Hide the Clicked Button

[NokX]

in Director, you can use 'Me' to call on the object that has been clicked, dragged, whatever...

is there a way to call on an object in flash in that same way?

for example, i'm wanting to have a button disappear once it is clicked. thing is, i have 25 buttons on the screen with different instance names.

i could go to every button and put in 'button01._visible = 0;' but there's gotta be another way.

something like...

on (release) {
     me._visible = 0;
}

[geoffp08]

on (release){
      setProperty("/myMC", _alpha, "0");
}

[geoffp08]

on (release) {
        myMC._visible = false;
        //myMC._visible = true;
}

[NokX]

that's not really the 'dynamic solution' i'm looking for. i've got 25 buttons...each with different names.

btn01, btn02, etc...

i want to find one command to hide that button clicked.

like a me._visible = 0;

[geoffp08]

myButton = new Array();
myButton[0] = "thisButton";
myButton[1] = "thatButton";
myButton[2] = "thoseButton";
myButton[3] = "theseButton";
myButton[4] = "yourButton";
myButton[5] = "ourButton";
//etc
for (i=0; i<=25; n++){
	_root[myButton[i]].onPress = function() {
		myButton[i]._visible = false;
       }
}

[ArmedJimmy]

whats wrong with :

on(release){
this.visible = false;
}

[geoffp08]

I dont know, youd have to ask him?
<whispers> I think its because he has 25 buttons in need of a dynamic solution ... shhh...

[NokX]

Originally posted by ArmedJimmy
whats wrong with :

on(release){
this.visible = false;
}

becuase this._visible = false; will make the whole movie invisible.

[NokX]

Originally posted by geoffp08
I dont know, youd have to ask him?
<whispers> I think its because he has 25 buttons in need of a dynamic solution ... shhh...

if i wanted to make 25 buttons (along with the movie) disappear i could.

i just want the button that has been clicked to disappear.

[geoffp08]

thats why he had it enclosed in a button function: on (release)... right?

[ArmedJimmy]

if you put the code in each button it won't

[geoffp08]

if you use the array i provided earlier to define all your buttons (by instance name) you can call just a few lines of actionscript in the beginning of your movie to define that function for all buttons...

[ArmedJimmy]

Will your array method not hide everybutton when 1 is clicked?

[NokX]

to make sure i wasn't going crazy, i put the following script on a few of the buttons:

on (release) {
	this._visible = 0;
}

the whole movie disappeared.

[ArmedJimmy]

Dammit! Your right!

You could put each button in a movie clip, that works for def.

[NokX]

Originally posted by geoffp08
if you use the array i provided earlier to define all your buttons (by instance name) you can call just a few lines of actionscript in the beginning of your movie to define that function for all buttons...

i did try that...

var myButtons = new Array();

myButtons[0] = "button1";
myButtons[1] = "button2";
myButtons[2] = "button3";
...etc...

then on the button i had a function being called which is needed for other things as well...

on (release) {
     theFunction(0, 1, 3);
}

and the actual function was setup to hide the button...

function theFunction(a, b, c) {
     //other crap
     _root.myButtons[c]._visible = 0;
     //other crap
}

doesn't give me an error or anything, just keeps on tickin, but without hiding the button.

edit: i'm sure it's something little somewhere i'm missing. i hate that. ha.

[hanratty21]

Most (not all) of the above code refers to MC properties. You will need to make your buttons into MCs for this to work. IMHO, this is a better way to go in general anyway, as you can do anything with MCs that you can do with buttons, but you cannot to with buttons anything you can do with MCs.

So, if you convert one of your buttons into an MC, and then use _this(bla bla) then you should have no problems. If it works, do this for all of your buttons.

RH

[ArmedJimmy]

here is how I'd do it(it works btw):

[geoffp08]

Huh, I just tried duplicating my advice to help you and noticed the same issue... (guess thats why I dont use buttons in the first place) BUT how come it didnt work when I applied the same array and for loop to movie clips...?
I suppose all along we could have put that code on 'each' button, but theres GOT to be an easier way to group that script than having to do it that way. It was a solution to the problem though, well done!
Sorry about not being the help you hoped you would get...
hope your problem is solved now
Geoff

[hanratty21]

Originally posted by geoffp08
Huh, I just tried duplicating my advice to help you and noticed the same issue... (guess thats why I dont use buttons in the first place) BUT how come it didnt work when I applied the same array and for loop to movie clips...

See 3 posts above.

RH