Want clip to stop when mouse pressed....

[CherieHere]

Been up all night working on my first flash - a slide show with fades between each photo - I actually put each one on the time line and then set the alpha - God there must be a better way - and I was hoping for much more complex transitions (like Premiere)....

Anyway, I finally got it running through all the photos and I want the user to be able to click on it and have it stop. And then click on it again and have it play.....

In the main timeline I have stuff like music/actions/images/background

I built the entire video by double-clicking the first symbol (first photo)

I did click on that same item and set the properties to Movie Clip/mc

Then I added the following code:

on (press) {
stop ();
}

and it just doesn't stop. At one point I had the following code:

on (press) {
mc.stop;
}

and that didn't work either.

I have attached a link to the files if someone had the time to take a look at it. I feel so close and yet so far.

And... if anyone has a better way of adding photos with cooler transtions -please share.

Cherie

http://www.reflectionsbydesign.com/assets/wedding.fla

http://www.reflectionsbydesign.com/assets/wedding.swd

http://www.reflectionsbydesign.com/assets/wedding.swf

 

[frozenpeas]

That action cannot be attached to a movie clip - only to a button symbol. frozenpeas

 

[CherieHere]

ok, so I added another layer on top, set the alpha to 0, typed it as a button named btn

Then I clicked on the first frame of btn and inserted an action

btn.onPress = function() {
mc.stop();
}

when I test the movie I get the following compile error:

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Button, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
btn.onPress = function() {

... A little more help please...

Thanks, Cherie

 

[TaiChi56]

I went to check your swf and fla. It would not come up. Please post again. I will check the code for you. The secret in education lies in respecting the student. {Ralph Waldo Emerson}.

 

[frozenpeas]

Select the button. Bring up the Actions panel then enter the following code:

on(press){
   _root.mc.stop();
}

This is assuming mc is on the main timeline. frozenpeas