# Array of movie clip linkages

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-of-movie-clip-linkages/310347>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 8, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-of-movie-clip-linkages/310347 "2010-06-08T04:02:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peterw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@Peterw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Peterw)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-of-movie-clip-linkages/310347/1 "2010-06-08T04:02:30Z")

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Dear All  
Thank you all for your time

I have a movie that sets up a warning display system for an aircraft training simulator.  
at the present i use HTML text to call an array number to show or hide a particular warning .  
I have been asked to change the design so that the warning first shows in reverse video with a box around it and then after a second or so goes to its nomal colour.  
the text also updates its place so there are no gaps between entries.  
this is the code

var warnings = new Array("\<font color=’#FF0000’\>1-2 DC GEN OFF\<font\>", “\<font color=’#FF0000’\>MAIN BATT HOT\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FF0000’\>AUX BATT HOT\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>1 DC GEN\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>2 DC GEN\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>1 DC GEN HOT\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>2 DC GEN HOT\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>MAIN BATT OFF\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>AUX BATT OFF\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>BATT OFF LINE\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>EXT PWR DOOR\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>DC BUS FAIL\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFF00’\>BUS TIE OPEN\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#00FF00’\>EXTPWR READY\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#00FF00’\>EXTPWR ON\<font\>”, “\<font color=’#FFFFFFF’\>END\<font\>\<p\>”);  
var warningState = new Array(“on”, “on”, “on”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “off”, “on”);  
function updateWarnings() {  
//trace(“updateWarnings()”);  
// clear text  
this.warnings\_text.html = true;  
this.warnings\_text.htmlText = “”;  
// loop through array and show warnings that are on  
for (var i = 0; i\<warnings.length; i++) {  
if (warningState\* == “on”) {  
this.warnings\_text.htmlText += warnings\*+"  
";  
//trace(warningState);  
}  
}  
}  
updateWarnings();

Is there a way of achieving this same function using a movie clip linkage id to get the reverse video effect,then run the reverse video effect when array element is selected?  
so call the array element  
warningstate [1] = “on”  
then make movie play and be seated below the other warning as the text array does. Then when you remove a warning it moves up to fill the space left .

please see attached zip file for fla  
Thank you all  
Peter