MC withing a button - and stopping the MC

programming flash
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Ok, here’s the setup… I want to make a “sitemap” button that starts off with a static earth with the words “Site Map” over that. no problem… then when you roll over it, i want the earth to spin. also no problem. here is the problem… when you roll out, i want it to do more than just stop… i want it to freeze on the earth frame it was currently on, rather than skipping in the animation and returning to the first static earth picture…

ideas i have had is maybe keeping the “animated” earth (which is just an imported gif, i.e. an mc with about 11 frames) but for some reason i’m having a mental block and i can’t figure out how to get the mc (which is within a button) to stop and play on command… i start the movie and it plays. it’s probably something easy i’m overlooking, but if there’s a better way please let me know.

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[COLOR=blue]on (rollOver) {
play();
}
on (rollOut) {
stop();
}[/COLOR]

Is that what you’re using? If it is that should work. The stop should stop where it is and not jump to any specific frame.

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Also the MC doesn’t need to be within a button. You can use more flexible actionscript on the movie clip and still make it behave like a button. Unless there’s a reason you need in to be within the button.

4

nah i just thought that was how it had to be :slight_smile:

5

when i took it out of the button, that code (Which i was indeed trying to use) actually worked. thanks. it was one of those “duh” questions lol, but it still feels like monday today so… :slight_smile:

6

it IS Monday!!

hehehh

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for me it is tuesday (even though i still maintain it doesn’t feel like it!) :slight_smile: thank goodness lol. that means only 3 more days till i can sleep in again hehehe