Flash :: Movie Clip Button Inside Movie Clip Button Is Driving Me Nuts

A Button Inside A Movie Clip, Within A Movie Clip, Calling Another Scene:
Is it even possible?

I have been trying to do it for the last few days for a site I am working on.

I have done searches in many forums and it's foolish looking for an answer that way, because quite frankly every thread I opened was something to do with LoadMovie or GetURL, etc.

What I have right now is on the button in my Menu Bar Movie Clip:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(285);
}

Which plays a fancy little animation in the movie clip and then on the last frame of that movie clip I had:

gotoAndPlay("Contact", 1);

Which is the Scene for the "Contact Us" Scene named "Contact"

One would think that it would load up the scene and play at frame 1, however all that happens is it reloads the movie clip of the "Menu Bar" at frame 1 and starts over, not even realizing what I asked.

Anyways, I figured there's a script or something that tells it to look outside of the movie clip or to the _Root, or whatever.

If someone has a solution, it would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry I have no example to show, since I have yet to upload it. (It's my company's web site, and I don't think customers would want to see some half-arsed web site that's not complete.

Thanks in advance.

Control Movie Clip In Container From Button Inside Other Movie Clip
There are three movie clips involved in this question.

1. A main movie clip that has a target empty movie clip where an external swf loads.

2. A menu movie clip that is built from button symbols and has its own timeline.

3. The external movie.

When a user clicks on the menu, the external swf loads into the empty movie clip target.  This part works fine. Here's the code:
on (release) {
    loadMovie ("Lesson1.swf", "_root.container");
}

I want to use one external swf for all lesson, versus 20 external swfs. The problem I'm having is controling at what frame the external swf loads.  I've tried adding --gotoAndStop (15) -- for example. I've also tried adding, gotoAndStop "_root.container" (15), but that doesn't work either. The gotoAndStop action ends up controlling the menu movie clip timeline instead of the movie loaded into the container. I figure this is because the menu mc has "embedded" buttons and it's own timeline.

Any  help you can offer will be much appreciated.

Thanks
Sheila

Creating A Button To Open A Movie Clip From Inside A Movie Clip?
I'm using a hexagon menu to display some images. One image is placed on each slide of the hexagon menu (which can then be rotated left and right to see other "slides").

What I want to do now is to be able to click on the object (image) as a button and for it to go to another scene which shows the image blown up and some description next to it (which is another movie)

I have tried the following which doesn't seem to work:
Created an invisible button (or choosing the image as a button) and having

on(release) {
gotoAndPlay("scene 5", 1);
}

this doesn't work when I use it over the hexagonal menu, but when I move the button to somewhere else on the screen (not over the movie) it works.

Please can someone help with this - Ive been working on it flat out over the weekend and desperately want to make it work. any ideas would be appreciated!! thank you

Loading External Movie Clip With A Button Inside Another Movie Clip Help
Hi,

I am working on a scrolling thumbnail movie clip, that when you click on the thumbnail button inside the movie clip it will load an external movie clip. I have an empty movie clip on the main stage, and have been trying all sorts of code, but for some reason it doesn't like that I am inside a movie clip using buttons. It can't seem to find the external swf.

I have tried:

on (release) {
loadMovie (ithink.swf, "loader");

and

on (release) }
if (firstTime == true) {
loadMovie("ithink.swf", _root.loader);
firstTime = false;
} else {
_root.clicked = "ithink.swf";
_root.loader.gotoAndPlay("goback");
}
}

and so far nothing, for some reaosn when I click on a button outside of the movie clip with the above code it loads... and than the other works too, but if I click on the buttons inside the scolling movie clip first they won't work.

Any suggests or ideas!!?

I would really appreciate it... I am beyond frusterated!!

A Button Inside A Movie Clip To Move Another Movie Clip
I'm building a web page and I have a button that I need to make two movie clips play. The button is inside one movie clip and in addition to it playing I want it to make another movie clip play. It doesn't seem to recognize the movie clip target names. Any help as to how this can be done would be much appriciated.

Thanx

Controlling A Movie Clip From A Button Inside Another Movie Clip.
I'm confusing myself just typing this.

