RE: FLASH: Moused out to the Max

[Curtis Bay]

Len, 


I'm with you on this one. My carpal tunnel is killing me as I conclude a

monstrous project. 


The only real help I've found is this: Often times you've got a symbol

with a similar set of commands you need to apply to a several other

symbols. 

	--Copy the symbol with the commands applied, and paste it

elsewhere.

	--Double-click the pasted symbol to open the Instance

Properties. All the same commands are still applied.

	--Under the Definition tab, switch the symbol from whatever it

was to what you need.

	--Go to the Actions and modify the actions to whatever is

appropriate for the new instance.

	--Reposition the new symbol to where it should go be on stage.


You may need to readjust placement on screen with your new symbol, but

in many cases, I've found it easier to replace then reposition a bunch

of symbols on stage instead of manually entering a list of commands on

each different object. Generally, navigation and other such elements

will have follow the same hierarchical organizational commands as one

another. In my case, it was a matter of swapping out the text between

the "/.../" on different objects. Much simpler than doing a new Tell

Target, then Go to etc etc. every time.


Curtis



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Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 3:55 PM

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Subject: FLASH: Moused out to the Max



Fellow Flashers --


It is just me or do you find yourself totally maddened by the need to

repeatedly define similiar actions on buttons and frames with the

mouse-heavy Flash interface? Is it only me that spends literally days

programming stuff into these little boxes when the conceptual element is

done and the design aspect half complete, wishing for ctrl-C, ctrl-V if

nothing else? Am I alone in wondering why the copy/paste frames command

renames your layers and adds new ones instead of just copying the frames

down their timeline in a logical way?


There are a lot of cool possibilities for the future of Flash. For

myself

I'd like to see string variables and a text entry box if nothing else.

Assuming stringvars could be used as labels, that could open the program

up

tremendously.


BUT, more than anything else, I'd like to be able to type commands into

Flash, copy/paste, and search/replace. A simple text interface would be

so

much easier than these insane dialogs when you have a lot of code to get

in.

In fact, I don't even care about an editor. I've got a bunch of those.

Just

let the program read ASCII files. I don't even care how arcane the

syntax

is.


YES I have written the Flash Wish List about this. That's why I'm

writing

this list now. If you are experiencing mouse madness also, please join

me.

Let's lobby for something a bit more humane.


Yours in RMI,


len harrison

instructional designer

lenhabtcorp [dot] com

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