Changing onPress events to functions

[gandalf458]

I have a simple movie in Flash 8 which plays a specified mp3 file, I'm trying to change it so that instead of using onPress events it uses functions [not sure of the correct terminology]. The original is at gandalf458.co.uk/playonce.fla and my initial attempt gandalf458.co.uk/playonce2.fla -I'm not sure where to go from here. Can anyone guide me please?

[adninjastrator]

Changing from a onRelease (for example) event to a function is pretty simple.

play_btn.onRelease = function() {
	gotoAndStop(10);
}

Keep all actionscript in it's own layer and not on the button itself.
So create a movie clip that will act as your button, give it an instance name and then with dot notation, append the action onRelease or whatever to the button name
play_btn.onRelease
then define the function... see example above.
Start with something very simple and easy... all by itself in a new Flash doc.
Create a button in frame one along with a stop(); and then in a separate layer put in the function actionscript.
Do a simple gotoAndStop in frame 10 or so... in frame 10 put a big blue box.
Once you verify that your function is working, then adapt into your real project.
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

[gandalf458]

Thanks Adninjastrator. That's very helpful.