Re: FLASH: Stop and GO buttons

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 03:43 PM 3/4/00 , you wrote:

>Can you create global go and stop buttons?

>

>I've created instances of buttons that remain on the timeline throughout

>the movie [1 scene].  In the Flash with buttons enabled, it plays and

>stops the sequence just as you would think it would [ stop button is a

>stop action, play is a play action], but it doesn't work in the published

>document...

>

>Do you have to keep the buttons on a different level and use tell targets?

>

>And the same for globally turning sounds on and off?


I don't know what the problem is with your buttons; they should work fine. 

You'd need to tell us exactly what the actions are that you're applying, 

and where they're being applied (that is, in which timeline -- button or 

main timeline). Or post them to an ftp server (as .fla) and send us the 

address so we can download them and have a look.


You can globally turn off all sounds with the Turn Off All Sounds action. 

There is no analagous action to turn all sounds ON.  I have a pretty decent 

and simple tutorial for toggling a single sound on and off: 

http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/toggle. I also have a method (Flash3) for 

enabling or disabling all sounds which is a bit more complex. It doesn't 

turn them on or off, just enables or disables them so they can be 

controlled via TellTarget from a button or frame action.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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