Where do I put my Action Script?

So, I created a small Flash site with no loading of external
swfs. I am strictly using the timeline using labels. I have a layer
for my main buttons (home, portfolio and timeline). I have selected
AS3 for the file and I have those buttons working fine.
I have a button for my portfolio where thumbnails will pop up
after being pressed. I want to link those thumbnails to the URL's
of the actual websites. Where do I put the action script?
I also want to have my email at the bottom of the screen so
you can click on it to email me. I am used to using AS2 whwere you
simply put the code on the button.
Thanks,
Gabe

Hey, so thank you for the fast reponse. I totally agree with
you on learning AS3, I don't want to go back to AS2.
I already have the code you supplied so I understand what it
is doing but my question is where do I put it in this case? I
always create an action layer as you mention. In my action layer, I
have frame 1 with my preloader code and then frame 2 with my code
for my main buttons. They call to the labels. So, when I press
portfolio for example, it goes to that label.......a shape tween
starts and my portfolio thumbs appear. I then want those thumbs to
link to the URL of those sites.
So, where do I stick your code?
Thanks again for all your help. I am NEW to AS3 and this is
great learning.
Thanks,
Gabe

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Where do I put my actions?

Since changing over to AS3 I'm totally confused over the placement of Actions on the timeline?
My confusion is with the placement of the Event Listener and Function for each button.
It appears to me that the button must be on the stage BEFORE the actions are defined, does this mean that the actions must always be defined in a frame after the button is first seen?
This seems to be pretty messy and not as sensible as previous versions where event listeners etc where just palced in frame No.1 and I have no idea how this could work with dynamic run-time buttons.
Or.... am I missing something very obvious (which is much more likely)??
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Ok, try this ...
Button layer ..............................X__________________________stop
Option 1....................................Y_____________stop
Option 2................................................................Z___________stop
X is the frame containing the button and its actions
Y is the start of option one
Z is the start of options two
If the program jumps to Y it sees the actions but if it jumps to Z it does not see them but it does see the button
Does that make any sense?
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Dave

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Hi - Firs time I'm on this board. Searched and didn't see
anything that fit. Adobe/Macromedia Support told me my form needs
an action script insert for me to gain access to a previous page.
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length. I find that I can't go back to the first page -- I'm locked
in the second one. On split screen the HTML coding shows there is
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page is there.
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Hi!
I need to create an script for a basic function; when mouse goes over a moveclip, that works also link, I want it to trigger an invisible red dot on a nerby map. I have created a movieclip and named it "red", it's a 1 sec clip with nothing in the beginning and a red dot in the end. I want this dot to trigger and show only when mouse goes over this specific link, otherwise it must be invisible.
I know this is pretty basic stuff and I have done this before few years back but I have forgotten how to do it and need help now.
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Kim

I still need help, this problem is little more complicated;
I can manage making the red dot visible and invisible by triggering roll over and roll out on a button.
The problem is, I have a navbar which is line of flags made to a movie clip, with 5 invisible buttons. These buttons are configured to do three different actions; get URL, trigger a light effect and a movement effect.
Now I need this invisible button to trigger my red dot also so that when mouse is over a certain flag a red dot appears on a map on the correct location.
I have the red dot on a new layer. It has instance name "redDot" and on the very first frame of this red button layer, I have action script that says: redDot._visible = false;
This works as it should and the dot is invisible when the movie has loaded.
I need to make this invisible button to trigger the visibility of my red dot, and I have tried to add the code:
on (rollOver) {
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on (rollOut) {
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to this invisible button, but it dosent work, furthermore it affects the other functions of the button/movie clip, which were working fine before.
Here is the code attached to this invisible button so far:
on (release) {
getURL(/:url1);
on (rollOver) {
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on (rollOut) {
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I have the URL:s on an external text file.
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I tried to do this:
on (release) {
getURL(/:url1);
on (rollOver) {
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redDot._visible = true;
on (rollOut) {
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on (release) {
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on (rollOver) {
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on (rollOut) {
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on (rollOver) {
redDot._visible = true;
on (rollOut) {
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But it makes the other functions that worked to stop working.
I also tried to give the invisible button an instance name and do it like this:
invisible.on (rollOver) {
redDot._visible = true;
invisible.on (rollOut) {
redDot._visible = false;
And put them in the actions layer of button movie clip but nothing works.
Flash is really giving me a headache now...
To conclude, I made a simple test button, put it on the scene somewhere and and attached the rollOver and rollOut codes, targeting the "redDot" and it works fine, the button didn't need a instance name to work. I don't understand why I can't make it to work with the invisible button where it should be.
I hope this clarifies the point and I can get some help with this and sorry for bothering again with this problem.
Oh and I use old Flash MX 2004.
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Kim

