How to make a pop up menu

[Guest]

Hi, a simple question really, I would like for the user to click on a help button and have a new window pop up for them to help. Another window other than the main frame. So how would I go to making this new frame and how to code it's appearance and dissapearance. Thanks

[kglad]

you can create a movieclip that you add (using addChild) and remove (using removeChild) from the display.

[Guest]

So I am very new to this, what exactly is a movieclip? is it an animation? or another .fla file?

[kglad]

it's a symbol type.

you should read some introductory material about flash.  there's nothing more basic than a movieclip in flash pro.

[Guest]

What would I do with the symbol? now that you mentioned symbol I remember learning about a MovieClip.

[kglad]

start here: Five steps to learning Flash Professional | Adobe Developer Connection

[Guest]

I created the movieclip, and now the coding for it is the trouble, I am trying to start the program off with it being invisible, or not there, and when they go to click a button it appears. This is the code I have to make it invisible on the launch of the program (the movieclip is called menu_instructions in the properties menu) :

/*

  Nom du programmeur: Tyson Steele

  Date: 30/03/2015

  Nom du fichier:  U1A7_Puissances.as

  Description:  Ce programme liste toutes les valeurs d'une base exposant un chiffre de 0 à l'exposant.

*/

package

{

  import flash.display.*;  //Ceci importe les fonctions déjà existant dans le programme pour faire fonctionner les fonctions.

  import flash.text.*;

  import flash.display.MovieClip;

  import flash.events.MouseEvent;

  public class U1A7_Puissances extends MovieClip

  {

  var menu_instructions:MovieClip;

  removeChild(menu_instructions);

This is a prtsc of the properties window :

Sorry for the french.

[Guest · Accepted solution]

So just posting this in case anyone comes across this issue as I have found the solution with the help of this website : http://www.danfergusdesign.com/classfiles/oldClasses/VCB331-richMedia1/exercises/controllingMovieCli...

[pgreen14]

Could you explain to me how you solved this? The link you posted is no longer available 😕

[pgreen14]

Could you explain to me how you solved this? The link you posted is no longer available 😕