Flash button help

I have no trouble making a button. My problem is this. I make
a button symbol. Place two instances of the button on the stage.
Now I want to change the fill color of just one of those buttons.
But when I do that, it changes both instances on the stage. I
thought that that would only happen if you changed the instance in
the library? How do I change the color without the other one
changing?

If you are using AS2, look at the online help section for
getURL. If you are using AS3, then look at the online help section
for navigateToURL.

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Dreamweaver, flash button help

hi i am createing a website using dream weaver and my
navigation bar has flash buttons as the links to other pages i have
created, i have the buttons working fine but the users have to
Double click on the button for the next page to be displayed. Is
there away that the users will only have to click the flash button
once for the new page to load up?
i am using Dreamweaver 8, and the code for one of my buttons
is like this
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
width="100" height="23" align="absmiddle">
<param name="movie" value="HomeButton.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" /><param
name="BGCOLOR" value="#333333" />
<embed src="HomeButton.swf" width="100" height="23"
align="absmiddle" quality="high" pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#333333"
></embed>
</object>
can any one help me with this please

What will happen to those who do not have Flash installed?
What will search
engines (which don't read Flash links) do to spider your
site? What will
screen assistive devices (which don't read Flash links) do to
navigate your
site? What will you do when you move or rename a linked page
(DW cannot
manage the links)?
Most experienced people don't use Flash navigation for these
reasons.
> Double click
It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
last
year to their browser, regarding how Active Content (Flash,
Quicktime etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
If you're running Dreamweaver 8.0.2, the fix is already built
into DW's
interface.
If not, try
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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"tricky_utd" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> hi i am createing a website using dream weaver and my
navigation bar has
> flash
> buttons as the links to other pages i have created, i
have the buttons
> working
> fine but the users have to Double click on the button
for the next page to
> be
> displayed. Is there away that the users will only have
to click the flash
> button once for the new page to load up?
>
> i am using Dreamweaver 8, and the code for one of my
buttons is like this
>
> <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=5,0,0,0" width="100" height="23"
align="absmiddle">
> <param name="movie" value="HomeButton.swf" />
> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param
name="BGCOLOR"
> value="#333333" />
> <embed src="HomeButton.swf" width="100" height="23"
> align="absmiddle" quality="high"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Vers
> ion=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
bgcolor="#333333"
>></embed>
> </object>
>
> can any one help me with this please
>

Flash button help PLEASE

PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Ok, here is my problem in short. I am fairly competent in
flash. I am able to export a flash button out in flash 6, but am
not in flash 8 or 9. The button just turns dead after i upload the
button into dreamweaver even though its working when i export it
out in flash.
I did ALOT of experimenting. The button that was exported out
in flash 8 or 9 can work with "_blank" but not "_self". I did
exactly the same thing for flash 6 and it works!!! This is so
frustrating.
I was hoping to export it out in flash 8 or 9 because it has
additional graphics in it.
Can anyone please tell me what is wrong. THANKS.
(dead button means when clicked on nothing happens)

If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
Your link doesn't work.
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> Hi, I would really appreeciate if somebody could help me
with this really
> annoying problem,
>
> I'm using dreamweaver 8, I have designed a website using
the dreamweaver
> flash
> buttons for my site menu, when I F12 preview the site
the menu displays
> fine in
> both IE6, 7 & Firefox but when I upload my site no
flash displays at all,
> this
> isn't just a problem with the menu buttons it wont
display ANY swf like
> mp3
> players or flash banners.
>
> I have uploaded a blank page with just the flash menu
here:
>
>
http://80.177.175.77/cr/training/index.html
>
> if you visit that page it will appear blank, but in the
source you will
> see
> the code for the menu, I have uploaded these two java
scripts to a folder
> titles 'Scripts':
>
> AC_ActiveX.js
>
> AC_RunActiveContent.js
>
> I have also uploaded the swf buttons to the main folder.
>
> I really don't know what else to do? Any help would be
greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>

