Flash :: Play/stop Button In One To Toggle (?)

How To Toggle A Play/stop Button On Movie?
I am like most newbies struggling with action script and seeking help on this forum I am sure, a beginner with coding in general. While some of it makes sense to me, the new AS is really confusing to me. With that being said, here is my little problem...

I have built a five scene Flash movie with small numbered buttons to navigate between different scenes somewhat easily. Where I am running in to trouble is that I also created another button with a dynamic text area with the variable name of textOutput that my first thought was to have populate this text area with either the word play or stop depending on whether the movie was playing or not and then add the button command that would start and stop the movie. I have tried several different ways to try and do this but it isn't working at all.

My latest attempt to try and finish this project up is abandon the dynamic text area idea all together and try to stick to the type of actionscript I sort of understand. That involves creating a movie clip and placing it on the main movie timeline. This movie clip I have named buttonStartStop. In this particular clip,

I created two key frames. One has a label of play with a button instance with the onRelease mouse command to "play."

on (release) {
this._parent.play();
}

The other label is to stop and has a mouse action assigned to the button to stop the movie.

on (release) {
this._parent.stop();
}

So with that being said, I have tried to code the frame action where this clip resides to have this clip move to the proper label or frame to show the appropriate action depending on the parent movie's action.

startToggle = function()
{
if (this.parent.isplaying)
{
this.is_playing = true;
gotoAndStop("stop");
}
else {
this.is_playing = false;
gotoAndStop("play");
}
}

Can someone help me out here to try and figure out how to get this function to work.

Thanks,

AzCowboy

Tutorial For Simple ONE Play/stop Toggle Button?
Hi,

Please bare with me. I'm new to this forum and to Action Scripting.
I'm using AS3 and I've been struggling and searching all over the web for a toggle button that stops playing the music when clicked and switches to the stop button and vice versa. The closest tutorial I could find is this: http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/sound_button.asp

This is exactly what I want, but it's for Flash MX and I don't know how to script it to work with AS3. Can someone please help me?

Play/stop Audio Toggle?
I have a couple images I made:

Is there a way to make it where you click the play button and it switches to the stop button and starts an audio file, then stops the audio when you click the stop button?

Thanks,
Jeff

How Can I Toggle Play/stop On A Movie Clip?
I'm working on a simple play/pause control for a movie clip.

Is there some property on movieclips that I can query to find if the movieclip is currently playing or stopped?

Otherwise, I figure I could add one myself, and alter it every time I play or stop the movie clip, but I don't want to.

Toggle Button Mutes (not Stop) All Sounds
Could someone direct me to a post (or explain) how I might be able to Toggle On/Off the muting of every sound playing in my .Swf?

I have several streaming sounds I don't want to (stop), just (mute).

Thanks in advance-
Forrest

Help With Stop/start Movie Toggle Button
I have spent days searching all over the web for this one... and there's great resources if you need to start/stop sound, or a movieclip, but I actually need to start/stop the entire flash movie. Aside from making the entire file a movieclip (which is my last resort), anyone have any suggestions?

I have a 2 frame movieclip with 2 layers, frame 1/layer 1 is stop, frame 2 layer 2 is play. I have a stop () action in the first frame, so the stop button is showing, and that's as far as I can get...

Any help is much appreciated!!

Pause/Play Toggle Button?
I have an AIF file I created in Garage Band. This AIF has been placed into a movie clip called "mymusic" that has been placed on a layer in my movie with an instance name of "mymusic."

I have created play button and pause buttons that utilize the following scripts to stop the sound and the movie and then resume the sound and movie from the point where it was stopped:

Play Button:

on (press) {
play();
tellTarget ("mymusic") {
play () ;
}
}

Stop Button:

on (press) {
stop();
tellTarget ("mymusic") {
stop () ;
}
}

This works perfectly. Now the client wants me to combine the play and pause button and create a single toggle button that achieves what the above two described buttons did.

Any thoughts? Please help!!!

[F8] Play / Pause Toggle Button
Hello everyone, I have a project that requires a single button to play and pause the .swf. I am trying to make the button say play when the movie is stopped, when clicked on the movie plays and the button changes to pause - then of course when clicked again the movie pauses and the button changes back to play. Thanks for the help!

Play Pause Toggle Button Help
heres my code as of now.....let me know
meaning if the movie is over, and i hit the play button again, it replays the movie.

playButton.onRelease = function() {
ns.pause();
}

Play Pause Toggle Button
I currently have a dynamic playlist created from Lee's tutorial, and I currently have a play pause toggle function for the video. But when I select another video list option my button states do not refresh. EX.(video is playing and I press the play pause toggle which places it into the pause state. video is paused and button show play. But when I select another video to play the pause button remains int the play state.
Is there any way to refresh the buttons every time I select a video option.

