RE: FLASH: swf vs. Tell Target question

[Villas, Raphael]

Just to clarify....

How many stop frames will I have with this setup?


It looks like you're saying to have two frames, each containing a 'stop'

action. One of the frames will house the MC's and the other will be a

'parked' frame, where unwanted graphics are not showing.


At this point, I've got my setup like this:

1) Four MC's are all in the same frame.

Each of the MC's is has a blank stopped first frame so that they are

invisible until 'Tell Target' is enacted. 


2) Button is clicked and the Tell Target starts the related MC. Note: The

score hasn't moved. It's still sitting in the same frame.


3) I want to click on one of the other buttons to activate another MC, but

the MC still playing doesn't want to disappear. (It has got a stop frame on

its last frame).


Am I missing another frame?

Sorry if my explanation isn't clear. If you have an example of this that I

can view/download, that would be great.


Thanks much.

/raphy




> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Marc Hoffman [SMTP:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com]

> Sent:	Monday, March 08, 1999 11:52 AM

>

To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Subject:	Re: FLASH: swf vs. Tell Target question

> 

> At 10:07 AM 3/8/99 -0600, you wrote:

> >I have an interface that contains four links. I would like each link to

> go

> >to its respective section. I've considered three options for this...

> >

> >1) link each button to a separate shockwave file.

> 

> This is useful when each movie is large in filesize and you cannot predict

> the order in which it will be called by the user.

> 

> 

> >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.

> 

> 

> >3) link each button to separate frames in the same scene, each executing

> a

> >Tell Target to the section's movie.

> 

> This is clunkiest.  It may work fine for your purposes, but you will find

> more flexibility in mastering #2, since all MC's are then present in the

> timeline and you can TellTarget any combination of animations and actions

> to occur.

> 

> ...

> >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.

> 

> 

> Marc Hoffman

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