enable and disable buttons

[styleBunny]

hi guys,

can i enable and disable all buttons with one line of code? or do i need to enable and disable each button with and instance name?

What i have is a range of buttons, which open different windows in my flash movie, with more info on it, i want to make it so none of the buttons in the background can be clicked until the back button on until the info window is closed.

This is all within a flash movie, when i say window i dont mean a browser window, it just runs a movie symbol on the stage.

Cheers
p.

 

[frozenpeas]

You could do it with a bit more than one line of code:

function disableButtons(){
	butArray = new Array("but1","but2","but3","but4","but5");
	for(i=1;i<=butArray.length;i++){
		(_root[&quot;but&quot;+i].enabled)?(_root[&quot;but&quot;+i].enabled=0):(_root[&quot;but&quot;+i].enabled=1);
	}
}

Then just call the function from somewhere:

_root.disableButtons();

This will enable all your buttons that have their instance names in the array, if they are disabled. If they are enabled, it will disable them. frozenpeas