Re: FLASH: [xpost] magnify with different levels of detail

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you would have to make each section of the map a button.

there is a tutorial on a magnifying glass effect at www.were-here.com

which im sure could help you.




Richard L. Taylor wrote:


> Hi all

>

> I've been using director for years, but am an absolute newbie to

> flash. I've just got myself flash 5 for a specific project:

>

> I have a map in Illustrator with various degrees of detail on

> different layers. In flash I want to present the map at its most

> basic view at 100% magnification.

>

> As the user clicks in a state, the user then needs to see a zoomed in

> view to display that state and the level of detail changes to reflect

> the closer view.

>

> The user then needs to be able to click on a region within the state

> and see a magnified version of that region, again showing more detail.

>

> The last step would be for them to click on a town and have a URL

> passed to a database driven web site (already written - PHP, MySQL).

>

> The user would also need to be able to zoom out a level at any time

> and move around the magnified views.

>

> My question is, how do a make flash zoom in or out and change detail

> level to match the area the user clicked.

>

> Has anyone else worked on a similar project who would be willing to

> share info on how to perform this?

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Richard.

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