Re: FLASH: Shouldn't this be real easy?

[Willem van den Goorbergh]

Judith,

I have no solution but a couple of suggestions.

I checked your site, and the same happened on this end. So you can

rule out anything concerning cache.

I would check the following:

What happens when you load the URL's straight in a browser window,

are they OK?

What happens when you target the contact button to one of the other

URL's?

What happens when you target the misbehaving buttons to the

'contact'-URL?

Maybe this helps to pinpoint your problem.

Willem



>Hey flash heads

>

>I'm really embarrassed to ask this - I've been scouring flash

>tutorials and trying to figure out what is

>going on... yet I have not found a tutorial that deals with such a

>basic thing. I'm trying to do a REAL

>simple button action - I mean this is so basic, yet it is stumping

>me. The frustrating thing is that I'm

>doing exactly what the manual says to do and it is not working and I

>do not know why.

>

>All I want to do is get my buttons to go to a URL upon mouseEvent

>release. I am double clicking the

>instance of the button on the stage. The Instance Properties box

>comes up and I add an action -  on

>mouseEvent - choosing release. Then I add another  action - get URL

>and put my URL in the box at the

>side. I say OK. I export the movie - replacing the old one. The

>movie is already set up in an html page

>so I re-load the page (not from the cache) And it does not work. I

>click on the button in the browser

>and nothing happens.

>

>Except oddly enough the very bottom "CONTACT" seems to work?...

>weird!

>

>I'm trying to solve this with the scientific method, seeking all

>sorts of other ways to get it to work

>and nada. Other methods under consideration include: throwing a

>tantrum, putting it off until tomorrow,

>binging on dark chocolate, whinning, pouting, vacationing in

>Flordia, getting a manicure....

>

>Will be very grateful for a method that works...

>

>Site beta with non-functional flash buttons (except the 'contact'

>button) can be found at:

>http://www.interlog.com/~judithj/vermeulens/

>

>Best regards, and TIA - Judith


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>

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>Web Site: http://www.museon.com

>Telephone: (905) 839-7816


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