use Actionscript 2 publsih settings the movie stops but function lines won’t load. If I use ActionScript 3 publish settings the movie won’t stop and I get the same won’t load function statements.

What am I doing wrong? Please help!

thanks for sharing that Jen, great job! just what i was looking for : )

THX for the awesome tutorial. It helped a lot.

Why, oh why have they change this?! I was till now working in older version of flash with AS 2, and that method was in my opinion much better then this one; you have one button with script, and if you copy it, you have also copy that script with it, and then you just have to change some values in script and that new button had different function. Now you have to rename each button, and create separate script for each, and the dumbest thing is fact that you CANT PUT SCRIPTS ON BUTTONS!!! STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!!

I think that I will delete this stupidity and return to old Flash….. Adobe, you have manage to ruin perfectly good software!

I’m working with this code

stop();

reel_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onReelClick);
samples_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onSamplesClick);
about_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onAboutClick);
contact_btn.addEventListener.(MouseEvent.CLICK, onContactClick);

function onReelClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(“reel”);
}

function onSamplesClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(“samples”);
}

function onAboutClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(“about”);
}

function onContactClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(“contact”);
}

Whenever I run the SWF no error messages come up, but the buttons do nothing when click, everything else works fine, whats going on here can anyone help?

How do you get the CS3 script to target a particular window? It seems the default is to open a new window, but I want it to remain in the same. If I add: , “_self” I get an error.

monkey_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.flashthusiast.com/”));
}

I’m struggling to make a simple animation in flash where I have to switch between scene 1 and scene 2 by the use of a button. Thus when I click on button in Scene 1 it must redirect me to Scene 2. What is the actionscript for this simple task.

10X A LOT, MAN!!!

Great help, but i ran into a problem when i went to publish my document, the publish document sends me an error and doesnt send me to my page even though when i played the movie it did work, am i doing something wrong when i publish the file or is there something im missing?

Is there a way on a mouseover on a button to change the background image of the scene and also have a hyperlink if a user clciks on the button?

I am a newbie. This stops my sound:
layer actions (frame 1):
stoper.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopMusic);
function stopMusic(e: Event) {
SoundMixer.stopAll();
}
but how am I to restart the sound from the place I stopped it?
I want to stop and start the animation as well as sound and I have two buttons: startBtn and stopBtn named starter and stoper.
Could somebody pleaeaease help!

Hi I am designing a flash cs3 website and I want to include an intro that ends with buttons that will lead to the different pages (frames like home, about us, contact…) of the document. How do I write the actionscript for the buttons to lead to the various labelled frames in Scene 1, since the buttons are in the intro movie symbol? The code I tried is below, nothing happens after I click it.

stop()
Home2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHome2);
function clickHome2(event:Event):void {
trace(“home”);
gotoAndStop(“Home”);
}
Aboutus2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickAboutus2);
function clickAboutus2(event:Event):void {
trace(“Aboutus”);
gotoAndStop(“Aboutus”);
}
Membership2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickMembership2);
function clickMembership2(event:Event):void {
trace(“Membership”);
gotoAndStop(“Membership”);
}

Hi,

I followed the instructions you laid out (or at least i think i did), and the button shows up fine, but when I click on it, the website doesnt actually pop up and it gives me an error. I named the button bu1 and changed the code so that it’s acting on bu1, but it still says this: “access of undefined property bu1″ and it says the error is occuring in this line: bu1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

any idea what im doing wrong? I’m super new at this, so please explain to me in as plain english as possible.
please help me!! thanks!

thanks jen! it worked!
and for the speedy response… it normally takes me days to get answers online

Hello,

I’m new to cs3 and I am attempting my first full website in flash. I’m at the point of buttons and navigating within the web site. I created my buttons, but how do I make it when I click the button, it then goes to another place and makes the initial page disappears after that? Does the new location have to be on a new timeline, layer, scene, or what? Might you assist me with this, thanks?

What is a Handler?

Hi there.
I’m trying to link one scene to another.
It works correctly on one but when I copy and paste it gives me errors. It’s just a button to link to a scene (same on all pages).

Here’s the code:
stop();
allOn_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(106, “allOn”);
}

Here’s the error:
1021: Duplicate function definition.

Please help I only have this to finish!!!!

