Controlling movieclip's ._x using button

Hi,

I've delved back into flash after a couple of years and am tearing my hair out just trying to achieve basic things in actionscript.

I'm currently trying to get a button to control the ._x position of a movieclip. I've had some success (please see attached file), but rather than moving continuously, the movieclip only moves once when the mouse rolls over the button.

Can anyone help, please?

attached file?

sounds like you need to use an onEnterFrame that's called when the button is rolled over and delete it when it's rolled off...

Hmmm - I'll try pasting the link in for the file again, sorry about that

http://www.fortescueonline.co.uk/move.fla

Yep, just change your script to this:

Code:

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play_but.onRollOver = function() {
        my_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
                this._x += 50;
        };
};
play_but.onRollOut = function() {
        delete my_mc.onEnterFrame;
};

---

Hope that helps!

Excellent:*thank you :-)

well guide flashpipe1

I'm just adding some lines on your script. please don't mind

Quote:

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play_but.onRollOver = function() {
my_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x += 10;
};
};
play_but.onRollOut = function() {
my_mc.onEnterFrame=function() {
this._x -= 10;
};
};
play_but.onPress = function() {
delete my_mc.onEnterFrame;
};

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I have no problem with that at all :-)

In fact, if you fancy helping me out with my current quest - which is to work out how to put the above code into an IF statement, I'd be most grateful.

My first attempt: if my_mc._x +=< 0 then {

Has had no success...

Thanks again for your help

test your my_mc in a x position greater and less than 0

Quote:

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play_but.onRollOver = function() {
if(my_mc._x <= 0){
my_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x += 10;
}
}
}

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Thank you - I've now sussed it using the trace function :-)