I'm working on an interactive map. The map itself is a MC inside a container, but also contains all the buttons as well. On my main stage(scene 1 and menu) is a window(MC) that will show info and photo of building. Now if I create a button on the main stage I can control the movieclip(images) easily. But when I use a button from inside map(MC) it doesn't seem to recognize the (images.gotoAndStop(frame))command.

I'm just not sure what to put in order to be able to control the MC's timeline from within that map movieclip.

Sorry if this is confusing. Of course at the same time it might be a simple solution for most people here as well. At least that is what I'm hoping anyways.

Place Movie Clip Button Inside Movie Clip
Hi, I have searched the forum but cannot find exactly what I am looking for.
I have a movie clip of a map that I can zoom and drag and what I would like to do if possible is to have several other movie clips inside the first movie clip which when clicked go to and play at a given frame number on the timeline where a photo is displayed.

The 'several' movie clips will be small flashing red circles. Each one represents a place of interest and when clicked will display a photo of the place of interest.

Going Nuts...calling Functions Inside Movie Clip..
hey all,

i need some help with calling a function from within a movie clip.

i wrote a function that is with a movie clip, something like this:
-----------------------------------------
function didYouRegister () {
if (userLevel == 1) {
loadMovieNum ("http://www.cnn.com", "blank");
} else if (userLevel == 2) {

}
loadMovieNum ("http://www.cbc.ca", "blank");
}

-------------------------------------------------

now, when the movie is loaded i need flash to figure out if the user has registered. in the main time line on the action script layer,i have this line of code, which should kick the user the cnn.com (according to the fucntion "didYouRegister") :

userLevel = 1;

now this is the line of code i have, also in the main timeline in the action script layer, that is supposed to call the function:

callFunction.didYouRegister();

The "callFunction" is the name of the MC that is holding the function called "didYouRegister"

So after all this, i cannot get the fucntion to be called.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks so much.

How To Have A Button Link To A Certain Frame Inside A Movie Clip From Inside A Movie
Is this possible? I have a menu and would like to have a drop down box nested inside the menue which links to certain frames inside the main movie clip.

Movie Clip Button Inside A Movie Clip Button
Ok so I'm going crazy with creating a movie clip button inside a movie clip.

I have it working well for onRollover, but onRollout the Header_mc looks like it is not looking at the code. It is driving me crazy. Here is my Action Script code to control the two movieclip buttons.

I basicly want the Header_mc to stop when over the B_photo and on Rollout of the B_photo. I don't know why it is not working. I have attached screenshots of my Header_mc and the SWF so you can see what frame I'm calling.

/*--------------Photographers Button------------*/

this.B_photo.onRollOver = function() {
Header_mc.gotoAndPlay("_stop");
B_photo.gotoAndPlay("_over");

}

this.B_photo.onRollOut = function() {
Header_mc.stop("_stop");
B_photo.gotoAndPlay("_out");

}

this.B_photo.onRelease = function() {
B_photo.getURL("http://www.macromedia.com", "_parent");
}

/*--------------Main Header---------------------*/

this.Header_mc.onRollOver = function() {
Header_mc.gotoAndPlay("_over");

}

this.Header_mc.onRollOut = function() {
Header_mc.gotoAndPlay("_out");

}

this.Header_mc.onRelease = function() {
Header_mc.gotoAndStop("_out");

}

Button(movie Clip) Inside A Movie Clip
Hey guys,

I had 3 buttons in the main movie which was working fine.

an external actionscript file was responsible for the buttons' functions

playPause is the instance name of the button(made as a movie clip)

ActionScript Code:
playPause.onRollOver = function()
{
if(this._currentframe == 1) this.gotoAndStop("pauseOver");
else this.gotoAndStop("playOver")
}

What I wanted to do is create another button(instance name speaker) on the main movie that when a user rolls over with a mouse, it'll show the 3 buttons. Basically, a button(movie clip) in a button(movie clip).

I have this movie clip working fine but none of the action script on the original buttons are working (of course because target changed).

