FLASH: Tell Target vs. Everything in the timeline a la Director (WAS: Re: FLASH: swf vs. Tell Target question)

[Kevin Darbro]

Marc Hoffman wrote (in response to someone's questions):


>

> >2) link each button to separate movies in the same frame using Tell Target.

>

> I assume you mean movie clips, not movies.  This is preferable when the

> clips are not huge in filesize.  It also allows them to share a library of

> symbols.

>


(snip)


>

> >Also, if #2 from above is used, how do I deactive a movie clip that is

> >playing after clicking on one of the other links?

>

> use a simultaneous Tell Target to send it to a labeled frame

> (conventionally labeled "park") that has a stop action and no visible graphics.


Ok, I've got a question about this stuff.


I'm an old Director guy trying to rework my thinking into Flash.  Is "Tell Target"

akin to "puppetSprite" in Director-speak (lingo)?  Also, what is the advantage of

doing a "Tell Target" rather than have the Flash Movie go to a different frame

marker with different info.  I can still use the same library within the same

Movie.  For example, I'm working on a site at

http://www.hyperionstudios.com/kevin/tower where I've got several sections of

stuff and I did it all in one movie, one scene.  (By the way, it's not done yet,

but the shell is).  Would "Tell Target" be a better way of going about this?


Thanks for reading this.  I appreciate your insight.


- Kevin Darbro

http://www.intrex.net/kdarbro



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