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out of time to learn, I need some help.
First, I'd like to know where you find people who can do this
(here?)
Secondly, how long it would take to programme approx 875
buttons (many of which are repetitions (e.g home button, help
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nicknamesaretaken,
> I think I see what the problem is, but still struggling
to
> get it to work.
Okay.
> I now have:
>
> stop(); {
> on (release)
> this.gotoAndPlay("CS1"); // this is the correct code.
> }
Okay, the on() event handler may not belong here. The on()
and
onClipEvent() functions are an older (Flash 5 era) way to
handle events in
ActionScript. They're still available in Flash 8, and they
work just fine,
even in AS2, but these are applied *directly to* the object
in question; as
in, you click your button to select it, then type into the
Actions panel
while the button is selected. In such a case, no instance
name is needed
for the button (or whatever object). The above code would
have to be
attached to each button -- which really gets old with a large
number of
buttons -- and the stop(); action would have ben appear
inside the on()
function.
Your earlier approach -- where you referenced the button's
instance name
and assign a function to the Button.onRelease event -- is the
recommended
best practice, and has been available since Flash MX (aka
Flash 6). There's
nothing about your earlier code that shouldn't have worked --
it's just you
*might* have been experiencing the Scenes-related bug I
mentioned.
I would change your previous code as follows:
// in a frame script ...
stop();
skipintro_btn.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.gotoAndStop("frame label here");
That stops the timeline in which this ActionScript appears.
Then it
assigns a function literal to the Button.onRelease event of
the button
symbol whose instance name is skipintro_btn (if that object
is actually a
movie clip, then it assigns a function literal to the
MovieClip.onRelease
event of that instance -- funtionally the same thing). Then
it refers to
the parent of this object, which is the timeline in which the
object
appears, and tells that timeline to gotoAndStop() at the
named frame label
you provide -- even if that frame label is in another scene.
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> Are there any good Action Script books you could
> recommend?
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think of that I enjoyed -- from a general programming
standpoint -- is
Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8 (Friends of ED), by
Peter Elst and
Todd Yard.
> I'm also a bit worried about bug comment. Does it mean
> that I will have difficulty playing this project in
Flash Player
> 9 as it's not written in Action Script 3.0?
You shouldn't have any problems. As long as you use the
frame labels
approach and avoid Scene names, Flash Player 9 will run it
the same as older
Players. Flash Player 9 is the first to feature *two* virtual
machines for
ActionScript. One is the overhauled AS3-lovin' machine; the
other maintains
backward compatability for AS1 and AS2.
> If so, that's a big problem isn't it as people will need
to
> download older versions of Flash Player to view it - or
> I'll need to include older version on the disc.
Right, but you don't have to worry about that. :) The Scenes
issue is
an old one, and it is a big problem, but at least the
workaround is easy
(frame labels).
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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frame number to a new one. The problem is I can't find the action
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I have just started to scrach the surface with actionscript
and I have attempted to assign it to buttons. Much to my supprise,
it worked, sort of... All my buttons require a double click the
first time you click on them. I was able to put
this together, by
using the following action script for all my buttons:
on (release) {
ybutton.onRelease = function() {
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making a broad change? In other words, will have to switch out the
code for every button on 37 frames?
Thank you

1: // You needed two clicks because you have 2 onRelease.
on (release) {
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hay guys, im having trouble with changing my action script to
allow multiple layers of the same thing in order to show a greater
sense of depth than the normal application. im using a flash
toutorial on making a sort of matrix like falling text (
link)
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accomplish my goal. i tryed to send them a message using their
contact page, but its broken, forcing me to find a forum. im sure
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script 2.0
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somewhere.

"FlashTastic" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:e4ir4t$ru4$[email protected]..
>I don't think an enterframe will be your best bet.
>
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>
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I'm making a slideshow about 18 images in all 9 thumbnails and 9 full size images. The problem I keep running into is the "a script in this movie is causing flash player 9 to run slowly" error. The Flash is set to player 9 and action script 2.0. I have followed the uninstall reinstall tips in other threads and even tried it on another machines, ultimately coming up with the same results. I have read that there could possibly be too much script on the single frame so that said here is the script that is all on that first and only frame.
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I am working on a Photoshop CS3 action script to
open raw files, do a couple of modifications
in Camera Raw, exit camera raw and save
the file as a jpeg.
I think this should work, because I am working
on an example out of "Camera raw with Adobe
Photoshop CS3" by Schewe and Frasier which
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See page 344 of Schewe and Frasier.
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of the steps done in camera raw after I do the
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Out of frustration I repeated the action
script creation in my old CS version and
it worked fine.
Any idea where I am screwing up ?

Crappy format justification:
I sometimes have a day of family
type pictures that are in raw format
that I want to put up on the internet
quickly. I would like to be able to
apply the "Auto" feature, as in general
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quick.
OK, it sorta works in CS, go here
http://www.angelplace.net/photos/sample.jpg
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rather than the Camera raw window.
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seem to be saved, which does not happen
in CS3.

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