Re: FLASH: Newbie: Coloring book theory or tutorials?

[Cheri Harder]

I think rather than the stack and setting visibility on and off, I'd use a

mc of the objects with the different colored instance on different labelled

frames, then your click will tell target the mc to go to the appropriate

frame (based on the variable, like you said)


Otherwise, I do think you are on the right track!


There are some examples and/or tutorials somewhere...can't remember now.

Seems like Marc Hoffman had one example at dartfrogmedia.com


Yes, found it at http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler/egg.htm


There are others and likely tutorials, but doesn't look like you'll really

need them.  :-)


~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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> I'm looking to make a FLASH coloring book for a friend.  But I'm at a loss

> as to how to begin.  My first thoughts are sort of Directorish (from my

4.0

> daze!)... have a color palette that chooses the color by setting a

variable

> depending on which color is chosen (hidden button over each color)... once

> the color is chosen and the variable is set, the user would then click

over

> whichever part of the image he/she wanted to color. There would be a

> "stack" of the same symbol, but different colors for each colorable

> section.  There would be a hidden button here that would set all colors

> *not* chosen to invisible and the color that had been chosen to visible

..

> this button would have an "if" script based on the previously chosen

> color/variable.




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