Thank you

How To Make Play/pause Toggle Button.
Is there an easy way to make a button that toggles from play/pause? Or should I ask, what is the best way.

thanks
s

Play/pause Toggle Button For FLV Player. Help
I've followed Lee Brimelow's tutorial on gotoandlearn.com about how to build a video portfolio and everything works cool. However, as it's currently set up, when the pause/play toggle button is clicked it stays on the 'play' state on the main timeline. Hoping to fix this, i went ahead and created 4 states for this button (pause, pauseOver, play, and playOver, it's a movieclip so I made frame labels to coincide with each state). Then I went look at this thread to try and fix it:

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=752184

Still no good. So I was wondering if someone might be able to help. Here's my code that does all the NetStream stuff (still new here!) and my play button function. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

PHP Code:

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

ns.setBufferTime(10);

ns.onStatus = function(info) {
    if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Full") {
        bufferClip._visible = false;
    }
    if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty") {
        bufferClip._visible = true;
    }
    if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
        ns.seek(0);
    }
}

theVideo.attachVideo(ns);

rewindButton.onRelease = function() {
    ns.seek(0);
}

playButton.onRelease = function() {
    ns.pause();
}

How To Add A Toggle Play/pause Button For A Flash Video
Hi,

Can someone help me with this flash video. I am creating a custom video controllers and I need to have a toggle play and pause button. How would do I go about that. I tried to use it on a play button and the video pauses and play, but I need to get the pause image and play image in there. So, can anyone give me the code for that . I really appreciate it.

Thanks

MP3 Player Play/Pause Toggle Button Not Working
Hey, can anyone give me actionscript help...

I have an mp3 player on this site but my Play/Pause toggle button isn't working like it's supposed too..

This is the site address:
http://www.clairmonthumphrey.com/Site/

Attach Code

// ActionScript Document

//setup Sound Object
var s:Sound = new Sound();
s.onSoundComplete = playSong;
s.setVolume(75);

//Array of songs
var sa:Array = new Array();

//Currently playing song
var cps:Number = -1;

//Position of music
var pos:Number;

//Load the xml
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function()
{
var nodes:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for(var i=0;i<nodes.length;i++)
{
sa.push(nodes[i].attributes.url)
}
playSong();
}

xml.load('songs.xml');

//play the mp3 files
function playSong():Void
{
s = new Sound();
if(cps==sa.length-1)
{
cps = 0;
s.loadSound(sa[cps],true);
}
else
{
s.loadSound(sa[++cps],true);
}
playPause_mc.gotoAndStop('pause');
}

//Pauses the music
function pauseIt():Void
{
pos = s.position;
s.stop();

}

//unPauses the music
function unpauseIt():Void
{
s.start(pos/1000);
}

//Music Controls

//Play/Pause Toggle
playPause_mc.onRollOver = function()
{
if(this._currentframe==1) this.gotoAndStop('pauseOver');
else this.gotoAndStop('playOver');
}

playPause_mc.onRollOut = playPause_mc.onReleaseOutside = function()
{
if(this._currentframe==10) this.gotoAndStop('pause');
else this.gotoAndStop('play');
}

playPause_mc.onRelease = function()
{
if(this._currentframe==10)
{
this.gotoAndStop('playOver');
this._parent.pauseIt();
}
else
{
this.gotoAndStop('pauseOver');
this._parent.unPauseIt();
}
}

//Next Button
next_mc.onRollOver = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop('nextOver');
}

next_mc.onRollOut = next.onReleaseOutside = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop('next');
}

next_mc.onRelease = function()
{
this._parent.playSong();
}

Video Basics - Play / Pause Toggle Button?
I'm modifying Lee's flash video player (from the tutorials) and and want to add a toggle state to the "pause" button. I want it to switch from a play graphic to a pause symbol when pressed, similar to the mute button in Video Basics part 8. Of course, the focus is also to keep all the actionscipt off the individual movie clips and in the same location as the rest of the script (frame 1 on the root timeline). I dont know much about NetStream, so does anyone have any suggestions?

Play/stop Button
i created a play/stop button and it works fine. My problem enlies in the size of it. I want it to fit in a 50 by 50 box and so it wont be needed to scroll. i tried this but it is still too large for the box which is 75x75..Is there any solution?

Play Button And Stop Help.
I have a sword idea that is suppose to have 3 stages of animation. I am tyring to get the play button to play each stage at the end of each animation and start the animation again at the end of the last stage. I'm still new to this and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but the button doesn't work and it just plays the entire animation without stopping after each stage. I have each stage labeled where it is suppose to stop but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. If anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated!

