How to get a movie inside a button to trigger on rollover so it doesn't stop when mouse moves off the button?

[sarahc7407654]

Hey all,

How can I get a movie inside a button to trigger on rollover so it doesn't stop when mouse moves off the button? The final output will be a touchscreen so it should function when tapped once. I will have several buttons existing at the same time so I can't use the timeline to solve it. I'm using action script 3.0. Any help welcome please. I am a designer not a coder so scripting knowledge is limited,

Thanks,

Sarah

[kglad]

it will actually be easier to use a movieclip instead of a button and control your off,over and down frame display using actionscript.

[sarahc7407654]

Sounds good in theory. Any chance of a sample? One graphic for example is an ambulance. On rollover the ambulance drives off, siren flashing and sound blaring. I've figured it out in action script 2.0 but 3.0 is a no go.

Thanks!

[Joseph Labrecque]

Try something like this:

ball.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, triggerMC);

function triggerMC(e:MouseEvent):void {

  ball.play();

}

Assuming "ball" is your MovieClip instance.

Here's an FLA => https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/78088/shares/mc_click.fla

[sarahc7407654]

Hi Joseph,

I'm using Flash CS5 so couldn't open your CC file. Vould you save it down to cs5 for me please?

Thanks,

Sarah

[kglad]

check jl's answer but i think this might be more what you're looking for:

button_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseOver,overF);

button_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseOut,outF);

// button_mc should have a stop() in its first frame, an 'over' frame with your movieclip (eg, over_mc)

function overF(e:MouseEvent):void{

button_mc.gotoAndStop("over");

button_mc.over_mc.play(); 

}

function outF(e:MouseEvent):void{

if(button_mc.over_mc.currentFrame!=1){

button_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterframeF);

}

}

function enterframeF(e:Event):void{

if(button_mc.over_mc.currentFrame==button_mc.over_mc.totalFrames){

button_mc.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterframeF);

button_mc.over_mc.gotoAndStop(1);

button_mc.gotoAndStop(1);

}

}

[sarahc7407654]

‌thanks Joseph and kglad. I'll get time tomorrow to try these options.