re: moving buttons

[frenzied2005]

hi im kinda new to flash (i know about the basics but not that very good in coding) so was looking for some help
i have a freelance project that requires

the centre page to have 5 words floating about
but when u put the mouse over them , the other words
disappear leaving the main word with a definition

at the moment im think of making a movie with buttons contained it
but not sure

[dcnguyen]

I just code, so I don't know how to do this without actionscript.


What I would do is dynamically generate the buttons, which would be movie clips that have a dynamic textfield. Give each button an event handler that detects a mouse rollover, and when that happens, all the other buttons disappear, etc.

I'll give you some code to start with:

create a movieclip with the name "tbutton" and put a dynamic textfield in it with the name "myText"

Then put this code into the first frame of your fla:

for(var i=0; i < 5; i++)
	{
		cbtn = attachMovie("tbutton", "tbutton" + i,  i);
		
		
		cbtn._x = (put some random position here)
		cbtn._y = (put some random position here)


		cbtn.onRollOut = btnRollOut;
		cbtn.onRollOver = btnRollOver;
		cbtn.stop();
		cbtn.active = false;
		cbtn.myText._visible = true;

	
		cbtn.onRollOver = function(){
					cbtn.active = true;
					for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++){
  						if(!this["tbutton"+i].active) {
						 	cbtn.myText._visible = false;
						}
					}


}

//now you have to individuall assign each button its text value:

this["tbutton"+0"].myText.text = "word0";
this["tbutton"+1"].myText.text = "word1";
this["tbutton"+2"].myText.text = "word2";
this["tbutton"+3"].myText.text = "word3";
this["tbutton"+4"].myText.text = "word4";

This just gets the words to disappear.