FLASH: Fast Forward/ Rewind/ Pause in Flash

[Marc Hoffman]

Forgive me if this is a duplicate post.  I got a strange mail error message

implying this did not get delivered on first attempt.


At 12:12 PM 3/2/99 -0800, you wrote:

>Hello Yan,

>

>I don't know how to do a rewind, or for that matter the forward stop and

>fast forward.  Can you make a pause?  would you be willing to share how to

>do those others? That would be perfect for my video I'm trying to do with

>flash.

>


Here's the basic idea for fast forward (this presumes your main timeline is

stopped):


Make a MC:

Frame 1 has a Stop action;

Frame 2 has an action:

Begin TellTarget (target: ..)  [where .. represents the main timeline]

	Go to the next frame

End TellTarget

Begin TellTarget (target: ..)

	Go to the next frame

End TellTarget

Frame 3 has the same actions and also has the action:

Go To and Play frame 2


Drag this MC onto the stage.  Give it an instance name fastforward


Create a Fast Forward button.  Give it these actions:

On Rollover

	Begin Tell Target (target: /fastforward)

		Play

	End Tell Target

End On

On RollOut

	Begin Tell Target (target: /fastforward)

		Go to and Stop frame 1

	End TellTarget

End On


When the user mouses over the fast forward button, it makes the fastforward

MC play, which sends a loop of commands to the main timeline making it jump

two frames ahead for every frame of the MC that plays.  When the mouse

leaves the fast forward button's hit area, the fast forward MC parks itself

in frame 1 and stops issuing commands to the main timeline.


To make this a reverse switch, change all "Go to the next frame" commands

to "Go to the previous frame" commands.


To make a pause button, you don't need an associated MC.  Give the button

instance these actions:  On RollOver, have it telltarget the main timeline

to stop.  On RollOut have it telltarget the main timeline to play.



Marc Hoffman

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