# Dynamic text in buttons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 24, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378 "2003-03-24T10:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jns)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/1 "2003-03-24T10:56:37Z")
i would like to create a model-button which i can use several times. the textline should come from a variable… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/2 "2003-03-24T11:40:28Z")
see **Array (object)**, **for** and **MovieClip.attachMovie** in the actionscript dictionary 😉 =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/3 "2003-03-24T11:49:48Z")
you can use something like that: - make a mc, place a button inside this mc. - add one layer for actions and one layer for the **dynamic** txt box, on this mc, on top of the button layer. - select the **dynamic** text box and on properties panel write _label_ on the var field. - on the actions layer pplace this code: [AS] label=this.\_name; [/AS] * * * there! now you have a generic button that will have the text matching his instance name. for the actions on these buttons you can use something like that: [AS] on (press){ getURL(this.\_name+".html"); } [/AS] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/4 "2003-03-24T11:56:21Z")
wow :!: that is nice kax! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/5 "2003-03-24T12:03:34Z")
thanks =) 😛 but assuming he’s just started with flash… yours is easier to understand 😉 =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/6 "2003-03-24T13:06:09Z")
thanks to you guys. i will work with your examples… and you are right kax, i’m just starting with flash, but hope to give it back to the community someday what i get from you guys… but one more question: so it’s not possible to add a dynamic textfield to an ordinary macrom. button in each frame? thanks again… jns ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/7 "2003-03-24T13:13:03Z")
yeah, you can. =) but now that **mx** allows you to have mouse events [size=1]onPress onRelease onReleaseOutside onRollOut onRollOver onDragOut onDragOver[/size] in movie clips… it’s more _practical_ [size=1]at least for me[/size] use movie clips instead of buttons 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/8 "2003-03-24T18:23:34Z")
so i worked around with your scripts and there both really fine. **kax** script is nice, but i have already so much functions to my buttons that i will use it somewhere else… [COLOR=blue] **Guig0s** [/COLOR] script works fine, but unfortunately i have to use the instance name for a mouseover script (see: [http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18263](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18263)) maybe you have a hint to solve this problem??? would be fantastic… thanks a lot…:hangover: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/9 "2003-03-24T18:37:18Z")
well you can assign the label to a variable instead of the clip´s \_name. something like: [AS] label = buttonName; [/AS] instead of [AS]label = this.\_name [/AS] and on main stage you place this code: [AS] \_root. **button1**.buttonName= home; \_root. **button2**.buttonName= portfolio; … [/AS] where **button1** , **button2** … is the instance name of your buttons. got it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/10 "2003-03-24T20:49:16Z")
perfect!! yeah!!! thank you very very much!!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-buttons/16378/11 "2003-03-24T20:51:17Z")
np dude 😉 glad to help =)