how do I shorten 50 lines of script?

[DocBean]

How can I simplify my script for a page that has tons of buttons?

if I have 50 buttons on a page, is there a way for me to say
button1 thru button50.buttonmode=true???

or do I have to have 50 lines that say
b1.buttonmode=true;
b2.buttonmode=true; ..... and so on?

these buttons all have different functions so I can't just have them all be Instances of the same object without different instance names.

[Damon Edwards]

add them to an array.

var btnAr:Array = new Array(btn1, btn2, btn3);
for(var bt:uint = 0;bt<btnAr.length;bt++){
btnAr[bt].buttonMode = true;
};

[Ned Murphy]

If they are stage instances (not dynamic) and the number of them is known and fixed (say 50), you can skip the array and just loop thru...

for(var i:uint =1; i<51; i++){
this["b"+String(i)].buttonMode = true;
};

[profess1onaL]

quote:

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Originally posted by: NedWebs
If they are stage instances (not dynamic) and the number of them is known and fixed (say 50), you can skip the array and just loop thru...

for(var i:uint =1; i<51; i++){
this["b"+String(i)].buttonMode = true;
};

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that's right

[Emad Zedan]

I think if you are using a buttons they would not need to be set as buttonmode=true, but as I see you are using movieclips as buttons, is that right?

thanks NedWebs I might need this code too in the future.

thanks everybody

[rob day]

You could also put this in the first frame of the button movie clip then all its instances will be buttonMode true:

stop();
buttonMode=true;