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noviceone
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November 27, 2006
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  • November 27, 2006
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I have several movie buttons. The active button is to have a different color to let the user know where he is currently on the site. Sounds easy right?

I tried this:

var activeButton:String;

buttonOne.onRelease = function():Void
{
[activeButton]button_txt.setTextFormat(normalButton_fmt); //reset previous button to normal look - failure
activeButton = this; //need this to control what button is active (orange) - success
this.button_txt.setTextFormat(activeButton_fmt); //set text to orange...success

<do something>
}

activeButton doesn't work. Is it because I data typed it as a string instead of a movieClip? Does anyone have any example of how they do this? I'm sure there is an easier way.


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Correct answer noviceone
Here is the fix:

first, declare activeButton as a movieclip instead of a string

var activeButton:MovieClip;
Then make the following BOLD changes:

buttonOne.onRelease = function():Void {
this_parent[activeButton. _name].button_txt.setTextFormat(normalButton_fmt);
activeButton = this;
this.button_txt.setTextFormat(activeButton_fmt);

<do something>

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noviceoneAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 28, 2006
Here is the fix:

first, declare activeButton as a movieclip instead of a string

var activeButton:MovieClip;
Then make the following BOLD changes:

buttonOne.onRelease = function():Void {
this_parent[activeButton. _name].button_txt.setTextFormat(normalButton_fmt);
activeButton = this;
this.button_txt.setTextFormat(activeButton_fmt);

<do something>
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