Help with Buttons for Slideshow

I'm working on my first flash project. I have created a simple 4 image slideshow. I have created 4 Buttons that when clicked, jump to that image in the timeline. I have added Rollover States to the button. Everything is working like I want it to.
My question is how can I get the buttons to have a different look when that particular image is active?
Example. When the slideshow is on the 2nd image, I want Button 2 to have an active state (look different than the other three buttons).
Here is my project file.
Thanks

you have to use movieclip buttons.

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class InventoryTAH implements ActionListener
    Maker[] proMaker;
    JTextField[] fields;
    NumberFormat nf;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        int index = ((JComboBox)e.getSource()).getSelectedIndex();
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                    "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
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        proMaker = new Maker[10];
        proMaker[0] = new Maker( 1, "Pens",1.59,100,"Bic");
        proMaker[1] = new Maker( 2, "Pencils", .65, 100,"Mead");
        proMaker[2] = new Maker( 3, "Markers", 1.29, 100,"Sharpie");
        proMaker[3] = new Maker( 4, "Paperclips", 1.19, 100,"Staples");
        proMaker[4] = new Maker( 5, "Glue", .85, 100,"Elmer's");
        proMaker[5] = new Maker( 6, "Tape", .50, 100,"3m");
        proMaker[6] = new Maker( 7, "Paper", 1.85, 100,"Mead");
        proMaker[7] = new Maker( 8, "Stapler", 2.21, 100,"Swingline");
        proMaker[8] = new Maker( 9, "Folders", .50, 100,"Mead");
        proMaker[9] = new Maker( 10, "Rulers", .27, 100,"Stanley");
      int maxNum = 10;
      int currentNum = 0;
      int currentInv = 0;
         Action firstAction = new AbstractAction("First")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv = 0;
               int populateFields;
      JButton firstButton = new JButton(firstAction);
      Action previousAction = new AbstractAction("Previous")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv--;
               if (currentInv < 0)
                    currentInv = maxNum - 1;
               int populateFields;
      JButton previousButton = new JButton(previousAction);
      Action nextAction = new AbstractAction("Next")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv++;
               if (currentInv >= currentNum)
                    currentInv = 0;
              int populateFields;
      JButton nextButton = new JButton(nextAction);
      Action lastAction = new AbstractAction("Last")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv = currentNum - 1;
               int populateFields;
      JButton lastButton = new JButton(lastAction);
          JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel( );
    private void showGUI() {
        JLabel l;
        JButton button1;
            JButton button2;
        fields = new JTextField[8];
        JFrame f = new JFrame("Inventory");
        Container cp = f.getContentPane();
        cp.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        cp.setBackground(UIManager.getColor(Color.BLACK));
        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
        c.gridwidth = 1;
        c.gridheight = 1;
        c.insets = new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);
        c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Item Number:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('a');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Item Name:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('b');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Number of Units in Stock:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('c');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Price per Unit: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('d');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Total cost of Item: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('e');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Total Value of Merchandise in Inventory: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('f');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Manufacturer:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('g');
        cp.add(l = new JLabel("Restocking Fee: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
        l.setDisplayedMnemonic('h');
            c.gridx = 1;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.weightx = 1.0;
        c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
        c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
        cp.add(fields[0] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[0].setFocusAccelerator('a');
        c.gridx = 1;
        c.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
        cp.add(fields[1] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[1].setFocusAccelerator('b');
        cp.add(fields[2] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[2].setFocusAccelerator('c');
        cp.add(fields[3] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[3].setFocusAccelerator('d');
        cp.add(fields[4] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[4].setFocusAccelerator('e');
        cp.add(fields[5] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[5].setFocusAccelerator('f');
        cp.add(fields[6] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[6].setFocusAccelerator('g');
        cp.add(fields[7] = new JTextField(), c);
        fields[7].setFocusAccelerator('h');
        c.weightx = 0.0;
        c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
          cp.add(firstButton);
          cp.add(previousButton);
          cp.add(nextButton);
