flash actionscript:
I am attempting to create a dynamic mailto button and have run into some
problems.
First, I realized that a dynamic text field inside of a button renders a
"hole" in the button where ever there is dynamic text.
I then found a method by reading forums that supposedly should work. I have
taken the following steps:
setup:
1 - Created a button symbol in the library that defines the clickable space
2 - Created a movie symbol in the library that will house the dynamic content
3 - Created a dynamic text field inside the movie symbol
4 - Created 3 frames inside the movie for each state of the button and labeled
accordingly (out, over, click)
5 - Modified the dynamic text box color for each frame accordingly
event handling:
6 - named the instance of the movie "email" in order to reference through
action script
7 - Added the following AS to an instance of the clickable button area:
on (rollOut) {
email.gotoAndStop("out");
}
on (rollOver) {
email.gotoAndStop("over");
}
on (press) {
email.gotoAndStop("click");
}
on (releaseOutside) {
email.gotoAndStop("out");
}
on (release) {
email.gotoAndStop("over");
//place mailto here
}
I get the following error from the output:
**Error** Scene=treatment, layer=hit, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse events are
permitted only for button instances
on (rollOut) {
**Error** Scene=treatment, layer=hit, frame=1:Line 5: Mouse events are
permitted only for button instances
on (rollOver) {
**Error** Scene=treatment, layer=hit, frame=1:Line 10: Mouse events are
permitted only for button instances
on (press) {
**Error** Scene=treatment, layer=hit, frame=1:Line 13: Mouse events are
permitted only for button instances
on (releaseOutside) {
**Error** Scene=treatment, layer=hit, frame=1:Line 16: Mouse events are
permitted only for button instances
on (release) {
Why would this be the case?? I created the instance by dragging the button
from the library onto the stage. Is that not the proper way to create an
instance?