If you’re using this in other places you don’t have to define again the function ’cause you already did it, i think this is why it gives you that error.

Finally! After hours of searching someone finally explained how to create a freakin’ button that works with AS3. Thanks!

Thx a lot for the link Jen, i guess that solve my problem, thx again.

Actually, i found the problem. FINALLY!

Hi,

Does anyone here know how to create form to send to an email address on CS3 using AS3.0?

@Nadi Z and @Jean-Francois to make your button NOT open in a new tab add the target of “_self” like so:

navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“page.html”), “_self”);

@ Bruno: I think it’s this._currentframe

Hi Vlad,

This is the closest I have got to getting my button to launch my flash player. I was trying to use your geturl command but it just loads en empty window.

What I’m trying to do is emulate a function that I currently have applied to html buttons on my web page. My buttons have the simple ahref of javascript:Play(’120′,’arabian_breaks_v1_demo_mix.mp3′)

and this calls up some js which launches my flash player.

When I try to use that same link ref on a button in a flash movie it fails because I’m obviously missing something.

So how do I word the code so that i calls up my flash player in the same way that a text link or button would?

Sorry for my ignorance.

Cheers
Godbar

Never mind. In answer to my own question, I got it to work with this:

var url:String = “http://www.site”;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(request, ‘_blank’);
} catch (e:Error) {
trace(“Error occurred!”);
}

I also had to add another action (a stop action) so that the movie wouldn’t keep looping, which would have the URL keep reopening every time it looped.

I can remember the good old days when things were simpler.

As for my, “never mind,” I take it back. I thought I had it working, but now I can’t get the URL to open in the same browser window. I thought it would be to simply replace the navigateToURL(request, ‘_blank’); with navigateToURL(request, ‘_self’); but it’s not working. Even the simple links within my flash movie open in a different browser window despite my indicating that they should open in _self.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks Jen,

I just looked it over.

The thing is, I’ve got an Introduction movie that I want to redirect to another URL when it is done playing. So, there is no button, just a key frame at the end of my timeline.

And, I made the other links by going to properties, under options, where you can just type in the URL and target it.

In both cases, I indicated _self. But, the links still open in a new browser window.

It’s a mystery.

I’m trying to create a webpage that has two buttons (arrows) that will navigate the page left and right. Both buttons will have to be used multiple times: If I press the right arrow, the page “pans” to the right and stops . If I press it again, the page continues to pan to the right (and vice versa for the left button).

I have programmed other simple buttons that navigate me between scenes and link me to url’s, and have gone through several tutorials in my quickstartguide, but with this task
I can’t figure where to even start: Should the graphic on the page actually be a movie clip, that “plays” to the right if the right button is pressed? How would I move in reverse?

I don’t think I want to change the x axis of the page/clip, as I want it to be a smooth move. Or is there a way to make the transition smooth?

Can I script a single button for several events?

If anyone can help with anything (an example script would be awesome!) that will get me out of this flash-rut, I’d be super happy.

Thanks,
Christine

Thank you for saving me from tearing the rest of my hair out. I’m sure they decided to make coding a simple actionscript like a URL button more complicated for a reason that I will probably come to appreciate as I use it more (I hope), but for now THANK YOU for posting this. : )

Hi,
Im just learning flash in school and unfortunately i have the newest cs4 flash while my school computers all have macromedia flash player. Anyways, how can i make a button work that brings you to frame 2. I have tried your code from the first couple of posts, and it gives teh error access of undefined property my_btn. Any help you could give would be very helpful. Thanks in advance,

Jayson

Hi, thanks for the example. I have 6 buttons, which shows up all at the same time. Depending on which one is clicked, it takes you to either frame 2, frame 3, frame 4, frame 5, frame 6, frame 7 with all buttons shown for each frame. What I would like to do is show the down state for the button I pressed at frame one to show the down state of that button for frame #. Any AC3 code to allow that? BTW, I have all four-states per button. I would just like to show the down state per button for each. Thanks for your help!

I figured out my issue above. I just had the code in the wrong frame.

hello i’m building a website with flash buttons, I had use the code as is posted and everything works fine the only thing is that every time i click a button it opens the page on a new tap. Anyone knows what to do, in order to open the different url in the same tap?

so i’ve figured out how to do the whole thing. but let’s say i’m working on an animation. i have my first screen as the ‘play’ button. but once i click play, the animation starts but the play button stays on the screen. anyway to have the play button disappear once it’s pressed?

