Easy solution?

[thunderstormer]

Okay- I've done this a few times before, but for some reason I can't get it to work now!

I have a series of buttons that target MCs to slide up and down. I only want one MC to be up at any time. My script for the buttons is this:

on(release) {
if movieclip2=="up" {
telltarget (movieclip1)
play()
}
}
on(release) {
telltarget (movieclip1)
play()
}

...and so on for every button and every movie clip. The problem is that they slide in and out ok, but don't recognize the variables that I set in the movieclips. These variables set each movie clip as "down" or "up". Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for any help!

[sl]

Hi there,I don´t really understand your script:

on(release) {
if movieclip2=="up" {
telltarget (movieclip1)<-- you tell the clip to play if your clipvar= "up"
play()
}
}
on(release) {
telltarget (movieclip1)<-- but here you tell the clip to play no matter what. So it will always play on release!!!
play()
}

tell me what you want the button to do if the variable is "up", and what if the Variable is down,
by the way why are you using telltarget?

Have Fun, SL

[thunderstormer]

The target MCs are just a tweened shape that has a keyframe in the middle. The keyframe has a script: this="up"

The first frame of the MC has a script:
stop()
this="down"

Here is my button script.

on (release) {
if (about=="up") {
tellTarget ("about") {
play ();
if (commercial=="up") {
tellTarget ("commercial") {
play ();
if (applications=="up") {
tellTarget ("applications") {
play ();
if (links=="up") {
tellTarget ("links") {
play ();
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
tellTarget ("residential") {
play ();
}
}

And for some reason, the buttons don't recognize the variables.

[thunderstormer]

Okay - I think I can only use one 'if' statement at a time. That seems to be the problem.