Getting a movie clip to stop playing, when another one is activated.

Question

Hello,
I have a file with 3 movie clips and three buttons that control them to play...with the script below It is working fine.
stop()
function startImageOne(Event:MouseEvent):void
    imageOne_mc.play();
function startImageTwo(Event:MouseEvent):void
    imageTwo_mc.play();
function startImageThree(Event:MouseEvent):void
    imgThree_mc.play();
start1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageOne);
start2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageTwo);
start3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageThree);
Then, I wanted to stop a movieClip, if another one was selected to play..so I inserted stop options to the function, which I thought would work, but doesn't. Does any one know why...See this code below..
thanks
stop();
function startImageOne(Event:MouseEvent):void
    imageOne_mc.play();
    imageTwo_mc.stop();
    imgThree_mc.stop();
function startImageTwo(Event:MouseEvent):void
    imageTwo_mc.play();
    imageOne_mc.stop();
    imgThree_mc.stop();
function startImageThree(Event:MouseEvent):void
    imgThree_mc.play();
    imageOne_mc.stop();
    imageTwo_mc.stop();
start1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageOne);
start2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageTwo);
start3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startImageThree);
thanks
Babs

Answer 1

Hi Ned,
I checked the names and they are all correct...(I named one of the instances img instead of image, but it is all fine.
The movie clips are simple...They have a stop action in the first frame, and then it is just an image that fads in and fades out..
Pretty simple?
The code looks fine, so I can't figure out, why the movie clip that is currently playing doesn't stop, when another button is activated.
It seems like is should work??
I'll keep playing .. thanks!!
babs