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wfzen
wfzen
Inspiring
November 10, 2015
Answered

how to share the same function from different frames

  • November 10, 2015
  • 1 reply
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I'm creating a multiple choice quiz with multiple questions.

I have each clickable selection using "answer1", "answer2" ... as instance name.

I created standard button to show different states and make selection (like what's below):

answer1.buttonMode = true;// to show hand icon

answer1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, answer1Click);

answer1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, answer1Rollover);

answer1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, answer1Rollout);

function answer1Click(ev:MouseEvent):void

{

  answer1.gotoanswerndStop(2);

  answer2.gotoanswerndStop(1);

  answer3.gotoanswerndStop(1);

  answer4.gotoanswerndStop(1);

  sel = 1;

}

function answer1Rollover(ev:MouseEvent):void

{

  answer1.gotoanswerndStop(2);

}

function answer1Rollout(ev:MouseEvent):void

{

  if (sel != 1)

  {

  answer1.gotoanswerndStop(1);

  }

}

I duplicate the frame for different questions but I can't reuse the same functions for the first question. It would give "Duplicate function definition." error. I don't want to rename the instance names for each new question. How can I reuse the same function for all questions?

Thanks,

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Correct answer nezarov

This layer only for the functions don't use it to add the event listeners.. add the listeners only when the answer buttons appears:

1 reply

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nezarov
Inspiring
November 10, 2015

Put the function in a separate layer with one key frame

wfzen
wfzenAuthor
Inspiring
November 10, 2015

Thanks for the help. I did that but still only works with the first question. See attachment: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6qhPNFLo-EpbTZFQkt5WFpMNkE

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 10, 2015

assign the correct answer before calling the answer listener function.  eg,

var i:int;

function answerClick(ev:MouseEvent):void{

if(MovieClip(e.currentTarget).correct){

MovieClip(e.currentTarget).gotoanswerndStop(2);  // assuming this is what should show if answer is correct

} else {

MovieClip(e.currentTarget).gotoanswerndStop(1);

}

}

// question 1:

answer1.correct=true;

for(i=1;i<=4;i++){

this['answer'+i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, answerClick);

}

// question 2:

answer3.correct=true;

for(i=1;i<=4;i++){

this['answer'+i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, answerClick);

}

// etc

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