Need Help with action script.

[tina8621 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I am working on a project for one of my classes, and in it I want to be able to click on an apple (which is a button) and make it fall. I have tried the on(releace) gotoAndStop(); commands as well as others. None seem to be working. If anyone has any ideas on how I can accomplish this I would greatly appreciate it.

tina

[elemental .std webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

u want to do animation when click button, that`s right ?

if apple button movie target is called apple try this

on (release) {
//if animation is a movie clip which is in button frames and its target is called MC
apple.mc.gotoAndPlay(1);
}

if i understand u right that will help...

[Rothrock webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

It depends on what kind of solution you want to pursue, but you will need two things: a button and a movieclip. Here is maybe the simplest way that I might do it.

Draw your apple and make it a graphic symbol.

Make an invisible button. a circle just about the size of the apple in the Hit area, but leave the other keyframes blank

Make a movieclip of the apple falling, using tweening, say between frame 1 and frame 20.

Make another layer in the movie clip and add a keyframe in frame 1. And put the invisible button over the apple.

On the button add the action on(release){this.play();}

Make another layer in the movie clip. Call this "Actions" and in frame one add the action "stop();" and on Frame 20 add the action "stop();"

I'm doing all this from memory, so there might be a type or two. Does it make sense?