How do I do this?

[matpj]

Hi,
I have not really used Flash before, but I know I need to in order to do what I am trying to do.

I have a page with a menu etc
I want a rectangular box on one of the pages, which is split into to equal halfs widthways.

In one half I want an image slideshow which fades into each image
on the other half I want a eries of text paragrapgs with a 'Next' button at the bottom.

basically the first time it loads, I want a fasing slideshow with some text next to it.
when the user presses 'next'. the next block of text is displayed, but the image slideshow is not reloaded.
It has to be seemless...

can this be done in anything other than flash?
if not, how do I do it in flash?!?!?
help me obi wan......

;-)

thanks,
Matt

 

[oldnewbie]

...I want a fasing slideshow... ????

 

[matpj]

oops! typo!
FADING!

anyway.... can anyone point me inthe right direction?

 

[HoppingMadRabbit]

You could try using two MovieClips in the main timeline, one with the fading images and another with the text.

João.

 

[yourkeylady]

I have done this in javascript and flash. Look at the source and feel free to use it.

http://websiteprogrammin.com/cqd/ht/html/pits/pits.html

and

Flash image viewer.

http://websiteprogrammin.com/rescued/pitbulls.html

The source for this is the Gallery Component. Search for it
in google. I'm using it with permission.
This was written for people who don't have flash. They can use perl code to transfer the files and it keeps all pages in memory in a text database.

But if you want more control over fading and to put different x and y values for loading at a certain point I have my first component on my website.

Tricia

http://websiteprogrammin.com