Caption on/off button & movie clips 1

[Jennyucf]

Hi, there

I have to turn to your help again..sorry to ask questions non-stop..

Here I have a caption on/off button to control the visibility of the caption. There are 10 movie clips containing the 10 different sound. I inserted 10 mc's in the 10 frames of main timeline.

Script on the button in the first frame: (sound1 is the name of the mc

on (press) {
Sound1._visible = !(Sound1._visible);
}

Script on the frame:

Sound1._visible = false;

The problem is I turn the caption off, when it goes to the second frame(sound), the caption showed up again. What can I do to make it really like a caption on/off effect?
Did I make sense?

Many many thanks!!!!!!!!!

 

[oldnewbie]

I'm not very good at that kind of syntax...

But basically this should work...


on (press) {
if (_root.Sound1._visible == true){
_root.Sound1._visible = false;
} else {
_root.Sound1._visible = true;
}
}

Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

Hi, thanks a lot!!!!!

I tried out your code..it seemed that

on (press) {
if (_root.Sound1._visible == true){
_root.Sound1._visible = false;
} else {
_root.Sound1._visible = true;
}
}

equals

on (press) {
Sound1._visible = !(Sound1._visible);
}

After testing, I found they did the same....Could that be any other reason??

Appreciated...

Jenny

 

[oldnewbie]

Is the caption visible to start with? Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

No, I set it in the frame:

Sound1._visible = false;

Thanks!!

 

[oldnewbie]

Any movies loaded in those clips?

Loading a movie in a clip makes that clip visible, even if it was previously set to invisible. Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

Hi, thank you very much for the reply!

Actually, this one (Sound1._visible = false works when the first frame is loading..

The problem is that the caption of the second movie clip automatically shows up when I turn the caption button off when it plays movie clip one. Did I make sense?

Thaaaaaaaaaaanks again.

 

[oldnewbie]

Nope! You're loosing me! Should post your .fla or part of it! Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

Sorry about the confusion..I absolutely understand with a souce file, it will be much easier...
....
...

Here we go. I don't have a website to put a link..but i've put it in the briefcase. Please go to..

http://briefcase.yahoo.com

User: ids4681
Password: group3
File: CaptionButton

Your extrodinary effort and time is very much appreciated!!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Jenny

 

[oldnewbie]

Ok! Downloaded. But no promises I can look at it tonight... Maybe only in the morning! Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

No problem! And thank you so much for taking the time..I appreciate that !

Have a good night!

 

[oldnewbie]

Ok! Had a quick look. Shouldn't be too hard to fix... In the morning!

But tell me this: Should the captions be on or off to start with? Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

Hi, oldnewbie

Thanks! I would love to put the caption off at the beginning..

Cheers

 

[oldnewbie]

Re-did the whole thing! Can't really upload it anywhere at the moment and it's a 1,472MB zip.
Can you hit my handle (to get my e-mail) and send me an address where I could send it to you?
Wouldn't work on Hotmail, it's over 1MB. Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

Hi, nice to see you again!!

Can you just upload the file to the briefcase again??

http://briefcase.yahoo.com

User: ids4681
Password: group3

I think it will take the files of 5 mb.

Thaaaaaaaaaaaank you!

Cheers

 

[oldnewbie]

Wait till you see it before you thank me. I've simplified it but complicated it in a way. Think you'll have questions! Regards,

 

[oldnewbie]

Briefcase not opening up at least for now! Regards,

 

[oldnewbie]

Done! Regards,

 

[Jennyucf]

Hi, Oldnewbie

You are the best! The new file simplies the design a lot...I really love it!!
"_root.caption" is pretty new to me, as I didn't know that a variable's name can follow "_root"....
Thank you thank you!

Cheers

 

[oldnewbie]

Since the caption textfield is now on the main timeline and not within the sound clips themselves, then _root has to be added to the path to target the right textfield. If you omit it, Flash would be looking for a textfield's variable within the clips themselves, and that one no longer exists. Regards,