Problem with Flash Buttons Help me

Sir
i design some Flash buttons but it is save as .swf extension
if i save as jpg or gif then animation not working as well as
effects.
sir
how can i call the flash buttons in java plz guide me
JButton mybutton=new JButton(how can i pass swf extension button);

kglad
what I did was place the code with the trace evt into the action script under the label on the timeline I have for album1. With AS3 I guess that's the new way of doing it.
I then saved the file and output it for preview in flash as well as html, and I got no response on pressing the button apart from the normal animation and sound I have associated with my buttons. I also looked in the output window and no information came up, which in response to Ned's help, means my buttons are not connecting.
Damn, I have tried everything and retraced my steps from scratch, but I am missing something.
Nonetheless I also opened up dreamweaver cs4, and made a test HTML like you mentioned yesterday, and I inserted my flash file(banner) onto the webpage. Went to preview it, through dreamweaver cs4, but everything else but my buttons work. I have graphics, sound and animation but no damn links work.
Thanks for your help
Regards
Charlie

Flash Buttons HELP!

I am trying to make a button that when clicked will make text
appear. Does anyone know were to find a tutorial or how to do this-
I can only find tutorials on how to make a button that links to a
url. I am absolutely retarded with flash and I have been working on
this for like two hours :(

OK.... make a movie clip. Call it Button or something.
drag it onto your main movie. Select it and add this action:
on (rollOver) {
this.gotoAndPlay("up");
on (rollOut) {
this.gotoAndPlay("down");
on (release) {
getURL("website.html", "_self");
Now, double-click on the movie clip to open it.
Make three layers ("shape", "actions" and "labels" )
Draw a colored box on the "shape" layer (this will be your
button)
on frame 1 put a Stop action on the "actions" layer
on frame 5 put a Frame Label called "up" (no quotation marks)
on the "labels" layer
on Frame 15 put a Stop Action on the "actions" layer
on frame 20 put a Frame Label called "down" on the "labels"
layer
on frame 30 put a Stop action on the "actions" layer
Now select your "shape" layer, click on frame 5 and hit F6,
click on frame 15 and hit F6, click on frame 20 and hit F6, click
on frame 30 and hit F6.
OK...now you need to make some sort of animation happen with
your boxes. From frame 5 to frame 15. and the reverse, from frame
20 to frame 30.
So when the user rolls over the movie clip (that you called
"button"), THIS (the movie clip) will gotoAndPlay the frame called
"up"
and then it will stop playing at Frame 15 where you put a
Stop Action. When the cursor rolls off, THIS will gotoAndPlay
"down" ...
get it? If you don't understand what Frame Labels and Actions
are, then you first need to do the Flash Tutorial.

Need help using flash buttons

Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to build
my first website, and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table)
for page navigation work fine in testing all 5 web pages with
mozilla firefox, and they look the same on the index page when
testing with IE-7. However when I begin navigating to other pages
in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5 cols in the table
where each flash button was placed now are not equal sizes anymore
like they are on the index page. In my files area on the right, I
notice 3 out of the five buttons I created have about 15 to 20
"generations" shown there, with numbers 1 through 15 or even more
to qualify them tacked on to the end of the names. Where do these
come from, and why are 2 out of the five only have 1 "generation"
each? I never expected this, and I think it has something to do
with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you can!

If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
Your problem is caused by navigating away from the previewed
page. In
general, this is not a good thing to do, since root relative
links will not
work as expected when you do that (locally).
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"dreamnovice" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to
build my first
> website,
> and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table) for
page navigation work
> fine
> in testing all 5 web pages with mozilla firefox, and
they look the same on
> the
> index page when testing with IE-7. However when I begin
navigating to
> other
> pages in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5
cols in the table
> where
> each flash button was placed now are not equal sizes
anymore like they are
> on
> the index page. In my files area on the right, I notice
3 out of the five
> buttons I created have about 15 to 20 "generations"
shown there, with
> numbers 1
> through 15 or even more to qualify them tacked on to the
end of the names.
> Where do these come from, and why are 2 out of the five
only have 1
> "generation" each? I never expected this, and I think it
has something to
> do
> with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you
can!
>

Help with flash buttons actionscript 2.0

Help please, I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Each button has this script
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.mysite.com/index.html");
Once they work I want to import them to dreamweaver.

