Action Script Fading in Flash MX

I want the following functionality from a simple on screen button in flash mx:

upon clicking a button on screen i want it to make an object fade in.
i need it done using action scripting.

any help would be great thanks
rich9a9

Reference the button to your movie that you wish to fade in.

Create you button [ I assume you know how to do this ] and place the following code in the actions panel for it :



Now, create yourself a simple shape [ just to practise with ] and convert it to a mc [ MovieClip ], give it the instance name myClip.

Double click the movie and in the timeline on frame 2 insert a new keyFrame, name this frame in. In the properties panel set the opacity of the clip to 0%. Create another keyFrame at about frame 31 and set the clips opacity to 100%. Right click between the keyFrames and select Create Motion Tween.

Go back to the main timeline and test your movie.

Thats a very simple version using tween, the same effect can be acheived using AS which is also more time effective [ less loading time ] and therefore puts less load on the viewers CPU.

Here:

Here is the sample file (fla file included):

http://www.worldkit.com/wknforum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=573

http://www.ozzu.com/flash-forum/how-reduce-aplha-value-movie-clip-using-code-t26942.html
I learned ALOT from that thread

is it possible to do exactly the same but instead of having a movie clip faded in but have a button fade in?

You can have your MC act like a button using the hitTest method and on(MouseAction) events.

Sure...

But I hardly ever use buttons anymore, since the advent of AS2 and MX 2004...