Help? involuntary "onReleaseOutside"?

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dear all.

first of all thanks to Wes and Jibble if they read this.
i took your advice seriously and redid my complete page, kicking out all the stop(); and doing nested buttons als MC instead. way, way better.
you can see the results here, just open “series”.
http://www.expozure.net
i have two problems and cannot find a way to solve them.

  1. although i define …

agata.onRelease=function(){
getURL(“Series/Agata/index.html”,“images”);
agata._alpha=50;
}

i can not get the button to remain alpha=50 when active, although the according swf loads correctly.

as an alternative i have tried this

agata.onPress=function(){
agata._alpha=50;
}

this is not working either.

  1. instead what i get is an unvoluntary “onReleaseOutside”, meaning when i click the button, move the mouse off the button and release it then, the button appears and stays in a lighter grey (alpha=50), but the link is not working.

all very odd …
what i was trying to achive was:

  • the button (agata) should look lighter when the mouse rolls over it
  • should turn darker again when the mouse leaves the button
  • should call up a link when clicked
  • should stay alpha=50 as long as active and as long as no other button has been hit or rolled over.

my code goes like this, “RollOver”, RollOut" and “OnRelease” are working just fine:

agata._alpha=100;

agata.onRollOver=function(){
agata._alpha=50;
}
agata.onRollOut=function(){
agata._alpha=100;
}
agata.onRelease=function(){
getURL(“Series/Agata/index.html”,“images”);
}
agata.onPress=function(){
agata._alpha=100;
}

thanks for reading, any help would be appreciated.

rhineheart