button starts a movieclip

[Kostaben]

Hello everyone.

This must me simple but i can't find it

I have on the stage a button and a movie clip. What action do i have to put to the button so as to: when the mouse goes over the button, the movieclip starts pplaying and when the mouse goes out of the button, movie clip stops playing.

Thanks in advance.

[gotoAndCrash]

something like -
(placed in empty keyframe) :

yourButton_btn.onRollOver = function () {
yourMovieClip_mc.play();
}

yourButton_btn.onRollOut = function () {
yourMovieClip_mc.stop();
}

or if you like putting code on elements (like movie clips or button instances), which personally, I don't, but the syntax would be :

on (rollOver) {
_root.yourMovieClip_mc.play();
}

on (rollOut) {
_root.yourMovieClip_mc.stop();
}

"_root" would be the path of your movie clip - if the movie clip was inside "somethingElse" you would say:
_root.somethingElse_mc.yourMovieClip_mc.play();

make sure & check your Instance Names!

[Kostaben]

wow that was really fast.
Thank you!

[gotoAndCrash]

let me know if you still have troubles, i'll make you a little sample file if you need.

[Kostaben]

Just one more thing, What do i have to add so as to, when the mouse goes out, to stop to the 1st frame of the mc.

[gotoAndCrash]

heh, I almost heard you asking that when I typed my first post - I almost mentioned it :
yourButton_btn.onRollOut = function () {
yourMovieClip_mc.gotoAndStop(1);
}

OR

on (rollOut) {
_root.yourMovieClip_mc.gotoAndStop(1);
}

[Kostaben]

Thank you very much gotoAndCrash.

[gotoAndCrash]

you're very welcome
come back soon!