Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / July 2005

I gave that a shot - it didn't work.  Same result as before, nothing happens.

What I'm trying to figure out is, in that last example, is "num_txt" a
textfield that exists within the "flower" movie clip?

Because this is basically what I'm trying to do (with another button, not a
textfield), and having no success.  First, I attach the movie like so:

var newsPictures = this.sectionPics_mc.attachMovie("newsPics_mc", "name",
this.getNextHighestDepth());

Then I try to use news1_btn, which is within the newsPics_mc movie clip, using
the variable name like you suggested:

newsPictures.news1_btn.onRelease = function() {
  trace("Success.");
};

Only I never have "Success" when clicking news1_btn, so I must not be
referring to that button correctly.

Any help?

This is a little closer to what I want.  I don't know - maybe I'm trying to do
something that can't be done.  I'll try to explain myself a little more clearly.

The buttons I want to control are within the attached movie clip.  Normally
this would not be a problem, if the movie clip itself were on the stage.  This
movie clip is in the library and being attached dynamically, so I just can't
seem to access the buttons withiln it.  (The buttons aren't attached
dynamically themselves - they just exist within the movie clip).

When I used your code, it worked when I clicked on any part of the attached
movie clip itself (newImage), but I need to be able to specifcally click on
each button within it (also, for some reason, it stopped the over & down phases
of my buttons from working).  I tried to edit it with no sucess.  Here's what I
did, to give you an idea of what I'm trying to get at:

function successButton(button_mc:MovieClip){
    button_mc.onRelease = function(){
        trace("Success");
    }
}

    var newImage = sectionPics_mc.attachMovie("pics_mc", "newsPics_mc",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
    var button = (newImage + ".news1_btn");
    successButton(button)

If I trace the value of "button", it seems to point directly at my news1_btn,
yet nothing happens when I click it.

There are multiple buttons within newImage, and they all actually open up
different URLs, but I can deal with that part later - I'm just trying to get
them to work (which is why I was using the trace("Sucess")).

Thanks!  That worked.  I'm wondering if there's a way to make the code so it
works for multiple buttons, without having to create a new copy of the function
for each button.  Here's what I have right now for my first 2 buttons:

function successButton(button_mc:MovieClip){
    button_mc.onRelease = function(){

        getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('news1.htm','news','height=425,width=615,tool
bar=no,scrollbars=no')");
    }
}
function successButton2(button_mc:MovieClip){
    button_mc.onRelease = function(){

        getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('news2.htm','news','height=425,width=615,tool
bar=no,scrollbars=no')");
    }
}
var newImage = sectionPics_mc.attachMovie("newsPics_mc", "newsPics_mc",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
successButton(newImage.news1_btn);
successButton2(newImage.news2_btn);

It seems clumsy, and like there should be a way to pass a variable to the
function, so that I could just use 1 function, but I can't figure out how.