          cp.add(lastButton);
                      JComboBox combo = new JComboBox();
        for(int j = 0; j < proMaker.length; j++)
            combo.addItem(proMaker[j].getName());
        combo.addActionListener(this);
            cp.add(combo);
            cp.add(button1 = new JButton("   "), c);
        f.pack();
        f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent evt)
                System.exit(0);
        f.setVisible(true);
private void populateFields(int index) {
        Maker maker = proMaker[index];
        fields[0].setText(Long.toString(maker.getNumberCode()));
        fields[1].setText(maker.getName());
        fields[2].setText(Long.toString(maker.getUnits()));
        fields[3].setText(Double.toString(maker.getPrice()));
        fields[4].setText(Double.toString(maker.getSum()));
        fields[5].setText(Double.toString(maker.totalAllInventory(proMaker)));
        fields[6].setText(maker.getManufact());
        fields[7].setText(Double.toString(maker.getSum()*.05));
class Maker {
    int itemNumber;
    String name;
    int units;
    double price;
    String manufacturer;
    public Maker(int n, String name, double price, int units, String manufac) {
        itemNumber = n;
        this.name = name;
        this.price = price;
        this.units = units;
        manufacturer = manufac;
    public int getNumberCode() { return itemNumber; }
    public String getName() { return name; }
    public int getUnits() { return units; }
    public double getPrice() { return price; }
    public double getSum() { return units*price; }
    public String getManufact() { return manufacturer; }
    public double totalAllInventory(Maker[] makers) {
        double total = 0;
        for(int j = 0; j < makers.length; j++)
            total += makers[j].getSum();
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// I have made some modifications. Please try this.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class InventoryTAH implements ActionListener
Maker[] proMaker;
JTextField[] fields;
NumberFormat nf;
int currentInv = 0;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
currentInv= ((JComboBox)e.getSource()).getSelectedIndex();
populateFields(currentInv);
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try
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"com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
catch (Exception e)
System.err.println(e.getClass().getName() + ": " + e.getMessage());
InventoryTAH test = new InventoryTAH();
test.initMakers();
test.showGUI();
test.populateFields(0);
private void initMakers() {
proMaker = new Maker[10];
proMaker[0] = new Maker( 1, "Pens",1.59,100,"Bic");
proMaker[1] = new Maker( 2, "Pencils", .65, 100,"Mead");
proMaker[2] = new Maker( 3, "Markers", 1.29, 100,"Sharpie");
proMaker[3] = new Maker( 4, "Paperclips", 1.19, 100,"Staples");
proMaker[4] = new Maker( 5, "Glue", .85, 100,"Elmer's");
proMaker[5] = new Maker( 6, "Tape", .50, 100,"3m");
proMaker[6] = new Maker( 7, "Paper", 1.85, 100,"Mead");
proMaker[7] = new Maker( 8, "Stapler", 2.21, 100,"Swingline");
proMaker[8] = new Maker( 9, "Folders", .50, 100,"Mead");
proMaker[9] = new Maker( 10, "Rulers", .27, 100,"Stanley");
     int maxNum = 10;
     int currentNum = 0;
Action firstAction = new AbstractAction("First")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv = 0;
               populateFields(currentInv);
     JButton firstButton = new JButton(firstAction);
     Action previousAction = new AbstractAction("Previous")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv--;
               if (currentInv < 0)
                    currentInv = maxNum - 1;
               populateFields(currentInv);
     JButton previousButton = new JButton(previousAction);
     Action nextAction = new AbstractAction("Next")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv++;
               if (currentInv >= maxNum)
                    currentInv = 0;
          populateFields(currentInv);
     JButton nextButton = new JButton(nextAction);
     Action lastAction = new AbstractAction("Last")
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
               currentInv = maxNum-1;
               populateFields(currentInv);
     JButton lastButton = new JButton(lastAction);
          JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel( );
private void showGUI() {
JLabel l;
JButton button1;
          JButton button2;
fields = new JTextField[8];
JFrame f = new JFrame("Inventory");
Container cp = f.getContentPane();
cp.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
cp.setBackground(UIManager.getColor(Color.BLACK));
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
c.gridwidth = 1;
c.gridheight = 1;
c.insets = new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);
c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
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l.setDisplayedMnemonic('a');
cp.add(l = new JLabel("Item Name:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
l.setDisplayedMnemonic('b');
cp.add(l = new JLabel("Number of Units in Stock:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
l.setDisplayedMnemonic('c');
cp.add(l = new JLabel("Price per Unit: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
l.setDisplayedMnemonic('d');
cp.add(l = new JLabel("Total cost of Item: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
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cp.add(l = new JLabel("Total Value of Merchandise in Inventory: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
l.setDisplayedMnemonic('f');
cp.add(l = new JLabel("Manufacturer:", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
l.setDisplayedMnemonic('g');
cp.add(l = new JLabel("Restocking Fee: $", SwingConstants.CENTER), c);
l.setDisplayedMnemonic('h');
