New to AS3

programming flash
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Hey I’m doing something for my work, i know its actually quite easy for a vet but I’m just a beginner here. The point of the script is to have an interactive map for a building that when you click on the location it highlights and stays on the screen for x amount of time along with some text about the location. I have completed all of the following and I’m now trying to refine it some more. At this moment I only have 3 diff. locations to click, its all a mock anyway because they haven’t handed off to me the real assets. I have it right now that when you click a location, the highlights from the other locations disappear, leaving only your current selection highlighted. However in order to do this I have to go through and systematically turn the other off in the code, not that bad with 3 but there could be 20 locations on the real map, I honestly don’t know. Anyway I looking for a cleaner way to do this, and have it be simpler. Please take a look and let me know what you think.

stop();

var the_bar;
var mediascape;
var basecamp;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 10);
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
var hit;

the_bar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, bar_Click);
mediascape.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mediascape_Click);
basecamp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, basecamp_Click);
mediascape.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver);
mediascape.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
the_bar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver);
the_bar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
basecamp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOver);
basecamp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, stopper);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, continuer);
hit = false;

myFormat.size = 24; 
//myFormat.font = "";
//myFormat.color = ;
myTextField.width = 340; 
myTextField.x = 685;  
myTextField.y = 85;
myTextField.multiline = myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;

function mouseOver(e:MouseEvent) {
	e.target.gotoAndStop(2);
}
function mouseOut(e:MouseEvent) {
	e.target.gotoAndStop(1);
}
function bar_Click (evt:MouseEvent):void {
	hit = true;
	the_bar.gotoAndStop(2);
	mediascape.gotoAndStop(1);
	basecamp.gotoAndStop(1);
	addChild(myTextField);
	myTextField.text = "some text here about the bar!"; 
	if (hit == true){
		the_bar.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
	}
}

function mediascape_Click (evt:MouseEvent):void {
	hit = true;
	mediascape.gotoAndStop(2);
	the_bar.gotoAndStop(1);
	basecamp.gotoAndStop(1);
	addChild(myTextField);
	myTextField.text = "some text here about the mediascape!"; 
	if (hit == true){
		mediascape.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
	}
}

function basecamp_Click (evt:MouseEvent):void {
	hit = true;
	basecamp.gotoAndStop(2);
	the_bar.gotoAndStop(1);
	mediascape.gotoAndStop(1);
	addChild(myTextField);
	myTextField.text = "some text here about the basecamp!"; 
	if (hit == true){
		basecamp.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOut);
	}
}

function stopper(event:TimerEvent):void {
	trace(timer.currentCount);
	if (timer.currentCount == 10){
		timer.stop();
		hit = false;
		myTextField.text = "";
	    mediascape.gotoAndStop(1);
	    the_bar.gotoAndStop(1);
	    basecamp.gotoAndStop(1);
	}
}
function continuer(event:MouseEvent):void {
timer.reset();
timer.start();
}