We can only be judged by our Actions..... scripts

[bgregus]

Picture if you will a button (one of three) which in a mouse over state puts text on the stage. I was able to get this to work by putting a MC in the over state of the button. However I would also like different text to occupy that spot when a button isn't being rolled over. For this I believe Action Script must be employed. Being the biggest newbie I have no idea what to do. Would anybody have some suggestions?

- B

the humble newbie

[resdog]

Here's what I would do. instead of placing the movieClip in the "over state" of the main timeline, I would put it on the main timeline. Then I would have a few more frames to the movieClip. For example, if I had three buttons, I would add three frames to the clip, sending that total to 4. Why? Because you also have to account for when a button isn't being rolled over. On frame one of this movie Clip I would type in the text you want to show when no buttons are rolled over. In frame two, replace that text with what you want to show when button1 is rolled over, and so on with frames 3 & 4. Then put a stop(); action on frame 1 of that timeline. Name this instance "textClip". Now, on your buttons (say they are button1, button2, & button3), put this code on:

on (rollOver) {
textClip.gotoAndStop (2);
}
on (rollOut, dragOut) {
textClip.gotoAndStop (1);
}

Of course, you will replace the number "2" with either "3" and "4" on your other two buttons.

Now upon rollover, you will see this work. Hope that helps!

[bgregus]

I did fail to mention one little thing. The reason I used an MC was for a little line that draws itself over from the button and makes contact with the text area. But I think that can work in your example as well right? I just add in some extra frames in just for the over state.

Anyway much thanks... I'm off to give this a try!
- B

[bgregus]

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