Re: FLASH: Snap to drag

[Cheri Harder]

Let me think about that second question for a bit, I don't want to just

"give you the answer" I want to make it understandable, and somehow, after 2

1/2 "country clubs" (malt liquor) I'm not so sure I would tell you

correctly.


But the first part is important for you to know and understand, in order for

you to figure out the rest of the stuff, so I'll give it a go.


The button you create...that resides in the library...is just more or less

the graphical representation of the button, along with the inherent

properties and events associated with "a button"...that is, the "capability

to do things that only a button can do."  However, aside from sound events

handled within the definition of the button itself, the remaining events, or

actions, are initiated by mouse events on "instances" of the button.  (I'm

trying to relate this to VB or some other kind of object oriented

programming, but not sure if I'm succeeding.)  Anyway, when you pull a

"copy" of a button out of the library onto the stage, you are creating an

instance of that button object.  This particular instance inherits all the

properties of a "button" object, that is it has particular states (over, up,

down, hit) and can "do actions"; and it inherits all the properties of the

"specific" button object you pulled out, that is, the specific graphics and

sounds of the different states of that button.  However, the particular

"events" that this button can trigger are unique to that instance of the

button.  You double-click on a button you have placed on the stage & you

will get an "actions" tab unique to that instance.  You can put whatever

"tell target" or "set variable" or "set property" you want to for THAT

INSTANCE of the button to do.


Wow, I should be a teacher when I'm inebriated.  Or else I just 'think" I'm

good when I'm inebriated.  LOL.  Anyway, I will quit while I'm ahead, and

you can remind me tomorrow that I never answered your first question.


Since this is the weekend, and the list is slow, I will send copy to the

list just in case this actually makes sense and maybe is helpful to someone.

Helen, you can add this to the database if you think it's informative, but

please leave out the "drunk" part.  Thanks!  <grin>



~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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----- Original Message -----

From: "Quintin Mills" <

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To: "Cheri Harder" <

chericahome [dot] com

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Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 10:49 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Snap to drag



> Just had a look at it, fantastic.

>

> 2 things.

> - if these are the same instance, how do i assign different actions to

each

> "snap" (go to different mc's etc)?

> - can you give me a clue as to where to start on the second part, the

> removing of the "snapped" mc to it's orig position,



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