Re: FLASH: "Sticking" buttons function??

[Chris Urban]

Gina,


If you can put the pie chart and the eight sections (assuming each of the

sections are in Flash as well) together, then you could have one URL with

all the info in one flash movie altogether. The only possible downside is

the amount of content for each section.

If these sections are larger, they could then be included or referenced into

the master. (e.g., product_acq.swf loaded into a placeholder mc)


Either way, I would just copy the button graphic's on state and replaced it

in each respective section. That is, if section 1 starts at frame 50 to 60,

then replace the button for those frames only.


Although it's not exactly the same, take a look at this swf I was working on

(it's beta and therefore a little rough, but if you look how the buttons on

the left work, this might help you out.)

http://www.tetrasc.com/flottman/index.html


Hth,

Chris


> Now that I have my images looking right, finally, I could use a URL, hint, or

> idea concerning a function that needs to be put into my flash movie.


> Again, the image is a pie chart, which will be used for navigation. You can

> see the beginning movie here:


> http://www.sitediva.com/clients/piechart/nav.html (push and mouseover the

> buttons to see states)


> There will be eight pages of content, corresponding to the button titles. Each

> page needs to have the "down" state (red button) showing so the user will have

> a visual clue of what section they are in. The designer wants each seperate

> html page to have the movie loaded into it, they will not be using frames.


> Due to my limited knowledge of flash, the only thing I can think of is to have

> a different flash movie for each page, and stripping the button and placing a

> static graphic of the red state for each page. Which means 8 flash movies.

> Seeing how they are only about 15kb, it isn't a *huge* deal, but I would think

> there is a cleaner way to do this...


> Any ideas? Can Flash detect the URL of the page and load the appropriate hit

> state and stick there, or do you have a better suggestion?



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