Buttons in nested MovieClips

Forum,
I'm making a zoomable and panable graphic and I have used
four nested MCs as follows:
main_mc->zoom_mc->pan_mc->content_mc. Main is top level
and contains everything, zooming is done on zoom_mc, panning on
pan_mc and my content is in content_mc. The zooming and panning
works perfectly. The trouble I run into is that the buttons in
content_mc do not respond and this I believe is because they are
shadowed by the events on the higher MCs. I need them in this MC
because I want the buttons to pan and zoom too. What is the
mechanism here and is there any way of dealing with this? I live my
buttons to respond when I rollover and click them and also be able
to pan and zoom using the other MCs. I would not mind being able to
switch the panning/zooming on and off to enable the buttons to work
when needed. Is this asking too much of it? Any ideas
appreciated.

You'd be correct.
MC1 Zoom / MC2 Pan
MC3 MC with buttons
Because MC1 and 2 have actions attached to them, any actions
associated with the MC3, will effectively be ignored or rather, be
inaccessible. The way to handle this is checking for bounds on the
same level as the MC1 and 2 and delete their handlers so that MC3s
handlers become accessible. When you're done with the handlers
(outside the bounds of being able to do so) you just recreate the
pan and zoom handlers. There is a tutorial at gotoandlearn.com that
can show you exactly how something like this is done with a
thumbnail scroller. try that if it is at all possible in your
setup

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I'm a flash newb. Have just read some tutorials on creating
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URL link to them in Dreamweaver but thats not working out. Been
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You were using AS2 code, which will not work in AS3. That
particular code is placed on an object, which AS3 does not allow
for, which is why it wouldn't let you... all code in AS3 goes into
timeline frames.
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assign event listeners to the object. Let's say your button has an
instance name of "btn", here's a variety of the possible event
listeners avaiable, and I've assigned them to the button....
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btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK,
doubleClickHandler);
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mouseDownHandler);
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mouseOverHandler);
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL,
mouseWheelHandler);
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something it's assigned for... you can name them anything you want,
and here's and example of how the function might look for the CLICK
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function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
trace("clickHandler");
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sure, there are a zillion ways, that timeout function was more to demonstrate the problem than offer a valid solution...
Personally, with what you're doing, here's my first inclination for handling it:
Just add this bit, dumping that other stuff:
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
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TypeError: Error #1099: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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kglad wrote:
what's parts_mc.parts_mc???
Not sure where you see that. I see pages_mc.parts_mc which is just because the parts_mc movieclip is nested on the 6th frame of the pages_mc movieclip.
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Seems to be working so far.
Here's the code:
Frame 1
/* Declaring variables. */
var pagenumber:Number;
var moving:Number = 0;
var firstTime:Number = 0;
var xmoved:Number;
var xbegin:Number;
Frame 2
pages_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, pageNum);
pages_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, BtnSelParts);
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Let me know if you see any problems with this.
Thanks again.

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Hi I'm trying to add an event Listener to a button that is nested inside a movieclip, and that movieclip is nested inside another movieclip, but I get a null object reference error where I add the event listener:
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all the instances are named correctly on the movieclips so I don't know what the problem is. If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong please let me know, thank you.

NEVERMIND I FIXED IT, I HAD THE LABELS WRONG, SORRY

How do I use a button within a movieclip to go to the root?

Hi there, I am new to flash and AS3 and need some help
getting my buttons to work.
I made a script for the file that i am working with that has
buttons located within 2 movieclips. I want that button to load and
image into a UILoader (problemLoader_mc) that I placed on the stage
on the main timeline (the timeline that contains WeekBar_mc). The
problem is that I don't know how to get to the root of the file to
start a new directory to tell my function to load the image i want.
I have tried multiple approaches including:
MovieClip(root).problemLoader_mc.source = problemArray[0]
MovieClip(parent).problemLoader_mc.source = problemArray[0]
root.problemLoader_mc.source = problemArray[0]
parent.problemLoader_mc.source = problemArray[0]
(root as MovieClip).problemLoader_mc.source = problemArray[0]
If anyone can help me out with this, I would greatly
appreciate it, I am banging my head against a wall at the moment.
(Also, please excuse my vague descriptions, I am still learning the
official terms.)
Here is the code that I have written that pertains to this
problem:

I have a mental block for reasoning things out as far as
assigning the listener to an object two mc's away from the main
timeline while having the function in the main timeline, so I may
play with that on my own for awhile. One thing you didn't do
though, was to pay the same attention to the problemArray[0]
assignment in that function, which I assume also lives in the root.
But here's what I'd do for the moment.
Take all that code except the array and plant it in the
timeline where WEEK1btn lives, modifying it as follows....
WEEK1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pload1);
function pload1(event:Event)
MovieClip(this.parent.parent).problemLoader_mc.source =
MovieClip(this.parent.parent).problemArray[0];
I haven't utlized root myself yet, so I am not comfortable
offering you a solution that attempts it.

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