Multiple mc control to avoid layering

programming flash
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Help…

I have lost enough hair over this site to make a replica chia pet of myself.

In a scene I have 8 MC’s each MC has a stop() on frame one and frame ten.

on click the MC plays till frame ten ( moving into the scene ) then waits for

another click to return to its original location.

Here is a visual,

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Right now I am using this script.

 
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
 
sign1movie.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickHandler11);
sign1movie.buttonMode = true;
sign1movie.useHandCursor = true;
 
sign1button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickHandler11);
sign1button.buttonMode = true;
sign1button.useHandCursor = true;
function onClickHandler11(myEvent:MouseEvent){ 
sign1movie.play(); 
}

it’s pretty simple I have hit points (sign1button) due to the overlapping of images,

Problem is I need to have the MC play so that only one MC is on the stage at a time,

right now they over lap in their respective layer.

I tried… and failed…

 
var signstate:String = "empty";
 
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
 
sign1movie.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickHandler11);
sign1movie.buttonMode = true;
sign1movie.useHandCursor = true;
 
sign1button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickHandler11);
sign1button.buttonMode = true;
sign1button.useHandCursor = true;
function onClickHandler11(myEvent:MouseEvent){ 
 
if (signstate==empty) { 
sign1movie.play(); 
} 
else { 
signstate.play() //I want it to goto and play which mc changed the variable.
}

and in the MC (sign1movie) @ frame ten I have

 
stop()
 
var signstate:String = "sign1movie";

But all I get is errors, is their a simpler way? what am I doing wrong.

I know signstate.play() won’t work. I wish it did…

When I set all my Mc’s to have

var signstate:String = “sign1movie”; // in sign1movie

var signstate:String = “sign2movie”; // in sign2movie

var signstate:String = “sign3movie”; // in sign3movie

flash freaks out or can’t find the variable, is this because it’s in a movie clip?

I worked so hard on all the other AS3 coding for the site but this seems soo simple

I just can’t figure it out…

Any help would be greatly appreciated.