Flash CS6 start and stop button coding AS3??

[jor34447968]

I need to use Flash for a uni assignment, I have just started using Flash so this is a beginner question.

For my assignment I need to create a bouncing ball animation and then add stop and start buttons. So I created the buttons by drawing rectangles and then converted it to a symbol and made it a button. I have tried all the coding snippets that I can find and most of the time comes up as a 1086 Syntax error. The coding I've been using is:

For the play button:

on(release){

  play();

}

For the stop button:

on(release){

  stop();

}

Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[kglad]

with as3, you can't attach code to objets:

your_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playF)

your_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,stopF);

function playF(e:MouseEvent):void{

this.play();

}

function stopF(e:MouseEvent):void{

this.stop();

}

[jor34447968]

Thank you for your reply kglad,

I still however can't get it to work.

I am using the button from the Flash library, then I right click on them and say 'convert to symbol', there I give it a name and choose button. After that I right-click on the first frame of the button and choose 'Actions' then I put in the code:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

startbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playF)

function playF(e:MouseEvent):void{

  this.play();

}

(the first line Flash puts in itself) does this have something to do with my process of creating the button or is the coding I put in still wrong?

[kglad]

click the button that's on your stage.

check the properties panel

enter startbtn in the name field

[jor34447968]

yes, kglad, my button's instance name is startbtn which is why I changed the code you gave me from "your_btn" to "startbtn".

It is still not working however. I have used other codes to make it work before but then I didn't convert it to a button so the button was a  movie clip, but I need to convert it to a button because I need it to have a click sound when you press it. But it seems that all my problems start when I convert the buttons into buttons, by going to "convert to symbol" then choose button. When I preview the movie a "1086: Syntax error: expexting semicolon before rightparen" message shows.

Any solutions for this problem?

[kglad]

click file>publish settings and tick 'permit debugging'.  retest.

the line number with your error will be in the error message.  if it's not obvious to you how to fix the problem, copy and paste the line of code with the error.

[jor34447968]

It says:

Location:

Scene 1, Layer 'Start Button', Frame 1, Line 2

Description: 1071: Syntax error: expected a definition keyword (such as function) after attribute function, not playF.

this is the code:

startbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playF)

funtion playF(e:MouseEvent):void{

  this.play();

}

[kglad · Accepted solution]

funtion should be function

[jor34447968]

It gave me another error message that said, that the library button cannot be converted into a button. So I created a button and now it works.

Thanks for your help!

[kglad]

you're welcome.