Do you happen to have any kind of rollover code tied to anything that is containing the buttons? I don't see the sense in having Flash buttons unless you have some form of animation associated with them, possibly triggered by rollover interactions. If so, the rollover may be blocking access to the on(release) interaction.

Help Brining Flash button to Dreamweaver/webpage?!?!

Hello all,
I've created an animated button in flash cs3, and wanted to bring my work onto a webpage. I am using dreamwaver cs4, and want to know how, the only thing I know how to do on dreamweaver is bring in the whole movie clip, but this just won't do... PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
ps: just bringing it onto a webpage is my question...

When you say, "just the button," to what are you referring?
If just the image of the button, export (from Flash) an image.
If you need it to work like the flash button you designed, you will need the whole .swf file (and any auxiliary code).
Beth

Help! Flash Button Troubles

O.K., Hello again everyone got yet another rookie question so
hopefuly y'all have the answer... I am using Dreamweaver MX and
using the preset Flash Buttons that come with it the "slider"
button in particular now I have edited this button and specified a
link (photoshop.htm) coming from (index.htm) but when I upload the
files to the server and try to test it, my index.htm comes up and
is perefect but the button will not link when clicked, it does
everything it is supposed to except take me to another page. I
inspected the code and saw no reference to the page it is to link
to, so attched is the code for y'all to see. Pleez HELP!
-P.S.- also with these buttons I must click to activate them
is there a way around having to click on them before they will
animate?
.

Don't use Flash buttons. That answer is simple! 8)
There are several really good reasons not to use them -
1. They are inaccessible
2. They can't be spidered
3. They aren't usable by those who don't have Flash
installed.
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"Quesstt" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> O.K., Hello again everyone got yet another rookie
question so hopefuly
> y'all
> have the answer... I am using Dreamweaver MX and using
the preset Flash
> Buttons
> that come with it the "slider" button in particular now
I have edited this
> button and specified a link (photoshop.htm) coming from
(index.htm) but
> when I
> upload the files to the server and try to test it, my
index.htm comes up
> and is
> perefect but the button will not link when clicked, it
does everything it
> is
> supposed to except take me to another page. I inspected
the code and saw
> no
> reference to the page it is to link to, so attched is
the code for y'all
> to
> see. Pleez HELP!
>
> -P.S.- also with these buttons I must click to activate
them is there a
> way
> around having to click on them before they will animate?
> .
>
> <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=5,0,0,0" width="205" height="72">
> <param name="BASE" value=".">
> <param name="movie" value="photosh.swf">
> <param name="quality" value="high">
> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000">
> <embed src="photosh.swf" width="205" height="72"
quality="high"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Vers
> ion=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
bgcolor="#000000"
> base="."></embed>
> </object>
>

Flash button doesn't work (Was: help)

sir/ma'am, gud evening to all of you.. i have a problem in fuction of my flash botton when i uploadmy website that i make..it wont work when i click the botton.it won't go directly to their corresponding link or page..i have done downloding it and try to edit in dreamweaver and save changes and upload again to my host site.nothing happen..what should i do?i'm just a newbie in making a website..i dont know what to do..please help me to make this work properly and my site could be useful...please help me..thank you very much for attending this messege..please reply asap..god bless you all..

Change your Flash button(s) to CSS styled links or Sprites.
CSS Styled List Menu
http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/Solid-color-list-menu.shtml
CSS Button Sprite
http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/CSS-Button-Sprite.shtml
Nancy O.

Help with flash buttons please

hi i wondered if anyone could take a look at this for me
please?
http://beechhouse.yorkwebsites.co.uk
why is it in explorer you have to click the button to
activate it and then click it again to go to the page? and how can
i fix this please?

