Sprite gets stuck in mid-movement

Question

I am having some trouble with a sprite not knowing when the
mouse is outside it's bounding edges, and when it's inside.
I have a script set up, so that when you roll over the
particular sprite, it moves to the left 40 pixels, 10 pixels at a
time so it has a smooth effect.
when you roll off of the sprite, the sprite should move back
to the right 40 pixels, but once again it moves 10 pixels at a
time. Somewhere in my script, the sprite gets stuck. if you roll
over the sprite too quickly the sprite stops after moving 10
pixels, and then won't move again. At all. It's stuck. I know
someone out there knows why this isn't working. Any help is much
appreciated. Thanks so much.
-So here's my script.
property pRight
property pLeft
on beginSprite me
pRight=0 --set it to not shrink when it starts up
pLeft=0
end
on mouseEnter me
pLeft = 1
end
on mouseLeave me
pRight=1 --start shrinking now
end
on enterFrame me
if pRight=1 then
if sprite("Button 1").locH<470 then
sprite("Button 1").locH=sprite("Button 1").locH+10
else
pRight=0 --now it will stop shrinking
end if
end if
if pLeft = 1 then
if sprite("Button 1").locH>440 then
sprite("Button 1").locH=sprite("Button 1").locH-10
else pLeft = 0
end if
end if
end

Answer 1

Yes, or instead of using two parameters just use one, maybe
called
pDirection and set it to 1 or -1 then in your enterFrame,
don't use two
different if statements. It will work but it's not efficient.
if pDirection = 1 then
else
if pDirection = -1 then
end if
end if
This shows anyone reading your code that the value of
pDirection can only be
one or the other, even though in your code it doesn't matter
because the
value of your parameter cannot change inside a handler unless
you set it
yourself.
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> There is probably a better way to write this up, but
using your code, the
> problem is that it is possible to end up with both of
the properties set
> to
> "1". Then, on the enterFrame, they just cancel each
other out. So, on
> mouseEnter, set the pRight to 0 at the same time you set
the pLeft to 1.
> Do the
> same for the mouseLeave...
>
> on mouseEnter me
> pLeft = 1
> pRight = 0 -- make sure that you are not trying to move
it both ways
> end
>
>
> on mouseLeave me
> pRight=1 --start shrinking now
> pLeft = 0 -- make sure that you are not trying to move
it both ways
> end
>
>
>