Can i create a function to tell a button to open a movie clip of the same name

[nealeharris]

I am new to the actionscript side of flash,

I am working on a map that has say 20 popups(movieclips) and the countries are the buttons, i have just been informed i need to add 60 more.

Below is an example of the code i have been using

english_movie.visible=french_movie.visible=turkish_movie.visible=false  

english_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, englishButtonClick); 
french_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, frenchButtonClick); 
turkish_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, turkishButtonClick)  

function englishButtonClick(event:MouseEvent😞void { 
     english_movie.visible=true; 
     english_movie.play();      
french_movie.visible=turkish_movie.visible=false }  

function frenchButtonClick(event:MouseEvent😞void { 
     french_movie.visible=true;           
     french_movie.play(); 
english_movie.visible=turkish_movie.visible=false }  

function turkishButtonClick(event:MouseEvent😞void { 
     turkish_movie.visible=true; 
     turkish_movie.play(); 
english_movie.visible=french_movie.visible=false }

Im thinking there must be an easier way to do this than replicating the code over and over.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

:

var tl:MovieClip=this;

var mc:MovieClip;

var i:int;

var buttonA:Array=[english_btn,french_btn,turkish_btn,...];

for(i=0;i<buttonA.length;i++){

buttonA.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonF);

tl[buttonA.name.split("_")[0]+"_movie"].visible = false;

}

function buttonF(e:MouseEvent):void{

for(i=0;i<buttonA.length;i++){

tl[buttonA.name.split("_")[0]+"_movie"].visible = false;

}

tl[e.currentTarget.name.split("_")[0]+"_movie"].visible=true;

}

[nealeharris]

Hi thank you so much for taking your time to help me with this , im getting an error

TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListener is not a function.

[kglad]

oops, that should be:

for(i=0;i<buttonA.length;i++){

buttonA.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonF);

tl[buttonA.name.split("_")[0]+"_movie"].visible = false;

}

[nealeharris]

Thanks for replying im afraid  its something else now.

on a click of one of the buttons i get ;

ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property split not found on flash.display.SimpleButton and there is no default value.

[kglad]

this line:

tl[e.currentTarget.split("_")[0]+"_movie"].visible=true;

should be:

tl[e.currentTarget.name.split("_")[0]+"_movie"].visible=true;

[nealeharris]

perfect , thank you so much

[kglad]

you're welcome.