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octapi
01-17-2003, 03:42 AM
First...I am completely new to Flash and this forum has been a great help for me to accomplish what I have so far.
Second...I have a problem that I cannot solve at this point with any of the great suggestions for similar questions. I am hoping that someone will understand what I am trying to do and maybe explain what I have done wrong/not done right with this project.
I have a .fla that includes some text buttons...My desired effect is to have a movie clip that contains text to play when the corresponding button is moused over. There are 6 buttons and 6 MC's that are only 12 frames and include a fade tween. I have color changes for the frames of the buttons and a 'get url' on the hit frames of the buttons. I have tried to use action script to 'play' the corresponding MC on 'over' with no luck. In fact, I think I have tried everything I could find here and at Macromedia with the same result.
I am sure I am missing something quite simple to most here and would TRULY appreciate any suggestions. Thanks to you in advance...
(copy of project here http://www.lvrocks.net/Jammer/ua3.fla )

cheez
01-17-2003, 04:24 AM
totally wierd, can't "test" your movie in MX. Can't access frames or properties either. Most bizarre! OK, I hope you (or me for that matter ;)) can find some help.

-Cheez

octapi
01-17-2003, 04:47 AM
Jeez Cheez...You are right..I tried to open that file with MX and had the same results. So, I tried downloading and then opening and that time it worked properly. Did you try the same? Thanks for your time.

Esquared
01-17-2003, 05:17 AM
Hey-

What is it you've tried so far? I tried placing this on a button and it worked:

on(rollOver) {
_root.Info.play();
}

on(rollOut) {
_root.Info.gotoAndStop(1)
}

NOTES ON THE SCRIPT:

1. Your instance names can't have spaces in them to work with dot syntax
2. You'll need a stop() action on both the first and last frame of each tween

octapi
01-17-2003, 05:29 PM
Thank you Esquared...I dont want to be a hassle about this, but I did exactly as you said (i think!) on the 'dancers' button with no luck at all. I saved as is and put here http://www.lvrocks.net/Jammer/ua4
I must be an idiot at this or something...

octapi
01-18-2003, 03:54 AM
Thanks a ton you guys. After I studied what you suggested and found my errors everything worked great! I will tell everyone I know how cool you all are here.