Control a Movie Clip with as3

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• Movie Clip (with script) of nesting in button

  I'm pretty new to Flash, I have the basics but struggle when it comes to tasks more complex requiring a code etc. My problem seems simple in theory but in practice it's a different story; for me anyway.

  First stop, I create an online gallery. It is made against several thumbnail images of the art of the pieces which, when clicked, show the image in a larger format. I reached this goal in duplicating the chassis 12 times (how many images it is on the page) and linking each miniature to its corresponding image that runs through frames 1-12.

  I had this working perfectly, except for my animation of miniature mouseover who did very well when the mouse is in the affected area, but once outside the animation just broken back. This was done simply by nesting a movie clip symbol in the State over the button (that does not need any code).

  However, once I searched the internet for ways allow the animation to return to his State not active with an animation of back once the mouse is over the affected area, I hit a new problem entirely. Of course, this effect required some basic coding and was not pressing the button a on the State to activate the animation. This means that when I tried to embed the new animation in the zone reached the animation button was on the button, its ability to disable link area.

  I've tried everything I can think of, but I can't get the animation that will be triggered when the user hovers over the button and allow the button to link to its framework.

  I know this is a long post and thank you for reading. If you don't know what anyone that I said, please ask. I'll also give you a link to the tutorial I used as a base for my animation to be nested within the button. (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ton_effect.htm)

  Thanks again.

  If 'frame2' is your label and not "frame2_Page 1", you must use:

  Stop();

  this.onEnterFrame = function() {}

  if(Rewind == true) {}

  prevFrame();

  }

  }

  this.onRollOver = function() {}

  return = false;

  Play();

  }

  this.onRollOut = function() {}

  Rewind = true;

  }

  blakeheaps.onRelease = function() {}

  _root.gotoAndPlay ("frame2");

  }

• Use a combobox control to access scenes with as3

  I am a novice.  I try to use a combobox control to navigate to a different scene in my. Fla.  I was able to use a conditional statement (if) that seems to work but it only allows me to use the 'if' and a 'else if' stated once before giving an error.  I have reviewed all the information on the use of a 'switch', but did not have a chance to understand the coding or make it work.  Here is the code I wrote.  Can someone give me some advice?  Thanks in advance.

  CB1.addEventListener (Event.CHANGE, home_dl);

  function home_dl(e:Event)

  {

  If (cb1.selectedItem.label is 'A - B')

  {

  gotoAndPlay (65, "a - b" "");

  }

  Else if (cb1.selectedItem.label == "C - D")

  gotoAndPlay (65, 'c - d');

  }

  A quick glance, it looks like you are missing an opening brace after your second if()

  Else if (cb1.selectedItem.label == "C - D") {}

  In addition, it is probably just a mistake of copying and pasting, you are short a closing brace of the function

  function home_dl(e:Event)

  {

  If (cb1.selectedItem.label is 'A - B')

  {

  gotoAndPlay (65, "a - b" "");

  }

  Else if (cb1.selectedItem.label == "C - D") {}

  gotoAndPlay (65, 'c - d');

  }

  }

• Question of Nasted movie clips

  Hello
  
  I have this problem. I have a movie clip with the instance name mc1 and it is placed on the root music scene. I have movie clip with the instance name mc2 inside mc1.
  
  I want access to mc2 from the clip of root. If mc2 is on the first picture in mc1 - there is no problem - I use mc1.mc2. But if I place mc2 on the second picture, then flash throws the exception.
  
  I use Flash CS3 + AS3.
  
  Thank you

  1. you can place it on executives who need. You can set _visible to false on the frames property, it should not be seen or move it out of the scene.

  2. you can export it to the library, and then use a variable with attachMovie.

• How to play a clip with a tween animation

  I created a movie clip with symbol a tween animation and created an instance of the latter on the main stage. The animation is in the montage of film clip, not on the main timeline. I can't get the mc play using mc.play () or mc.gotoAndPlay.  What don't get me?

  Try to move the functions of activeCarton inside the function startButton.  The activeCarton object is not defined outside this function... speaking of which, you should always declare variables... change...

  activeCarton = storeCartons [myNumber];

  TO

  var activeCarton = storeCartons [myNumber];

• AS3: see the hide the elements of the movie clip, single button array.

