Button interactions

Hi,
I am a begginer in Catalyst, and I lost with Button interactions, need help.
When I am adding two interactions to one button, like "roll over" and "on click", just only one is working. why?
Is there any way to make this work?
I m traying to make picture change on roll over and another page show on click,

Which version of Flash Catalyst are you using? (It is nice to be able to ask that now)?
I've attached a demo (done in Flash Catalyst 5.5) that shows a rollover and rollout interaction, and then a click interaction.
If you care to post the file I might be able to take a look. I suspect that you might have the interactions applied to your button, but your button might not get into the proper state for it to be triggered.
Chris

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Jeff
So the auto assign buttons continously is off (no check mark?) and it is resetting?
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Interactive buttons in InDesign - for an iPad

Hello!
For a University project, I have an assignment of pairing up with someone and creating a childrens e-book. Thing is, we've not had that long on it due to other deadlines, and the deadline for this project is this coming Friday (22nd).
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This is one of the pages/screens. It tells the reader to find the seagull. Easy, I know, but when pressing onto the seagull, we want it to come up with the fact. The red box around the seagull is a button, and the box towards the top right of the seagull is the fact box which is activated after selecting the seagull.
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Here is the issue, as stated from one of my colleagues. I've worked with him on some of the possible soltions mentioned, but haven't been able to figure out a solution to this glitch problem. One note: we are exporting to interactive PDF for all documents using these buttons:
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Description:
InDesign CS6 seems to remove the functionality of some buttons in a pre-built snippet. Also, documents that were fully functional and interactive in InDesign CS4 no longer work in ID CS6. It seems that not only is ID CS6 removing button functionality, this happens at random (it’s not predictable) and without any cause we can see.
Markers:
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Snippets.
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Hello all,
I'm am attempting to reword my problem (posted in another post) so as to facilitate getting assistance.
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I'm still hoping for some help with this problem.
Update:
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Hello.
I need your help.
I put jump forward button from library in Adobe Director my sprite "Right arrow" and It's not working. How can make to work so that to go next windows?
-- DESCRIPTION --
on getBehaviorDescription me
return \
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    "If you find this disconcerting, type 'clearGlobals' into the Message Window before you run your current movie." & RETURN & RETURN & \
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    "behaviors both on the Stage and in a MIAW, and you wish to make the content of each entirely separate, you will need to create a copy of the whole set of behaviors, and change all occurrences of the global name in all the behaviors in one set. " & \
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    "PARAMETERS:" & RETURN & \
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    "ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS:" & RETURN & \
    "* Jump to Marker Button" & RETURN & \
    "* Jump to Movie Button" & RETURN & \
    "* Jump Back Button" & RETURN & \
    "* Push Button (to alter rollover / mouseDown states)"
end getBehaviorDescription
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return \
    "Use with graphic members." & RETURN & RETURN & \
    "This behavior can only be used in conjunction with the Jump Back Button behavior, which in turn relies on the Jump to Marker Button and/or Jump to Movie Button behaviors. " & \
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end getBehaviorTooltip
-- NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS --
-- The main handler is GoForward, which is triggered by mouseUp. The Initialize
-- handlers checks if the global gNavigationButtonList variable has the right
-- structure, or creates it if it does not already exist.
-- USE OF 'JUMP BACK/FORWARD BUTTON' BEHAVIORS
-- Information about what markers have already been visited is stored in a
-- global variable: gNavigationButtonList. As a global, this variable is
-- available to all navigation behaviors, on any sprite in any movie.
-- gNavigationButtonList has the following structure:
--   [#stack [...], #index: [...], #forward: [...]]
-- Each of the subLists has the structure:
--   [[#frame: <integer>, #movie: <movieName>], [...]]
-- #index is not currently exploited. It provides a list of all markers
-- visited, in the order of their first visit. It could be used to create
-- a pop-up menu, or to check if a player had visited a particular scene.
-- When the 'Jump Back Button' is activated, the marker nearest to the playback
-- head is appended to the #forward list. When the 'Forward button'is
-- activated, this last item is copied to a local variable,then removed from
-- the #forward list. Information concerning the current marker is appended to
-- the #stack, so that users can once again use the 'Jump Back Button'.
-- Going explicitly to "frame x of movie y" triggers the movie's
-- prepareMovie and startMovie handlers. If the most recently visited
