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0degreesK
Inspiring
March 13, 2009
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Can you disable hitArea once it's set?

  • March 13, 2009
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If I create a Movie Clip and assign a child Movie Clip as the hit area using this.hitArea = this.mcClipName; is there a way for me to disable that hit area?

For instance, mcButton is a button. When I click mcButton, it triggers a function that reveals other content in my movie. I don't want them to be able to click that button again unless they close the new content (using another button that appears with the new content).

Is there a way for me to disable the hit area of mcButton?
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Correct answer 0degreesK
Thanks. Something tells me this is ActionScript 101 and I should've known this.

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Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
Legend
March 13, 2009
In mcButton's onRelease function you can simply use:

mcButton.enabled = false;

And then have the other button set it back to true.
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0degreesKAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 13, 2009
Thanks. Something tells me this is ActionScript 101 and I should've known this.
Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
Legend
March 13, 2009
Actually, AS101 should be a course where people learn that there are basically three elements to objects... properties, methods, and events. And the Flash help documents identify all of them. So anytime you have a wondering about some object, the first thing you should do is see what it has to support the desired result. I do it all the time, and I've been at this for about 9 years now.
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