2 problems I'm unable to solve with FAQ#5

[rivernile]

I referred to FAQ#5 (on this forum) regarding changing audio tracks using external movies. But there are still 2 problems that I'm facing.

Problem 1. Suppose I keep 2 buttons, one each selecting for TRACK1 and TRACK2. Now suppose that the movie starts with TRACK1 already playing as default and you click on the button for TRACK1, in that case the TRACK1 starts playing from the beginning instead of ignoring the mouse-click.
Similarly when I click on TRACK2, TRACK1 stops and TRACK2 starts - which is alright but if at this point I again click on TRACK2 then even TRACK2 starts playing from the beginning.

Problem 2. If I'm using the external movie files for swapping audio tracks, how will I control their volumes(since I want to give the volume controls also)

I've also uploaded the test file that I've been working on at : http://www.bigmouthpro.com/soundtt/externalsound.html
(dont bother with the volume controls buttons since they are not working anyways at this time)

Any help in solving these 2 problems is appreciated

[hp3]

for Problem 1.

what functionality do you want for the track buttons? Do you want them to ignore clicks if the given track is already playing?

for Problem 2.

you would use a slider and a sound object. There should be some slider tutorials in the tutorial section. Or you can post your slider code if you already have something you are working from.

[rivernile]

Problem 1:
yes i want the button to ignore click for the track that us already playing, just hte way u've said it

Problem 2:
I've got the volume control working but it is not a slider based control but instead I'm using "+" & "-" buttons which go on increasing/decreasing the volume by 10 units on every click.

[hp3]

Assuming you are loaing external SWFs for the tracks, one way to do this is to compare the url of the file already playing to the one you intend to play.

// button for track1
on(release){
   // if the url you want to load is not a substring of the url
   // currently loaded in _level1, then go ahead and load new song.
   // Otherwise the song in _level1 is song1, do not reload and restart
   if(_level1._url.indexOf("urltosong1.swf") == -1){
        _level1.unloadMovie(); // clear old song
        loadMovieNum("urltosong1.swf",1); // load new song
   }
}