Testing if mousebutton is pressed

[feelo]

Hey lads.

Is there any way to check if the mousebutton is pressed in actioncsript?

I have an "endless" loop that needs to break if the mousebutton is not pressed. on(release) does not work since
the script gets "stuck" in the loop.

Thanks.

[geiver]

make it into a variable like in the button

onMouseEvent(release)
press=true;

then elsewhere place an if statement

If(press=true)
do this


I don't understand the part about on release interupting your clip. remember this set variable does nothing unless you do something with it. It could be the second action on your button the first being a go to or something else.

[choosh]

if the btn really doesn't get the event, use "onClipEvent" handler.
make a null movie to watch the release of mouse button.

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
your_acton_here();
}

BTW, did you try on(release,releaseOutside) ?

[feelo]

that might work, thanks

[feelo]

BTW Gentlemen, here is the code, so you can see what I'm getting at:

on (press) {
b2m = new sound();
b2m.attachsound("b2m");
xPos = (getProperty(bg_knapp, _xmouse));
yPos = (getProperty(bg_knapp, _ymouse));
xPos = (xPos)/(4);
yPos = (yPos)/(4);
xPos = int(xPos);
set (yPos, int(yPos));
this.b2m.start(xPos, 3);
// ___TIME STUFF____
sSecs = (getTimer());
eSecs = (getTimer()+1000);
while (true) {
if (sSecs>eSecs) {
trace (getTimer());
trace ("done!");
this.b2m.stop("b2M");
trace ("stopped");
this.b2m.start(xPos, 3);
trace ("starting again");
eSecs = (getTimer()+1000);
// how do i check if the mousebutton is NOT pressed?
// I need to break here, 'cause on(release) is NOT fiering.







continue;
}
sSecs = (getTimer());
trace ("waiting...");
}
}
on (release) {
this.b2m.stop("b2m");
trace ("released");
mouseUp = true;
}
[Edited by feelo on 12-11-2000 at 07:34 AM]