How to make a flash 3.0 script play once on MOUSE_OVER (or ROLL_OVER) then once per every such event?

Question

I am a newbie trying to do some buttons for my website. I have this actionscript for flash 3.0:

this.home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function(e:MouseEvent): void{

    play();

});

stop();

It works, and the flash plays continuously, but I would like to make it play ONLY ONCE when mouse is over the button. The stop(); in the end frame does not work, it stops the flash from playing a second time on mouse over. Tried ROLL_OVER and MOUSE_OVER, no luck. There must be a simple trick, but not getting to it yet.

Try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10652979/as3-play-movieclip-once — Ahamed Mustafa M, Dec 29 '13 at 10:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 03:49

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You need to remove the event listener after it fires the first time. So:

this.home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function(e:MouseEvent): void{

    this.home.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, arguments.callee);
    play();

});

answered Dec 30 '13 at 03:49

Scott

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Thank you Scott, your suggestion helped me in getting it done. – Deno Dec 30 '13 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 13:00

It seems that this code works, my luck!

stop();
home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, manageMouseOver, false, 0, true);

 function manageMouseOut(event:MouseEvent):void{
  home.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, manageMouseOver);
  home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, manageMouseOver, false, 0, true);
  play();
}

function manageMouseOver(event:MouseEvent):void{
  home.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, manageMouseOut);
  home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, manageMouseOut, false, 0, true);
  stop();
}

It does what I needed, play once on mouse over. Phew!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '13 at 21:19

After some formatting, I got this:

stop()

home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, manageMouseOver, false, 0, true);
function manageMouseOut(event:MouseEvent):void{
  play();
}
function manageMouseOver(event:MouseEvent):void{
home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, manageMouseOut, false, 0, true);
  stop();
}

It works nicely. There are 2 layers, 62 frames (1st layer). 'home' is the button name.

How to make a flash 3.0 script play once on MOUSE_OVER (or ROLL_OVER) then once per every such event?

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