Maybe I made a dumb assumption that I could create each page of my website as different .fla files and link them (the way it works in Dreamweaver), but after making the buttons and all the files, I can’t figure out how to make them interactive. I feel so stupid! How does this work??!!

My code is:

home_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/index.html”), “_self”);
}
port_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/Portfolio.html”), “_self”);
}
resume_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler3(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/Resume.html”), “_self”);
}
contact_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler4(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/Contact.html”), “_self”);
}

After I publish and test the swf file it opens a blank home page no matter which button I click. I’ve been trying to figure this out for months but I get conflicting information and, if any. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!

Hi, sorry if I am repeating what others have written before, but I have the code on one layer (no keyframes etc, layer runs from start to finish of timeline) for two buttons; button 1 makes the movie run from frame 2 and stops on frame 10. button 2 runs from frame 11 to the end (so far only 20 frames).

i am getting the error of “TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at site_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()” when i run the movie. button 1 works, takes me to frame 10 then stops. the “close” button (button 2) doens’t work, and i get that error.

my code is as follows:

stop();
photo_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

close_btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler2);
function mouseDownHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay(11);
}

button1 is “photo_btn” and button2 is “close_btn1″. Could someone please please help me?? It is driving me mad.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Jen,

I now feel like I’m a step closer to getting my site up. I’m still having some weird issues, though. I saved all my .fla files as swf and html and have both uploaded to my host site. When I check the index.html file it comes up blank.

And when I look at my portfolio page, it doesn’t play the whole movie; it plays scene 1 and then jumps to my Contact page. I’m sure this is something to do with my code, but I’m still new at this and I can’t figure it out.

Thanks again for your help!!

stop()

btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Play1);

function play1(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(“leaves”);
}

btn2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.Click,Pla1y2);

function play2(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(“MODELING”);
}

btn3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.Click,Play3);

function play3(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(“child”);
}
addEventListener(MouseEvent.Click,Play4);

function play4(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(“tats”);
}

hi, does anyone know how to create a button in flash that enables the user to change the value of a number?? thank you

I still have a few problems that I can’t figure out. Is there any way you can look at my files or if I could send them to you? I tried to post the code but that section of my post didn’t seem to show up.

I’m getting a bit desperate. Nobody is as willing to help as you seem to be (and your advice is excellent). I feel like I’m completely stuck.

Please help!
Lisa

Jen,

Thanks so much. You are a blessing!

My files are at:

http://us.1.p6.webhosting.yahoo.com/filemanager?directory=&dispopts=+

I’ve uploaded my swf, fla and html files there, as well as some image files and anything else that might need linking. My website is at: htp://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com.

Thanks again!
Lisa

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the buttons are supposed to go to the actual game, the instructions frame, and my game Studios website. They all still go to my gameplay frame.

Hey, Everyone….
I am a new web site 15 pages to flash cs4 and as3. I’ve been building a flash website for the past week or so and so far things are going ok. However, I have a navigation menu with buttons I’ve as’d to navigate to a new pages Currently when the buttons are clicked do not open my pages or navigate the pages
thanks

Hi Jen,

Have you had any luck in finding out what I did wrong?

Lisa

Hi everybody,

Need a little help on loading external swf movies. I have a main menu page with 4 menus and when I click on a menu it loads an external movie and plays right on top of my menu page.

Is there a way to hide the main menu contents while the external movie plays ?

Any help would be great.

Bruno

Hi!! trying to brushup my flash..but having a lot of problem with as3. please help. i followed your how to make a button and link it to a particular frame; say from 1 to 2. it worked initially.
Now i have added 4 button to the frame 2 which are also moveclip buttons like my initial button. I added the script in the same action layer as the earlier button but on frame 2, as my initial script was on frame 1. now the error i get is;

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: product_ball.

that was the script on frame 2
and
this is on frame 1

stop();
monkey_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(2);
}

some one help have no idea on how to make a button work. Just want 2 buttons forward & rewind, this is just to skip to the next keyframe or rewind to the previous, this is for a slideshow

thanks in advance

Okay well i’m making a flash movie with a start button, but everything i enter turns out in an error my last attempt was almost right but flash said that } was unexpected and when i deleted it they said that it was an unexpected ending and that it needed this } so i’m al lost. the video i made just starts with the button but it automaticly plays the vid instead of waiting for instructions or a simple click with my mouse.

