MOUSE_OVER and MOUSE_OUT.. help needed

[chosendesigns]

Hello there

I need a little help with the MOUSE_OVER and MOUSE_OUT commands.

Basically ive got a little part of a site ive made in flash where i want to roll over a section and out pops a side bar, i then want it to disappear again when the mouse leaves the side bar...

Ive set up within the 1 movie clip 2 sections (the opening of the bar and the closing of the bar) with stop(); tags at the end of each sequence to stop them running into eachother.

So for example its setup like this:

this.buttonMode = true;

this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,function():void {
gotoAndPlay("open")
}
);

this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,function():void {
gotoAndPlay("close")
}
); 

The problem is that obviously everytime the mouse goes over the section (this.) it then resets itself back to the beggining of the "open" sequence.

I need it to open when the mouse goes over it and stay open until the mouse leaves the movie clip again.

Please help!!

[paragonc]

I'm having a similar issue where i have a navbar with a bunch of buttons placed on top of a background. I want the background to face to opaque when moused over, and to transparent when ROLL_OUT, but when i mouse over each button it triggers the animation to cycle again.

Here's my code:

package {

    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.net.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    import fl.transitions.Tween;
    import fl.transitions.easing.*;
    import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;



    public class Mitch extends MovieClip {

        public var Stat:Boolean = false;


        // create a new LocalConnection instance used to send
        // calls to a LocalConnection instance in another movie
        var outgoing_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();

        public function Mitch() {

            slug.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            slug.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            slug.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myTrace);

            residents.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            residents.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            residents.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkResident);

            residents.buttonMode = true;

            business.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            business.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            business.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkBusiness);
            business.buttonMode = true;

            government.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            government.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            government.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkGovernment);
            government.buttonMode = true;

            visitors.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            visitors.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            visitors.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkVisitors);
            visitors.buttonMode = true;

            online.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            online.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            online.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkOnline);
            online.buttonMode = true;

            help.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            help.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            help.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkHelp);
            help.buttonMode = true;

            textv.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myOver);
            textv.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myOff);
            textv.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadError);
            textv.buttonMode = true;

        }

        function myTrace(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> Click");
        }
        function myOver(e:MouseEvent):void {
            trace(bg.cover_mc.alpha);
            if (bg.cover_mc.alpha <= .5) {
                var myTween:Tween = new Tween(bg.cover_mc, "alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 1, .5, true);

            }
        }
        function myOff(e:MouseEvent):void {
            trace(bg.cover_mc.alpha);
            var myTween:Tween = new Tween(bg.cover_mc, "alpha", Strong.easeIn, 1, 0, .5, true);

        }
        function listRollOver(e:ListEvent):void {
            trace("You rolled over " + e.item.label);
        }
        function link(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> limk");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "link");
        }
        function linkResident(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkResident");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkResident");
        }
        function linkBusiness(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkBusiness");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkBusiness");
        }
        function linkGovernment(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkGovernment");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkGovernment");
        }
        function linkVisitors(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkVisitors");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkVisitors");
        }
        function linkOnline(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkOnline");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkOnline");
        }
        function linkHelp(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkHelp");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkHelp");
        }
        function linkTextv(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> linkText");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "linkText");
        }
        function loadError(event:MouseEvent):void {
            trace("Home --> Error");
            outgoing_lc.send("Channel", "myError");
        }
    }
} 

[edgar1]

chosendesigns:

Try This: currently your script reads:

gotoAndPlay("open")

change this to

open.gotoAndPlay(1)

IMPORTANT: Also make sure you have changed the instance name of the movie clip to "open".

[chosendesigns]

the "open" and "close" parts are frame labels within the movieclip not movie clips.. so the "open" label runs from frame 2-10 say and "close" from 11-19.

It will still give me the same problem..