  Hello and please forgive my Noobdity I teach myself AS3 and stuck on what are obviously the basics.

  I did the simple animations for years without using any AS3 at all, the time has come to take seriously.

  I read the daylights out of all reference documents Adobe now but I am stuck on this task.

  I have 4 objects of movie clip whose visibility I control with two buttons.

  First button, two of these visible clips and the other two will make visible = false

  For example: Mc1 and Mc2 > visible, Mc3 and Mc4 > visible = false

  The second button run the same function but in reverse

  Eg: Mc1 and Mc2 > visible = false, Mc3 and Mc4 > visible

  I've determined correctly or incorrectly reading endless and looking for a table should be the best way to do it.

  I may have to use the child feature add but * shrugs, I'm lost atmo

  I've been blunders on the code for the first of two simple buttons.

  I start slowly form a mindmap what should be done, but it's early days.

  Here is my code and please feel free to

  Last attempt tries to use the mouse on the trigger to control the visible state of the second two clips.

  var wcArray:Array = [myMovieclip1, myMovieclip2];

  var acArray:Array = [myMovieclip3, myMovieclip4];

  acComp_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, _acComp);

  internal _acComp(e:MouseEvent): void {}

  for each {(var point: MovieClip dans acArray)}

  Item.visible =! item.visible;

  }

  }

  acComp_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, _wcComp);

  internal _wcComp(e:MouseEvent): void {}

  for each {(var point: MovieClip dans wcArray)}

  Item.visible =! item.visible = false;

  }

  }

  Currently run 1050 error: impossible to assign a value, not reference.

  The text in blue works with 2 clips of film acArray of course, where the attempt to use the mouse on.

  Any advice on the solution or the best method to implement would be greatly appreciated.

  For what you're trying to make a table is more complication than a solution, you have already divided in two arrays anyway probably due to this tax... and have two buttons to do isn't necessary, but you may already be knowing that since you have only code for one of them in any case.

  All you need is a button that activates the visible properties to their opposites.

  var array: Array = [myMovieclip2, myMovieclip3, myMovieclip1, myMovieclip4];

  myMovieClip1.visible = myMovieclip2.visible = false;  or the other two... depending on what initially as invisible

  btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, _acComp);

  function _acComp(e:MouseEvent): void {}

  for each {(var point: MovieClip dans tableau)}

  Item.visible =! item.visible;

  }

  }

  LF, you must have two buttons to do the opposite, as you say, then clicking on buttons must end up affecting all the buttons, no not only one of the tables you have done.  If each button should do what you say, then you should not use the! operator since that can go the opposite of what you intend, so you must assign the desired state.

  var wcArray:Array = [myMovieclip1, myMovieclip2];

  var acArray:Array = [myMovieclip3, myMovieclip4];

  acComp_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, _acComp);

  function _acComp(e:MouseEvent): void {}

  for each {(var point: MovieClip dans acArray)}

  Item.Visible = false;

  }

  for each {(var item2:MovieClip in wcArray)

  Item2.Visible = true;

  }

  }

  wcComp_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, _wcComp);

  function _wcComp(e:MouseEvent): void {}

  for each {(var point: MovieClip dans wcArray)}

  Item.Visible = false;

  }

  for each {(var item2:MovieClip in acArray)

  Item2.Visible = true;

  }

  }

• In Movie Maker 6.0 can a video clip (with mute) be spliced in another video clip so it seems to work with the original sound of the first video?

  Hi, I put a video together for my MOM to 70th and one of her friends has provided a video clip of her playing a classical piece on the piano for several minutes.  I would like to cover this clip with other video sequences (landscapes, etc.) whereas the way piano since the main video track in the background.
  I tried to let fall the piano video file directly in the audio editing panel and then cut a second 20 segment in the video editing and insert a 20 second video (mute) images of landscape. However, the piano audio from the first video stops as soon as the strike chronology inserted piece landscape and picks up again when it ends, even if the audio scenario shows the audio piano continuously?  Am I missing a step or is this not possible?   Thank you very much.

  It should work quite as much as you described in Windows Movie Maker 6.0 (WMM 6.0), then maybe there is a step that is missed.  Let me describe how I could do and see if there's something you overlooked.

