ActionScript 3 - Making Multiple Scripts Work Together

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October 26th, 2011, 05:42 PM

dclary

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Flash CS4 - ActionScript 3 - Making Multiple Scripts Work Together

I am creating a Flash header for class and two things need to happen - One, it needs a stop and start button, and 2 it has to be clickable.

I have the code for each one and they do work separately, but when I try to apply both, only one will work. Here are the codes that I am using:

For Stop and Start

Actionscript Code:

Original - Actionscript Code
start_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMove); stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopMove); function startMove(e:MouseEvent):void { play(); } function stopMove(e:MouseEvent):void { stop(); }

start_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMove);
stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopMove);
 
function startMove(e:MouseEvent):void {
    play(); 
}
function stopMove(e:MouseEvent):void {
    stop(); 
}

For Clickable Link

Actionscript Code:

Original - Actionscript Code

var movieContainer:MovieClip;
 
var movieLoader:Loader = new Loader();
 
movieLoader.load(new URLRequest("header.swf"));
 
movieLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, 
movieLoaded_fn);
function movieLoaded_fn(e:Event): void {
 
movieContainer = movieLoader.content as MovieClip;
 
addChild(movieContainer);
 
movieContainer.x = 100;
 
movieContainer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callFunction_fn);
 
}
function callFunction_fn(e:MouseEvent): void {
 
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("url is here"));
 
};

I have tried reversing them in the actions panel but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

October 27th, 2011, 06:26 AM

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It's because you are making the entire clip clickable so that means that whenever the stop and start buttons are pressed it is also counted as a click against the movie clip as a whole. An easy way to get around this is to create a large block in the same clip as the start and stop buttons, place it behind the stop and start buttons. Make the large block a MovieClip and then make that clickable instead of the whole clip as you currently are. That way the start and stop buttons will be on top so the larger click won't be triggered.

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