Sound won't play?

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I am redoing quite a few buttons into mc’s to be able to get rid of the cursor changing into a handcursor. The buttons all have a sound on them onRollover. When I put the script on the mc’s instead, the sound doesn’t play.
Here 's the code on the mc (on a separate layer)that holds all the buttons:
[AS]this.createEmptyMovieClip(“butempty”, 1);
myButmusic = new Sound(“butempty”);[/AS]
and the code on the button/mc:
[AS]onClipEvent (load) {
this.useHandCursor=false;
}
on (rollOver) {
setProperty(this, _alpha, 0);
myButmusic.attachSound(“but2”);
myButmusic.setVolume(50);
myButmusic.start(0.1);
}
on (rollOut) {
setProperty(this, _alpha, 100);
}[/AS]
I have changed the code to refer to “myButmusic” to abslolute (_root.themenu.myButmusic.etc) I have tried the above code, I have tried parent, but nothing changes. the usehandcursor thing and the set Property work without problems.
What am I doing wrong?:trout:

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*Originally posted by kathari *
I am redoing quite a few buttons into mc’s to be able to get rid of the cursor changing into a handcursor.
Buttons also have the useHandCursor property.
*Originally posted by kathari *
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myButmusic.start(0.1);

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This line has a typo. It should be

myButmusic.start(0**,**1);
3

They do??? Great! It saves me A LOT OF time. i saw and fixed the typo already but it has nothing to do with it. i also realized that I missed out on an mc instance in the absolute target path but it doesn’t change anything!

4

It could be a path problem. Can you tell me the movie structure and where is the code placed?
Or attach your fla file.

5

I guess so I just don’t understand it.
he buttons/mcs are part of a menu(themenu) that sits on the main timeline. So the structure should be: _root.themenu.butempty.mybutmusic.attachSound etc as far as I understand. butempty being the emptyMC created on the timeline of the menu (themenu). When I placed the code on buttons I had no problem at all just writing myButmusic.attachSound…

6

Where is this code placed? In the main timeline or inside the butempty movieclip?

this.createEmptyMovieClip("butempty", 1);
myButmusic = new Sound("butempty");
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On the menu whose instancename is themenu, so… in between!

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Im assuming myButmusic is still a movieclip:

on (rollOver) {
        _parent.myButmusic.attachSound("but2");
        _parent.myButmusic.setVolume(50);
        _parent.myButmusic.start(0,1);
}
on (rollOut) {
        setProperty(this, _alpha, 100);
}
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No myButmusic is the mySound object and I tried doing it with parent. It doesn’t change anything. I amreally interested in knowing what I do wrong. i did (or started) this quite a while ago and remember having problems with it and fixing it by giving other names to the sound objects on a few mc’s that are there too. However you have really helped me enormously with the useHandCursor on buttons i fixed it in 30min instead of I don’t know how long(50 buttons…) so don’t bother about it if it’s a nuisance.
THANKS anyway

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If you post your fla i can take a look into it.