setting button property

[sarak]

Within a movie clip I have two buttons. I would like to use Button A to set the width (_xscale) of Button B. I haven't had any luck; it seems that I need to reference an instance of Button B, yet I'm unable to figure out how to name anything but a movie clip. My question is whether it's absolutely necessary for Button B to actually be a movie clip instead.

In that case, maybe with I should create a movie clip with a button in it? I believe Button B does need to be a a button since I'm using an on(Press) action with it.

Thanks!

 

[wangbar]

Select your button and turn it into a movieClip with f8. All the button functions still work but you can give it an instance name and set its propeties too.

 

[sarak]

Thanks for the response! Actually, I tried simply changing Button B to a movie clip and in fact the button properties don't work still. I have these actions assigned to Button B:

on (press) {
startDrag (""
}
on (release) {
stopDrag ();
}

When I change button B to a movie clip, these behaviors don't work. Any other ideas? Or am I missing something??

 

[oldnewbie]

You simply have to specify what mc you want to drag...

Regards,

ldnewbie