actionscript 3 - Flash - Play movie clip in reverse?

Question

I'm trying to get a movie clip to play in reverse when I mouse_out from it (it plays on mouse_over).

My actionscript is as follows:

mc.stop();
mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,mover);
mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,mout);

function mover(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    mc.play();
}

function mout(e:MouseEvent):void
{
   //Play in reverse
}

How would I achieve this?

Thanks

Answer 1

The best way would be to use an ENTER_FRAME event listener. Basically this is what you want to do

function mover(e:MouseEvent):void {
    stopPlayReverse();
    mc.play();
}

function mout(e:MouseEvent):void {
    this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playReverse, false, 0, true);
}

function playReverse(e:Event):void {
    if (mc.currentFrame == 1) {
        stopPlayReverse();
    } else {
        mc.prevFrame();
    }
}

function stopPlayReverse():void {
    if (this.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME)) {
        this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playReverse);
    }
}

This would play your MovieClip in reverse until it hits frame 1, then it will stop.