Setting the state of a button using actionscript

[artdog]

I would like to set the state of a button to its down state onrelease.

I have tried the following:
on (release) {this.
gotoAndPlay("down");
}


I even tried putting a frame label of down on the down frame in the button but that doesn't work either. There must be a way to do this with actionscript but how?

[JacobHaug]

I will make one suggestion, if this does not work, I need to see a sample fla file. Here is my only suggestion.

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on(release){
    with(_root){
    this.gotoAndPlay("down");
    }

[artdog]

Hmm. Ok. I got a syntax error until I took out one bracket. Now I have this

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on(release){
    with(_root)
    this.gotoAndPlay("down");
    }

Doesn't work though. I am not sure why you need a sample fla but I have attached one. Its just an fla with one button in it. I just want to lock that button to the down state after it is clicked and be able to set it back to the up state when another button is clicked. Like a navbar system.

I have been told it is not possible unless I convert the button to a movie clip but then the actionscripting gets quite complicated.

[JacobHaug]

OK I needed the flash fla file to better trouble shoot your problem, it is easier if you can look at a sample file and fix it then just look at the code. As for your problem. I have never heard of doing this with a button in action script 1, or 2. But I think this is possible in the new version of action script 3.0. Here is a link. Sorry I could not help you any further.

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/...html#downState

[Cat22]

Hi,

Did you ever find a solution for this?

I have a related sort of a problem. I just want my buttons to appear in their "over" or "down" state (it doesn't really matter which) when they have been pressed. For example, I want the "portfolio" page button to appear in it's "down" state when the portfolio page is displayed. I have tried to do this by setting variables, but without any luck.

Any suggestions?

Cat..

[artdog]

No I didn't find a solution to it other than making the button into a movie clip and then having to script the whole roll over functionality first.

[JacobHaug]

true shame...lol

I think that is what you will have to do, make it a movie clip. Besides that is not that hard.