Re: Simple explanation of "Tell Target"

[Dorian Nisinson]

Stephen

	Don't feel slow about understanding Tell Target. It is, in my opinion,

the single most complex and depthy addition to Flash 3. And most

definitely worth the effort to really learn. I am working on my idea of

a Tell Target tutorial. The first part will cover the issue of

addressing tell Target instructions in Actions properly in all the

different configurations that I can think of. When I have part one

completed I'll post to the list.

	In the mean time, the best way I've found to come to grips with TT is

to make a testing movie with several different movie clip animations and

a couple of buttons and try to get the simplest kind of TT to work

first. Add another level of difficulty by putting one movie clip inside

another and then trying to get it to work.

	The first important thing is to always name your instance ( when you

place a movie clip on the stage it is an instance of that movie clip,

not the movie clip itself)

	Hope this helps.

Dorian 


Stephen J. Pintauro wrote:

> 

> Hello all,

> I guess I am just a bit slow in these matters, but I am having

> difficulty understanding exactly what "tell target" does.  I have been

> using Flash 2 since it first came out, and I am quite comfortable with

> all of its features.  I recently upgraded to Flash 3 and enjoy many of

> the new features, including transparancy, mask etc..  I am sure I would

> be able to take great advantage of "tell target", if I only had a good

> sense of when to use it.  I have read the documentation with the Flash 3

> manual, but did not find it particularly helpful.  I assume that the new

> Flash 3 Web Animation book due out in August will do a much better job

> of explaining this, however I would like to experiment with it sooner.

> 

> Would anybody out there be able to offer a layperson's explanation of

> "tell target", and perhaps some examples of when it can be used most

> effectively?

> 

> Thanks in advance,

> Stephen Pintauro

> 

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