ActionScript 3.0: play and play again buttons

To design a game in flash using ActionScript 3.0, click play button to start a game. After the game over, click "Play Again" button to restart the game.

1) Start Flash CS5, click new-> actionscript 3.0, name your fla  fileas myGame.fla, set class: myGame in property menu.
2) Create 3 frames, the first frame name: "start", second frame name: "play", the third frame name: "gameover"
3) In "start" frame, create a button instance name: startButton
Press F9, enter following actionscript:

//stop at first frame

stop();

//When mouse click startButton, call function clickStart

startButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickStart);

function clickStart(event:MouseEvent) {

//go to "play" frame

gotoAndStop("play");

}

4) In "play" frame, create your game. for example, you can create a MovieClip and you can call a function from myGame.as actionscript file.

5) In "gameover" frame, create a button called "playAgainButton". Press F9 to enter following actionscript:

//When mouse click "playAgainButton" button, call clickPlayAgain function

playAgainButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickPlayAgain);

function clickPlayAgain(event:MouseEvent) {

//go to "play" frame

gotoAndStop("play");

}