Flash sprites user response

Question

When integrating Flash with Director - I have always in the
past done the
following:
on (rollOver) {
getURL ("lingo:cursor 280");
on (rollOut) {
getURL ("lingo:cursor 0");
on (release) {
getURL("event: gotoQ3PDF");
I have always done the above as flash objects do not respond
to mouse
events - on rollOver and rollOut the basic, single lingo
command to change
the cursor, then on release I am executing an event (to
perform multiple
lingo commands) restoring cursor, goto frame/marker, etc...
Has anything changed recently where you can do anytype of
"global"
command/script the does this across the board or does it
still have to be
hand-coded for each button in flash?? Our London office is
doing some
elements for us (in the US) for a CD project where there is a
number of
buttons in multiple flash movies....
Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

Thanks Rob --
Dir MX2004 (w/flash 8 asset/xtra update) - Flash 8
Excellent! Yes -multiple buttons (menu's) within individuals
swf's
Much better approach - as I am currently manually scripting
individual
events for each button - on(release)...
Appreciate it!
Michael
"Rob Dillon - Adobe Community Expert"
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> What version of Director and what version of Flash are
you working with?
>
> There is a Flash cursor behavior in the Director Library
that will
> handle the cursor change in Director, so you don't have
to use getURL
> for that part.
>
> What sort of action do you want to perform with these
Flash buttons?
> From you example it looks like you want some simple
navigation control
> in Director. Is each button a unique Flash .swf? Or do
you have a number
> of buttons in one Flash .swf? If each button is
separate, then you could
> just write a behavior as if the Flash sprite was any
other button.
>
> If you have multiple buttons in any given .swf then
you'll have to send
> out a message from the .swf to initiate an action. There
is a
> mouseOverButton property for Flash members, but it can
only tell if the
> cursor is over a button, not a particular button.
>
> To give you flexibility and maybe simplify things, you
could use a
> getURL function in a behavior and set up a naming
convention for your
> Flash buttons. For instance, if you have four buttons in
a Flash .swf,
> name their instances sequentially, "one", "two", etc.
then you can write
> a simple actionscript function for the .swf:
>
> var buttonArray:Array = new Array(one,two,three,four);
>
> for (i in buttonArray) {
> buttonArray
.onRelease = function() {
> getURL(this);
> }
> }
>
> this will send the name of the button instance that was
clicked on to
> the Director movie.
>
> Then you can just place a behavior like this on the
Flash sprite:
>
> on getURL me,data
> if data contains "one" then ....
> end
>
> or use a case statement to parse out the string that was
sent from the
> Flash .swf.
>
> This might at least simplify the Flash development
process.
>
> --
> Rob
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