actionscript for buttons....

[natedeia]

On (Release)
Begin Tell Target ("../image1&quot
Go to and Stop(2)
End Tell Target
End On
This script seems to work for my buttons which stay where they are as info/images pop up in a designated box on the screen. The problem is that each MC that i bring up only can be seen a certian order. Certian ones seem to be above others. You can see, say #4 the procede through the buttons, 3,2,1 but if you go the #1 then you can not bring up 4,3,2. Know what i mean? Any advise? Oh and this command only seem be used for Flash 5 which i have, but would like one to be exported as Flash 4. Thanks guys and girls!

 

[HowardMarks]

Not too sure what you're on about here Post the fla (or email it) and we can have a quick look. Nick (Web Designer)
nick.price@misuk.net

 

[Guest_imported]

One thing I can tell you:
The code as you posted it is 100% Flash 4 compatible, i.e. you can export it as Flash 4 SWF and it will work.

 

[natedeia]

i will try to email it at lunch today.

is what semmelbroesel says is true about the code? every time i test movie that box pops up and explains anything wrong and what it is telling me is that i have to export as Flash 5. i have it set up to export as 4 also. so exporting as 5 is ok because then Flash 4 players can read it correctly???? i will either post or email, thanks for help...

 

[davdesign]

hi nat

what semmel says is true, but obviously there must be some other actions in your movie which are F5 only.

dave

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[natedeia]

http://members.home.net/homebrew2001/abcd.fla

Here is the .fla. Please tell me what script i need to put in here to get these different movies to pop up as each button is pressed but also to hide the other ones or make them disappear. I may put a white square behind or in each movie that will cover the ones behind them. HELP!!

e-mail: kaindog_1999@yahoo.com

 

[davdesign]

hi nat

http://www.pinkzeppelin.com/tektips/natedeia/abcddav.html

http://www.pinkzeppelin.com/tektips/natedeia/abcddav.zip

dave

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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[natedeia]

Man you are great! I gave up for the past week or so untill i bought the Macromedia Flash 5 book, half way through but even flipping around and reading ahead i could not even find out how you did that!
Thanks alot!
Hey what does _root and _level really mean? Gives examples with it but not an explanation. Thanks again!

 

[davdesign]

glad it was what you were after.

OK, _root and _level:

_root
_root is very easy to explain as it simply refers to the main-timeline of your movie. So if you have two movie-clips located on the main stage (ie: on the main timeline) and you want to target one from within the other, you would give the route to the other movie-clip. If we say that the instances of the clips are "mc1" and "mc2", then the route from "mc1" to "mc2" would be _root.mc2

_level
_level deals with loaded movies (swf's) which you have loaded into your initial movie. Imagine placing a sheet of tracing-paper on your desk, this represents your initial movie located on _level0. Now place a sheet of tracing-paper on top of your first one, this represents a movie loaded into _level1. And so-on for _level2, 3, 4 etc etc.

You can target an mc in another movie (loaded into a new level) by swapping the _root part of the action above with _level1 (or whatever level you have loaded your movie into). So if you have loaded a movie into _level1 and have an mc within this movie called "mc1", then you can target this mc from your initial movie (or any other loaded movie) by using the route _level1.mc1 .

I hope this explains things for you.

dave

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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