EMERGENCY!!! components and button commands

[brainpudding]

this is my problem i have a compnent button and i have made the entire site already, but the button commands arent working

mybutton.onRelease = function(){
DO WHAT EVER;
}

If i make a regualr button that works but not on these components WHY!?

THANKS

 

[oldnewbie]

A little more info maybe? A link? A .fla? Something more than just this! You remind me of an instructor I once new!

Regards,

 

[brainpudding]

its the pill button in the common libraries

i want it to load a movie into a holder on the main time line. it does nothing when i put that code on it thou

but if i make a button from scratch and put the same code for it it works fine ... i have to have this thing finished tonight AHHH!!

 

[oldnewbie]

Can you post a link to your .fla, or e-mail it to me?
Hit my handle for an adddress. Zip it up if you do send it to me.

Regards,

 

[brainpudding]

zipped its 2.73 mgs i sent it anyway ...

 

[oldnewbie]

With Hotmail it won't work! Can you upload it to your server and provide a link to download it from there?

Regards,

 

[brainpudding]

ok here is what i have i have a main flash file i used it to make a EXE for a CD. once the EXE starts i have external .swf files i want it to load into a empty movie clip named holder when a user click a button. I used the pill button in the common libraries. this is the code i put on the button

btngb.onRelease = function(){
loadMovie("swf/bg_products.swf",holder);
}

...but it dosent work .. it classifies it as a movie .. and if you change it to a button it messes it up (visualy)

but if i make a homemade button and place the same code on it it works fine.

 

[oldnewbie]

And you have given your pill button the instance name of "btngb"?

Regards,

 

[brainpudding]

http://www.digitalmpact.com/help

 

[oldnewbie]

Hold on! But no promises! Downloading now!

Regards,

 

[brainpudding]

ok if i change it to a onRollOver it works....

 

[brainpudding]

ok i changes it to onMouseDown and it works but now i got a new problem the code inside the bg_products on works fine by itself but whne its loaded into the other one it does nothing ... this isint my night

 

[oldnewbie]

I've begun to hate those poor commented components as much as I hate those who recommend them as a magical solution to any problem.

That said a component is a movie clip, so get why it's now working? There's another way of doing it, but e-mail me a request and I'll tell you what it is.

As for your new problem, what is it exactly? If I press the thumbnails I do get a trace I've slapped in there, so those thumbnail buttons are working for me!

Regards,