Flash CS3 won't do rolloverrs!!

Question

I am using Flash CS3 on a Mac. I am trying to do something I
have done many times before- that is create a button made with a
movie clip. This is done with an invisible button going to the
various states in the MC using frames. I am making sure the frames
are NOT on the same keyframe as the STOP ACTION. But it's not
working.
Did Adobe do something new with Action Script? I am
publishing it as Action Script 2.0.
quote:
on (rollOver) {
//this.gotoAndPlay("benefits, startbutton");
this.gotoAndPlay.benefits("startbutton");
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

FlashRenaissance,
> Did Adobe do something new with Action Script?
With ActionScript 3.0? Plenty. ;)
> I am publishing it as Action Script 2.0.
>
>
quote:
on (rollOver) {
> //this.gotoAndPlay("benefits, startbutton");
In AS2, the on() and onClipEvent() functions still work the
same as
ever. The above syntax would only make sense, though, if your
destination
were actually labeled "benefits, startbutton" (complete with
the comma and
space character).
> this.gotoAndPlay.benefits("startbutton");
This line has a few syntax problems, actually. The
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() method accepts a parameter, which it
looks like
you're using with the reference to "startbutton", but you're
invoking that
parameter inside a set of parentheses that appears after the
word
"benefits". That means "benefits" is a method (a function) of
the object it
belongs to, and since "benefits" appears after a dot that
follows
"gotoAndPlay", the line as written expects an object by the
instance name of
gotoAndPlay whose class defines a method named benefits.
My hunch is that the movie clip in question -- the one on
which this
on() function is attached -- contains a nested movie clip
with the instance
name "benefits". If that's so, and if you're asking benefits
to perform the
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() method, then the code should look
like this:
on (rollOver) {
this.benefits.gotoAndPlay("startbutton");
Does that make sense?
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."