Onclick event help

[trigger1337]

Hi,

How should i code a onclick event to activate something on the timeline?

So basiclly when the user clicks something, i want the time line to play what i have put in there

Any info would be great thanks

[Ned Murphy]

something.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, activateSomething);

function activateSomething(evt:MouseEvent):void {

     // whatever you mean by play what you have put in the timeline

}

where "Something" is the instance name of the thing you click

[trigger1337]

Is there a way to put in an action on the start of the time to say, dont start this till the user clicks this?

[Ned Murphy]

That is what that code does.

[trigger1337]

It didnt work, i must be doing something wrong, the timeline still plays even when i put the code in.......my timeline is 48 frames long and its a motion tween and i have created a second lay to put the code in because i cant put it in the layer with the motion in it.

All i have is a block which scrinks, called Bcard and i just want it to shrink when the user clicks on it. I put your code into the second layer action but the motion still play before the user clicks it......

[Ned Murphy]

Have you tried putting a stop(); command in the timeline to keep it from moving?

[trigger1337]

Yea i did....But the clip stops and when i click on the instance it doesnt play the timeline/

[Ned Murphy]

Up to this point you haven't shown any code at all. Show what code you are using and maybe someone can help.

[trigger1337]

This is the first time i am implementing coding into the action.

I will try and explain it abit better.

I have a image which is a card, i turned it into a motion tween and in the 24 frames all it does is shrinks in size but i do not want it to shrink untill the user clicks on the card. Thats all i am trying to do.

Thank you

[Ned Murphy]

Up to this point you haven't shown any code at all. Show what code you are using and maybe someone can help.