[CS3] Flash buttons with fade effects.

Question

Well as the title says, i've got some buttons in Flash CS3,
using AS 2 which when clicked changes the frame. The thing is that
i want to add a fade effect to the text area AFTER the button was
pressed. So for example:
The user is reading the text, he presses one of the buttons
(all of which change frames, in this case text) and the text fades
away and the new text fades in.
Well, i've designed the frames needed for this, so i've got
10 frames before the frame the user will see for it to fade in and
10 frames after it to fade out. What i havent figured out yet is
how i'll make the script do that. I mean, i can make the script go
forward one frame, starting the fade out effect, i can make it go
to the frame i want but how will i do both.
I've got 6 buttons and 6 corresponding texts.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you in advance.
P.S.: Any ideas welcome. I can change the frame layout.
P.S.S.: Also forgot to mention that making layers for every
combination is out of question....

Answer 1

I've already had them placed each on their layer. I thought i
might need mobility on the timeline.
Let me see how much of this i understand...
quote:
which im assuming are MovieClip instances
They're graphics but i can simply change them to be movie
clips if it's the case.
quote:
do the same with your buttons on a seperate layer but you
will only need one for them all
I've lost you here....you're saying ill only need one AS
reference?
quote:
for(var i=0; i<btns.length; i++) {
Hmm... you're using the size of the array to set how many
times the loop control will actually loop? Took me a bit to figure
out what length an array could have
quote:
new Tween(current, '_alpha', Strong.easeOut, 100, 0, 10,
false);
new Tween(clips[this.id], '_alpha', Strong.easeOut, 0, 100,
10, false);
current = clips[this.id];
//start the first clip transition 'in'
current = clips[0];
new Tween(clips[0], '_alpha', Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 10,
false);
Ok i didnt get most of this but i'll have to check out the
parameters for the Tween function.
Actually i plan on going from a 50% alpha to a 100%, but
that's just my choice.
Thanks a lot and hope i dont become too annoying.
P.S. I had a huge revelation at the end when i re-read the
code and finally understood how this is going to work.