invisible mc fade in

[sebbjo]

HI

I have an mc on stage with visibility set to false. Now when I press a button I want it to fade in. (I can have it appear by turning the visibility on but want the alpha to fade in)

SEb

[hum]

Hi..
Well you could have a movieclip(instance name.....mc)
and a button(name...btn)...on the stage....then put this on the keyframe.....

code:

---

mc._alpha = 0;

fadeup = false;

btn.onPress = function() {

	fadeup = true;

};

mc.onEnterFrame = function() {

	if (fadeup == true) {

		mc._alpha++;

	}

};

---

basically the code is stating ...

when the variable(fadeup)comes to equal....true...then the alpha value goes up by increments ....

[sebbjo]

HI HUM

Thanks for typing up the code!!

The reason for setting the visibility off is that I have buttons in the mc which would be active if only the alpha is set to 0.

Here is the code I have on the button which should fade in the mc.
(I would love to put this code on the main timeline but could not get the paths to work)

on (release) {
gotoAndStop(2);
this._parent.infoTxt_mc._visible = true;
this._parent.infoTxt_mc._alpha = 0;
this._parent.infoTxt_mc._alpha++;
}

this is probably not the most elegant way to write this, and it the last part which should fade in the alpha doesn't work.

Any thoughts?

SEb

[hum]

Hi Sebbjo...
If you post your fla. in MX format(Save as/Options)....i dont have mx2004 yet........i will take a look for you

[The_Xell]

Put an if statement in the button and use alpha=0 to fade it in:

if(_parent._alpha==100){
//the button AS
}

[sebbjo]

here it is

Thanks so far

SEb

[sebbjo]

Xell

I tried inserting the code but am not exactly sure why it doesn't work.

Can you be more specific

SEb

[hum]

Hi again....

click into your infoTxtmc.....and you will see added tweens for a fade in and out......actions on the buttons tell the movie which frame to play.....

[sebbjo]

HUM

your the man!!

just wondering if it's possible to do this by code instead of tweens.

Another thing I'm struggling with is to put the code on the main timeline instead of the button but can't figure Ã*t out.

Otherwise trazillion thanks

SEb

[hum]

Hi Sebbjo...

Here it is again without the tween .....using variables instead to control the fade....actions are on main keyframe....and both buttons..........i prefer the tweened version as it is quicker!