Is it a Load-movie, Go-to-frame..?!?

[Tiina]

Hi and thanks in advance!
I'm a new in this, learning by myself. My terminology is probably not right so please be patient to my explanation:
- I'm creating a web page. Buttons get me to new pages with new html address, and I know how to do this. Now, I want to create a group of buttons, where each button takes me to another frame and not to a whole new address. Do I create a separate swf/fun and try to address each of these buttons to a certain frame/frames of the new film? How?!
This looks like the the most common action, and I'm stuck! Please help!

Grateful,
Tiina, the newest member

[necromanthus]

Hi TIINA,
There is no need to create another SWF file for your pages.
Let's take this example: you have 5 buttons and you wanna jump to other 5 "pages".
1) create a 6 keyframes movie (your buttons are in the first frame).
2) add the stop action for each frame.
3) for the first button set this action: goto Frame 2 and stop
4) for the second button set this action: goto Frame 3 and stop
...
To set these actions: right mouse click for each button & Show Properties / Action.

try to do your best.

[Tiina]

Thanks for the quick response!!!
I'll let you know. Now back to work...

T

[Bob Hartzell]

This approach is used in most of the web interfaces supplied with KoolMoves. Add one of those to a blank movie and use menu bar Views > Actions and Sounds to study the actions.

[Tiina]

That's lovely, thanks.

Part 2 for my question: When a button takes me to another frame, I want the frame show up as "initial-fade-in" or other similar visual effect. Do I have to add frames, and how does the command "goto frame x and stop" behaves if I have few frames to relate to? I tried few ways, with no success.


Thanks, Tiina

[necromanthus]

Originally posted by Tiina
Part 2 for my question: When a button takes me to another frame, I want the frame show up as "initial-fade-in" or other similar visual effect. Do I have to add frames, and how does the command "goto frame x and stop" behaves if I have few frames to relate to? I tried few ways, with no success.

Hi Tina,
In this case, replace the "goto frame x and stop" with "goto frame x and play".
A simple method (without using ActionScript) to get the "fade-in" effect for the entire movie is to create a rectangle-shape (same size with the movie size and same color with the background color).
Now change the "alpha value" (transparency) for this shape from 0 (in the first frame) to 100 (in the last frame).
For example, if you add 9 more frames, you'll have: 0,10,20,30,...,100.
That's all.

[Tiina]

I'll try that. Thanks!