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BenQCat
BenQCat

Reputation: 43

AS3 1 function to play different MovieClips from different buttons?

I have a couple of different buttons which all have corresponding MovieClips. e.g. the button is name "horse_btn" and the MovieClip "horse_btn_mc".

Now I need one function which plays the corresponding MovieCLip when the button is clicked. I tried this: 

horse_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, over);

function over(e:MouseEvent)
{
    var mc = e.currentTarget.name;
    mc += "_mc";
    mc.gotoAndPlay(1)
}

But I keep getting this error: TypeError: Error #1006: value is not a function. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (1)

Alex Koz.
Alex Koz.

Reputation: 497

Type String dos not have a field gotoAndPlay. For get the display object you have to use "getChildBy...."-methods.

var theName = e.currentTarget.name + "_mc";
//var yourContainer:DisplayObjectContainer = e.currentTarget.parent as DisplayObjectContainer;
var mc:MovieClip = yourContainer.getChildByName( theName ) as MovieClip;
mc.gotoAndPlay(1);

See doc: DisplayObjectContainer.getChildByName().

Upvotes: 0

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