Newbie help

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hey everybody,

I’m having a bit of trouble with my code, but I can’t spot what the problem is. Basically, I’ve got a load of buttons, and, when they press a button, I want the current content to fade out and move out the way afterwards, and new content to move into place and then fade in. But, it won’t work. :puzzle:

here it all is, sorry if it’s not as clean as it should be, but I’m new to all this coding stuff:


import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

stop();

var currentPage:String = "About Us";
var changePage:String = "About Us";

btn_AboutUs.onRelease = function () {changePage = "About Us";};
btn_TheTeam.onRelease = function () {changePage = "The Team";};
btn_Sales.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Sales";};
btn_Lettings.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Lettings";};
btn_PropertySearch.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Property Search";};
btn_VirtualTours.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Virtual Tours";};
btn_OnlineRegistration.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Online Registration";};
btn_RequestValuation.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Request Valuation";};
btn_Links.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Links";};
btn_ContactUs.onRelease = function () {changePage = "Contact Us";};

if (currentPage != changePage) {
    switch (currentPage) {
        case "About Us":
        alphaTween = new Tween(content_aboutus, "_alpha", Regular, 100, 0, 1, true);
        content_aboutus._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "The Team":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_theteam,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_theteam._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Sales":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_sales,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_sales._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Lettings":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_lettings,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_lettings._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Property Search":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_propertysearch,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_propertysearch._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Virtual Tours":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_virtualtours,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_virtualtours._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Online Registration":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_onlineregistration,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_onlineregistration._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Request Valuation":
        alphaTween = new Tween (content_requestvaluation,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_requestvaluation._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Links":
        alphaTweenOut = new Tween (content_links,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_links._x = -1000;
        break;
        case "Contact Us":
        alphaTweenOut = new Tween (content_contactus,"_alpha",Regular,100,0,1,true);
        content_contactus._x = -1000;
        break;
        default:
        break;
    };
    alphaTweenOut.onMotionFinished = function () {
        switch (changePage) {
            case "About Us":
            content_aboutus._alpha = 0;
            content_aboutus._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_aboutus,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "The Team":
            content_theteam._alpha = 0;
            content_theteam._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_theteam,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Sales":
            content_sales._alpha = 0;
            content_sales._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_sales,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Lettings":
            content_lettings._alpha = 0;
            content_lettings._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_lettings,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Property Search":
            content_propertysearch._alpha = 0;
            content_propertysearch._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_propertysearch,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Virtual Tours":
            content_virtualtours._alpha = 0;
            content_virtualtours._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_virtualtours,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Online Registration":
            content_onlineregistration._alpha = 0;
            content_onlineregistration._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_onlineregistration,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Request Valuation":
            content_requestvaluation._alpha = 0;
            content_requestvaluation._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_requestvaluation,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Links":
            content_links._alpha = 0;
            content_links._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_links,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            case "Contact Us":
            content_contactus._alpha = 0;
            content_contactus._x = 70;
            alphaTweenIn = new Tween (content_contactus,"_alpha",Regular,0,100,1,true);
            break;
            default:
            break;
        };
        alphaTweenIn.onMotionFinished = function() {
            changePage = currentPage;
        };
    };
};

can anyone spot anything wrong with it? All the cases in the switch statements are the same, except for the instance name, as each refers to different pieces of content…