It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
earlier this
year to their browser, regarding how Active Content (Flash,
Quicktime etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
If you're running Dreamweaver 8.0.2, the fix is already built
into DW's
interface.
If not, try
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
Using Flash buttons for navigation can negatively affect your
site's
usability - you know that, right?
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> hi i wondered if anyone could take a look at this for me
please?
>
>
http://beechhouse.yorkwebsites.co.uk
>
> why is it in explorer you have to click the button to
activate it and then
> click it again to go to the page? and how can i fix this
please?
>

Flash button link help

i have a flash website template where i have done all the editing for my website but now on profile page i create a button and i want when i click on that button that button will take me on another page which is already in that template, but i can't create that. Please assit me asap.
I have create that button on "symbol 25 copy 2" and i want that button take me on "symbol 25 copy 4"

What will people who do not have Flash installed do when they
come to your
page? How about the search engines?
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"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In DW if I hit the "Play" button in Properties and then
click the Flash
> button, the link works but will not work in IE6!!!???
>
>
> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:e50rde$fde$[email protected]..
>> Thanks for your reply, Alan.
>>
>> That is what I did put in the link box but for some
reason the link will
>> not work.
>> I put
http://www.netspace.net.au in
the link box, then saved my work and
>> viewed it in IE6, but it will not connect me to the
site when I click on
>> the button. If I create a hyperlink using a word, eg
Netspace, it works
>> OK.
>> I'm using Dreamweaver 8.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> "Alan" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>>
news:C0995965.28F809%[email protected]..
>>> In the Flash Button dialog box, in the url or
link box, type the full
>>> url
>>> address including the
http://
>>>
>>>
http://www.example.com
>>> instead of
>>> www.example.com
>>>
>>> You have to do this for all external links,
whether using flash buttons
>>> or
>>> regular links.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Flash buttons and slideshow don't show [was: Please help]

hello all and thanks in advance
ive made my site using dw cs3 and all works perfectly on my hdd when i preveiw in i.e or firefox ,however when i upload the site to my server (justhost)
the flash buttons and slideshow do not apear ! dont know what i can do to reslove this so any ideas would be great and thanks again for reading
regards martin
[Subject line edited by moderator to indicate what the question is about]

hi again and thanks so much
the file was there but the script folder it was located in was using a capital letter to start ...doh
again thank you so much
regards martin

Need help converting this html code into code that will work as a flash button

I have some html code that is for a button in html that when
pressed sends you to a certain url but also somehow adds an 'id
value' and a 'website value'.
How can I convert this code and or put it into a flash
button?
Disregard the gif info...that's just for the html graphic
that goes for the button.
[HTML]<form
action="https://secure.verotel.com/cgi-bin/vtjp.pl"
method="post">
<input type=hidden name=verotel_id
value="9804000000840231">
<input type=hidden name=verotel_website value="55461">
<center>
<input type="image" src="
http://buttons.verotel.com/join/button_00010155461.gif"
alt="Signup NOW!">
<img src="
http://buttons.verotel.com/signup/tbutton_55461.gif"
border="0" width="1" height="1" alt="">
</center>
</form>[/HTML]

What you want to do might look something like this:

Help my Flash Buttons

I'm using flash buttons in my web site. In lieu of underlined
text. Well they work fine in the development tool but when i put
them on my site they don't work at all????? What could the problem
be????Tried different directories still dont work????
Mitch

> what would you suggest in lie of the flash buttons
Graphics (GIF/JPG/PNG), or CSS-styled text.
> why are they on ly on hobby sites????
Because -
1. Those who don't have the Flash plugin installed will not
see the link.
2. Those who require screen assistive devices will not see
the link.
3. Search engine spiders will not see the link (so your site
will not be
indexed).
4. If you move or rename a file to which this button is
linked, the link in
the button will not be automatically updated to reflect the
change you just
made.
5. They look creepy.
6. I can't remember this one.
7. It's a maintenance problem for you (I just added this so
the list would
look longer).
Do those work?
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> what would you suggest in lie of the flash buttons and
why are they on ly
> on hobby sites????

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