  First of all, I assume that you have already imported the clip of piano and your other clips of landscape in your collection then you can drag the there where necessary.  First, drag the piano music to the track Audio / Music in the timeline panel.  Note that if you have your video extended timeline, it will show video, Transition & Audio, but you want to get off- below that, to the Audio / Music , to follow.  At this point if you play your 'film', you should not to see any picture but just to hear the sound of the piano.  You should also only see a waveform on the audio / music.

  Now you can put anything you want on the video track.  Let's start by putting another copy of the original video of piano, but this time on the video track.  If you have developed the video track (to see the Vidéo/Audio/Transition) you will see the video piano and its associated audio waveform.  However, in your case, since you already have the audio separated, you want to cut that his partner.  Right-click on the Audio (attached to the video) track and select Muteor use the menus (Clip > Audio > Mute).

  When you preview the project, you have synchronized video browsing with the original copy of the audio piano.  At the point in the video where you want to replace the video with another piano play, making a split (key M).  Make another split at the end of the section.  It is very import that select you the video track when you add new divisions and you have not also be divide the track Audio / Music .

  Important: You want to make sure this divide the part that has the exact duration as well as landscape images, you want to replace.  So if you have 20 seconds to add, you divide 20 seconds piano images.

  Right-click on the part of piano footage (video track) and choose Remove.  Then, insert the part of sequences of landscape (also on the video track) in its place.  Once again, you will have need put this added sequence muted landscape (Clip > Audio > Mute).

  You should now see and hear the piano play.  Without any change in the audio playback in the preview window should implement the landscape images, then returns to piano images.

  If you find that your project is not behaving correctly after these splits, but are you sure that you have followed these steps, it could be a problem with your video file types.  If in doubt, try to convert all your videos to .wmv format using something like Freemake Video Converter (freemake.com)

  In any case, I hope that you are able to achieve, because it is certainly possible.  Good luck and post back with further questions or information, you can have.

• Squance movement / ras with existing clip

  Hi all

  You were so helpful last time I asked a question! You gave me the answer to my problem in less than an hour! So thank you, and now I have another.

  When I add new clips and videos to my sequence, or (by moving around the time line) he used to be a small vertical line (gray I think) appear and when the I move aligned with an existing photo/video of small triangles would seem to show I had perfectly flush with the clip I tried to place it beside. The small grey triangles have now disappeared. It's hard to mount clips to the line by hand and when I zoomed in I have to readjust and zoom in and readjust and so on until I understand not as near Ras as possible. I have no idea how I got rid of the feature that helps and no idea how to get since I don't know what is called the small grey triangles. Any help would be appreciated!

  Thank you

  Clarissa

  shooternz wrote:

  "S" = sortcut to the snap or there is an icon in the upper left pane of sequence.

  

• I can't move clip source window to the timeline by grabing it with the mouse.

  I can't move clip source window to the timeline by grabing it with the mouse. I can cut it short it. Once that there I can't move at all

  If first is weird, restart your computer, open the first while pressing SHIFT + alt up to the Welcome screen.

  See if this will help.

• Do away with button movie clip

  Hi all

  Thank you very much for watching my post and I hope you can answer my question

  Basically, I have a 3D interactive project only when the viewer clicks on the window and drag either right or left, then it pops up as they spin a 3D model, I have given out in Maya. What they do moves the mouse over the x axis that causes the clip to play backward or forward.

  The code I got from this site works like a dream! I even made sure that as they click a button depending on whether he goes to the other almost identical movie clip and he will leave the same frame as the previous video clip let go. I'm rather proud of myself for the moment

  However - on the second clip almost identical (mc_2), it has some tags on the images. And what I really want to do is, press the mouse for labels to disappear and when the viewer has finished breakfast through the time line with the mouse move and break the mouse, who reappear labels!

