RE: FLASH: sound loops and stop buttons

[Bernardo Antunes]

I Think the contrast is not very good, you should change your colors to

have a higher contrast.

Your button of Return is hard to find.


These are probably the only things that I don't agree with.


Thats my opinion.

Keep the good work!!!;)


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

From: Marc Hoffman [

marchofjps [dot] net (mailto:marchofjps [dot] net)

]

Sent: S�bado, 17 de Outubro de 1998 19:53

To:

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Subject: Re: FLASH: sound loops and stop buttons



At 03:52 PM 10/16/98 -0800, you wrote:

>

>Hi everyone- I'm working on a segment of my site done entirely in

flash.

>I'm new to flash and cant find answers to two things.  One is how do I

get

>the music to loop continuously, as opposed to setting the amount of

times

>it repeats?

>Second, I want to put a button on my site so that people can turn off

the

>music if they wish.

>James Trexler

>http://www.higherpowered.com/main.html


James,


There is no "continuous" setting (all for the best, most would agree!).

So

you just need to set a very high number of loops.


Here's my method for controlling looping sound with an on-off toggle

button:



FIRST: create a button to associate with the particular sound loop, with

its up, over, release, and hit states.  Exit the button editing window.


SECOND: create a symbol that's a movie clip.  Give it three frames and

three layers.

In layer 1, place the button in frame one.

In layer 2, frame 1, place your sound.  I start with it off, so frame

one's

"properties" (under the "sound" tab) has the specific sound listed but

Sync

is set to "Stop."  Frame two's properties lists the sound, Sync is

"event"

and Loops is set high (I use 999).  Effect can be whatever you like.  I

often create a fade in for the first second or two of the sound.  (Note:

to

change it so the sound is On by default, just swap the actions of the

two

frames in this layer.) Frame 3 has no keyframe.

Layer 3 holds frame actions.  Frame 1 says "Stop."  Frame 2 says "Stop."

Frame 3 says "Go to Frame 1."

Now put the playback head over frame 1 and double click the button on

the

stage. Assign it this action:

  On (Release)

      Go to Next Frame

  End On

Exit the editing window.  Place the clip you've just made anywhere on

your

movie stage. It can even move around if you want it to.  When the user

clicks on it, it will either start or stop the sound that has been

placed

in it.  It won't  affect any other sounds.  If you like, you can have

two

versions of the button: one to "Turn Sound On," the other to "Turn Sound

Off," just place them in the appropriate frames in layer 1.



Marc Hoffman

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