RE: FLASH: Buttons

[Laurence I. Barsh, DMD]

Thanks Marc


The diagram I'm using doesn't trace well into the sections I needed.


Kalle suggested I use an invisible button in the HIT frame and that worked

as well. I set up a new button, copied the image to the HIT frame of one

layer, inserted a new layer - placed a keyframe in the HIT frame and

paintbrushed in the contour. Then dumped the layer with the picture.


That worked well. I'll put the project up for review when I'm finished but

its directed at dentists so the content is esoteric. It is my first real

project


BTW on a p266 with a 56K connection, the music was erratic and choppy with a

clicking sound.  The music on/off button seemed to have a delay. THe

graphics and concept were GREAT!


Thanks

Larry


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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Marc

|Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media

|Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 3:00 PM

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|Subject: Re: FLASH: Buttons

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|At 04:57 AM 1/1/00 , you wrote:

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|>Is there a way to make odd shped buttons in Flash like you can do

|with image

|>maps.  When I attempt to make a button for an irregular area,

|Flash puts the

|>button into a rectangle.  I am attempting to make an anatomical

|diagram and

|>would like to have muscle names and function come up as the mouse passes

|>over the specific muscle area.

|

|it sounds as if you're trying to make a button just by selecting a graphic

|symbol and setting its instance behavior to Button. Instead you should

|create a new symbol defined as a button. You can put the graphic inside it

|and use it to trace a solid fill for the Hit frame. ELiminate all other

|graphics from that frame. If you eliminate all graphics from Up, Over, and

|Down, the button will be invisible.

|

|In your case, start backwards: copy the diagram to a new layer. Break it

|apart so it's not a symbol. Select each part and use F8 to make it a

|button. Then edit the button so it has only the hit area. Now it's

|invisible and overlays the diagram. This won't work if the diagram's a

|photo, but you can trace it in that case.

|Marc Hoffman

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