  Looks a lot like now here: http://BMC.Erin.utoronto.ca/~Enid/interactivethyroidectomy/

  So, I worked on this code which works perfectly in a small test project I've done. I put this on a button called my_btn and then made a label and this changed to a clip called my_mc and it all worked perfect

  on {(press)

  _root.my_mc._visible = false;

  }

  on (release) {}

  _root.my_mc._visible = true;

  }

  But what I really need to do is for my previous movieclip, mc_2, use the code above. However, if I add anywhere amoungst my actionscript previous coding in the mc_2 layer, then the viewer can no longer scrub through the timeline more. Clearly this code above is affected my previous code. which is:

  Stop();

  mc_2.stop ();

  var startX:Number;

  var startFrame:Number;

  var changeDistance:Number;

  var travelDistance:Number;

  mc_2.onPress = pressHandler;

  mc_2.onRelease = releaseHandler;

  mc_2.onreleaseoutside = releaseHandler;

  function pressHandler (): Void {}

  startX = mc_2._xmouse;

  startFrame = mc_2._currentframe;

  this.onMouseMove = moveHandler;

  }

  function releaseHandler (): Void {}

  this.onMouseMove = null;

  }

  function moveHandler (): Void {}

  changeDistance = mc_2._xmouse - startX;

  travelDistance = startFrame + changeDistance;

  If (travelDistance > mc_2._totalframes) {}

  mc_2.gotoAndStop (travelDistance % mc_2._totalframes);

  } ElseIf (travelDistance < 0) {}

  mc_2.gotoAndStop (mc_2._totalframes + (travelDistance % mc_2._totalframes));

  } else {}

  mc_2.gotoAndStop (travelDistance);

  }

  }

  Just so I'm ultra clear for the various layers etc.

  On stage 1, I have four layers

  Actions, buttons, clips, video and background

  In two, it has the above actionscript and then mc_2

  Inside of the mc_2 are 100 images from a view of 360-degree images of a shoulder of Maya

  in the top layer of the images, I have labels - one of which ive converted a clip called my_mc to this post.

  So what I have to do is add somewhere in the ActionScript for the mc_2 who, with all the mouse, presses and releases for him also make a specific mc (my_mc) invisible when the mouse is pressed and re appear when the mouse is released.

  I hope that makes sense.

  I thank very you much for your help in advance.

  CAT

  If you want to target something inside the mc_2, then just target mc_2 in the path...

  mc_2.my_mc._visible = false;

• Error #1009 when sound inside game, a movie clip that is called to the scene with child add method

  What is supposed to happen

  I have a clip that is called when the user clicks a button. When moving clip appears music is expected to play. When the user clicks the close button the music stops and the clip is removed from the scene.

  But then I get an error

  When I test the movie I get the following error:

  TypeError: Error #1009: cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.

  to mc_playSong / frame2 () [mc_playSong::frame2:6]

  This is the code that calls the clip on the stage (no problem here):

  Call the video clip with the song played on stage

  stage.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, goButtons);

  function goButtons(event:MouseEvent):void

  {

  If (event.target is song_bnt)

  {

  SoundMixer.stopAll ();

  addChild (myPlaySong);

  myPlaySong.x = 558;

  myPlaySong.y = 384;

  Event.stopImmediatePropagation;

  }

  The following code inside the clip is called to the scene. The music is meant to play:

  Stop();

  Variables for listening to music

  var RJPlaySong:RJSong = new RJSong();

  var RJPlaySongChannel:SoundChannel;

  Music for plays

  stage.addEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME, startRJSong); (I think that the error in the code is in this function. When I comment on him I don't get error.)

  function startRJSong(event:Event):void

  {

  RJPlaySongChannel = RJPlaySong.play ();

  }

  Stop all sounds, sets variables to null and calls a send event that removes the clip of the scene.

  bnt_closeSong.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, closeCreditSongScreen);

  function closeCreditSongScreen(event:MouseEvent):void

  {

  SoundMixer.stopAll ();

  RJPlaySong = null;

  RJPlaySongChannel = null;

  dispatchEvent (new Event ("RemoveMCsong"));

  }

  Someone at - it ideas? This seems to be a pretty simple question, but I can't understand it.

  I meant that you have quoted just to be taken literally.  If it's still not clear what I say or what did your code, try the following in order to demonstrate the IT change... This code to be...

  stage.addEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME, startRJSong);

  function startRJSong(event:Event):void {}

  trace ("I can do this all day");

  }

  After doing this, you can see why you want to only call the function once, and you could eliminate most of it and just put...

  RJPlaySongChannel = RJPlaySong.play ();

  Instead, or as I said originally, you can change it to be...

  function startRJSong (): void

  {

  RJPlaySongChannel = RJPlaySong.play ();

  }

  startRJSong();

• Parental and child control with AS3

  Hello

  I am new to AS3 and although I can see some good practices and functionality, I'm constantly stuck and can still do the things I would do if easily with AS2 - I almost it relearn from scratch!. I would still appreciate little help and advice on this...

