Stop timeline exactly where it is

Question

I need help with stopping the timeline and audio exactly
where it is when my pause button is pressed. The pause changes to a
play button which on release I want to pick up from exactly where
it is on the timeline and in the audio. Can this be done?? Would it
be a function for when the button is pressed? I'm fairly good with
general scripting, but I didn't know if this could be done or if it
was something really advanced. If anyone could help me I would
greatly appreciate it. Thanks for you time and guidance.

Answer 1

layerburn,
> I found my way to your blog David and found your article
> on pausing sound, it was exactly what I needed.
Cool. Glad that helped.
> However, how would i refterence my pause_btn if it is
nested
> in a movie clip called pauseNplay??
You could either make pauseNplay a "button," even though
it's a movie
clip. Note in the "MovieClip class" entry of the ActionScript
2.0 Language
Reference that movie clips support many of the same events as
the Button
class. (Classes define objects in ActionScript, and they
serve as terrific
Owner's Manuals for the object in question. See the "First
Time Here?" link
on my blog for what I hope are some helpful articles.)
Or ... you could simply path to it. Rather than ...
pause_btn.onRelease = function() { ... }
... it sounds to me like this might be ...
pauseNplay.pause_btn.onRelease = function() { ... }
Objects paths are a lot like folder paths on your hard
drive.
> Also I was curious about pausing the actual timeline
exactly
> where it is. That part I haven't figured out yet.
For that, you simply need the MovieClip.play() and
MovieClip.stop()
methods -- you'll see those in the MovieClip class, as well.
Even the main
timeline is a movie clip, so those work there, too. Just add
another line
inside your button handler ...
pauseNplay.pause_btn.onRelease = function() {
dynamic_sound.start(dynamic_sound.position / 1000);
this._parent._parent.play();
Keep in mind, I just made up this._parent._parent, because I
have no
idea where your main timeline is in relation to this button.
Both buttons
and movie clips have a _parent property that points to the
object that
contains them. this._parent._parent might just point to your
main timeline,
if pauseNplay is located there. Pathing makes sense once you
wrap your head
around it.
> I have the pause timeline code that uses an interval to
count off so
> many seconds, but how do I script it to acknowledge the
pause
> and subtract the time that has already been counted to
resume and
> finish the count to continue on??
The getTimer() function tells you how many milliseconds have
passed
since the movie began. When you go into pause mode, you could
store the
current value of getTimer() in a variable, then retrieve that
number and
peform math on it to make decisions in the future.
It sounds like you might benefit from picking apart each of
these pieces
and mastering them on their own. When you have solid footing,
it helps make
sense of them when you combine them in (possibly) complex
ways.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."