I like to be complicated. ; )

[katiekat]

I was just wondering....

I have a button. (rather, *will* have a button) I would like, when you roll over it, the text fades from blue to yellow. Also, it will change the picture in the middle of the movie, hopefully also fading in.

The text trick I thought might be a movie clip thing, though I keep confusing myself when I try to do it.

The image thing.... I have only the most vague clue as to go about doing that.

If someone has some time, I'd love to know how to do that. Not intensely urgent or anything. :-D Thanks dudes! Holy tek-tips batman!:-0

 

[katiekat]

ok, figured out the fading text! So forget that part!

Holy tek-tips batman!:-0

 

[katiekat]

ferget it~ I didn't solve it. I guess one at a time here.

Still having issues with targeting, I guess.

I have a clip that I want to run on (rollover). I can't figure out how to target the clip.

Man I'm dense. Holy tek-tips batman!:-0

 

[oldnewbie]

If your image thing was a mc... My guess is that it would be rather easy with tell target, to have it modified by your roll over.
When dealing with this kind of "outside animation" from a button (animation whitin the button can also cause problems), the problem has allways been for me, that usually you want this animation to stop or reverse on a roll out... And on a quick one(roll out) you'll have some jerks in the animation. If you try to force it into completing it's cycle, you'll end up with new problems(outside of a lot of conditional scripting) if you roll over you button again before the said animation has stopped.
If your's is just a one pass thing, the text once changed or your picture's visibility never come back to their original status, once they've changed, then I think it's relatively simple. Otherwise get ready to face the music!

;-)

 

[katiekat]

yikes!

I read a thread where you and someone were going over this. I didn't get tooo much out of it because I still don't have a super solid grasp on targeting. In fact, I can't get a decent explination either. It's agrahvatin!

I'm happy with the image just fading in. But forget that whole thing.

I think if I could solve the button problem, I would be all set. I have a button. What I thought was: have the button, have a movie clip that plays the text fading in/out yellow that would be activated on rollover. I can't get that to work. The button and the clip are on different layers. When I try to target the clip, it apparently doesn't exist. *sigh*

If I could just do that..... Holy tek-tips batman!:-0

 

[oldnewbie]

Is the text on the button itself? In other words, do you want an animated button? If so, what will happen on roll out?
Or is this a button on which when you roll over it, some text elsewhere changes color, fades in or whatever?

;-)

 

[katiekat]

The text is the button. I tried putting the movie clip in the button, but if you aren't hovering, it doesn't get to finish. I want to roll over it, and it kind of pulses a different color. You see? Holy tek-tips batman!:-0

 

[oldnewbie]

Still not quite gettin it!
But can't keep on chatin'... Going out!

You can allways have a look at this:

http://members.lamicro.com/~FGill/butpart1.htm

A few animated buttons themselves (1 & 2) that control other movie clips in the display area.
You can download the package from the .swf itself, and have a look at the .fla.

Catch you later!

B-)

 

[katiekat]

Thanks man! I'll have a look. Holy tek-tips batman!:-0