I have an animation that plays when the button is clicked then goes to a url. I used MouseEvent:MOUSE_DOWN for the animation and then MouseEvent:CLICK to go to the url. It works, but the only problem is that no one is going to hold down the mouse long enough for my animation to finish (even though it is only a few seconds) before lifting the mouse button and it jumping to the url. It gets about half way through and then it has already loaded up the page. Any suggestions on how to remedy this?

Thanks again for your great tutorial!

Hi i am a newbie in flash, i need your help. I just want to link from a page to another page in flash. But I am stuck. Can you help me with the codings and send it to my mail.

Deeply appreciated.

OK,,Im trying my first foray into buttons in flash and I failed on step 1. I built a test using CS4. One slide with a simple image defined as a button. Second scene is just a simple text box for now. I have the script assigned as
stop();button_1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,mouseDownHandler);function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {gotoAndStop(1, “Scene 3″);}
Yes, the 2nd scene is Scene 3, and the button is named button_1
When I TEST MOVIE, i get a compiler error–1120: access of undefined property button_1.
HELP???

Ok, (deep breath) here’s the code I’m using so far, with “goforth” being the forward button:

stop();
import flash.events.MouseEvent
goforth.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
}

Now I think to advance to the next keyframe, I do something like:

gotoAndStop(next (Keyframe))

How do I fit that into the above code to make it actually work?

thanks people you helped me much here just ceap the good work )
you are the best !!!!!

FIXED: Multiple Buttons/Links

For those of you trying this with multiple buttons, you need to make sure that the “MyHandler” functions dont have the same names.

Your code for two buttons with links should look like this:
button_1_instance.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,button_1_ClickHandler);
function button_1_ClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“/button-1-page.html”), “_self”);
}
button_2_instance.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,button_1_ClickHandler);
function button_2_ClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“/button-2-page.html”), “_self”);
}

The button graphics must be converted to symbols and must have instance names assigned to them that match (that is button_1_instance and button_2_instance.

See http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3it_firstflash_pt2_06.html
and
http://flashthusiast.com/2009/07/24/controlling-the-window-a-button-click-opens-using-actionscript-30-in-flash/
and
http://www.brightvisions.co.uk

Hope that helps!

Hi guys, am very new to flash and as3. am building a basic website with four buttons ( Home, About, History, Contact Us), a text holder (myText_txt) and a movieclip to hold pics (bigPic_mc). so my question is how do i load external .txt files (home.txt, about.txt…) when each one of the buttons are pressed while also getting the bigPic_mc to display four different pics (pic1,..pic4) ???? am really stuck with this and have tried a number of things.

Hi Jen!

My Home page is finally fixed! (I had the html pointing to my local files instead of the files I had uploaded.) Thanks again for your help! As for my Portfolio page, I decided to consolidate it into one scene, hoping it would solve that jump-to-the-Contacts-page that it does. Still no luck. I looked over the html and saw no sign of it jumping there. It doesn’t do this in the swf. THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!! My code looks like this:

home_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/index.html”), “_self”);
}
port_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler2);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/Portfolio.html”), “_self”);
}
resume_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler3);
function buttonClickHandler3(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/Resume.html”), “_self”);
}
contact_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler4);
function buttonClickHandler4(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.lisaruffmanweiss.com/Contact.html”), “_self”);
}

Re Levi, above. I am having same problem. Had something that worked in AS2 but not now in AS3. I had an app that had buttons moving forwards or backwards to frames. Now in AS3 I get error 1009. Button on first frame works but no others do.

what if i want the button to be click and go to a different frame???
What should i put in…just started to use AS3….

Hi, i am making a converter in flash to convert metric to imperial etc, i am trying to code a clear button so if the user types in the wrong value they can press it and it will clear the input text box

any help with the code would be much appreciated, i can only seem to find code for as2, im using cs3

Hey Jen, I support all of the affiliates for my company and we use
on (release) {
getURL(clickTAG,’_blank’);
}

I need to clickTAG in there, can’t hardcode the url. Can you help with this one?

