Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / December 2008

OK, try this simple test with me.

In Flash CS3, make a new AS 2 movie.

Create three named frames, ten frames apart - call them "s1" "s2" and "s3". Do
not use Scenes.

Make an actionscript layer.  On the first frame of each of these named
sections, put a "stop();" in the actionscript layer.

Create a button on the stage.  Let's call it "btn1" -- you can name it's
instance "btn1", too, if you like, we don't care.

Convert the button to a movie clip.  Call it "mc btn" or whatever.  So now we
have a button wrapped in a movie clip.

Make two copies of the movie clip, so now we have three movie clip/buttons
instances on stage.  Name the movie clip instances "b1" "b2" and "b3"

Extend the span of these movie clip buttons across all three named markers, so
they're on stage the whole time.  No keyframes necessary, just insert frames
(F5) for their layer around frame 30 or so.

Put something else innocuous on stage for each of the sections, so that you
can distinguish between the named frames, so you know you arrived there, e.g.,
a static text label that says "s1" "s2" or "s3"...

Add this script into the actionscript layer on frame 1, after the stop();

this.b1.onMouseUp = function () {
   _root.gotoAndStop("s2");
}

this.b2.onMouseUp = function () {
   _root.gotoAndStop("s3");
}
this.b3.onMouseUp = function () {
   _root.gotoAndStop("s1");
}

So, button 1 is supposed to take us to s2, button 2 will take us to s3 and
button 3 will return us to s1.

 Test the movie.

Click on any of the three buttons.  It will take you to "s2"

In s2, click on any button.  It takes you nowhere.

Even if you copy/paste the button scripts into the first frame of the s2 and
s3 actionscript layer, there is no difference.  All buttons take you to s2.

Furthermore, if I click ANYWHERE on the stage, not even on a button, it still
takes me to "s2"

What kind of madness is this?

I know there must be a simple answer, but this is completely counter-intuitive.