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

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

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.
;)

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

T

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.

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 :confused:

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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.

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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.
;)

I'll try that. Thanks! :D