Probably an easy fix....

Question

hey there all,
I have a movie clip that has a few layers and a button on one
of the layers. on the button I have this code:
on(rollOver){
gotoAndPlay("over");
on(rollOut){
gotoAndPlay("out");
Now, this mc is on the Main timeline and has an istance name
"home_btn". I have a sliding menu type navagation going on and have
some code for the "home_btn" on the main timeline:
home_btn.onRelease = function(){
menuSlide(contentHold.content1);
WHen I try to use the code on the maintime line and the code
on the button inside the mc--it ofcourse doesn't work.
How can I reference the rollover/out actions on the inside of
the mc from the main timeline?
Or, is there an easy away around this?
thanks,
h

Answer 1

man, idk. For some reason I'm confused w/this...maybe it's
because I've worked myself into a mental block(???)
I tried to put all the code on the btn inside the movie clip
and use _root on the on(release) function...no go.
I also tried taking all the code off the btn inside the mc
and giving the button an instance name "homebtn1" and adding this
code to the main timeline:
homebtn_mc.onRelease = function(){
menuSlide(contentHold.content1);
homebtn_mc.homebtn1.onRollOver = function(){
gotoAndPlay("over");
homebtn_mc.homebtn1.onRollOut = function(){
gotoAndPlay("out");
(I would rather have all the code in the main timeline---but
I much rather have the button's work)
any further suggestions would be deeply appreciated.
thanks again,
h (uggggggggggggggg)