Need HELP with BUTTONS (help! help!)

I am trying to create a "return to previous page" button, one that acts like the "Back" arrow on your web browser.
I want to add this on my Master page, so that every chapter will have the same button in the same place with the same result.
My manual says that "Return to Previous View" is a button option. But I can't get it to work.
Please help, I need to finish this thing TODAY (July 16)

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't think what you want is going to be so easy. It isn't something you can set up in a snap. And buttons may not be what you want at all. Buttons serve rather simple functions. I think you are looking at Indexing, and some fairly complex indexing at that.
Now having said that, Return to Previous View does work (You do realize that these buttons only work in a PDF exported with Include Interactive Elements checked, right?), but you need something to get you to that next view in the first place. And I'm not sure how you can define that without indexing. Perhaps you could use anchored objects and Go to Anchor button, but I think the anchor would have to have something placed in it because it's found via the link in the object. Then a button in the appendix could be defined as Return to Previous View to get you back to the page you came from.
As you can see, this could get pretty messy. Indexing tends to move you around the book much more seamlessly. But it is also something that has to be meticulously set up after the book is completely laid out.
The InDesigner Podcast has a lesson on indexing as a request from one of his viewers. But in order to explain it he started with a lesson on Book Basics, then one on Table of Contents, Advanced TOC, Indexing, and finally Generating an Index. You can download the five podcasts from the InDesigner.com and watch them to get an idea of what's involved and how it may help in your situation.
Sorry, but even if someone here with more expertise than I in this matter comes to your aid, you still have quite a bit of learning ahead of you to pull this off.

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HDsuperglide

you can use as1 if you want. cs3, cs4 and cs5 are all backwards compatible with the coding style you've used in the past.
nevertheless, i'm not an adobe employee/company rep.
this forum is for people that want help and i'm here to help people that want help.
if you want to complain/provide suggestions, here's the place for you: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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Need help with buttons

stupid question maybe but i'm a beginner, and hey..there are no stupid questions, right? well, i may prove that wrong...anyway...
I can't relocate a button, or any other component for that matter. When I try to make a simple applet with just one button showing, then it works perfect...but when I make the applet a little bigger with some graphcis and text, the setLocation() and setSize() methods don't work. the wierd part is that I don't get an error message, the compiler just ignores those lines...so it seems anyway.
If anyone can help me I'd be very greatful
thanx a lot

Boss,
there is something called Layout Management in Java,
see types of layouts in the Java API.
Applet default is FlowLayout,
so modify your layouts and try,
u need a basic understanding and reading of Layouts
in Java..take a tutorial...
gud luck!

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stupid question maybe but i'm a beginner, and hey..there are no stupid questions, right? well, i may prove that wrong...anyway...
I can't relocate a button, or any other component for that matter. When I try to make a simple applet with just one button showing, then it works perfect...but when I make the applet a little bigger with some graphcis and text, the setLocation() and setSize() methods don't work. the wierd part is that I don't get an error message, the compiler just ignores those lines...so it seems anyway.
If anyone can help me I'd be very greatful
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Do you know there are 5 layout managers in java. It is probably worth looking through each one and the commands they use.
The layout is determined by two things:
1.position Components are added
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5.Insets() which is used to determine top,bottom,left and right.
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NEED HELP WITH BUTTONS IN AS3!!

Hello, I am stumped with an action scripting problem. I'm
trying to create a really basic website in flash using buttons to
jump from scene to scene. Let's say I want to do something as
simple as make scene 1 jump to scene two right? I'll place in my
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But instead of the scene changing to the next scene after I
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1180: Call to a possibly undefined method on.
1120: Access of undefined property release.
1120: Access of undefined property _root.
I've tried asking in so many different forums, I usually do
pretty good with action scripting for buttons. But this is my first
time doing it with cs3. I'm utterly confused, someone please help!!
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The code on this page is the code I was using to try to
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foxxpop,
> But instead of the scene changing to the next scene
> after I press the button, these errors come up!!
>
> 1180: Call to a possibly undefined method on.
> 1120: Access of undefined property release.
> 1120: Access of undefined property _root.
You're using three terms that aren't supported in
ActionScript 3.0: the
on() function, the release parameter to that function, and
_root. In
ActionScript 3.0, you'll have to give your button an instance
name and wire
it up like this:
http://www.quip.net/blog/2007/flash/making-buttons-work-in-flash-cs3
In that blog entry, you'll see (with explanation) something
that looks
like this:
myButton.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.CLICK,
function(evt:MouseEvent):void {
trace("I've been clicked!");
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function, like
this:
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
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> I've tried asking in so many different forums, I usually
do
> pretty good with action scripting for buttons. But this
is
> my first time doing it with cs3.
Your issue isn't Flash CS3, it's that your FLA file is
configured for
ActionScript 3.0. If you change that to AS2, you can go right
on using the
same approach you used to -- and you'll be able to attach
code directly to
objects. ;)
David Stiller
Co-author, The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
http://tinyurl.com/2s28a5
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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Hey man, I 've done some correction, and it seems work, why don't you try the code to see if it is what you want.
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import java.applet.*;
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class MenuFrame extends Frame implements ActionListener{ //and implements here too
Font font;
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int fontsize;
//MessageDialog md;
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Menu m1 = new Menu("Colours");
MenuFrame(String name) {
super(name);
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m1.add(new MenuItem("Light grey"));
m1.add(new MenuItem("Yellow"));
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m2.add(new MenuItem("12"));
m2.add(new MenuItem("14"));
m2.add(new MenuItem("16"));
m2.add(new MenuItem("18"));
m2.add(new MenuItem("Message"));
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mb.add(m2);
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add("South", l);
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if(evt.getSource() instanceof MenuItem) {
//fontsize = 18;
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