Creating A Light Switch
Hi Guys,
I'm trying to create a light switch on a computer screen but i think I'm not hitting the actionscript just right. Here's what I have.
On the movieclip of the light I have
Code:
onClipEvent(load){
light=false;
}
I then have this on the switch
Code:
on (release) {
if (light=false) {
screen.attachMovie("screenOn", "screen", 2);
light=true;
} else if (light=true) {
screen.attachMovie("screenOff", "screen", 2);
light=false;
}
}
Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Posted on: Oct 24, 2006, 18:03
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Light Switch
Hi guys,
I'm new here and very happy to be!
I'm a beginner in Flash, nevertheless my company gave me this widget to create.
It is basically done and I'm kind of happy with it but
- please go to
http://www.giuseppecraparottacv.co.u...-lighting.html
to understand what follows -
Click once on the button - click a second time - everything works fine until now.
Now click a third time. The lighting doesn't go back to its original status, as wanted.
Fortunately if you click a forth time, you get what you wanted to get with the third click.
I give you an insight on the ActionScript. I coded:
1)
on(release) {
gotoAndPlay("10");
}
for the button (not the frame) frame 1. 10 is the frame when the turn-light-down animation starts.
2)
on(release) {
gotoAndPlay("30");
}
for the button (not the frame) in frame 30. 30 is the frame when the turn-light-up animation starts.
3)
on(release) {
gotoAndPlay("10");
}
for the button (not the frame) in frame 50. 50 is the frame when the turn-light-up animation ends.
This third piece is intended to let the button trace the point - back in time - in which the light goes down. I wanted to create a button-activated loop with no interruptions.
So why does it take a forth click to have the light down again?
Thank you for your help,
Ray
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