Drop Down Menu Coding

Ok Im just a little confused on what to do. In my menu I have 2 drop downs. each one is a separate Movie Clip and inside that Movie Clip they have other buttons that are separate Movie Clip. I have a class set to the buttons for a rollover action but it isn't working. How do I set actions to Movie Clips that are in other Movie Clip? Like how would I add links to them?

Here is a copy of my AS3 Class and a copy of the drop down.

Actionscript Code:

package {
  import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  import flash.display.MovieClip;

  public class DropClass extends MovieClip {
    public function DropClass() {
       addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, over);
       addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, out);
    }

    private function over(event:MouseEvent):void {
        gotoAndPlay(2);
    }
   
    private function out(event:MouseEvent):void {
        gotoAndPlay(7);
    }
  }
}

Thanks Chris

May be this helps:

http://flashscript.biz/flashas3/mouse/button_event.html

here is the code ;)

Code:

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package
{
        import flash.events.MouseEvent;
        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import flash.text.TextField;
        public class MouseExample extends MovieClip
        {
                public function MouseExample()
                {
                        this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
                        this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
                }
                private function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
                {
                        trace("Stage mousedown");
                        var newBut:MyButton = new MyButton (mouseX, mouseY);
                        this.addChild (newBut);
                        var myText:TextField = new TextField();
                        myText.text = "Press the button.";
                        this.addChild(myText);
                }
                private function mouseUpHandler(event:String):void
                {
                        trace("Stage mouseup");
                }
        }
}

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Could you please explain how it works too. I would like to know for future references.

Thankyou
Chris

Could someone explain how this coding works?

PHP Code:

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package
{
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    public class MouseExample extends MovieClip
    {
        public function MouseExample()
        {
            this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
            this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
//this is saying when you click on stage run mouseDownHandler function
        }
        private function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            trace("Stage mousedown");
            //this says create  a button  at mouse positionX and mouse positionY
                                           var newBut:MyButton = new MyButton (mouseX, mouseY);
                                           
            this.addChild (newBut);
                                          //add button to display list.
            var myText:TextField = new TextField();
                                          //create a  new text field
            myText.text = "Press the button.";
                                          //write the text to the text field
            this.addChild(myText);
                                          //add textfield to display list
        }
        private function mouseUpHandler(event:String):void
        {
            trace("Stage mouseup");
        }
    }
} 


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How can I get this to work with roll over and linking it to a web page? I figured out how to add text to it through coding I just don't know how to add the roll over and link.

probably MOUSE_OVER,MOUSE_OUT,GETURL/urlLoader........do you have the as3 livedocs saved to your computer?

I don't need to make a button though. I have a button I need it to play.

MOUSE_OVER,MOUSE_OUT will work for moviclips too i'd make movie clips with the alpha set to 0 and when moused over I'd have other movie clips either tweening or moving on Y axis to create drop down effect

I used this code

Actionscript Code:

package
{
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    public class DropClass extends MovieClip
    {
        public function DropClass()
        {
            this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, overHandler);
            this.parent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler);
        }
        private function overHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            gotoAndPlay(2);
        }
        private function outHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            gotoAndPlay(7);
        }
    }
}

and I got this error

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
at flash.display:: DisplayObjectContainer/setChildIndex()
at menu_a_fla::MainTimeline/childOver()

you need a button refrence from the doucument class something like

btn_Or_Clip_InstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEve nt.MOUSE_OVER, overHandler);

If I add an instance name it says "1120: Access of undefined property ". And if I add the instance name of a button how can I get it to work for all the occurrences of that movie clip?

are you in your main document class the one that connects to the .fla?

I have 4 classes...One for each of the ends, one for the other buttons, and one for the drop down buttons. Here is my entire flash file, I really appreciate all your help...

you will have to save the .fla in cs3 formatte

Here you go.....

i still couldn't open it i'm going to create my own which .as file is your document class?

The classes are only for the button rollovers. The Action Scripting is in the flash file. It should work now..

still didn't work just post the actionscript for the .fla