I have tried the following and it will not work (in external .as file)-

ActionScript Code:
speaker.playPause.onRollOver = function()
{
if(this._currentframe == 1) this.gotoAndStop("pauseOver");
else this.gotoAndStop("playOver")
}

any suggestions? thanks in advance

Button(movie Clip) Inside A Movie Clip
hey everyone, using flash 8 here,

here is my problem.

on frame 1 line 2 i have a button ( bt1_btn ) and added this code on frame 1, line 1
Code:
stop();

bt1_btn.onRollOver = function() {
_root.gotoAndPlay("animation"); // frame 2
};
which works fine,

on frame 2 line 2 i have this movie clip ( bt2_btn ) that contains animation and 2 movie clips ( buttons - capsules_btn, and cahier_btn)
i added this code which works also...

Code:
bt2_btn.onRollOut= function() {
_root.gotoAndPlay("home"); // frame 1
};
but, i can't seem to make capsules_btn, and cahier_btn to work.

i tried the obvious
Code:
on (press) {
trace("on press");
}
which resulted to nothing.

i tried using this code at the main level on line 1
Code:
bt2_btn.cahier_btn.onRelease = function() {
trace("button clicked");
};
and got nothing

i then tried this code on frame 1 line 1 of the movieclip bt2_btn
Code:
_root.bt2_btn.cahier_btn.onPress= function() {
trace("button clicked");
};
nothing also

wondered what am i missing, or what i aint doing right, either way, can anyone help me out here?

attached file included

thanks

Movie Clip Button Inside Movie Clip.
hey ive got a slider menu which opens when clicked. however the buttons (also mc instanced) inside the slider mc wont work... here is the code:

//Menu Slider Background
_root.menuSlider_MC.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(_root.menuSlider_MC, "_x", Bounce.easeOut, _root.menuSlider_MC._x,-250, 20);s
}

_root.menuSlider_MC.onRollOut = function() {
new Tween(_root.menuSlider_MC, "_x", Bounce.easeOut, _root.menuSlider_MC._x,-305, 20);s
}

_root.menuSlider_MC.onPress = function() {
new Tween(_root.menuSlider_MC, "_x", Bounce.easeOut, _root.menuSlider_MC._x,50, 20);s
}

//Menu Buttons
_root.menuSlider_MC.web_MC.onRollOver = function() {
trace("yes");
}

the slider mc works however i cant seem to get the 'web_MC' to respond..

how can i fix this? cheers.

Having A Button Inside A Movie Clip To Move The Root Movie To Another Frame?
i dont know much about actionscripting so explain to me in simple terms...

i have buttons inside a single movie clip and i want to have each button (when clicked or rollover-ed) move the frame header of the main (root) movie to another position. what actionscript does this require? and will each button actually be "clickable" since they're all encapsulated in ONE movie clip??

thanks

PLEASE HELP Button Inside A Movie Clip..to Call Different Scene On The Movie
i have a button "within" a movie clip, i cant get it to work to call another "scene". i already used "_root." so the command will apply to the main time line but still, its not working.

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("scene2", 1);
}
thanks!

How To Get A Button Inside Of A Movie Clip Play The MAIN Movie
how to get a button inside of a movie clip play the MAIN movie

( reposted, bad grammer in 1st one)

I got a button, inside of a movie clip.....
How do I get the button to have the MAIN movie play on click, not the MOVIE clip

Movie Clip Inside A Sub Movie _ Button Wont Work
Hi,
my problem is i have a main movie, a sub movie and a button in the sub movie. everything is working fine until i press the button in the submovie to go to another page in the submovie, but the button wont work. i have tried frame numbers and labels with no luck.
I have posted the flas (main movie and submovie) at www.guntherrohn.com/team.fla and www.guntherrohn.com/guntssite.fla

once on the homepage go to team page. the buttons i am talking about are on the seperate pages within team.
Thanks again for ur help
Regards

Playing Movie With A Button Inside A Movie Clip
OK LETS START FROM THE VERY BEGINING HERE...

