Movie clip to disappear

[Skippers]

How do I make a movie clip disappear once the cursor hovers over it?

[samac1068]

You add an eventListener to adjust the alpha of the movieclip. Here is an example. My movieclip is named 'myMC'

AS2.0

myMC.onRollOver = function()
{
    this._alpha = 0;
}

AS3.0

myMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function(){this.alpha = 0;});

Just make sure you apply a rollout function to display the movieclip again, if needed, otherwise it is a one time shot.

[Skippers]

Many thanks, I've just tried this and have this error in AS3:

1119: Access of possibly undefined property ROLLOVER through a reference with static type Class.

[Skippers]

ah, it has to be ROLL_OVER yes?

[Skippers]

I've tried it but it's not working. Is my code in the wrong place? cheers


var myFrame:Frame = new Frame();
var myHelp:Help = new Help();
var myFollowTxt:FollowTxt = new FollowTxt();

var timer:Timer=new Timer(200);//timer that creates txt
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,Timer_F);//set timer to triger function "timer_F"
timer.start();//start the timer
var widthOfCloud:Number=40; //set width of cloud
var heightOfCloud:Number=40; //set height, this is the distance from the top left corner


function Timer_F(event:TimerEvent):void {//function that is trigered by the timer

var xpos:Number=(Math.floor(Math.random()*widthOfCloud ));//don't touch
var txt:txt_mc=new txt_mc();//create variable for txt mc

txt.x=(stage.mouseX+(widthOfCloud/2))-(xpos);//don't touch
txt.y=heightOfCloud;//don't touch
txt.alpha=.4; // 40% alpha;
addChild(txt);//don't touch

myHelp.x= 255;//position of button
myHelp.y= 247;

addChild(myFrame);
addChild(myHelp);
addChild(myFollowTxt);

myFollowTxt.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function(){this.alpha = 0;});
}

[samac1068]

I didn't see where you place the myFollowTxt on the stage. I suggest placing it there. You can use another "switch" to enable this function only if the timer is running.

Oops, I do see it and that is where I would have added.