[F8] Stop/play Button Help
Hello- I am new to the forums and need some serious help. I am learning flash, and had to add a play and stop button to a banner with sound. Well, everything is set up but the buttons do not play or stop. I am completely lost, I have tried various action scripts and none work. I think I am doing something in the banner setup wrong, but I'm not sure what. I can send the flash document to someone if that will help. It's 368kb so I can't upload it straight to the post. Thanks a ton.

Stop And Play Button
Hi everyone, i have added sound to a frame, but need to make a stop and play button. Any help would be appreciated.

Help With Stop And Play Button
I have pause button (pausebtn) on frame 1 (with 'stop()') and play button (playbtn) on frame 2 (with 'stop()') of 'moviebtn' and placed the script below in parent. Problem: when button is pressed it goes to frame 2 but when pressed again, it refuses to return to frame 1. WHY??

moviebtn.pausebtn.onRelease = function () {
moviebtn.gotoAndPlay(2);
};

moviebtn.playbtn.onRelease = function () {
moviebtn.gotoAndPlay(1);
};

Thanks in advance for any help.

One Button To Play, Stop 2 Different Mc?
im struggling with this one here.
I have one button that i want to play 2 things at the same time. Then one button i want to stop those 2 at the same time.
Below is what i have and it doesnt work. It only plays and stops mc2.
???

Code:

playbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickplay);
stopbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickstop);

function onClickplay(event:MouseEvent):void {
mc1,mc2.play();
}

function onClickstop(event:MouseEvent):void {
mc1,mc2.stop();
}

Play/Stop Button
I have a flash game and want to put a button so the user can chose to have the sound on or off. I have made the stop button and placed it in the scene and I´ve put : on (release) {stopAllSounds();
}

This works, but I really would want a button which shows stop/play in the same button,how do I make this button and what actionscript do I use and where???

Play / Stop Button
this is too easy - but I cant work it out...

I have an MC which plays when movie is loaded. I have a button which I want to use to stop the MC playback. Then when it has stopped, have the same button to make it play. Simple.. yep .. Well my code went like this:

if (roller.stop = true) {
btn.onRelease = function (){
roller.play();
}
}

if (roller.play = true){
btn.onRelease = function () {
roller.stop();
}
}

where have I gone wrrong?

cheers

Play And Stop Button Sound
hey people how can i make a play and stop button for sound on my flash movie?

I am Using flash 5.

Ps. I have a stop button and a play button.

Play And Stop Button For Sound
hey people how can i make a play and stop button for my sound on my flash movie?

I am Using flash 5.

Ps. I have a stop button and a play button.

How Can I Make A Play And Stop Button
i want to make a button thet stop sound and the other one play sound i can make stop one but not play one can any body help me
thanx

Stop/play Button In Slideshow With Xml?
hi, is there a way to have a stop/pause and play button in a Flash slideshow using xml. Since there is only one frame in the .fla file, and all the content are loading externally from the xml, how could I pause/stop the slideshow? thanks.

Play And Stop Movieclip With Button
Hi ,
I'm trying to make a movie clip play by clicking a button to start and stop by releasing the button. But so far, my movie clip starts even before I click the button and keep looping.

Here is the code I entered:

import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
this.stop();
function startMovie(event:MouseEvent) :void {
this.play();}
function stopMovie(event:MouseEvent) :void {
this.stop ();}
pub_Btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,sta rtMovie);
pub_Btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stopM ovie);

What am I missing? thanks!!

Stop And Play Function In One Button
hello everyone

i have a Button that contains a Movieclip playing.. now, i want it to STOP when i click on it and then RESUME when i click it again.

dats all. thanks in advance.

When Button Down Play MC In Reverse When Up Stop
Hello AS3 Gurus!

I am having a lot of problems getting the AS3 Timer class to replace the functionality of AS2's setInterval.

You can download the FLA here, to see what I have so far:
download_fla

What I want to have happen is as follows:
(1) Clicking on the certain peel, shows a different "layer" of a product that is on a turntable (works as desired).

(2) Clicking the right facing arrow rotates the product to the right and loops around and around until the mouse button is released (works as desired).

(3) Clicking the left facing arrow rotates the product to the left (playing the movieClip in reverse in an indefinite loop) until the mouse button is released (this I can sort of get to work -- it plays in reverse, but does not stop when the mouse button is released. Also, it does not loop -- in reverse -- continuously until button is released and all buttons become inoperable after pushing the left arrow the first time).
I cannot figure out how to "kill" the timer event to stop the turntable on button up and I cannot figure out how to have it loop continuously in reverse.

I would sell my soul for a .playReverse(); method!

Can anyone shed any light on the problem?

Also, there is commented out code in the FLA of how I used to solve this problem in AS2. If I could hammer this code into AS3 format/syntax, I would be happy with that too -- The most elegant solution is what I am after.

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Anyone up to the challenge?