  I did a class that creates a "sort" menu with data from an XML file, and basically is what he does when he is called to create an emptyMC (a container), add a childMC (a square) and add another child (a text label). When I create the container, I am trying to add a MouseEvent that can act on each instance of container, but all I can get is a MouseEvent on the object that contains all the MCs added. The code follows.

  Can someone enlight me with that issue or explain what I am doing wrong.

  I do not understand the parental dynamics with AS3 and the absence of the use of instance names and parenting dot does not help.

  Thanks in advance.

  Note to Adobe: previous versions of Flash and as a reference Help files were far more useful than in CS4!

  In the timeline:

  Import assets.myDynMenu;

  var theMenu:myDynMenu = new myDynMenu ("menu.xml");
  stage.addChild (theMenu)

  Stop();

  In the class:

  package assets

  {

  import flash.display. *;
  import flash.events.Event;
  import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  import flash.text.TextField;
  flash.net import. *;

  public class myDynMenu extends Sprite {}

  LOADING EXTERNAL INIT DATA

  public void myDynMenu (theData) {}

  LOADS MENU DATA FROM PREFORMATTED XML
  var loader: URLLoader = new URLLoader();
  var url: URLRequest = new URLRequest (theData);
  loader.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, buildTheMenu);
  Loader.Load (URL);
  }

  FULL CHECK LOAD XML MENU DATA - OBJECT BUILDING AND CHILDREN

  public void buildTheMenu(event:Event):void {}

  var xml = new XML (event.target.data);

  for (var i = 0; I < xml.menuData.menuItem.length (); i ++) {}

  ADDS A CONTAINER

  var itemContainer:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
  itemContainer.name = "menu" + i;
  //

  THE NEXT LINE IS NOT DO WHAT I WANTED?
  IN THE FUNCTION BEING CALLED, I NEED TO CONTROL THIS ELEMENT AND ITS CHILDREN

  itemContainer.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onMouseOver);

  //

  itemContainer.x = 100 * i;
  itemContainer.y = 0;
  itemContainer.mouseEnabled = true;
  itemContainer.mouseChildren = false;
  addChild (itemContainer);

  ADDS A CHILD OF CONTAINER (a square)

  var itemBase:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
  itemBase.graphics.beginFill (xml.menuData.mConfig.mainItemColor);
  itemBase.graphics.drawRect (0,0,xml.menuData.mConfig.mainItemW,xml.menuData.mConfig.mainIt emH);
  itemBase.graphics.endFill ();
  itemBase.name = "basic" + i;
  itemBase.mouseEnabled = false;
  itemBase.mouseChildren = false;
  itemContainer.addChild (itemBase);

  ADDS a CHILD OTHER to CONTAINER (a text label)

  var theLabel:TextField = new TextField();
  theLabel.x = 5;
  theLabel.y = 5;
  theLabel.selectable = false;
  theLabel.mouseEnabled = false;
  theLabel.border = true;
  theLabel.text = xml.menuData.menuItem [i] .mName;
  itemContainer.addChild (theLabel);

  }
  
  }

  It IS THE MOUSE ON WHICH I NEED law to EACH itemContainer (AND CHILDREN)
  private void onMouseOver(event:MouseEvent):void {}

  event.stopPropagation ();
  trace ("you're on" + myIdName);
  }

  
  }

  }

  use:

  package assets

  {

  import flash.display. *;
  import flash.events.Event;
  import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  import flash.text.TextField;
  flash.net import. *;

  public class myDynMenu extends Sprite {}

  LOADING EXTERNAL INIT DATA

  public void myDynMenu (theData) {}

  LOADS MENU DATA FROM PREFORMATTED XML

  
  var loader: URLLoader = new URLLoader();
  var url: URLRequest = new URLRequest (theData);
  loader.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, buildTheMenu);
  Loader.Load (URL);
  }

  FULL CHECK LOAD XML MENU DATA - OBJECT BUILDING AND CHILDREN

  public void buildTheMenu(event:Event):void {}

  var xml = new XML (event.target.data);

  for (var i = 0; i)

  ADDS A CONTAINER

  var itemContainer:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
  itemContainer.name = "menu" + i;
  //

