Blinking/Flashing Buttons

[jbricker]

HI!
I'm a new flasher (if you will) and have come across an interesting problem.
I've never had any difficulty making buttons until now, and even the simplest test buttons I create result in the same issue.

The issue is simple

The buttons don't hold their state.

When the movie loads, the buttons appear as they are flashing from the UP
to the OVER state, without running the mouse cursor over them...

I feel like I'm missing something incredible stupid!

any suggestions?


Josh

[oldnewbie]

You sure the buttons have a button behavior? Sounds like you've somehow changed them to movie clips, which are playing the 4 states!

[Darkware]

yes indeed. Although you may have buttons (F11 to see your Library to see that your object is a button) when the object is on stage, the behavior can be changed to button, movie clip, or graphic. You need to make sure it is set to "button."

What's interesting is that the Library behavior really isn't important. Graphics, buttons, and movies all have an infinite number of frames, so you can make them however you want, then set the behavior on stage to whatever it is you would like to have it function as an MC, Button, or Graphic.

[jbricker]

I guess thats why they call you the GURUS!
thanks a bunch, it was a movieclip on the stage... now why didn't I think of that!

thanks again

josh