Why doesn't this work? Simple script.

[youwhat?]

The following code is to make the movie stop/start when i click 'btn1'.


btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clicked)

function clicked (event:Event)

{
var stopped:int
trace(stopped)
if(stopped==0)

{
stopped=1
this.stop()
}

else

{
stopped=0
this.play()
}
}

The movie stops when i click it, but never resumes. Also the trace always shows 'stopped' as 0. Any help would be appreciated.

[Smee]

You are declaring the variable every time the button is clicked, so it's always stopping. You need to declare it outside of the function for it to be stored.


var stopped:Boolean = false;

btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clicked);

function clicked(event:MouseEvent)
{
if(stopped)
{
stopped = false;
this.play();
}
else
{
stopped = true;
this.stop()
}
}