change colour on stopDrag();?

[gabrielknight]

I am using the code below which I would like to include the possibility of changing the colour of the text inside a button, is that even possible?

code:

---

for (mc in this) { 

this[mc].onPress = startDrag;

this[mc].onRelease = stopDrag;

}



thisLevel = this

for (i = 0; i<= 3; i++) {    

thisLevel ["circle"+i].onPress = stopDrag;  

this["circle"+i].onRelease = stopDrag;

}

---

[a_modified_dog]

not possible with button timelines
you need to use movieclips and the textColor property

for example, the first code, applied to a button instance name - btn -- fails
the second, applied to a movieclip instance name - clip -- works
txt is the instance name of a dynamic textfield

btn.onRollOver = function(){
btn.txt.textColor = 0x00FF00;
}

clip.onRollOver = function(){
clip.txt.textColor = 0x00FF00;
}

[gabrielknight]

not possible with button timelines
you need to use movieclips and the textColor property

for example, the first code, applied to a button instance name - btn -- fails
the second, applied to a movieclip instance name - clip -- works
txt is the instance name of a dynamic textfield

btn.onRollOver = function(){
btn.txt.textColor = 0x00FF00;
}

clip.onRollOver = function(){
clip.txt.textColor = 0x00FF00;
}

Thank you for helping a_modified_dog!

So you mean creating Mcs instead of buttons? The code your using does not seem to enable the clips to be dragged though as my code above or am I missing something? I was hoping to create an application where clip_mcs are dropped onto an area, say, area_mc and when they are dropped they change colour.

[a_modified_dog]

i have attached a simple fla

note how the movieclip has 3 frame labels
_up, _over, _down

these labels simulate a button rollOver and press event
without additional coding

[gabrielknight]

Thank you a_modified_dog it works brilliantly! As I have 20-odd clips on the stage is there a way to have the code apply to all of them without having to write this code 20-odd times?

I really appreciate your help, cheers for this

[a_modified_dog]

use a numbered sequence for the clip instance names - clip1 clip2 clip3....
you can cycle thro' the numbers in a loop to set the events

simple file with 5 clips attached

[gabrielknight]

Thank you for persisting with me and for solving my problem(s) (yet again!!) a_modified_dog!!!

Gabriel

[a_modified_dog]

you're welcome