Calling functions within mouse event functions?

[mindfriction]

Hi! having this small dillema,

Is it not possible to call other functions from generic mouse event functions? Surely it is !!??

ie....



_root.myButton.onPress = function(){
hide();
}

function hide(){
_root.myMc._visible = false;
}

[upuaut]

It is possible.. but doesn't it call it as if it's calling from the button. ie, wouldn't it need to be "_root.hide();" as the call?

just taking a guess at this point. :)

[kode]

It is possible.. but doesn't it call it as if it's calling from the button. ie, wouldn't it need to be "_root.hide();" as the call?
since the function has the absolute addressing to the movie clip .. it shouln't be a problem :)

and if you call only one function you can use

_root.myButton.onPress = hide;

[mindfriction]

Yeah thanks guys, but I know that you can call a function straight from the handler

this.onPress = hide();
But this isnt exactly what Im looking for, should have made my post more clear.. Say there are 2 different functions, (both seperate functions as they do completely different things), and I want call both at the time the mouse handler has picked up a mouse event? EG, I want to hide something with function hide(), and at the same time duplicate something else with function dupeIt().



:-\

[kode]

this.onPress = function() {
hide();
dupeIt();
}
:)

[pom]

_root.myButton.onPress = function(){
doThis();
doThat();
}??? I must be missing something... :trout:

[kode]

:P ;)

[pom]

You... you're too fast... said like Neo after Morpheus kicked his *** in the dojo

[kode]

:P :P :P

yes i am :) said like morpheus after kicking neo's ***

ps. who's morpheus? who's neo? :P ;)

[mindfriction]

ive tried this, i figured that it should be that easy - a straight function call within the handler function. Maybe somewhere, or somehow something is interfearing but I cant figure it out for the life of me.


And in regard to Neo and Morpheus , havent u ever seen the movie The Matrix??
:scream:

[kode]

maybe if you post all your code or attach the fla :)

And in regard to Neo and Morpheus , havent u ever seen the movie The Matrix??
being honest .. no :P
it's been like 6 years since the last time i saw a movie :P

but i do know who's morpheus and who's neo ;)

[mindfriction]

:+) ..here we go...


var i=1;
...
...
...

createNodeButt.onPress = function(){

createNodeButt._alpha=100;
createEdgeButt._alpha=50;

dupeNode();//go to another function to duplicate the node (a circle shape)

}


function dupeNode()
{
i++;
newName = "node" + i;
tempNode.duplicateMovieClip(newName, i);
this._parent[newName]._xscale = 175;
this._parent[newName]._yscale = 175;
this._parent[newName]._x = xpos;
this._parent[newName]._y = ypos;
}



There's a snippet of my code Kax (-:

Hope is make sense. In the onPress handler function I use the _alpha to show user that the button is selected, then I call dupeCircle function to carry out the rest of the actions.