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Post October 4th, 2009, 2:03 am

i have a series of buttons in a movie and I want to each to have the same functions applied to them without typing out endless code.

I tried
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for(i=1;i<8;i++){
    var butname = "button"+i;
    butname.useHandCursor = false;
        butname.onRollOver = function(){
        showCursor();
        }
        butname.onRollOut = function(){
        hideCursor();
        }
}
  1. for(i=1;i<8;i++){
  2.     var butname = "button"+i;
  3.     butname.useHandCursor = false;
  4.         butname.onRollOver = function(){
  5.         showCursor();
  6.         }
  7.         butname.onRollOut = function(){
  8.         hideCursor();
  9.         }
  10. }

I'm not sure if it is now looking for an instance called "butname" and not "button1", "button2", etc
Any ideas?

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Post October 4th, 2009, 2:03 am

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Post October 4th, 2009, 2:23 am

found the answer
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for(var i=1;i<9;i++){
    
    var butname = "button"+i;
    trace(butname);
    _root[butname].useHandCursor = false;
        _root[butname].onRollOver = function(){
        showCursor();
        }
        _root[butname].onRollOut = function(){
        hideCursor();
        }
}
  2. for(var i=1;i<9;i++){
  3.     
  4.     var butname = "button"+i;
  5.     trace(butname);
  6.     _root[butname].useHandCursor = false;
  7.         _root[butname].onRollOver = function(){
  8.         showCursor();
  9.         }
  10.         _root[butname].onRollOut = function(){
  11.         hideCursor();
  12.         }
  13. }

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Post October 4th, 2009, 6:19 am

Thanks for sharing the solution. Always nice to find the answer on your own
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