Assigning Same Action To All Instances Of A Button?
Hi.
I have two buttons used extensively throughout my project. The actions for the buttons always stay the same.
Button 'a' will always be:
Code:
on(release)
{
prevFrame();
}
Button 'b' will always be:
Code:
on(release)
{
nextFrame();
}
Without assigning these same actions to every single instance of the button, is there any way to assign an 'on release' action for every instance of a button to do the same throughout the movie? Just saves me repetition of code.....and time....
Thanks.
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Posted on: 07-09-2008, 03:16 PM
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