Hello. I'm pretty much a beginner when it comes to flash. So, I assume there's
been a post about this topic already. But, does anyone know how to script a
code that lets you hit a button multiple times to execute an action without
using the time line. For example. on http://www.group94.com/ website under menu
/ projects they use arrows to move the text on the y axis. Every time you click
down on the text, it shifts upwards. I assume this a multiple hit action since
the text shifts to? Can anyone help. Thanks.

George

Well, every action assigned to a button is executed multiple times when the
button is hit repeatedly. I assume you mean kind of different actions? This
could be done with a counter variable and a switch statement, like this:
--
var count:Number = 0;
button.onRelease = function(){
count++;
switch(count){
case 1:
// actions for 1st click
break;
case 2:
// ...
break;
case 5:
count = 0; // reset counter
break;
}
}
--

However, in the website you linked, I suppose they don't do it this way, but
with a more dynamic approach: Load the data (links and linktext) from a xml or
text file, then build an array out of the contents and display the first
entries. When the button is clicked, the first entry goes off, the next entry
comes in. When the end of the array is reached, go back to entry 1 (not sure
they do that, I didn't try it so far). So you would need a function, like
displayNext(), that executes on every click and checks for itself which is the
next entry to display and goes through the array this way.
That's just a guess how they did it, or rather, how I would do it. ;)

hth,
blemmo

I looked at the site http://www.group94.com/ website under menu / projects and
it looks like a rather unique scrolling function. I doubt that it's just a
simple matter of moving the text up and down. For all we now there could be an
entire class written just to support the movement of text in that window.
Obviously they are trying to impress us with their unique abilities.
Personally I find the movement slow and cumbersome and I would rather avoid the
entire site.