[CS3] Apply actions after added to stage

[JW412]

Hello again everyone...

Really appreciate all the help I've been getting here! Hoping I can rely on you guys for one more:

I have a menu Movie Clip (embedded) that consists of a keyframed animation. Once you click a main button, the animation plays and the other buttons reveal themselves within the embedded menu MC. The issue is that the buttons don't exist on the stage until it's their turn to animate, so I can't figure out a way to apply my button actions from the main timeline (as their respective targets don't exist yet).

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to add the button actions as the button MC's are added?

[softhink]

You can add a KeyFrame to add actions after buttons reveal themselves.

[JW412]

You can add a KeyFrame to add actions after buttons reveal themselves.

Hi softhink,

Thanks for the reply! I've tried what you've suggested before, but I also know that putting AS code in nested MC's (when dealing with AS 3) is a big no no, which is why I don't want to get in the practice of it

Is there a way to do this programmatically? So that the button actions are assessed as they are placed on the stage at compile-time? This is a much more desirable solution, I'm sure.

If anyone could offer insight, it would be very much appreciated!

[JW412]

BUMP. Anyone have anything here? Really at a loss.

So far I've tried ENTER_FRAME actions that attempt to call functions that apply the MouseEvent listeners to the button MCs, and also applying the listeners on the nested menu MC after the buttons appear on stage ala AS 2.

I've also tried to venture into creating custom classes, but being new to AS 3 I don't really understand these yet, so I'm trying to keep my code on frames.

This is the error I typically get when NOT using the custom classes:

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.

Help!

[softhink]

attach your file
I can help you.

[JW412]

Hi softhink,

File is attached to this link.

rbD1.fla

Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

[softhink]

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