-- marker is in the current movie, the command "go frame x" is used instead.
-- USE OF "PUSH BUTTON" BEHAVIOR
-- The "Push Button" behavior can be used to deal with the rollover and
-- mouseDown states of the "Jump Forward Button". When this behavior is
-- initialized, it asks each behavior on the same sprite to return a
-- behavior reference, if it happens to be the "Push Button" behavior. If
-- a reference is returned then the "Jump Forward Button" sets the button's
-- enabled state to indicate whether the #forward list currently contains
-- frames to jump to.
-- TROUBLE-SHOOTING
-- See "Jump Back Button"
-- HISTORY --
-- 10 September 1998: written for the D7 Behaviors Palette by James Newton
-- 2 November 1998: all member-swapping removed (use Push Button behavior)
-- 9 November 1998: enabled/disabled state added to Push Button interaction
-- 5 January   2000: updated to D8 <km>
-- GLOBAL VARIABLE --
global gNavigationButtonList
-- PROPERTY --
property myStateBehavior
property myState
-- EVENT HANDLERS --
on beginSprite me
Initialize me
end beginSprite
on prepareFrame me
if myStateBehavior.count() then CheckIfActive me
end prepareFrame
on mouseUp me
GoForward me
end mouseUp
-- CUSTOM HANDLERS --
on Initialize me --sent by beginSprite
-- Error checking: Global variable
if voidP (gNavigationButtonList) then
    --    -- Initialize gNavigationButtonList
    gNavigationButtonList = [#stack: [], #forward: [], #index: []]
else
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    else if not gNavigationButtonList.findPos(#stack) then
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    else if not gNavigationButtonList.findPos(#index) then
      ErrorAlert (me, #invalidGlobal, gNavigationButtonList)
    else if not gNavigationButtonList.findPos(#forward) then
      ErrorAlert (me, #invalidGlobal, gNavigationButtonList)
    end if
end if
-- End of error checking
-- Check for "Push Button" behavior on same sprite
theSprite       = sprite (me.spriteNum)
theBehaviors    = theSprite.scriptInstanceList
myState         = -1
myStateBehavior = []
call (#PushButton_GetReference, theBehaviors, myStateBehavior)
end Initialize
on CheckIfActive me
-- Enables/disables the "Push Button" behavior
forwardCount = count(gNavigationButtonList.forward)
forwardState = forwardCount <> 0
if myState   = forwardState then exit
myState = forwardState
call (#PushButton_ToggleActive, myStateBehavior, forwardState)
end CheckIfActive
on GoForward me -- sent by mouseUp
forwardCount = count(gNavigationButtonList.forward)
if not forwardCount then
    exit
else
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    gNavigationButtonList.stack.append(currentMarker)
    -- Go forward
    markerToGoTo = gNavigationButtonList.forward.getLast()
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    theFrame = markerToGoTo.frame
    theMovie = markerToGoTo.movie
    if theMovie = the movieName then
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    else
      go theFrame of movie theMovie
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end if
end GoForward
on substituteStrings(me, parentString, childStringList) --------------
-- Sent by errorAlert
-- * Modifies parentString so that the strings which appear as
--   properties in childStringList are replaced by the values
--   associated with those properties.
-- <childStringList> has the format ["^1": "replacement string"]
i = childStringList.count()
repeat while i
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    replacement = childStringList[i]
    lengthAdjust = dummyString.char.count - 1
    repeat while TRUE
      position = offset(dummyString, parentString)
      if not position then
        parentString = tempString&parentString
        exit repeat
      else
        if position <> 1 then
          tempString = tempString&parentString.char[1..position - 1]
        end if
        tempString = tempString&replacement
        delete parentString.char[1..position + lengthAdjust]
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    i = i - 1
end repeat
return parentString
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-- ERROR CHECKING --
on ErrorAlert me, theError, data -- SENT BY intialize
-- Determine the behavior's name
behaviorName = string (me)
delete word 1 of behaviorName
delete the last word of behaviorName
delete the last word of behaviorName
-- Convert #data to useful value
case data.ilk of
    #void: data = "<void>"
    #symbol: data = "#"&data
end case
case theError of
    #invalidGlobal:
      tError1 = "BEHAVIOR ERROR: Frame ^0, Sprite ^1"
      tError1 = substituteStrings(me, tError1, ["^0":the frame, "^1": the currentSpriteNum])
      tError2 = "Behavior ^0 requires a global gNavigationButtonList with " & RETURN & \
    "the following structure:"
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      tError3 = "[#stack [...], #index: [...], #forward: [...]]"
      tError4 = "Current value = ^0"
      tError4 = substituteStrings(me,tError4, ["^0":data])
      alert(tError1 & RETURN & RETURN & tError2 & RETURN & tError3 & RETURN & RETURN & tError4)
      halt
end case
end ErrorAlert
on isOKToAttach (me, aSpriteType, aSpriteNum)
tIsOK = 0
if aSpriteType = #graphic then
    tIsOK = 1
end if
return(tIsOK)
end on

Hey there ZeldaFan29,
It sounds like you have some songs that are skipped when using the forward and back buttons on your iPod nano, and that leads me to believe that maybe these songs are skipped over when you are playing your playlist in the iPod as well. I have an article that can help you troubleshoot this issue:
Troubleshooting songs that skip - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203351
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Delete a button acros pages?

