Re: FLASH: Marc . . . Tell Targets for Audio

[Daniel Votino]

Marc . . . genious! ;)


~daniel



>John C. is the expert on this.  Yes, they are random.  It involves creating

>a bunch of movie clips. Each is two frames. Frame 1 has a Stop action.

>Frame 2 has a tellTarget to make the audio movie play one of its sounds (I

>use labeled frames in the audio movie for targeting purposes). Each clip

>targets a different sound to play.  These clips are inserted in sequential

>keyframes in another clip.  They are each given the same instance name

>(let's call it "playsound"). Their parent clip loops indefinitely, sits in

>the main timeline, and has an instance name (call it "parent").  The button

>to create the sound is on the main timeline. It has an action as follows:

>On MouseEvent (press)

>  Begin Tell Target

>    target: /parent/playsound

>   GoTo

>      next frame

>   End Tell Target

>End MouseEvent

>

>When the button is clicked, it targets whatever "playsound" movie clip is

>current in the "parent" clip.  If a user had perfect timing, of course, the

>effect would not be random.  Since no one can time their clicks within a

>fraction of a second, the result is effectively random.

>

>

>Marc Hoffman




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