I HAVE A BUTTON THAT IS IN A MOVIE CLIP, WHEN I TELL IT TO GOTO AND PLAY THE FIRST SCENE FRAME 2, IT PLAYS THE ANIMATION IN THE MOVIE CLIP AND NOT THE SCENE. WHAT SCRIPT DO I USE TO TELL THE BUTTON TO PLAY THE MOTION TWEEN IN THE FIRST SCENE ON THE SECOND FRAME.

Button Inside Movie Clip Inside Scrollpane Doesn't Work In Xml
This is sorta odd but I'm hoping somewhat easy to fix. This is in AS2 and is the last problem I have in a very small project of mine.

I have button called button01 inside a movieclip called movieclip01 which is the contentPath for a scrollpane called scrollpane01. I'd like the button to work, and depending on the code it will work in the normal .swf but won't when I embed my movie into xml.

If I put the code inside movieclip01

button01.onRelease=function(){
_root.gotoAndPlay("Frame Name");
}

It will work when I test it but not in the XML. So what I want to do is go to the main timeline where the scrollpane is and write the code there. That is where I'm stuck.

I've tried scrollpane01.movieclip01.button01 and tried movieclip01.button01 and also tried scrollpane01.button01. Just for giggles I also tried scrollpane01.movieclip01 but none of that works

Last night I had a similar problem with buttons inside a movieclip that was on the root stage. They worked in the swf but not when I embedded the file - so I found this which worked (typed in the root stage)

movieclip01.button01.onRelease=function(){

Button Inside A Movie Clip
I've got a problem with a movie clip. This movie clip is included inside a scene, and it has a button with rollover, rollout and release actions. The rollover and the rollout ones work fine, and do right what they are supposed to do. But the release action ("sceneName.gotoAndPlay(1)"), instead of sending the scene called "sceneName" to the frame 1, it sends itself to the frame 1. What can I do?

Thanks.

Get Url From A Button Inside A Movie Clip?
I have a button inside a movie clip, when clicked needs to open a .gif in a new window. I am use to using get url on buttons not in movie clips, but this button is having trouble finding its way out of the movie clip to find the .gif in the same folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Movie Clip, Inside A Button?
Hey!

I have created a button with a movie clip inside it which plays when the mouse goes over the button.What i want to know is, how can i get the movie to play the whole clip, instaed of the clip totally stopping and dissappearing when i move my mouse away.I want to be able to let the movie clip to continue to play until the end,even if the person puts the cursor over the button for a split seconds and moves it away.

Can Anyone help me here?

If You need to me refrase the question let me know

Thanks in Advance.

Blue Dragon

Button Inside Movie Clip?
is there a way to make a button inside a movie clip that links to a different scene? I have a button in a movie clip and I wrote action to it to link to another scene and it is not going there. It stays in the movie clip it doesn't go to the scene we told it to. We are working in flash 5.

Help???
thanx

Button Inside A Movie Clip
Movie "B" has a movie clip with a button inside it. Movie "B" is loaded into a blank movie clip "holder" in my main movie "A". How can I tell the button to go to a frame in Movie "A" and to load a new movie into "holder"?

Button Inside Movie Clip
I'm having a problem getting a button to work. I have a movie clip, which has several layers inside it. When you roll over the movie clip, actionscript makes it play and "open." It stops in the middle to reveal a button. The button is keyframed into one of the layers inside the movie clip. My problem is that you can't press that button! Even though the button is the top layer, it can't be clicked. Why not? How can I make this button usable?

In simpler terms, I have a piano lid movie clip, the lid opens when you roll over it, revealing a key underneath. But You can't press the key. Why not?

Movie Clip Inside A Button
another question i was interested in was if a movie clip can be placed inside a buttons "over" frame or something like that. what i'm looking to do is basically have text fade in from alhpa 0 to 50% on roll over, and down to 0% on roll out. I'd imagine i could do it simply with actionscript, but that wouldn't be tweening. is there a way to do this, or even do it like gradually with AS? thanks again for helping out, anybody who can. i really appreciate it.

Button Inside Movie Clip
Hi,
I have a button inside a movie clip. The button opens an external swf.
It works when its not inside the movie clip. But i need it inside the movie clip and it doesn't work. Anyone got any ideas?
Cheers.

