Re: FLASH: Zoom In/Out on a Form

[Mark Zukiwsky]

I agree with Randy, turf the gifs and re-build your forms is Flash. 

It's actually pretty easy and will save you a ton of work in the long 

run.


I'm working on a training application for a chemical plant that shows 

workers how to fill out various forms. Some of the forms are as large 

as 8.5" x 14". For the large forms I'm using a mask that allows me to 

display the part of the form that I need to focus on. I don't have 

any examples of the larger forms on-line, but I have a single module 

of the training program on line at:


   http://mark.foxmicro.net/permits/


If you advance to screen 8 or 9 you can see how I display a complete 

form, front and back.


As soon as I get a module on-line that uses larger forms I'll let you 

know, in the meantime, I hope this gives you some ideas.


Mark Zukiwsky




Randy Kato wrote:


>Do you mean you have a GIF imported into a Flash file? In that case 

>it won't zoom

>well...users will just wind up looking at an ugly jumble of enlarged 

>pixels. Could

>you recreate it in vector? Then it would zoom perfectly.

>

>Or maybe you're going to display the form in miniature and want to 

>let them zoom in

>to see it at 100% so the GIF is displayed properly while zoomed in? 

>In that case put

>the imported image into a MC and manipulate the X & Y scales of the MC.

>

>Generally, you won't want to use a GIF in Flash, and you may want to 

>consider other

>ways to display this. If it has to remain as is, as many gov't forms do, maybe

>display it 100% in HTML in a pop-up window.


>"Melton, Richard A Contractor/NCCIM" wrote:

>

>> I need to allow my users to zoom in on various parts of a form (8" x 11").

>> The image is a gif.

>>

>> I noticed in the archives that this is possible, but do not know how to even

>> get started to build the code to do it. Can anyone help? Anybody have an

>> example I could use as a pattern?


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