# Script for creating dynamic button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-creating-dynamic-button/7077>\
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**Created:** [October 23, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-creating-dynamic-button/7077 "2002-10-23T10:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![kamelus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@kamelus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kamelus)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/script-for-creating-dynamic-button/7077/1 "2002-10-23T10:58:19Z")

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here is the code to create dynamic buttons  
i have added function to create an indicator to know wih button is activated it’s some lines code i have added at the bottom of the addbutton fuction please try this new version and give me some feedback here is the entire code updated :

function makebuttons(){  
// if we have buttons created at first time we remove them to recreate others ones

if(\_global.createdClips.length\>0){  
clearbuttons();  
}  
addbuttons(homany);  
}

function addbuttons(howmany) {  
// we create an array to save the buttons references  
\_global.createdClips = new Array();

for(i=1;i\<=howmany;i++){  
\_root.count++;  
myButton = this.createEmptyMovieClip(“but”+i,i+\_global.maxSeed) ;  
myButton.lineStyle(1) ;  
myButton.beginFill(0x336699) ;  
myButton.lineTo(22,0) ;  
myButton.lineTo(22,20);  
myButton.lineTo(0,20) ;  
myButton.lineTo(0,0) ;  
this[“but”+i].\_x = i_myButton.\_width_1 ;  
myButton.createTextField(“txt”+i,i+10);  
myButton[“but”+i].text=i;

// when the movieclip is created we save the reference in the array using this syntax

\_global.createdClips.push(myButton);

//=====================we create another movie to make a 3Doutline to the buttonD========================

myButton = this.createEmptyMovieClip(“contour”+i,i+\_global.maxSeed+20) ;  
myButton.lineStyle(1.75,0x999999) ;  
myButton.lineTo(22,0) ;  
myButton.lineTo(22,20);  
myButton.lineStyle(1.75,0xffffff) ;  
myButton.lineTo(0,20) ;  
myButton.lineTo(0,0) ;  
this[“contour”+i].\_x = i_myButton.\_width_1 ;

\_global.createdClips.push(myButton);

//=============we create a textfield to store the caption ====================================  
myButton.createTextField(“text”+i, 0, 3, 1, 18, 20);  
myButton[“text”+i].multiline = false;  
myButton[“text”+i].wordWrap = false;  
myButton[“text”+i].border = false;  
myButton[“text”+i].background = false;  
myButton[“text”+i].variable = “”;  
myformat = new TextFormat();  
myformat.font=“verdana”;  
myformat.size=“9”;  
myformat.color = 0xffffff;  
myformat.bullet = false;  
myformat.underline = false;  
myButton[“text”+i].text = i;  
myButton[“text”+i].setTextFormat(myformat);  
\_global.createdClips.push(myButton);

// we attach event to the button  
myButton.onPress = function(){

indicator.\_visible=true;  
indicator.\_x=this.\_x;

//you place the code you want

}

myButton.onRelease = function(){

// you place the code you want

}  
myButton.onRollOver = function(){

// you place the code you want  
}

myButton.onRollOut = function(){

// you place the code you want  
}

}

// here is the new lines code to create an indicator  
myindic = this.createEmptyMovieClip(“indicator”,\_global.maxSeed);  
myindic.lineStyle(1);  
myindic.beginFill(0x990000);  
myindic.lineTo(22,0);  
myindic.lineTo(22,3);  
myindic.lineTo(0,3);  
myindic.lineTo(0,0);  
indicateur.\_y=mybutton.\_y+myButton.\_height;  
indicateur.\_x=myButton.\_x;  
init();

}

// here i set the visible property of the indicator to false  
function init() {  
indicator.\_visible=false;  
}

function clearbuttons() {  
indicator.removeMovieClip();  
for(var myButton in \_global.createdClips){  
\_global.createdClips[myButton].removeMovieClip();

// we delete the reference of the movieclip removed from the array

\_global.createdClips.pop();

}  
}

am waiting for your feedback