[F8] Quicker way to write these button actions

[amblique]

Hi there,

I have 30 buttons, that i need to code all the same, except for changing the number.

I'm sure you can do this by using arrays or something.

so my array would look like:

var buttons = "1","2","3"...."29","30"; 

And the buttons i'm trying to create would look like:

button1.onRelease = function (){
        button1.gotoAndStop("selected");
}
button2.onRelease = function (){
        button2.gotoAndStop("selected");
}
button3.onRelease = function (){
        button3.gotoAndStop("selected");
} 

But i want to achieve this in 2 lines, something like this

['button' + [buttonVariable]].onRelease = function(){
       ['button' + [buttonVariable]].gotoAndStop("selected");
} 

Can anyone help?

[vinayak.kadam]

How can you associate a gotoAndStop action to button... I suppose these would be movie clips... Can you please verfiy and clarify to us...

As ever,
Vinayak

[Kostas Zotos]

Hi all,

Except of the issue noted by vinayak.kadam, a general code to achieve this would be for example:

for (i=1;i<=30;i++){
    //Assume all buttons are in the  _root (main stage) otherwise you have to provide
    // the correct target path eg. _root.Container["button"+i] (if they are inside a "Container" clip for example)
    var myButton=_root["button"+i] 

    myButton.onRelease=function(){
        trace(this)
        this.gotoAndStop("selected"); 
        // Your rest actions here..
    }
} 

Best!

Kostas

[amblique]

yes, that's exactly it.

Sorry, yeah i'm using movie clips, not buttons. (my bad).

[vinayak.kadam]

Thats ok! It happens.... anyways Kostas has mentioned the correct method above to achieve this....

As ever,
Vinayak Kadam