Error 1158 "missing left brace"

Question

the following is my code. as you can infer from it's
simplicity, I am inexperienced.
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.IEventDispatcher;
fatmax.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,extend);
function extend(event:MouseEvent)void:
trace("extended");
the compiler gives the error of: 1158: Syntax error: missing
left brace ({) before the function body.
Yet, as can be clearly seen, there is a left brace.
also, i do not intend for this to be void, but am just trying
to get the button to work right now. When I later want it to play a
motion tween that is on a different layer, how do I do that?

Answer 1

Hi,
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.IEventDispatcher;
fatmax.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,extend);
function extend(event:MouseEvent)
:void
trace("extended");
You can then use the gotoAndPlay / myMovieClip.gotoAndPlay
function.