Getting a movie clip to stop playing, when another one is activated.

[iBabs2]

Hello,

I have a file with 3 movie clips and three buttons that control them to play...with the script below It is working fine.

stop()

function startImageOne(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
    imageOne_mc.play();

}
function startImageTwo(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
    imageTwo_mc.play();
}
function startImageThree(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
    imgThree_mc.play();
}

start1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageOne);
start2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageTwo);
start3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageThree);

Then, I wanted to stop a movieClip, if another one was selected to play..so I inserted stop options to the function, which I thought would work, but doesn't. Does any one know why...See this code below..

thanks

stop();

function startImageOne(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
    imageOne_mc.play();
    imageTwo_mc.stop();
    imgThree_mc.stop();

}
function startImageTwo(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
    imageTwo_mc.play();
    imageOne_mc.stop();
    imgThree_mc.stop();
}
function startImageThree(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
    imgThree_mc.play();
    imageOne_mc.stop();
    imageTwo_mc.stop();
}

start1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageOne);
start2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageTwo);
start3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageThree);

thanks

Babs

[Ned Murphy]

There's nothing wrong with the code except that you might possibly have mixed up the naming of things (using img versus image).  What goes on in the animations themselves?

[iBabs2]

Hi Ned,

I checked the names and they are all correct...(I named one of the instances img instead of image, but it is all fine.

The movie clips are simple...They have a stop action in the first frame, and then it is just an image that fads in and fades out..

Pretty simple?

The code looks fine, so I can't figure out, why the movie clip that is currently playing doesn't stop, when another button is activated.

It seems like is should work??

I'll keep playing .. thanks!!

babs

[Ned Murphy]

Are those timeline-based fades or actionscript-based fades?  I have been assuming they are timeline-based.

[iBabs2]

Yes, they are all timeline based.