rotating banner with 2 outward links

Hi there,

Flash noob here using cs3/as3. I'm trying to create a simple banner which fades between 2 images, looped. (This I can do!). What I'd like is to have each image link to a different url.

I've tried changing the images to buttons with the following actionscript:

on (release) {
getURL('http://www.mysite.com', '_self');
}

but get the following error: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances even though they are buttons!

I thought this would be really simple, but obviously not! Any ideas are gratefully received.

Thanks for your help in advance

Quote:

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on (release) {
getURL('http://www.mysite.com', '_self');
}

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Your code will not work with Actionscript 3.0. Take a look at this tutorial for Actionscript 3.0: http://www.ilike2flash.com/2009/06/open-url-in-as3.html

thanks. I'm getting the following error now:

Description:
'{' expected

Source:
function openurl(event:MouseEvent):void

Even though the '{' is there

Quote:

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Originally Posted by facio

thanks. I'm getting the following error now:

Description:
'{' expected

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This basically mean you have a '{' missing. You may have missed out the curly bracket.

It's there. I copied it directly from the site. This is what I have:

recruit.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openurl);

function openurl(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.ilike2flash.com");
navigateToURL(url, "_blank");
}

Does it matter if there are single or double quotes?

What other code are you using?

that's it. I have one button with that code in and another with exactly the same except for the button name and it pointing to a different url.

with both buttons it gives me the same '{' error and although the cursor changes, nothing happens when it's clicked on

This is very odd. Can you upload your fla?

Attachment 71150

Quote:

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Originally Posted by facio

Hi there,

Flash noob here using cs3/as3. I'm trying to create a simple banner which fades between 2 images, looped. (This I can do!). What I'd like is to have each image link to a different url.

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The file you uploaded is using Actionscript 1.0, you are not using Actionscript 3.0. So, using Actionscript 3.0 code is giving your errors.

That's strange because I chose the document from the 468 x 60 template. i would have thought this would have defaulted to as3?

Is there any way of changing to as3 retroactively?

Just created a new file and started again. Now I'm getting the error:

1021: Duplicate function definition. function openurl(event:MouseEvent):void

I'm now assuming you can't have 2 openurl in the same scene?

You can't have two function with the same name.

Change one of the functions to

Code:

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yourInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openurl2);

function openurl2(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.ilike2flash.com");
navigateToURL(url2, "_blank");
}

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Thnaks very much for your help.

I'm now getting:

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable recruit is not defined.

Eventhough (as you can see in the attached) it is defined... Attachment 71152

This is an obvious error, you have not given an instance name to the recruit button.