Newbie Help - button events not firing

[JohnnieMiami99]

Hello!
I have Flash MX 2004 and I am having a problem with 3 of my 5 buttons. For
those 3, they do not respond to the button click. Here is the code I have for
each button:

on (rollOver) {
// Gallery
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(9);
}
on(release)
{
//Goto Webpage Behavior
getURL("http://www.macromedia.com");
//End Behavior
}

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
JM

[kO2n]

Hi,

Are those buttons targeting the timeline that they are on? Are you sure you've
applied the actions to the button instances and not the timeline itself?

Also, getURL("http://www.macromedia.com"); add _blank if you want the page to
open in a new window. So,

getURL("http://www.macromedia.com", _blank);

Viru.

[JohnnieMiami99]

Hi Viru!
As I mentioned, I'm a newbie...so here come the stupid newbie questions.
How do I know if I have applied the action to the button and not the timeline?
I have selected the blue box over my button and added the code to that. Sorry,
still learning....

Thanks!
JM

[rlc5611]

you are probably applying the actions to the button because you should get an
error if it were in the main timeline something like "mouse events are only
permitted for button instances". Just a comment on the reply below. I think you
would have to put the _blank in quotes as "_blank". At least I do.

Do you have anything else in your movie like any components? Some of the
components are causing weird problems with button focus and can force a rollOut
even if you did not actually roll out. I know the comboBox does this.

Another thing, it looks like you are frame-jumping based on the mouse actions
on the buttons. Are all the buttons on every frame in the area you are jumping
around in as one button or are you splitting the buttons up (multiple
instances) into different keyframes? Try putting your buttons on a layer by
themselves (all can be on one layer) and keep this layer continuous without any
new keyframes.

[JohnnieMiami99]

Hi and thanks for the feedback!
I thought they all had to be on different layers? For example, when I
created my button it created 4 layers. I do have other buttons but no other
controls like combo boxes. I think you are right about the frame jump too
since the action on the first 2 buttons is very different then the action on
the last 3 buttons (which happen to be the ones I am trying to update). Here
is the movie: [url]http://www.soft-ally.com/kimberleeduncan/flash/delta15.swf[/url]

Thanks!