Button Inside Movie Clip?
Having a big problem with my flash. I have a number of different movie clips inside a movie clip which is in scene 1. I have attached a button to eah of these movie clips. The idea is that when u click on one of these buttons it will take you to keyframe 2 of the first scene.

This is the actionscript I was using to do this:
on (release) {
gotoAndStop("_root.closet", 2);
}

The scene is called closet
The big movie clip is called imgMC which has an another movie clip called silvershirt_mc where the button is

When I tested the movie it is recognising it is a button - however it is simply going to keyframe 2 of the silvershirt_mc movie clip.

Hope there is a way for me to do this - to tell the button t go to the main stage and not within the movie clips.
Hope someone has the answer to my problems???

Button Inside Movie Clip
Inside a movie clip there are two items, a picture and a frame. I have a zoom function which is outside the movie clip that enlarges the picture but not the frame, they are inside the same movie clip becouse it's possible to move both the frame and the picture around.

My problem is that i need to create a button which changes the picture inside the frame. When i place the button inside the movie clip it doesnt work, but if I "test scene" while im working inside the movie clip, it works.

How do I get a button to change something inside a movie clip, while the button is outside?

Button Help Inside Movie Clip
I have a series of about 18 buttons inside a movie clip. They are located starting on frame 20. In that movie clip, I have a mask showing up from frames 1-20. The buttons come in from 20-38 (they increase on the timeline). On frame 38 I have a stop action, then I have a function that is called when button one is pressed like this button1_btn.onRelease=function() {do something}. The funny thing is, the function will not work unless I put code on the actual button that says on (release) {do something}.

Why can't I just call the function?

Thank you.

[CS3] Movie Clip Inside A Button
I'm using ActionScript 2.0 for a project and I'm having some difficulties doing something.

I have a movie clip where something is doing a small animation and I've converted that movie clip to a button. When I play the swf, the movie clip loops and I don't want it to; I want the movie clip to be a static image. I've tried going into the various states of the button and adding a stop command, but it won't let me type anything. Any ideas?

[CS3] Button Inside Movie Clip
Hello!

Ok I'll try to explain my problem as good as I can.

I got my layout on frame 5, on frame 5 I got a button that opens a animated movie clip. When the movie clip has played, it comes to a stop, inside the movie clip I got a button called CLOSE. The problem I am having is that I've tried a lot of different ways but I cant find the right code for the button that it would close the movie clip and return to the layout page.

I hope this is enough info or if you need more, I'll be sitting on this computer the whole night. I'm using CS3.

Thanks heaps.

Button Inside Of A Movie Clip
I want to get a button, located inside of a movie clip, to change the main timeline, via use of "Gotoandplay". What code would I use to do this?

Button Inside A Movie Clip
Hi

Ok, so i have a button inside a movie clip.

I want the button, when i click it, to go to a web page in a new window.

I have put my script on the top layer of the main timeline, in a layer called 'controls'

Here is the script:

Code:
function openPhotomore(yourEvent:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://anarkiuk.deviantart.com/gallery/#Photograph"),"_blank");
};
photomore_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openPhotomore);

I have given the button an instance name of 'photomore_btn', but it seems to be inside a tween aswell?

When running the swf i get the error:

1120: Access of undefined property photomore_btn.

I'm new to flash / im confused.

How come it cant find the photomore_btn?

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

Button Inside Movie Clip HELP
so i have a movie clip named mc1, and a button called btn1 inside of mc1

i know that if i wanted to make the button do something, i would make a layer on main stage called actions and type

ActionScript Code:
stop();
_level0.mc1.btn1.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndPlay("start");
}

this works fine when its just a simple movie clip

but I have a movie clip with lots of animation, and my button appears only at the end of the animation.
using this code doesnt work, it doesnt recognize the button, so what do i have to change to make it know that the button doesnt appear until frame 10 in mc1??? how can i target the end of the movie clips timeline??

