How to disable a button/action after a single click?

[DaForce2000]

wow thanks works perfect. Thanks!!

Only problem is (and im not sure if there will be a work around)
Is on the first keyframe, there is 3 buttons, so basically pasted 3 times, and the button names changed accordingly.
I notice i also need to increment "mouseuphandler" as well to mouseuphanlder1..2..3 ..etc so given there will be about 20-30 entries i just increment as necessary.. or is there a way around this?
As when you click a button it plays 15frames or so and stops, then those buttons need to be clickable, so the same script is used except now i need mouseuphandler 4,5,6
Is that just the way it needs to be?

Cheers

excuse any stupid questions, pretty much a newb at AS3.. and most sorts of script/code TBH

[tariqm]

you can reuse the same function.

function mouseUpHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
   gotoAndPlay(2);
   evt.currentTarget.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,mouseUpHandler);
}

the currentTarget is what is calling the event, and that is the movieclip you called the addEventListener for.

[moose-o]

target_button.mouseEnabled = false;

Removes the listener and the hand cursor doesn't appear when rolled over.