The following code shows you how to play a random movie clip when a button is pressed in Flash CS6 Actionscript 3 (AS3). To do this, I started with 4 movie clips that will be called at random. So that means that there is a main timeline and 4 movie clips, each with a button in them, that are placed on the main timeline.<\/p>\n

This code goes into the main time [CODE]<\/p>\n

stop();<\/p>\n

\/\/this code makes each movie clip invisible so its not being played. I put each movie clip on the main timeline you just cannot see them until they are called
\n\/\/easy1 easy2 easy3 and easy4 are instances. Be sure to give each of you movie clips an instance name.
\neasy1.visible = false;
\neasy2.visible = false;
\neasy3.visible = false;
\neasy4.visible = false;<\/p>\n

\/\/create an array with your instance names
\nvar storeArray:Array = [easy1, easy2, easy3, easy4];<\/p>\n

This is what the button does when pressed
\nfunction easyButton(pEvent:MouseEvent):void {
\n\/\/random clip from array. Note that these are all variables here no instances or anything.
\nvar myNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*storeArray.length);
\ntrace(“myNumber “+myNumber);
\nvar activeCarton = storeArray[myNumber];
\n\/\/now we make the movie clip that was previously playing invisible and the new one replaces it
\neasy1.visible = false;
\neasy2.visible = false;
\neasy3.visible = false;
\neasy4.visible = false;
\nactiveCarton.visible = true;
\n}<\/p>\n

[ENDCODE] Now, in the timeline with my button, I put the following code. Keep in mind my button is in my movie clip. If yours was in the main timeline you would just delete that MovieClip(root). from the code:<\/p>\n

[CODE]<\/p>\n

\/\/easy1Button is the button instance name. easyButton is the function we created in the previous code.
\neasy1Button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, MovieClip(root).easyButton);<\/p>\n

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