Flash menu problems

Hi all,
I've made a menu in Flash 8 using invisible buttons to go to
different frames of the .swf, depending on mouse over and mouse
release. My as coding is very simple:
buttonname.onRollOver = function(){
if (_currentframe = 1){
gotoAndStop (2)}
The file loads just fine onto frame 1, but when I roll the
mouse over a button, doesn't matter which one, the file goes to
frame 25 out of 30 and stays there. When I click on one of the
buttons it goes to the proper frame, but as soon as I roll my mouse
off of that button it returns to frame 25. Any suggestions? (or any
way I could make this whole thing easier on myself?)
Thank you in advance.

you have different button instances on frames 25 and 1. they
may look the same and they may have the same instance name, but
they're not the same.
to remedy, put the button on its own layer in frame 1. then
extend that layers timeline to frame 25. if you need to change the
frame 25 button's appearance and you want to do that using the
authoring tools, create a keyframe at frame 25 and edit your
button.

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"Sabyonei" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:f1ktus$ct9$[email protected]..
> Hi there!
> I have a problem, i'm creating a site in dreamweaver
with a lot of flash
> objects. For examlpe I'm making a flash menu, wich is
the hole problem!
> I'm
> importing the flash file to the left frame in
dreamweaver and i'm trying
> to
> link the buttons (on the menu) to ex. "home" or "about
me", though it
> doesn't
> work! I can't link the buttons because they're in this
flash object. I
> know i'm
> doing it wrong with trying to link the buttons on the
flash object but I
> don't
> know what else to do. And the thing is that i don't
wanna use the buttons
> already existing in DW, i've made my own ones. The
buttons are moving so
> there
> is one more problem, they're coming in from the right
side (in the left
> frame)
> and bounces once, and then they stop. And that's when I
wan't them
> clickable.
> So how do I make the buttons linking to the pages??
> Would really appreciate an awnser!
>
> Thanks !
>

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"robot88888888" <[email protected]> wrote...
> You may want to look at this:
>
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>
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"stylus01" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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> Thanks to _seb_ as well.
>
> To Murray *ACE*, the pages have a left hand vertical
menu in html as well
> as
> the Flash Menu at the top so the links will be read, and
the pages passed
> the
> accessibility tests built into DW8. And for those that
do not have Flash
> installed, and want to use the objects, the code is
included to ask the
> user if
> they want to install it from the macromedia site.
>
> I'm not sure if you are suggesting that I know far too
little to put a
> website
> up, if you are, you may well be right, but I am teaching
myself and the
> things
> you mentioned above were drummed into me by a friend who
does this for
> living.
> I am going to make a lot of mistakes, some serious, some
not so, but I am
> going
> to continue to learn and do what I can.
>
> Thanks
>

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