How to stop at current frame on click

[tarate47]

I just built a button with insert->new symbol... from the menu. For the "mouse over" frame, I converted it to a new symbol(movie clip), because I want to display many different pics on different frames when I have mouse over it. It does work. In addition, I want to make it stop at current frame when I click on it. Someone tell me I should write some codes and get the frame ID of the current frame, then stop on it. How to get the frame ID and stop at the frame I want?

[Ned Murphy]

You should only need to execute a stop(); command pointed at the timeline that you wish to have stop.

[slizarraga · Accepted solution]

If you put this code in the MovieClip you created. This will work, but it may not be what you envision. You'll want to create a new actions layer and make sure the code is in frame  1.

addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, stopOver);

function stopOver(event: MouseEvent): void {

stop();

}

addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, playOut);

function playOut(event: MouseEvent): void {

play();

}

This might be better, this way your view were will be able to move the mouse out of the way to completely see your image, but it does involve a click. Again, put this inside the MovieClip you created:

addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickEvent);

var t: Boolean; // true or false variable, starts off as false.

function clickEvent(event: MouseEvent): void {

if (!t) {  // Looks to see if the 't' is faults, if it is, the movie stops.

stop();

} else {  // Otherwise, it plays.

play();

}

t = !t;    // This toggles the 't' variable to whatever it wasn't; false becomes true or vice versa.

}

If you're just experimenting, either option will work. Otherwise, you'll have to be more specific in your description in relationship to what you want to accomplish.

Good luck.