Flash button help

[johnb]

Hi there,

I have a page has movie clips playing on it. I want the clips to carry on playing but when I click a button on the page I want a new clip to start playing somewhere else on the page.
The problem I'm having is that I can't use the button to go to a new scene or frame as the other movies on the page won't carry on playing, they will restart. I then tried doing it by placing the new movie clip on the down frame of the button, so that when it is clicked the movie plays. This works, but when the mouse is released the movie dissapears. Is there any way I can make the movie appear when the button is clicked and then stay there, even if the user takes their finger off the mouse?

Thanks a lot in advance for your help

[The_A]

hey,

you can solve this with ActionScript and no timeline based animation.

here is a way that might work:
- making the playing MovieClips to external *.SWFs
- create a flashfile wich holds the buttons and containers for the external *.SWFs
- take a look at the MovieClipLoader


Furthermore, i advice to use MCs as Buttons, cause you have the same events as buttons have, too. + you are more felxible ;)

hope it helps

[johnb]

The_A you are a very helpful person. Thank you very much the quick reply, I managed to solve the problem by using a MC as a button! It didn't occur to me before, that I could do that.
Thanks again for your assistance, it really helped me out!

[The_A]

Thank you very much the quick reply, I

you are welcome :)