Re: FLASH: variable for symbol color?

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 11:47 AM 2/22/00 , you wrote:


>Sorry, this seems a bit confusing. If the movie clip is 10 frames, I would 

>put a

>label at frame 1 like "default" and then 11-20 would be the same, with 

>different

>colors and labeled "option2", etc. Is that right? Then how would the 

>tellTarget

>work? Sorry, if this is something basic, like I said, I'm just getting into

>scripting. If it's a big hairy mess, I'll try to tackle it offlist until I 

>get a

>better grasp and have any specific questions.


Well the idea is right. Frame 1 is default, so you could label it such. 

Frame 2 gets labeled "2." It has all the buttons in the red version, let's 

say. Frame 3 is labeled "3" and has all blue versions. Etc. You need a 

keyframe in every frame, of course. Actually you don't need TellTarget to 

move this clip around. Since the buttons are right in the MC timeline, each 

button just says GoTo the appropriate frame. For instance, a person clicks 

on the button associated with the blue version. The button action is:


On (Release)

         LoadMovie(bluebackground.swf) (level: 1)

         GoTo (frame label: 3)

End On.


Now, a time-saving tip: script all the buttons while there's just one frame 

in the MC. Then add all the keyframes for the variations. This way you 

won't have to re-script every keyframe instance of each button. You will, 

however, have to apply color effects to the buttons in every keyframe.


Good luck, this shouldn't be terribly hard.


Marc Hoffman


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