Is this a Flash 8 bug? - Variable Freakout

Question

Ok, this doesn't make sense at all - here is my set up:
in a root MC, I have 4 layers - all 1 frame each.
The 1st layer is an actions layer which defines 3 very simple
variables:
quote:
var pressCheck1 = 0;
var pressCheck2 = 0;
var pressCheck3 = 0;
the next 3 layers hold 1 MC a piece - each of those MC's have
button-esque actionscript - a rollover, rollout, etc.
for example - here is the actionscript on one of my MC
buttons:
quote:
on (rollOver)
this.header.textColor = 0x7B6B52;
on (rollOut) {
if (pressCheck1 == 1) {
this.header.textColor = 0x7B6B52;
} else {
this.header.textColor = 0x546054;
on (press)
this.header.textColor = 0x7B6B52;
_parent.play.header.textColor = 0x546054;
pressCheck1 = 1;
pressCheck2 = 0;
As you can see, on rollover it defines a color for the text
and on press it defines the same color again (to make it stick) -
while also assigning a value to the a varaible "presscheck1".
I did this because on the rollout, I wanted to have the color
display differently before and after the button is clicked. This
explains the if/ else statement on the rollout.
With just this single button- everything works great, however
when I modify his code to stick on another MC (in one of the other
layers) as shown here:
quote:
on (rollOver)
this.header.textColor = 0x7B6B52;
on (rollOut) {
if (pressCheck2 == 1) {
this.header.textColor = 0x7B6B52;
} else {
this.header.textColor = 0x546054;
on (press)
this.header.textColor = 0x7B6B52;
_parent.work.header.textColor = 0x546054;
pressCheck1 = 0;
pressCheck2 = 1;
The variables do not seem to enable/ disable the rollout
functions as defined in the press functions.
Basically all that happens is that after rolling in and out a
few times - the color never resets back to 0x546054.
This doesnt make sense, as even a trace will show that the
variables are being assigned on each press.
Im not sure what is happening, but this code seems extremely
logical - does anyone have any ideas on whats going wrong?

Answer 1

It almost reads like you are trying to manually code a symbol
to operate like a button (with the text color changes). If so, why
not allow the button states control your rollover/rollout changes?
- you must have some other code you aren't showing because I don't
see how anything would be changing color with this code).
Without being able to test your flash file, I can only advise
you to put a trace statement on each event (whether it's an "if"
and/or "else" and in that trace statement, have it trace logically
what you should be seeing such as " presscheck_n = and header
should turn green" and on rollouts, trace something like
"presscheck_n = header shoud reset back to some color". This way
you can find out where your code is not working. I can bet it's a
matter of what the value of pressCheck_N is.