Regards,

-john

Stop/Play Movie/button
Right,
once again, I've got this idea for making a nice page hihi.

Allright, here goes;

-I record something from a game. Edit those movies. And save them as separate files.

-In flash, I load up the MAIN movie f.e., then I create an invisable button over some parts...when its clicked, it has to start playing movie2.mpg f.e.
And back, so when someone is done looking at page2(movie2.mpg) is has to go back to the main movie.

Now, What I need to know is;

The commands for loading a movie the correct way.
Import those movies
Preload? I don't know how big the files are gonna be, so... I think something around 300-600kb.

Tia !

Play/ Stop Button Problem
I made a fading kirupa logo just for practice, and decided that making a play/stop button would be a gud idea seeing as i had never done it before. but i dont know where to start.

my button will look like [play/stop]. can anyone help thanx aj.

Simple Play And Stop Button
I simply created an movieclip called it themusic as instance
and put a sound init

Now on the firstframe i added these actions,

the problem is the music just keeps going , it has no effect

the code

Code:

play_btn.onPress = function ()
{
trace('playing' + themusic);
//themusic.stopAllSounds();
themusic.play();

};
stop_btn.onPress = function ()
{

trace('stopping' + themusic);
themusic.stop();

};
Any ideas what im doing wrong,
it must be realllllllllllllllllllllllllllly simple , but i am lost

ps the trace does show up when i click them buttons

Stop/Play Button For Xml Slideshow
Hi,

I recently added this xml flash slideshow to my site "http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_slideshow.htm".

I was wondering if anyone knows how to add a "stop/play" button to this?

Thanks,

N4th4N

Play And Stop Button For Sound
I would like to create 2 simple buttons fot example a round button for playing my sound and a triangle for stopping my sound.creating the buttons and stuff is not the problem but i dont know wich actionscript i should use to get the sound started en stoped when i click on my button?

AS3 Stop Event And Play Button
How exactly do I code a simple stop event in AS3? I also want to code a normal reply button that goes to frame 1 of my current scene. Any idea how to do that?
Thanks a lot

Straming Sound With Play And Stop Button
i have created a stop and play buton which is controling a audio loop on my current website. But how do i get the sound to loop automatically without the user having to press the play button for it to play. whilst still having the option to stop it.
thanks to all
tony

One Button Stop/play Sound Object - MX
I'm using MX and taken some Flashkit tutorials on sound objects, but I can't seem to get one thing to work. I'm trying to create one button that, when clicked, stops a sound object if it's playing and start it when it's not playing. I know how to create separate stop and play buttons, but for this project I need them combined into one button. I can get the sound object to stop, but not to play again. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks and have a great day!!!

Laters....

Tracks Assigned 2 Button & Stop And Play?
www.blusyde.com

I am trying to code buttons 1,2,3 and 4 to play music that i have attached to them. but for some reason they play at the same time and switch over to a different scene.

i want to stay on the main page. when listening. help?

or if there is a tutorial, i would also be interested in it.

Thanks

code:

on (release) {
stopAllSounds();
}
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(5);
}

Play 1 Loop Then Stop On Button Mouseover
This is probaly a silly question, but I am REALLY NEW to flash. I was wondering how do I insert a movie clip into the over state of a button and get it to ONLY play once, not continuously. PLEASE HELP.

Urgent: I Need PLAY , PAUSE And STOP Button
Hello Gurus,

I need to have PLAY, PAUSE and STOP button for my 30 mins tutorial in flash. Please help, its urgent.

Thanx in advance.

Auto Stop With Button For Resuming Play?
Having frustrating time.

I'm developing an animated slide show, essentially.

I want the timeline to automatically stop, which isn't a problem. But then I want a mouse click or spacebar to resume playing the swf.

I assume this requires a "play" button, but I can't get it to overcome the stop action.

Please HELP!

Code For A Simple Stop/play Button
Hello All,
I've created a product demo in flash and now the client would like to add a "pause" button so the viewer can pause the demo at any point. I am new to ActionScript 3 and really need some help figuring out how to add this functionality. I tried searching the forums but I could not figure it out.

The demo has a voiceover audio track that would need to be paused as well, in case that matters for the AS code.

Many thanks.

How To Put Play & Stop Button In Flash Page
I have an swf file with code on my page. When you go there it just starts playing. No buttons or length meter. I would like to put some user buttons on but dont know where to start. Can anyone help?

Russell

A Stop Play Audio Button In Flash 5?
Hi there,

I noticed on kirupa.com that they offer a version for MX but can we do this in Flash 5? I want to be able to play a mp3 with the play button and stop it. I also want to be able to turn the volume up and down if possible.

I look at a lot of the pop artist sites who have this flash feature and want to replicate this idea.

I appreciate your time,

Rob