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ChrisH7180668
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November 5, 2010
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unified Rollover function on multiple MC's

  • November 5, 2010
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Hi all,

I'm trying to code a variable rollover for a sequence of MCs on the stage.

I have 3 buttons (MovieClips) on the stage and each time one is rolled over I'm making a different movieclip appear.

So I've done this in a root timeline frame script:

//put an empty container movieclip on the stage

containerMC = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", this.getNextHighestDepth());

//button 1  - "but1" is my linked instance name and Content 1 is my content movieclip

but1.onRollOver = function() {
trace("You rolled over on the movie clip '"+this._name+"'.");
newContent=_root.attachMovie("Content1","container",containerMC.getDepth());
newContent._x=300;
newContent._y=200;

};

and so on for each button (1, 2 and 3).

As you can imagine if there were 20 buttons there is a lot of uneccessary duplication.

What I've considered is, as they are sequential I should be able to read "but"+i and "content"+i and I could push the button names and content names into an array.  The thing I'm having trouble with is, how do I write the function so it checks which clip is rolled over and then attaches the corresponding content movieclip?

Ultimately I would like the script to check how many buttons there are on the stage and simply iterate for that number (so I don't have to specify how many there are to loop through i.e. numOfButtons = 4),  But not sure how to go about it.

As you can see the code could be the same for each button, if I could read the movieclip rolled over and attach the function variably.

In summary what I'm trying to do is have a single function for all rollover buttons named but1 to but n.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Chris

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Correct answer kglad

Hi kglad,

Ok, have tried it again and double checked all linkages but still only works no more than twice.  Will use trace and see what I can deduce.

Thankyou again or your help.

Regards

Chris


i have an error in removeF().  that should be:

function removeF() {
    for (obj in containerMC) {
        if (typeof (containerMC[obj]) == "movieclip") {
            containerMC[obj].removeMovieClip();
        }
    }
}

1 reply

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2010

unless you can make some assumptions (that are probably unwise), you need to specify the number of movieclip buttons:


//put an empty container movieclip on the stage

containerMC = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", this.getNextHighestDepth());

for(var i:Number=1;i<=buttonNumber;i++){  // define buttonNumber

this["but"+i].ivar=i;

this["but"+i].onRollOver=function(){

removeF();

var mc:MovieClip=containerMC.attachMovie("Content"+this.ivar,"content"+this.ivar,containerMC.getNextHighestDepth());

mc._x=300;

mc._y=200;

}

}

function removeF(){

for(obj in containerMC){

if(typeof(containerMC[obj])=="movieclip"){

containerMC.removeMovieClip(containerMC[obj]);

}

}

}


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ChrisH7180668Author
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November 5, 2010

Thanks Kglad,

I've inserted the script and set buttonNumber to 3 prior to entering into the for loop.

Unfortunately it only works twice and then halts - irrespective of the number of buttonNumber.

Would I have to wrap it in an enterFrame.

So there's no way to see how many movieclips are on the stage at any one time called "but"+i?

If there was I could use that to set the iteration, but wouldn't have a clue how to do it.

Thanks for your help, it's certianly well further along that I was.

Chris

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