  THE NEXT LINE IS NOT DO WHAT I WANTED?
  IN THE FUNCTION BEING CALLED, I NEED TO CONTROL THIS ELEMENT AND ITS CHILDREN

  itemContainer.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onMouseOver);

  //

  itemContainer.x = 100 * i;
  itemContainer.y = 0;
  itemContainer.mouseEnabled = true;
  itemContainer.mouseChildren = false;
  addChild (itemContainer);

  ADDS A CHILD OF CONTAINER (a square)

  var itemBase:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
  itemBase.graphics.beginFill (xml.menuData.mConfig.mainItemColor);
  itemBase.graphics.drawRect (0,0,xml.menuData.mConfig.mainItemW,xml.menuData.mCon fig.mainItemH);
  itemBase.graphics.endFill ();
  itemBase.name = "basic" + i;
  itemBase.mouseEnabled = false;
  itemBase.mouseChildren = false;
  itemContainer.addChild (itemBase);

  ADDS a CHILD OTHER to CONTAINER (a text label)

  var theLabel:TextField = new TextField();
  theLabel.x = 5;
  theLabel.y = 5;
  theLabel.selectable = false;
  theLabel.mouseEnabled = false;
  theLabel.border = true;
  theLabel.text = xml.menuData.menuItem [i] .mName;
  itemContainer.addChild (theLabel);

  }
    
  }

  It IS THE MOUSE ON WHICH I NEED law to EACH itemContainer (AND CHILDREN)
  private void onMouseOver(event:MouseEvent):void {}

  event.stopPropagation ();
           trace ("you're on" + event.currentTarget.name);
  }

  }

  }

• How can I enlarge the movie clips? [with pictures]

  

  There are 9 video clips in each square (object) and the color in each video clip can be changed by mouse click.

  
  However, if I want one of the spaces enlarge by clicking on it, then I can click on each video clips to change the color.

  How can I do? Can I create another movie clip and cover the place to click to enlarge?

  Please help me! Thank you!!!

  AS2 or AS3? AS2, you can disable the movieclip which is clicked by mc.enabled = false; For AS3, you can either remove the event listener as mc.removeEventListener ("your event type used listener", onClickFunc) or you can add a flag (Boolean variable) you set to false when it was enlarged and use it to check your onClickFunc and decide whether to change the color of a movieclip or not.

• Very new and stuck with animation Movie Clip layer

  I'm very new to Flash (CS4) and after searching a solution to a loop layer, I understand better that by creating a new Clip and animation to be done here.

  I did this and then put the Clip in a layer on the stage... but it won't play at all. It is as I put just the symbol that presents in frame 1 of the Clip and it remains static.

  What Miss me?

  First of all, when you run the movie in Flash (the Publisher) itself, then the animations will not work. 'Enter' will be displayed without animation. You must export the movie (CTRL + enter) or menu: control > test movie. If this is not the cause of the problem, how many images does your film? How many pictures does the layer where you put the animation on? Try to add enough frames. Use a new layer without keyframes and use it for all the animations that should loop. If these animations should run asynchronous, then add a layer for each animation and let them from a keyframe.

• Should I only use ActionScript with movie clip symbols

  A clip is the only type of symbol that I can use to manipulate with ActionScript if I simply want to create a static image of a button that triggers an event if clicked, this image must be saved as a movie clip symbol even if there is nothing animation on this subject?
  
  Thanks in advance.

  jcbluesman,

  > Is a clip, the only type of symbol that I can use for
  > handle with ActionScript?

  You can also use button symbols. Depending on the version of
  ActionScript you are using, you can generate these symbols (but no chart
  symbols) entirely by the code. If you have a little flexibility.

  > If I just want to create a static image of a button that
  > will trigger an event if clicked, that makes the image
  > must be saved as a movie clip symbol

  A clip would be the best choice, Yes. If you create the three
  time of symbols - a clip, a button and a graphic - and drag them
  on stage, you'll notice that only the clip and button will be
  allow you to give them names of instance with the property inspector. It's the
  name of the instance which allows ActionScript to 'talk' to these symbols by name.
  Graphic symbols do not for example names, then they are not programmable.

  David Stiller
  Co-author Foundation Flash CS4 for designers
  http://tinyurl.com/5j55cv
  "Luck is the residue of good design."