HELP!! I`m stuck with linking a movieclip to a button!!!!!

[Sidney de Koning]

Somebody please help me !!!!!

I`v got to finish my school project, and now i`m stuck !!!
I`ve made a flash-site with draggable windows, but how do i
link it to a button. So that whenever i clic a button that movieclip (draggable window) appears, prefeably at predefined coordinates?

PLEASE HELP ME O WISE ONES WHO MASTER THE ART OF FLASH !!!!

the unfinished site is curruntly at
http://www.fishual-design.f2s.com and you`ll see what i mean

[k-giannis]

NICE PHOTO SIDNEY!!!!
U can leave the first frame of the clips empty with a stop action. Put all your content in frame 2. So they all will be present but invisible.
Then assign a script to each button to tell the right clip to goto frame 2.
Like
on (release){
_root.theclip.gotoAndStop(2);
}

[Sidney de Koning]

Thanks!

Thanks a million man , YOUR A LIFE (schoolproject ) SAVER !!!
I`ll let you know when the site is ready

[k-giannis]

Please do

[Sidney de Koning]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!


IT DIDN`T WORK !!!!!

moved all my content to frame 2, put a stop action in frame 1
dragged an instance on the stage (got a little cwhite circle ?) attached the :

on (release){
_root.bugme.gotoAndStop(2);
}
tested the movie and it didn`t work !
i`v got draggble windows, dont the work different ?

Have you got another sollution to my problem ?
(i`ts already 1:15 in the morning here and i got to hand it over at 9:35 HELP ?, I know i`m a bit late )

Thanks Sid

[k-giannis]

Have u named the mcs in the timeline?

[Sidney de Koning]

Thanks for the support, realy appriciate that

euh...... could you tell me how ?

been working two weeks on flash....... (could have missed a chapter in the book .... )

got some errors to .....
typed it exaxtly like you told me (mc is called techfile)

Scene=2, Layer=Text Icons, Frame=1: Line 2: Expected a field name after '.' operator.
_root.

Scene=2, Layer=Text Icons, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement block must be terminated by '}'
on (release){

Scene=2, Layer=Text Icons, Frame=1: Line 2: Syntax error.
_root.

WARNING: Duplicate label, Symbol=_root.techfile, Layer=actions, Frame=2, Label=full
Target not found: Target="_root.techfile" Base="_level0"


on the drag bar i`ve got :

on (press) {
startDrag ("");
}
on (release) {
stopDrag ();
}

on the minimize ive got:

on (release) {
gotoAndStop ("bar");
}
and :

on (release) {
gotoAndStop ("full");
}

and on the close :

on (release) {
gotoAndStop ("blank");
}

Fisrt frame has got a stop action
First label, frame 2 (with whole window) is called full
Second label, frame 3 is called bar (only bar shows)
Third label, frame 4 is called blank (notting shows)

Could you replay once more ?

[k-giannis]

Ok,
the name that we use in the _root.theclip is not the name of the clip in the library but a new name that refferes to the instance of this clip. So u must open the instance panel, select the mc in the stage and put "theclip" (or something) in the name field.
_root.theclip means that there is an instance called theclip inside the main timeline (_root).
It also seems that u forgot a closing { in a button.

[Sidney de Koning]

IT WORKS !!!!!!!!

You are my HERO !!!


In about 30 min. or so it`ll be on-line and fully functional!!!

I` ll let you know what grade i got for it !!


YOU RULE

Thanks a lot!!!!

[k-giannis]

YES I CAN GO TO SLEEP NOW!!!
I'm sure u'll get an A. Don't forget to let me know.
Good night sleep tight...

[k-giannis]

Sidney I think your preloader isn't working correctly.
I suggest u to remove the loading bar.

[Sidney de Koning]

in 30 min it is (realy) online

You wanna be my beta tester ?
(be sure to check the linx section )

I noticed so i removed it (the bar)

Thanx for all your help !!

[Sidney de Koning]

It is now 3:17 in the morning

It is uploaded and working !

I`m tired gonna get some sleep now (or what`s left of it...)
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Is there any way i can reach you ? email, webpage ?
so i can tell you what my teatcher thought about it, and ofcourse what grade I got ! (or sent your emailaddres to mine so i can respond ?)


Thanx and Goodnight (or morning)

(tired) Sid

[k-giannis]

Is there anything wrong with your server? Is it down? I couldn't load the page.
Anyway u can use this e-mail to contact me: koritis@hotmail.com