flash actionscript: Im new to the whole Flash game, and I was hoping someone could help answer a
quesion that I just cant find the answer to. Im using Flash MX.

Ok, I have a page with buttons on the left of the stage. I would like a small
preview movie to play on the right of the stage whenever a button is rolled
over. Yes, it sounds simple, but I just cant get it to work!!!! :)

If someone could give me a quick overview of how to accomplish this, or even
letting me know what I should be searching for in the tutorials, it would be
greatly appreciated!

Thank you for any help.

BAsically these are the steps.

1. create a movieclip with the animation; put a stop(); action in the first
frame
2. put it on stage
3. give it an instancename; e.g. animation_mc
4 create a button
5 put it on stage
6. give that one an instancename also; e.g. my_btn
7. in the frame where the button sits, write this actionscript

my_btn.onRollover = function(){
animation_mc.play();
}

That should about cover the basics.

John


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You're welcome.

John

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