volume buttons

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Originally posted by imladris


would be able to tell me why the attached doesn't show the vol or bytes values (d14 and d15)


imladris

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I dont't have time to check right now but try reseting your export settings as seen in the bmp attached.

You are from the UK? wereabouts the pond are you?:D

thanks, the files are at work so i shall try that tommorow.

yes, i am from the uk about 60 miles north of london, although the band are based in Watford, which is about 30miles south of here.

Now that my site is nearly done, i've been roped into starting the designs for the new band website !! hehehe. just got started today: http://www.martyn.guitarman.ukonline...afltindex.html

thanks again

that's worked thanks !! would never have thought it was something so simple !!!

imladris

Hi imladris, don't know if this is what hung up your work, but regarding the backward compatibility setting on dynamic text objects, some background might be useful. In Flash 4 and 5, text fields were represented by simple variables. In Flash 6 text fields became objects. So where it used to be txt1 = "whatever", for Flash 6 and 7 the parser expects txt1.text = "whatever". So to use some of the old KM sample code you will need to have the backward compatibility turned on, or recode for post Flash 5 standards.

Hmmm, may need to put this in the newbie FAQ.

Anyway, a good reference for learning AS is the AS Definitve Guide by Colin Moock (I recommend the 2nd edition, it has a really good Language Reference). Not everything in the book works in KM, in which case check the syntax help in the KM AS editor; if it is not there, then it probably is not supported. Next check the forum to see if what you want to do has already been discussed - several work arounds are documented here. The forum also has many threads on audio, drawing and compatibility issues. I've found answers to some of my questions in posts from a couple years ago.

Cheers.

Peter

Hi tmoore935 (or anyone else who can help me,)

This thread is pretty old, so I don't know if you'll get this message or not. It's worth a shot. This is my first post on this forum, I am very new to KoolMoves, and I don't know action script (or any coding language, for that matter.)

I really liked the files you created in post #3 or whatever it's called. I changed it a bit to suit my preferences but would just like to ask for your help on a few more things.

First, I am only using this for control of one background sound on a site. I would like the sound to loop indefinitely. Right now, it only plays once.

Also, instead of having play and stop icons, I just used the words "on" and "off." Is there a way to make only the word "off" be visible when the music is playing and only the word "on" visible when the music isn't playing?

Um....I guess I'm not sure how to post an attachment, so I will post this reply and then try to check that out how to post my files.

Here they are

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Originally Posted by noelle7

Here they are

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I will look this weekend. Please tell me which version of koolmoves you are using.

Your file keeps craching koolmoves so I quit looking at it.

Here is a way to do it. It is really 2 fun files which make 1 html and 2 swfs. If you look under Views>>action and sound overview you can see the commands and how to loop a sound. Make sure you extract both fun files/swf and html into the same folder. Place a song in the same folder and call it kool.mp3. This is so I don't have to upload a mp3 for the lack of space.

All this does is call one swf by using loadmovie. Then a different swf is called with the loadmovie. Since they are on the same level, when a swf is called, the other swf is over written.

Thanksk so much for your quick response. Sorry that my file kept crashing KoolMoves! It does that to me if I try to see the "actions and sounds overview." I thought it was because I did a Windows Update or something. If I look at each individual action through the other viewing methods, it's fine.

I'll take a look at what you sent me and will let you know if I can figure it out.

Thanks again!

I'm sorry. I guess I just don't understand. I opened both music stop.fun and music play.fun in KoolMoves. (The zip file didn't have any html page, so I'm not sure f it was supposed to or if you meant for me to create my own...If so, I'm not sure how to make an html page with both swfs.)

I looked at the actionscript for both files and don't understand it, but it's there. :) When I try to play it in the KM player, the file is blank (just a green background, not the sound graphic.) This is true for both the "play move" and the "stand alone player," It is also true when I tried to play it through Front Page. In Front Page, I also had a sound file called kool.mp3 in the same folder. In no instance do I hear the sound playing.

I just downloaded the newest version of KM (5.3) two days ago, but I created my original file on the older version, which I just downloaded last month.

Thanks again for your help. :)

Actually you need only one swf. I belive if you want the music to start on its own, make a html for musicplay. If you want the music not to play right away make the html with musicstop.

The html only holds the swf. When a new swf is called, the original is erased inside the html.

To fix the problem erase this in both swf's (under actions and sounds)
this._x =0;
this._y =365;

This is left over from a previous web page. I forgot to get rid of it. I did not include a swf because of the limits of file size storage on this site. And I did not include music for the same reason. Do not use front page until you figure out how it works. Simply use File>>export movie>>save one as html and swf and the other as swf

Getting rid of the extra action script definitely helped. Thanks for clarifying what you meant with having one html file and how. I can now see the graphics, and they do change when I click on them.

Still, I don't hear any sound. I don't understand action script, so I don't even see anywhere where it references the sound "kool.mp3." I'm not sure what to change. I'll send you the files that I have changed.

I also made another version of the file that kept crashing KoolMoves before (the one based on post #3 that you made in this thread.) It's not crashing on my computer, so maybe it will work on yours. :)

I'm not sending you the sound files either. (I see what you mean about size limitations.)

Thanks again for taking time out of your schedule to help me!

If you look under VIEW>>ACTIONS AND SOUND OVERVIEW, you see a small speaker icon. Click on it and you should see a reference to kool.mp3 and the ability to loop. For this to work on your computer you need a song called kool.mp3 or you need to change the name in the actions. This example plays the music with out AS by using the built in sound function.

Another way is to do this in a movie clip
onClipEvent (load) {
Sound = new Sound();
//to stream
Sound.LoadSound("kool.mp3", true);
Sound.start();
}

and in the main frame put volume = 100;

Ill posted a fun file redoing yours.

Thanks again for all of the work you've done to help me. I will take a closer look at what you have done later, because I just keep looking at it over and over, and I think that my brain is too fried from work today! The new file that you made looks great, as far as I can tell.

The older files "musicstop" and "musicplay" don't have a little speaker icon that I could see...The new file, 1a, does. :)

I'll get back with you. :)

I got it! Thank you so much for all of your help and work. The last fun file you posted was especially helpful. I ended up using the KoolMoves "add sound" function on the first frame and made it loop that way. I couldn't get it to loop using :

onClipEvent (load) {
Sound = new Sound();
//to stream
Sound.LoadSound("kool.mp3", true);
Sound.start();
}

though it did play it through one time that way.

I am building a website for my photographer friend, and she will be very pleased with what you did to help. :)

Here's a link the site, if you're interested: http://www.phokissphotography.com


I used frames, because the photo gallery program I used for some of the pages wasn't recognized by KoolMoves. Frames might not give the best result, but it's all I know how to do for the moment.

Thanks again!

Glad I could help