Button Inside A Movie Clip
gallery.backbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLI CK,goBack);
function goBack(){
gallery.prevFrame();
}

I got this error:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at index_fla::MainTimeline/index_fla::frame1()

"backbutton" is the instance name of the button inside the movie clip called "gallery". How can I fix this?

Movie Clip Inside Button
Okay, I'm a noob at actionscript so please don't laugh at my question:
I want a movie clip (located inside a button) to play when I click on the button. I put a stop(); at the beginning of the movieclip and on the button I put:
on(release)
{
_root.stop();
mc_balloon-b.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay("start2");
}

(btw the last gotoAndPlay doesn't work either. Can anyone help me please?

Button Inside A Movie Clip Help...
hi there.. i got a problem with buttons inside a movie, which is also inside an another movie... wat i need is how do i go about playing the animation on the button and also go to the frame of the frame inside the movie clip.. i think the problem should be in the target or level.. namely, its how do i go from "profile1" to "profile2" .. yeah, i know it sounds confusing but i have attach the mx file file for u guys to help me solve it.. thanks..

Button Inside Movie Clip
I have a button created with a movie clip on the "over" state. The movie within that over state has a button on it as well.
When I try to move from original button to button within the movie it flashes in and out? Is something wrong with the "hit" state of the original button that shows the movie on rollover?

What is the best way to rollover a button and show a movie clip with another button within it?

Button Inside A Movie Clip
Ok, i'm new at action script so i have a problem
I have a sound inside a movie clip (sound_MC) in the main timeline, and i have another movie clip with a button inside, and I need that button to control that sound movie clip

on (release) {
gotoAndStop("off_radio"); // this goes to another frame in the movieclip with the button (works fine)
}
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("stop_loop"); // this goes to another frame of the sound MC (doesn't work)
}

// i have this in the stop button

on (release) {
gotoAndStop("on_radio");
}
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("start_loop");
}

// and this for the play button

whats the code for that ?
what should i do?

[MX] Button Inside Movie Clip
Hi every body

I made motion of movie clip iside it a button.
the motion is like this:

from 1 to 10 then stop

when you click the button it tells the movie the contiue from 10 to 20

i attached this script to the button

ActionScript Code:
on (release) { tellTarget ("/") { play(); }}

when i test the swf, it works great
the problem is this swf is targeted to an Home swf
so when i click that button, it plays the whole movies
Home and the swf itself

thanks for helping me

Button Inside A Movie Clip
i've put a button inside a movie clip, but when i play the preview the button seems unclickable... why?

thanks

Button Inside Movie Clip
i have a movie clip with a button inside, i cant get the button to work. i want the button on release go to frame 37. anybody that can help?

Button Inside A Movie Clip
hello everybody

I have a real newbie question, but I also am a newbie in As3
I have a button inside a movie clip and i want to tell to the playhead to play the
next frame, that is in the main timeline.This code with the parent stuff doesnt work

bt_next.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,goNextFr ame);
function goNextFrame(event:MouseEvent):void
{
parent.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

any idea?
thanks
kiko

Button Inside A Movie Clip
i've put a button inside a movie clip, but when i play the preview the button seems unclickable... why?

thanks

Button Inside A Movie Clip (I Know)
:shock: :x

Ok, i am fairly good at flash and i know basic Action Script. But i did something stupid..... I put 4 buttons into a movie clip. When i tried to get them to jump to a scene, it screws up and replays???? I also tried the _root.gotoandplay command and that still deosnt work? Help please i am open to suggestions, and try not to say ' y dont you just redo it in the normal timeline'. Thanx.

Behavior On Buttons Inside A Movie Clip Inside A Button.
I would like t create an animated button with menu inside, how do i do it.

something like on here http://www.demarchelier.net

hidden menu on left side (contents) but on flash. I have flash 8. any tutorial that explain how to do that ?

'Go To' A Scene From Button Inside A Movie Clip
Any help appriciated. I made a drop down menu with several buttons inside a movie clip. When one of the buttons inside the movie clip is clicked, I want my move to go to a different scene. I can't seem to get this to work. I've tried...

}
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay ("artist", 1);
}

and

}
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay (".root_artist", 1);
}

Please help