controlling Movie Clips _alpha

[mindy88]

HI,

Flash MX.
I have a Flash project with a MovieClip with a glowing icon on rollover.

"air " is the name of the instance in the main timeline. There is a clip inside "air" (named "airCH") that actually fades in and out.

I'm using this to get it to Glow. This script lives on maintimeline - frame 1.

air.onrollover = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay("fadeIn")
}

and this to get it to fade

air.onrollover = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay("fadeOut")
}

There is a frame in the main Timline that I want to "stop" bring the _alpha up full.

Can you please help me understand how to do this? I've tried attaching this to the "air" clip at this frame.

onClipEvent (enterframe){
air.airCH.gotoandplay("fadeIn")
}

to no avail...

Many Thanks

Mindy

[mayhem_sci]

just put:

air.airCH.gotoandplay("fadeIn");

in the frame on the main timeline where u want this to happen.

[mindy88]

Thanks mayhem..


I was so overthinking it...duh.

Mindy

Hey, How come it is so hard (for me) to address a clip by its instance name. The clip in question was "air_mc"
When I named it "air" in the properties window - no problem - but i can't seem to address it as "air_mc" (instance name)

air.gotoandplay("fadeIn") - works great (my name of instance in properties window)

air_mc.gotoandplay("fadeIn") - doesn't (actual clip instance name)


????

[mayhem_sci]

dunno, both work on my comp. flash isnt exactly the most rational program there is ...