Scrollable area, needs movie clip?

Question

If I want to have an area that scrolls when you put your
mouse over a left or right button.
I think I can do this by making a movie of the scrolling, and
then using action script to play the move backwards or forwards
when there is a mouse-hover over the buttons.
Is this the only way to do this or is there an action-script
only way which makes an area scrollable without having to make a
movie first?
thanks

Answer 1

you can control that kind of thing with where the mouse is on
the stage. i found this bit of code somewhere...
//SCROLL NASTY
root.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,f);
var t:Timer=new Timer(40,0);
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,moveF);
function f(e:MouseEvent) {
// t.stop();
t.start();
var speed:Number = .9;
function moveF(e:TimerEvent) {
front_mc.x
=speed*front_mc.x+(1-speed)*(stage.stageWidth-front_mc.width)*root.mouseX/stage.stageWidt h;
back_mc.x =
speed*back_mc.x+(1-speed)*(stage.stageWidth-back_mc.width)*root.mouseX/stage.stageWidth;
if (Math.abs(front_mc.x-
(stage.stageWidth-front_mc.width)*root.mouseX/stage.stageWidth)<1
Math.abs(back_mc.x-(stage.stageWidth-back_mc.width)*root.mouseX/stage.stageWidth)<1)
front_mc.x =
(stage.stageWidth-front_mc.width)*root.mouseX/stage.stageWidth;
back_mc.x =
(stage.stageWidth-back_mc.width)*root.mouseX/stage.stageWidth;
t.stop();
e.updateAfterEvent();
just have to give one clip the instance name of front_mc and
another with back_mc... dont know if thats what your looking for?
but i love that bit of code!