buttons staying down

[smartalex]

I have this interface - its like a computer desk with the various pages showing on a computer screen. anyway in the background i have two buttons - a glass window and and a pen pot - when you click them they smash, its like you shot them with a gun. but i dont know how to make it so they are still smashed in the next scene... can you make a button stay in the down state over multiple scenes?

thanks in advance

[EQFlash]

it may need tweaking to use across many scenes

[smartalex]

ok thanks very much thats excellent

[EQFlash]

i had a better solution after my first post

[smartalex]

well that was a premature "excellent" cause im having a couple of problems so i'd like to hear your better solution

[EQFlash]

see attached

[smartalex]

im relatively new to flash, and i dont really get how you have made the actionscript work for that button, when nothing in the library is mentioned in the script. i dont know how i'd apply it to my buttons. i'd give you my .fla but its pretty big

[EQFlash]

all the actionscript is on the timeline, and within the movieclip's timeline
the movieclip has an instance name just write the code for the actions you want like this
btnMC.onRelease = function(){
your actions here;
}
and make sure the btnMC is on every scene in frame 1
you could post the fla, but I wouldn't be able to help you til after 9:30 tonite cause it's time to earn my paycheck

[smartalex]

thanks you've been a great help!

[EQFlash]

no problem