          c.gridx = 1;
c.gridy = 0;
c.weightx = 1.0;
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
cp.add(fields[0] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[0].setFocusAccelerator('a');
c.gridx = 1;
c.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
cp.add(fields[1] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[1].setFocusAccelerator('b');
cp.add(fields[2] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[2].setFocusAccelerator('c');
cp.add(fields[3] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[3].setFocusAccelerator('d');
cp.add(fields[4] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[4].setFocusAccelerator('e');
cp.add(fields[5] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[5].setFocusAccelerator('f');
cp.add(fields[6] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[6].setFocusAccelerator('g');
cp.add(fields[7] = new JTextField(), c);
fields[7].setFocusAccelerator('h');
c.weightx = 0.0;
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          cp.add(firstButton);
          cp.add(previousButton);
          cp.add(nextButton);
          cp.add(lastButton);
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combo.addItem(proMaker[j].getName());
combo.addActionListener(this);
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System.exit(0);
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Maker maker = proMaker[index];
fields[0].setText(Long.toString(maker.getNumberCode()));
fields[1].setText(maker.getName());
fields[2].setText(Long.toString(maker.getUnits()));
fields[3].setText(Double.toString(maker.getPrice()));
fields[4].setText(Double.toString(maker.getSum()));
fields[5].setText(Double.toString(maker.totalAllInventory(proMaker)));
fields[6].setText(maker.getManufact());
fields[7].setText(Double.toString(maker.getSum()*.05));
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String name;
int units;
double price;
String manufacturer;
public Maker(int n, String name, double price, int units, String manufac) {
itemNumber = n;
this.name = name;
this.price = price;
this.units = units;
manufacturer = manufac;
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public String getName() { return name; }
public int getUnits() { return units; }
public double getPrice() { return price; }
public double getSum() { return units*price; }
public String getManufact() { return manufacturer; }
public double totalAllInventory(Maker[] makers) {
double total = 0;
for(int j = 0; j < makers.length; j++)
total += makers[j].getSum();
return total;
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Ok well, I can't get my code to work. Also, please remember that this is just my draft so it isnt pretty. I will fix it up later so please look at it. The thing I want to do is look into the array for a time that matches what the user entered and return the toString() of that one. I know there is something wrong with my for loop but I cant figure how to fix it. please help. here is what i have so far:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Runner
    public static void main (String[] args)
        String timeStr;
        int time, again, optiStr;
        Inbound[] in = new Inbound[25];
         in[0]=new Inbound ("",0,"On Time num0");
         in[1]=new Inbound ("",2,"On Time num1");
         in[2]=new Inbound ("",3,"Delayed num2");
         in[3]=new Inbound ("",4,"On Time");
         in[4]=new Inbound ("",5,"On Time");
         in[5]=new Inbound ("",6,"Canceled");
         in[6]=new Inbound ("",1,"Canceled num6");
         in[7]=new Inbound ("",8,"On Time");
         in[8]=new Inbound ("",9,"Delayed");
         in[9]=new Inbound ("",10,"On Time");
         in[10]=new Inbound ("",11,"Delayed");
         in[11]=new Inbound ("",12,"On Time");
         in[12]=new Inbound ("",13,"Delayed");
         in[13]=new Inbound ("",14,"On Time");
         in[14]=new Inbound ("",15,"On Time");
         in[15]=new Inbound ("",16,"On Time");
         in[16]=new Inbound ("",17,"Canceled");
         in[17]=new Inbound ("",18,"On Time");
         in[18]=new Inbound ("",19,"On Time");
         in[19]=new Inbound ("",20,"Canceled");
         in[20]=new Inbound ("",21,"On Time");
         in[21]=new Inbound ("",22,"Delayed");
         in[22]=new Inbound ("",23,"On Time");
         in[23]=new Inbound ("",24,"Cancled");
         in[24]=new Inbound ("",7,"On Time num24");
        do{
            timeStr = JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("In military time, what hour do you want?");
            time = Integer.parseInt(timeStr);
            if (time<=0 || time>24)
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, "Error");
             optiStr = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog (null, "If you want Incoming flights click Yes, but if not click No");
            if (optiStr==JOptionPane.YES_OPTION)
//(ok this is the for loop i am talking about )
                for (int index = 0; index < in.length; index++)
                  if ( time == Inbound.getTime())
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, Inbound.tostring()); //return the time asked for
//               else JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, "else");
            }//temp return else if failed to find time asked for
//             else
//               if (optiStr==JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION)
//                 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Canceled");
//              else
//                {Outbound.run();
//                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, "outbound");}//temp
              again=JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Try again?");
        while (again==JOptionPane.YES_OPTION);
}any help would be greatly appriciated.

