HitArea hide movie clip

Im trying to hide a clip on when one clips collide with
another using hit Tes and also hitArea, both of them doesnt
work....
I write the following code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.guardia, hitTest(_root.quienes)) {
hide == true;
} else {
hide == false;
Is something there i mess?
best,
IN

ok im understanding
"guardia" is the instance name of the mc also is a layer on
scene 1
"quienes" is the instance name of the mc that is inside a
mouse over buttom that is on scene 1
the action (the code) is inside frame 1 that is in other
layer on scene 1
I try these as you said:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.guardia.hitTest(_root.quienes)) {
guardia.hide =true;
} else {
guardia.hide =false;
but still doesnt work
in

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How do I make all buttons on stage unclickable, while a certain movie clip is visible?

Hi,
I have a button on stage which opens a popup (movie clip is popup + several other buttons). The movie clip and the buttons on it take up most of the stage.
The problem is that the buttons which are on the stage, and are behind the movie clip, remain clickable (you can click through the movie clip!). How may I disable this?
Basically, I need to make it that you cannot click through the movie clip.
Thanks in advance!
PS I am using CS5 and AS2.

One way would be to make the movieclip clickable. That would make it block the other objects behind it...
     mc.onRelease = function(){ }
     mc.useHandCursor = false; // to hide the hand cursor
Another way would be to disable the buttons while the movieclip is present...
     btn.enabled = false;
Another way would be to build conditional code into the button clicking code to not work if the movieclip is visible.
     btn.onRelease = function(){
          if(!mc._visible){
                // okay to do stuff

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I am trying to add around 20,000 instances of a single small
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actionscript. The problem is it loads immediately and it loads very
slowly, so I would like to know if there is a way to preload it?
The class that adds the movie clip library symbol (World) is not
the document class, nor is it referenced from the document class. I
have tried dragging an empty sprite linked to World, and I have
tried exporting it to other frames as well is preloading it as it's
own .swf...any suggestions would greatly appreciated! The code
looks like:

Hi
I guess you can one thing. add dummy pre-loader before loop
and then just hide it after loop ;)

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Hi guys,
I'm taking an intro Flash and Action Script class and for my final I need to create a portfolio project that contains 5 unique buttons that trigger 5 unique movie clips. I'm having a hard time with this. I've been able to trigger the 1st movie clip with the first button (although I can't stop it) but I can't trigger any ohter movies with any other buttons.
Here's my code:
stop();
chuck1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playMovie);
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chuck2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playSaucers);
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Nothing happens when I click on chuck2_btn when I test the movie. I think I need to create a variable or class but I'm not sure. I'm a super noob with this stuff. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Rick

You should learn how to use the Help documentation to find answers like how to use the visible property. For the code you showed earlier, here's what you can try in frame 1 to replace it.
stop();
spaceship_mc.visible = false;
saucers_mc.visible = false;
slideshow_mc.visible = false;
chuck1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playMovie);
function playMovie(event:MouseEvent):void
     spaceship_mc.visible = true;
     saucers_mc.visible = false;
     slideshow_mc.visible = false;
    spaceship_mc.play();
chuck2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playSaucers);
function playSaucers(event:MouseEvent):void
     spaceship_mc.visible = false;
     saucers_mc.visible = true;
     slideshow_mc.visible = false;
    saucers_mc.play();
etc...
It could be refined, like having a function that hides everything and using that every time before making the one you need to show visible. You might find it necessary to include telling the movies to gotoAndStop(1) as well.
That's about as generous as I'm going to get. It's important that you learn things, and handing you a solution isn't going to help do that.

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