Thank you so much!

I have an .mov that i converted to .flv but it came out as 1 keyframe and i have a button that i put on my video which links to a url but i need the button to move onto video or apppear at eactly 6min and 42secs. i have been working on this for 6hrs and cannot figure it out. if not knowing the code do you know how i can bring this one movie frame into multiple ones.

I placed 4 screens in 4 different frames of 1 layer, like 0th frame,40th frame,80th frame,120th frame …. so i want to move from 1st frame to 120th frame using a button control.All these frames must move sequential like a movie clip and has to show all the 4 screens while moving….So How to do this using a button control.

for the second btn you should have “buttonClickHandler2″
stop();
foodbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.bc.edu/dining”));
}
peoplebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler2);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (“http://www.cbord.com”));
}

Well… I closed the program last night and when I opened it this morning…I was able to add the code to the actions panel. SO Confused.

I was able to get my button working BUT I can’t seem to get a second button working in the same scene. (AS3)

What I have is two buttons. One is a mouseover button (web_btn) that calls a URL and the other is a mouseover button (replay) that I need to go back to frame 1 and play. Can you help with adding the correct code for the second button?

stop();
web_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.thelisaproject.org/”)) }

i dont know why they´d turn easy simple tasks into really complex ones. thats nice for a programer i think but for the rest of us, no. ;(

In desperate need of code to create a simple close button, but I am very unfamiliar with AS3. Does anyone have the code for this?

Thanks!

so I have a question
I created my button easy ok. (flash Cs4 Action Script 3)
flash website
how do I create a link “RESUME” when they click it it will direct them to a PDF in the same browser only different tab and display my resume.

Thanks!

I don’t do that much flash but when doing flash actionscript 1 or 2, a geturl on a button was really easy. Now on CS 4 and actionscript 3, it seems ridiculously harder. What the hell is going on?. Flash does my head in!!

Hi there – I used the code at the very top to link a URL. It goes to Firefox, but it doesn’t open the site. All my code is exact, using my button instance and new website only… So frustrating its so close!! here is my code:

my_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.saltys.com/”));
}

sorry it erased the end of my post, the button code (that is on the same frame as the actual button) looks like this:

mikemangena.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,mangenaClick);
function mangenaClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(2);
};

Hey this was great! Very helpful! All the other sites made this process so uncecessarily complicated. But I have a question. In a webpage, will these links open in the same window, or will they open in a blank window? I want mine to open in the same window.

Thanks again!

-Adam

I seem to be yet another one with the http call not working.
I have some child sites on happysnapper with GoToAndStop working fine

However I am doing one http://happysnapper.com/book with a total failure to work. I have copied and pasted the monkey example at the top then modified it to:

stop();
unseenlondon_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(“http://www.unseenlondon.co.uk/”));
}
RAH_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL (new URLRequest (“http://www.happysnapper.com/royalalberthall/”));
}
with a total lack of action.

The fla is sat at http://happysnapper.com/book/page3.fla
and the web page removed from the ‘book’ at http://happysnapper.com/book/pg3.html

Please help!!
An old and getting older Keith

In your step2 of Making a Button Work, you attach the code to create a listener to an instance of the button.
Can a single copy of the function called by one listener instance can be called from other listeners of the button instances on different scenes or screens.
Is it possible to attach the code for creating the listener to the button object itself in the library rather than the instance.
This would save having to create code (yes, it’s only one line of code) for each instance of the button, and once the listener creation code was good on the button in the library, creating a new instance of the button would always create good code. It would also simplify making changes to the listener definition for multiple button instances.
Even better, if the function could be associated with the button object in the library, reusing the button could take less code.

Hi I have an urgent issue with my flash intro page. I have the button and proper code, but it keeps looping even though the timeline reflects there’s a stop. Once i remove the code and place just a stop, the movie stops looping.

enter.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.ipledgedallegiance.com/&quot );
}

I’m using Actionscripting 3.0, CS4. Can anyone help?

how do you use this code for multiple buttons as flash doesnt seem to be able to hadle multiple copys of this code on the same frame

i get an error saying 2021 error duplicate function defition