Question about Flash

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 11 Jun 2007, 14:42

I got flash 8 pro recently. Every month I do a interactive CD Rom for a club, and I am considering doing it in flash instead of mediator. Do I need flash installed on the client computer in order to run the app, or is it possible to make it an executable or something?

Post by **Anthro** » 11 Jun 2007, 14:47

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 11 Jun 2007, 14:54

lol. No!

Post by **Anthro** » 11 Jun 2007, 14:55

Mmkay - have it your way

Maxxisss !!!!!
Helllpppp caaapaaannoooo (please_)

Post by **maxxis** » 11 Jun 2007, 14:57

Export the movie as a projector (.exe) file

This packages the Flash Player and your project in one.

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 11 Jun 2007, 15:02

Great. All I wanted to know. Thanks!

Post by **maxxis** » 11 Jun 2007, 15:10

How good are you in flash?

I would not recommend taking on interactive CD Roms in flash if you are new to it.

eraser · Post by **eraser** » 11 Jun 2007, 17:11

maxxis wrote:How good are you in flash?

I would not recommend taking on interactive CD Roms in flash if you are new to it.

Did you also have issues?

I remember when i first made that it was a real issue getting it to work properly!

Post by **maxxis** » 11 Jun 2007, 17:42

Never had issues with projectors or interactive CD Roms. My first one ever was this huge training CD with video and voice overs. Worked perfectly.

eraser · Post by **eraser** » 12 Jun 2007, 08:56

maxxis wrote:Never had issues with projectors or interactive CD Roms. My first one ever was this huge training CD with video and voice overs. Worked perfectly.

Lucky you.

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 12 Jun 2007, 10:09

Well, I started 2 days ago. But Ive got about a month to learn it for the August issue. But If I dont feel comfortable with it I will postpone it for another month.

eraser · Post by **eraser** » 12 Jun 2007, 11:35

capanno wrote:Well, I started 2 days ago. But Ive got about a month to learn it for the August issue. But If I dont feel comfortable with it I will postpone it for another month.

How is it looking so far?

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 13 Jun 2007, 09:25

Well ATM I'm browsing through the 740 page ActionScript manual.

eraser · Post by **eraser** » 13 Jun 2007, 09:31

capanno wrote:Well ATM I'm browsing through the 740 page ActionScript manual.

Good luck!

Post by **maxxis** » 13 Jun 2007, 09:32

Good luck indeed.

AS is not the easiest of languages to learn.

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 13 Jun 2007, 10:30

Hehe. Thanks, though it seems kinda simple. My minor programming history might come in handy.

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 14 Jun 2007, 18:34

http://capanno.50webs.com/betasite.html

Its fun so far. I just have a question. The 3 buttons above are instances in my mainmenu instance. The main menu has an animation that moves it out of the screen. How do I access that animation when there is an on(press) event on one of the buttons. I tried but I know how to use gotoAndPlay in this situation, and I don't think I should.

Also, the buttons animation messes around. If you move the mouse off the button before the short move animation is done, it reverses the process. Moves 'out' on mouse off and 'in' on mouse on. What am I doing wrong?

button code:

on(rollOver){gotoAndPlay("moveout");}
on(rollOut){gotoAndPlay("movein");}

shot

Post by **maxxis** » 15 Jun 2007, 08:47

myButton.onRelease = function (){
_root.mainmenu.gotoAndPlay("hidemenu");
}

ideally _root should not be used when working with multiple swfs loading via the loadMovie() command.

Rather use _parent

myButton.onRelease = function (){
_parent._parent.mainmenu.gotoAndPlay("hidemenu");
}

Post by **Anthro** » 15 Jun 2007, 08:50

Is that a Llama ? Njaah !!

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 15 Jun 2007, 09:18

Thanks maxxis. Works like a charm.