please help me with this code

[forzaboro]

I need to declare something at the top of my code which says that whenever i write: car = "moving" it executes the following code

_root.car_mc.wheels_mc.attachMovie("movingWheels", "newWheels", 1);

so.. as i have many instances in my movie where the car moves, i shall write "car = "moving" " and the wheels will change to moving, then for car = "still" they will change back to still wheels.

it should be something like IF car = moving then... but im not sure how to make it check all my clicks etc. I just want to not have to clutter my code with the attachMovie statement every other line.
is it an OnclipEvent?
Any ideas please?

[swampy]

if (car=="moving")
{
// do something
}

[forzaboro]

on my actions layer on timeline i have:

if (car=="moving"){
_root.car_mc.wheel1_mc.attachMovie("wheelMoving", "newWheel",0)

then further down on my button click i have:

car=="moving"

but when i click the button it doesnt work, i know the symbols are fine because i put root.car_mc.wheel1_mc.attachMovie "wheelMoving", "newWheel",0) in place of car="moving" and it worked, so it must be the IF..

[forzaboro]

should i not have an ON handler for the if statement? as it just sits above all my code, it needs to be checked every click

[swampy]

attach the file and I'll take a look

[forzaboro]

I have made a mock up cos mine is far too big

see attachment

[swampy]

button_btn.onPress = function()
{
	_root.car_mc._x = 400;
	// this is a motion tween in mine
	car = "moving";
};
car_mc.onEnterFrame = function()
{
	if (car == "moving")
	{
		_root.car_mc.wheel1_mc.attachMovie("wheelMoving", "newWheel", 0);
		_root.car_mc.wheel2_mc.attachMovie("wheelMoving", "newWheel", 0);
	}
};

[forzaboro]

thankyou

[forzaboro]

ok well it was working, then all i did was re-draw my wheelMoving symbol, re-exported it, and now there is no change on button click owh!