[Resolved] buttons over state. how to play once?

[xama]

Hello,

I am trying to make a button with an animated over state that plays just once when the mouse roll over.

I´ve made a movie clip for the over state and icluded a stop action at the end of the movie clip.

But, when I play my movie, the movie clip of the over state doesn´t stop playing!

Could you please give me some advice?

Thank you!
xama

[azwaldo]

Did you write the stop line correctly [ stop(); ]? I have often forgotten to include the () in the command.

[xama]

Thank you for your reply but I wrote it correctly...

[azwaldo]

Can you attach the .fla ?

[xama]

Here is the .fla

[MiLo_Anderson]

Im not sure what is wrong with it, but im going to make a suggestion. I would scrap the button and use a movie clip with some script on it to make it a button. I've posted a new file that has what i mean.
Ask if there is anything you don't understand. Id be happy to explain how the code works.

[azwaldo]

Hey hey xama,
Check out the fla I have attached (notes inside)...

Hey MiLo,
I am just now modifying the button movie myself. Am wondering if the following msg (that I included in the modifyied .fla for xama) is correct...

Initial problem may have been that the mouseOver event fires continuously while the cursor is over a button, so your clip played over and over.

If not, what was the cause of the looping of his 'fade' movie clip?

[MiLo_Anderson]

I think that might be your problem. I would go with the movieclips instead. They will do what you want and more...

[azwaldo]

Hey hey xama,
I just looked at MiLo's .fla and movie. It was interesting to see a different approach to the same problem. You might want to compare them yourself - could be instructive. (MiLo's seems a more trim solution, too.)

[xama]

Hi azwaldo,

Thank you very much for taking your time to make such an explanative .fla. The notes were really helpful

I am relieved that the reason why my button wasn´t working was because "the mouseOver event fires continuously while the cursor is over a button". I spent so much time trying to solve this on my own and I was feeling an idiot because I couldn´t find an answer.

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Hi MiLo_Anderson,

Hey, I´ve never seen a movie clip working that way! And, the best part is that is simple to implement! I will always keep this in mind.


Well, now I´ve got two solutions for my question! I am so excited that I need to keep me away from the "!" key.


Best regards for you both,

xama