Sliding Bar on Rollover/Rollout

[Rick]

Hey,
Here is a fla file I am working on. I am, trying to get a bar to slide across the text when there is a rollover. Then for it to go the opposite direction on rollout.
I saw something similar on flashkit.
Slide.fla is mine
simplebutton.fla is similar
Isolate one of the buttons on simplebutton.fla...I made my timeline similar, but it doesnt seem to anmimate.
thanks.
P.S. I do not want the graphic to stay in the extended state when pressed, like simplebutton does. I just want a rollover/rollout effect.

[Rick]

Please let me know what I am doing wrong with this attempt.

In the meantime, in my search for a method that I can work with I did find this tutorial. Maybe it will help someone else...
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ton_effect.htm

[Sgaspar11]

The reason yours is not working is because you are missing the code that tells the movieclip what to do on(release) on (rollover) etc.

If you unlock the layers inside of one of the buttons and then select the button object you'll notice this code:

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//tells this MC to play frame 2 on roll over
on (rollOver) {gotoAndPlay(2);
}
//tell this MC to play frame 8 on roll out
on (rollOut) {gotoAndPlay(8);
}
//tell this MC to stop at frame 16 on release which 
// disables the button because the button is not on frame 16.
// Checks to see if the other buttons have stopped at frame 16,
// if so, then play the roll out effect from frame 8,
// if not, don't do anything at all.
on (release) {gotoAndStop(16);
if (_root.butt2MC._currentFrame == "16") {
 _root.butt2MC.gotoAndPlay(8);
}
if (_root.butt3MC._currentFrame == "16") {
 _root.butt3MC.gotoAndPlay(8);
}
//changes the contents of "statusBox"
  _root.statusBox.text = "BUTTON 1 PRESSED"
}

That right there, is the meat and potatoes of how it works.

Edit: Make sure your buttons all have instance names that match the code as well. Otherwise the above code won't unless your button names are butt3MC, butt2MC and butt1MC accordingly.

Cheers,

Scott

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Sgaspar11

That right there, is the meat and potatoes of how it works.

Lol! great expression

[Sgaspar11]

Thanks, :-) I mean, without the meat and taters, what are you left with? Green beans! Who wants just green beans!

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Sgaspar11

Thanks, :-) I mean, without the meat and taters, what are you left with? Green beans! Who wants just green beans!

Rofl! By the way, I like your site. very nice colour scheme

[Sgaspar11]

Ah thanks, it'd help if I actually did anything to it in the past 6 months. :-)

[alexgeek]

You concentrating on any other projects then?

[pa007]

I believe Scott has one of those 'jobs'. Not sure what they involve but from what he's told me, not much sleep.

I'll probably not bother.

Pete.

[Sgaspar11]

Yes, my projects are my 60-70 hour a week job and my bed. :-) Doing all sorts of things...flash, asp, and beyond...