Can't assign an action to a button? WTF????

I created a button, I checked the Properties and it shows as
button, and is shown as "Track As Button" but when I go into the
Actions panel, it says no action can be applied to it! WTF? I never
had this happen in any versions prior to CS3. When did Flash get so
temperemental and difficult to work with?

Just as a note of historical interest, the following is an
extract from a document published by Macromedia (not Adobe)
entitled "ActionScript Coding Standards":
"Avoid attaching code to Movie Clips or buttons
Don't attach code to movie clips and buttons unless it's
absolutely necessary to do so. When code must be attached to a
movie clip or button, only use a minimal amount of code. It's
preferable to employ a function call, as follows:
myButton.onMouseDown = function() {
_parent.doMouseDown(this); }
The use of the function call redirects all the functionality
into the main timeline of the movie clip."
This document was published in March 2002! So I'm not sure
they're asking you to learn an "entirely new way" of doing
something.
Here's the link to this ancient document:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/devnet/downloads/actionscript_standards.pdf

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In code it should be easy.
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To Bob_Schor
I realize the folly of mouse down events, and I'm trying to move away from them. I originally started using them because I couldn't get the desired button behavior out of value change events and any other mechanical action.
I use LabVIEW 64 bit because I was hitting the RAM limits with the 32 bit version. I hit the limit when I try to plot a great deal of data in 3D, which I do fairly often. I get away with this because I don't interface with any equipment or use any of the specialized modules, but maybe I should consider only using 64 when it's absolutely necesary and get 32 bit on there as well. But I have the same issue on Linux, which only has a 32 bit labview version (still 2012 SP1)
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I can reporduce the behavior on a second computer that is restricted. Which is 32 bit labview for Linux. I don't have an unrestricted machine with LabVIEW installed. If I did, I would have tried to rebuild my button test VI (again) to see if it works.
At it's most basic, create an OK button on the FP and set in the True state. It defaults to the Latch when released mechanical action. Throw an event structure in a while loop. Give the ES a value change event for the button. In this even just increment some counter to indicate how many times the value change has been triggered. I did this using a shift register. Run it. For me, when I click the Latch when released button it fires one value change event and doesn't reset to true when after the click. I can change the mechanical action of the button, and none of the 6 give me what I want.
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Hi everybody,
i�m a beginner programming JAVA. So i think the question will be so easy.
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[code]
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[/code]
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Scene 1, Layer 'about', Frame 1, ... 1087: Syntax error:
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The way that this function is written, on (release), it
should be
directly attached to a button or movieClip instance. However,
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frame 2,
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clip.
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movieClip that you want to react to actionscript. Then you
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actionscript
to a frame instead of directly on the button or clip. This
makes the
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I have run into "funny" problem.
I have following workflow:
User is creating item in ListA. In new form he needs to put Manager which is User Field column type. From people picker he is choosing login name Domain\jo (Two letters seems to be important here). User is resolved correctly to John Doe. Item is saved and
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After item is added to ListA workflow is started automatically. Workflow is assigning new task to user from Manager (CurrentItem:Manager) field using Assign task action. Now the new task is assigned to different person i.e. John Dimagio with login name DOMAIN\jod
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Hello !
I have run into "funny" problem.
I have following workflow:
User is creating item in ListA. In new form he needs to put Manager which is User Field column type. From people picker he is choosing login name Domain\jo (Two letters seems to be important here). User is resolved correctly to John Doe. Item is saved and
added to list correctly. In list view John Doe is displayed in Manager column. In view item John Doe is in Manager field. In powershell Id;#John Doe is as a Manager field value.
Now the "funny" part:
After item is added to ListA workflow is started automatically. Workflow is assigning new task to user from Manager (CurrentItem:Manager) field using Assign task action. Now the new task is assigned to different person i.e. John Dimagio with login name DOMAIN\jod
! When I am logging value to wf history of the CurrentItem:Manager field I am getting sth like i;123#DOMAIN\jod . So value is completely different and wrong.
Can someone explain why is this happening?
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