buttons

[xertechx]

i am bulding a web site and i have a problems with my button... my buttons on teh over frame have a little bubble pop out now i have a problem with the button to where when u put the mouse over where that bubble would be it activates teh button i dont want it to avtivate the over frame untill its over the button directly this is probly hard to understand but pleaase help me if u can if u cant understand i will up load the unfineshed website so u can see thank u erick

 

[oldnewbie]

What do you have now in the hit area of your button?

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[xertechx]

what or how do u find out where the hit area is i have never set a hit area should i have

 

[davdesign]

Ctrl+F8 to create new movie-clip>>>drag onto main stage and edit in place

>>>first frame is blank with stop action
>>>second frame has your pop-out with stop action

>>>edit the actions on your button
>>>"on rollover" tell your clip to go to frame 2 and stop
>>>"on rollout" tell your mc to go to frame1 and stop

dave dave@davdesign.co.uk

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[oldnewbie]

When you edit your button, you have 4 keyframes! Up, over, down, hit. In the hit area, you should only have a small circle the size of the circle of your button without the side popup. Otherwise, if you have something bigger in there, the mouse will react as soon as it hits that part of the graphic.

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[oldnewbie]

Ok! I'm out of here!

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[xertechx]

okay i figured it out what u have to do is make the key frames first then modify each frame to what u wantit to do
as far as what u said the button behavior has to be movie clip which brings me to another question how do i make it do animations when the mouse is over it, does it have to be a movie clip to do that cause mine are set to buttons not movie clips

 

[davdesign]

okay

please be patient I'm gonna go through this with you step-by-steppppppp.... dave@davdesign.co.uk

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[oldnewbie]

You can add more layers to each button and change text for example, but if you don't have movie clips, you'll be sort of limited. You can have a look at my FAQ: faq250-487
Two animated buttons in there, button 1 & 2, and you can dowload the fla to see how it's done!

The news is comin on... Will be back after the news! But Dave will probably have taken care of you!

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[davdesign]

No need to go step-by step actually....

YES, it has to be a movie-clip. But ONLY insert it in the OVER frame of your button. dave@davdesign.co.uk

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[xertechx]

okay wait im confused one of u is ayin make the behavior button and one is sayn movie i downloaded the tutorial im still tryin to understand it how does teh button animate with the second layer?

 

[oldnewbie]

Yes! If you've downloaded my fla. Edit one of the buttons. The action is takin place in the animate layer on the over keyframe!

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[xertechx]

ok i got it what u do is u make another layer then umake a movie clip animation than insert the movie clip in a new frame in the button edit mode thank u guys alot u helped me very much now i just gotta get the morph down, is there a place or sumthin where i can get a flash book everything i did i had to learn on my own
thank u erick

 

[oldnewbie]

You can start with the lessons, samples & tutorial in the Flash help files... And then rip open other people's .flas!
That, I figure, is the best way!

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[davdesign]

you'll find many flash books in any book shop.

dave dave@davdesign.co.uk

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[xertechx]

i got the jist of flash i lookin for the more technicall stuff, could u tell me how to make like a mouse pointer out of an object, can u do that?

 

[davdesign]

To make a mouse pointer out of an object.......bear with me while I explain......... dave@davdesign.co.uk

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[xertechx]

ok i am ready

 

[davdesign]

sorry crashed out....

>>1>> Press Ctrl+F8 to create a new movie-clip, this will be your replacement pointer.
>>2>>DON'T drag the clip onto the main stage.
>>3>>Press Ctrl+L to open the library for the movie and you'll see your new clip.
>>4>>right-click on the clip and select "Linkage"
>>5>>Slect "Export this symbol" and type in a name, lets say "yourcursor". Hit OK.
>>6>>In the first frame of your movie insert the actions:


Mouse.hide();
_root.attachMovie("yourcursor", "customCursor", 9999);
_root.customCursor.startDrag(true);


And there you have it..........

dave dave@davdesign.co.uk

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[xertechx]

ok sorry to bug so much but now on my site when ever i click a link on one of my butons it starts the scene 1 intro over thats when i hit test movie, but when i hit test scene the button works just fine i dont get it
thanx erick

 

[davdesign]

have you checked your targetting? what are your button actions?

dave dave@davdesign.co.uk

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