Interactive slideshow with JPGs

Question

Hi Flash experts,
I have to build a Flash project. The challenges are:
1. Preload 5 JPG images onto a movieclip container
2. Produce a slideshow which loads the 5 external JPGs
3. Autoplay and transition between pictures
4. Have 5 buttons to go straight to the relevant image on the
slideshow and
smart enough continue playing the slideshow from that point
5. A clickable area within the slideshow image to display the
larger version
of the image (can use emptymovieclip actionscript function)
6. When user click to open the large version of the image,
the
transition/autoplay should pause and continue when it closes
I have done the first 3.5 points of the challenge but stuck
on the rest. If
anyone can suggest or direct me with an approach or example
to solve this
challenge that would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
Jay

Answer 1

That QT button behavior won't do what you want. It does a lot different things but its not designed to move one frame forward or back. A behavior like this wil do the job. Depending on your QT movie, you may need to adjust the number of frames that are moved each time the button is used. This is the next frame behavior:
property QTSprite
property thisDuration
property thisMember
property customCursor
property thisSprite
on getPropertyDescriptionList
  myPropList = [:]
  myPropList.addProp(#QTSprite,[#comment:"enter the Quicktime sprite number:",#format:#integer,#default:""])
  myPropList.addProp(#customCursor,[#comment:"pick a cursor:",#format:#cursor,#default:280])
  return myPropList
end
on beginSprite me
  thisSprite = me.spriteNum
  thisMember =  sprite(QTSprite).member
  thisDuration = thisMember.duration
  sprite(thisSprite).cursor = customCursor
end
on endSprite me
  sprite(thisSprite).cursor = 0
end
on mouseUp me
  if sprite(QTSprite).movieTime < thisDuration then
    sprite(QTSprite).movieTime = sprite(QTSprite).movieTime + 1
  end if
end
and this is the previous button behavior:
property QTSprite
property thisMember
property customCursor
property thisSprite
on getPropertyDescriptionList
  myPropList = [:]
  myPropList.addProp(#QTSprite,[#comment:"enter the Quicktime sprite number:",#format:#integer,#default:""])
  myPropList.addProp(#customCursor,[#comment:"pick a cursor:",#format:#cursor,#default:280])
  return myPropList
end
on beginSprite me
  thisSprite = me.spriteNum
  thisMember =  sprite(QTSprite).member
  sprite(thisSprite).cursor = customCursor
end
on endSprite me
  sprite(thisSprite).cursor = 0
end
on mouseUp me
  if sprite(QTSprite).movieTime > 1 then
    sprite(QTSprite).movieTime = sprite(QTSprite).movieTime - 1
  end if
end
Try these and see if they work for you.