Acrobat Pro XI, Mac.
I can duplicate a button acros pages.
Is it possible to delete a button acros pages?
BR Nina Storm

You can use the removeField JavaScript method, in a temporary button, interactive JavaScript console (Ctrl+J), etc.:
// Delete all fields named "Text1"
removeField("text1");

AW keyboard focus after Flash interaction

Hi all and happy new year!
I am using AW7.02, Windows XP, Flash v8 (loaded using
ActiveX).
I have the following setup:
In a pageturner made in AW I have an interaction icon placed
inside a
Framework. On the interaction icon I have several perpetual
buttons, one in
particular to flip to the next page (next icon on framework).
This button
interaction has RightArrow and PageDown keys assigned to it.
So, while
running, if I hit right arrow or page down I will flip to
next page. This
works fine.
I also load and display Flash on the pages using ActiveX
(Shockwave Flash
Object). The Flash are animations, so the user can click on
Flash
controllers to play/pause etc.
The problem:
So, user can flip to next page with keyboard just fine, as
long as the user
does not hit anything in the Flash ActiveX first. So for
example, if the
user pauses the movie clicking the pause button in the Flash
ActiveX and
then hit the right arrow key, then nothing happens. (I want
page to be
turned). The user must first hit somewhere outside the Flash
ActiveX in the
AW window before the keyboard triggers the buttons again.
Attempts:
All my attempts have only been in author mode and not
packaged mode.
I've done some attempts sending event from Flash after button
in Flash has
been pressed. This is picked up by AW (confirmed with trace)
and then I've
tried to:
- set focus to interaction icon that holds the button using
SetKeyboardFocus(InteractionIconID). Did not work.
- set window focus using baActivateWindow(baWinHandle) (from
Buddy API). Did
not work, and as far as I could see the active window
remained the same (=
AW window) during Flash interaction, so probably not so
strange it didn't
work.
So, does anyone have any idea on how I can fix the focus
problem? The only
workaround that I am left with right now is to set up the
same keyboard
interaction in the Flash as in the AW and send this info back
to AW as
events. This is not ideal due to update issues and unclear
codestructure.
/Jensen/

Hi again!
Just a little update.
I tried to package, but that didn't help.
So I went for the the workaround where I pick up keyboard
pressing in Flash
and send this info back with fscommand:
FSCommand("keypress", Key.getCode());
I pick up the event in AW and filter it with keypress as
#command. I then
get the key code from the #arg list and have a property list
where I link
the key code with the keyname used in AW. I then use the
KeyPress function
as suggested by Erik. As a result, any updates I make to what
the different
keys do needs only be done in AW, so I guess it isn't too
bad.
Thanks for help and tips!
/Jensen/
"Erik **AdobeCommunityExpert**"
<[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
>I hesitate to post this as it might be a pain, as you
suggest, and others
>may have a better suggestion...
> But I think you'll have to setup a detection of the
keypresses in Flash
> and send those as Events to Authorware. When Authorware
picksup those
> events, have it do a 'press key' for the button to
activate the
> appropriate one (I generally us F1 keys or shift-number
keys !@#$%^).
> Erik
>
> Jensen wrote:
>> Hi all and happy new year!
>>
>> I am using AW7.02, Windows XP, Flash v8 (loaded
using ActiveX).
>>
>> I have the following setup:
>> In a pageturner made in AW I have an interaction
icon placed inside a
>> Framework. On the interaction icon I have several
perpetual buttons, one
>> in particular to flip to the next page (next icon on
framework). This
>> button interaction has RightArrow and PageDown keys
assigned to it. So,
>> while running, if I hit right arrow or page down I
will flip to next
>> page. This works fine.
>> I also load and display Flash on the pages using
ActiveX (Shockwave Flash
>> Object). The Flash are animations, so the user can
click on Flash
>> controllers to play/pause etc.
>>
>> The problem:
>> So, user can flip to next page with keyboard just
fine, as long as the
>> user does not hit anything in the Flash ActiveX
first. So for example, if
>> the user pauses the movie clicking the pause button
in the Flash ActiveX
>> and then hit the right arrow key, then nothing
happens. (I want page to
>> be turned). The user must first hit somewhere
outside the Flash ActiveX
>> in the AW window before the keyboard triggers the
buttons again.
>>
>> Attempts:
>> All my attempts have only been in author mode and
not packaged mode.
>> I've done some attempts sending event from Flash
after button in Flash
>> has been pressed. This is picked up by AW (confirmed
with trace) and then
>> I've tried to:
>> - set focus to interaction icon that holds the
button using
>> SetKeyboardFocus(InteractionIconID). Did not work.
>> - set window focus using
baActivateWindow(baWinHandle) (from Buddy API).
>> Did not work, and as far as I could see the active
window remained the
>> same (= AW window) during Flash interaction, so
probably not so strange
>> it didn't work.
>>
>> So, does anyone have any idea on how I can fix the
focus problem? The
>> only workaround that I am left with right now is to
set up the same
>> keyboard interaction in the Flash as in the AW and
send this info back to
>> AW as events. This is not ideal due to update issues
and unclear
>> codestructure.
>>
>> /Jensen/
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