on (release) {
getURL(”products.html”, “main”);
}

this codes here opens another page but not on the target iframe, i was wondering where did i went wrong coz most forum say that this codes work,

well what i want is the page to be open in the iframe now on another window, well thanks for the big help if you can correct this codes thanks, send me a email.

To handle the enterFrame event as described above, you would reference the movie clip by its instance name and pretty much code it up the same way:

instanceName.onEnterFrame = function():Void {
  // instructions here
}

It works the same in all cases except, as coincidence would have it, the MovieClip.onLoad method. For that, check out my “Is the MovieClip.onLoad Event Broken?” article.

Thanks

I see you give an example of a mouseUp command, but not an enterFrame command.

It’s hard for me to judge that assessment, because I really do enjoy both aspects of Flash: designing and developing. If Flash has been moving toward developers (programmers) — and I certainly don’t deny that; just not sure how strongly I would affirm it — the steps away from on() and onClipEvent() began three full versions ago, back with Flash MX in 2002.

The nice part is, if you prefer that paradigm, all you have to do is configure your publish settings for AS1 or 2. Even in Flash CS3, you can stick with the approach that makes you the most comfortable.

That’s a good question. Since you used the word “reenable,” I’d like to point out that the MovieClip and Button classes each feature an enabled property, which can be used to toggle an instance’s responsiveness. That isn’t the same as deleting or nulling the function assigned to an event, because the event still occurs when enabled is false; it’s just that the object ignores it.

In order to re-assign an event handler you’ve deleted or nulled, you merely have to repeat what you did in the first place (namely, to assign the event to a function). Obviously, this can get a bit tedious, depending on how often it needs to happen. To save on retyping, I recommend you use a named function rather than a literal function.

function doSomething():Void {
  // code here
  // This is where you tell this function
  // what what to do.
}

mcButton.onRelease = doSomething;
// Now we've assigned the doSomething()
// function to the MovieClip.onRelease
// event of the mcButton instance.

At some point later in the ActionScript, you may get rid of the event handler by deleting it …

delete mcButton.onRelease;

And if you ever want to add it again, simply to this …

mcButton.onRelease = doSomething;

Notice the lack of parentheses after doSomething, both here and above (the first time the event is handled). That’s because the parentheses actually cause the function to run — and you don’t want to trigger the function here; at this point, you’re merely assigning it to something.

I hope im allowed to ask this here. My question would be how to ‘reenable’ that null button? for example i have a button with rollover effect that nulls after user press. but I want it reactivated again to see that rollover effect.

Haha, that’s how it works … if you find yourself making a mistake, just pick yourself up and keep trying. You’ll figure it out, with enough determination. The official Adobe forums are good, for sure. And you may also want to check out the new Keyframer forums, hosted by my friend Chris Georgenes.