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Example 3 - Multiple MovieClip Instances with Variables Assigned by Clip Events

Intro : Example 1 : Example 2 : Example 3 : Example 4

Library

• button - Movie Clip
• content - Movie Clip
• invisible - Button

Construction

• Set up the same as previous example
• Frame 1, actions layer, only stop();
• Attach actionscript to individual instances of button movieclips using the onClipEvent(load) handler

Actionscript

Attached to invisible button on button movieclip timeline

on(release) {
  _parent.content.gotoAndStop(frame);
}

Attached to instances of button movie clip on main timeline

onClipEvent(load) {
  this.text = "Home";
  this.frame = 1;
}

Repeat for each button

this refers to the instance of the movie clip to which the actionscript is attached.

Advantages

• Each button has its text and content frame attached to it
• No need to keep track of instance names

Disadvantages

• Actionscript is spread out - harder to keep track of