rotating banner with 2 outward links

[facio]

Hi there,

Flash noob here using cs3/as3. I'm trying to create a simple banner which fades between 2 images, looped. (This I can do!). What I'd like is to have each image link to a different url.

I've tried changing the images to buttons with the following actionscript:

on (release) {
getURL('http://www.mysite.com', '_self');
}

but get the following error: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances even though they are buttons!

I thought this would be really simple, but obviously not! Any ideas are gratefully received.

Thanks for your help in advance

[ilike2]

on (release) {
getURL('http://www.mysite.com', '_self');
}

Your code will not work with Actionscript 3.0. Take a look at this tutorial for Actionscript 3.0: http://www.ilike2flash.com/2009/06/open-url-in-as3.html

[facio]

thanks. I'm getting the following error now:

Description:
'{' expected

Source:
function openurl(event:MouseEvent):void

Even though the '{' is there

[ilike2]

thanks. I'm getting the following error now:

Description:
'{' expected

This basically mean you have a '{' missing. You may have missed out the curly bracket.

[facio]

It's there. I copied it directly from the site. This is what I have:

recruit.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openurl);

function openurl(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.ilike2flash.com");
navigateToURL(url, "_blank");
}

Does it matter if there are single or double quotes?

[ilike2]

What other code are you using?

[facio]

that's it. I have one button with that code in and another with exactly the same except for the button name and it pointing to a different url.

with both buttons it gives me the same '{' error and although the cursor changes, nothing happens when it's clicked on

[ilike2]

This is very odd. Can you upload your fla?

[facio]

CercoFlashbanner1.fla

[ilike2]

Hi there,

Flash noob here using cs3/as3. I'm trying to create a simple banner which fades between 2 images, looped. (This I can do!). What I'd like is to have each image link to a different url.

The file you uploaded is using Actionscript 1.0, you are not using Actionscript 3.0. So, using Actionscript 3.0 code is giving your errors.

[facio]

That's strange because I chose the document from the 468 x 60 template. i would have thought this would have defaulted to as3?

Is there any way of changing to as3 retroactively?

[facio]

Just created a new file and started again. Now I'm getting the error:

1021: Duplicate function definition. function openurl(event:MouseEvent):void

I'm now assuming you can't have 2 openurl in the same scene?

[ilike2]

You can't have two function with the same name.

Change one of the functions to

yourInstanceName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openurl2);

function openurl2(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.ilike2flash.com");
navigateToURL(url2, "_blank");
}

[facio]

Thnaks very much for your help.

I'm now getting:

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable recruit is not defined.

Eventhough (as you can see in the attached) it is defined... CercoFlashbanner1.fla

[ilike2]

This is an obvious error, you have not given an instance name to the recruit button.