Comments on: Making a button work in Flash CS3 or Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0 - it’s not too bad

By: kmlgd

kmlgd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:32:44 +0000

i dont know why they´d turn easy simple tasks into really complex ones. thats nice for a programer i think but for the rest of us, no. ;(

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:28 +0000

Jen-

THANKS so much!

By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:32:31 +0000

@Bryan:
Both of them are pointing at the same function. Change the line that starts with replay to:

replay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler2);

Post on multiple buttons: http://flashthusiast.com/2008/03/13/adding-more-than-one-button-to-a-fla-file-while-rocking-it-in-actionscript-30/

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:30 +0000

This is my most recent attempt:

stop();
web_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(”http://www.thelisaproject.org”));
}
replay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

Both buttons attempt to call the URL and neither goes to and plays frame 1.

I think I am out of my league.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:57:54 +0000

Well… I closed the program last night and when I opened it this morning…I was able to add the code to the actions panel. SO Confused.

I was able to get my button working BUT I can’t seem to get a second button working in the same scene. (AS3)

What I have is two buttons. One is a mouseover button (web_btn) that calls a URL and the other is a mouseover button (replay) that I need to go back to frame 1 and play. Can you help with adding the correct code for the second button?

stop();
web_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(”http://www.thelisaproject.org/”)) }

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:05 +0000

Hello all. I used Flash YEARS ago. I am now on a Mac and have cs4. This is so different and I am lost. I read the great (and simple) tutorial above. I created a flash ad with a button that has a mouseover. When I try to include the script in the action panel, it says “Current selection cannot have actions applied to it.” LOL. How do I make a simple button that calls a URL? I don’t know Flash any more. Help.

By: easy

easy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:22:27 +0000

for the second btn you should have “buttonClickHandler2″
stop();
foodbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(”http://www.bc.edu/dining”));
}
peoplebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler2);
function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest (”http://www.cbord.com”));
}

By: easy

easy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:39 +0000

Hi Jennie and John, i noticed there was a problem with your code, if you have two buttons the code should be
stop(); foodbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler); function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.bc.edu/dining")); } peoplebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler); function buttonClickHandler2(event:MouseEvent):void { navigateToURL(new URLRequest ("http://www.cbord.com")); }

By: subhash

subhash — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:29:43 +0000

I placed 4 screens in 4 different frames of 1 layer, like 0th frame,40th frame,80th frame,120th frame …. so i want to move from 1st frame to 120th frame using a button control.All these frames must move sequential like a movie clip and has to show all the 4 screens while moving….So How to do this using a button control.

By: subhash

subhash — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:29:13 +0000

I placed 4 screens in 4 different frames like 0th frame,40th frame,80th frame,120th frame …. so i want to move from 1st frame to 120th frame using a button control.All these frames must move sequential like a movie clip and has to show all the 4 screens while moving….So How to do this using a button control.