rumble14 wrote:
Ok well, I can't get my code to work. Also, please remember that this is just my draft so it isnt pretty. I will fix it up later so please look at it. The thing I want to do is look into the array for a time that matches what the user entered and return the toString() of that one. I know there is something wrong with my for loop but I cant figure how to fix it. please help. here is what i have so far:
>//(ok this is the for loop i am talking about )
for (int index = 0; index < in.length; index++)
if ( time == Inbound.getTime())
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, Inbound.tostring()); //return the time asked for
Inbound.getTime() is a static method of your Inbound class, that always returns the same value, I presume? As opposed to each of the 25 members of your array in, which have individual values?
Edited by: darb on Mar 26, 2008 11:12 AM

I need some (make that lots of) help with buttons

Hi,
I am a new designer and I am working on my first web site for free. It started out as something I was capable of doing but it has now expanded into a site that is challenging for me. Anyway, I am having a lot of confusion with with making flash navigation buttons for the site.
This is what the person wants. In the up state he wants the button label in text only. In the over state he wants the text with a gray line behind it that slowly expands onto the page. In the down state he wants the same thing but have the text color change and the line color to change. This line is also suppose to stay on the page until the user moves the mouse again. Ultimately the line should also stay fully extended for a sub-menu.
This is what I have done. I have been using action script 2 so I can use the behaviors panel. I made two different movie clips, one gray and one white, using shape tweens to slowly expand the lines.
I started out with the lable only and turned it into a button. It showed in the "up" section of the time line and I put a fram in the "hit" section (layer 1).
Next I inserted a new layer (layer 2) and put a keyframe in the over section of the timeline and made a gray box for behind the text and attached my gray movie clip to the end of it. I put layer 1 above layer 2 so that the text would show through. I did basically the same thing for layer 3 in the "down" section
except changed the colors to black and put a keyframe in layer 1 to change the text color.
Now this is what I get when I play the movie in flash. I have a button that the "hand" appears in only one very small section of it below the text. It does not appear when I hover over the text. When I "hit" the line keeps repeating the movie. I know this is a behavior but when I use the behavior panel to put in play and stop it shows the event as none. As for my black line in the down section, it plays so fast that it might as well not be there. How on earth do I stop it and get it to remain on the page? I also should tell you that I know very little about action script just in case that is the direction that I need to go.
Thanks

You'll probably have to spend some time learning how to create buttons and movieclips that do what you want, which is what you are in the thick of at the moment. For the small area you say reacts to the mouse, the Hit frame is used to define the area that you want to be reactive... so if you had a tiny dot in the normal frames, you could add a big dot in the Hit frame to make it easier to get the mouse to work with the button... the Hit frame content does not display.
For the movieclips, you need to add stop(); commands at the end of their timeines if you don't want them to loop.
Another approach you might consider is to create your buttons as movieclips rather than as button symbols. Going this route gives you much more control of how things behave, but does involve some actionscript to make them behave as if they were buttons for the various states. Some people do not use button symbols and will only use movieclip versions of them.

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