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Using a dynamic Flash template; having trouble linking a button to a page in the fla file (not a URL)

Asked by: mark_06

Hi I purchased a template from Template Monster (http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/10156.html) and have worked out how to edit everything except for making new buttons that I have created link to new pages that I have made (Please note that I want to have the button load a new page [which is inside a movie clip]; not to load a website link).  I have read and watched all the video tutorials on Template Monster as well as asked questions on their online help chat as how to solve this problem but they keep telling me to view tutorials that I have already read/watched.  


If you view the link that I posted (www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/10156.html); when the flash loads there are two grey boxes that slide down from the left and right displaying text (from when it loads there is "News & Events" on the left and "Welcome to Our business company website" on the right).   When you click on one of the buttons at the top left (either  About Company, Services & solutions,  news & events ,  partners & affiliates or  support & contacts )  the boxes with the text slide up and drop back down to reveal new information.  


In the .fla file; if you double click on either of these boxes that slide down; it opens up a movie clip with a series of key frames that are separate movie clips.  Each key frame with the movie clip in it is a page (For example in the .fla file  if you double click where the News & Events text is; the first key frame is the News & Events page, the next key frame is the Our Director page, then the next key frame is Available Services page etc; so it keeps all the pages that display in the left box in this movie clip)


As it already may seem confusing; I have attached a few images hopefully explaining to you what I mean (I am unable to send the .fla file as it goes against their terms of use).  In the attached images; Column 1 refers to the left grey sliding drop down box; where Column 2 refers to the right grey sliding drop down box.
In the 3rd attached image (p3.png), you can see I have made a new page for Column 1 Left.  It has 4 buttons (Request a quote,  guarantee, Cisco Unified Communications for Small Businesses & Hybrid Conversion Systems) that I want when someone clicks on either of the buttons; Column 2 right slides up and drops back down to reveal one of the new pages that I have made.  

The template is a Dynamic Flash template; so all the text is originally set to dynamic instead of static (Although I have changed most of the text to static as I find it easier to use) and uses a .html file to load all the text into the .swf file.  I have attached the original .html file as well as the images.
In terms of coding; the buttons that I didnt create use a similar code of:

on (rollOver) {
      if (_root.link<>2) {
            gotoAndPlay("s1");
      }
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
      if (_root.link<>2) {
            gotoAndPlay("s2");
      }
}
on (release) {
      if (_root.link<>2 and _root.flag == 1) {
            _parent["item"+_root.link].gotoAndPlay("s2");
            _root.link = 2;
            _root.flag = 0;
            _root.pgap.play();
      }
}

I know that s1 and s2 refers to making the button animate when the moue rolls over it (refer to the attached  p4.png file to see what I mean) as the person who created the template uses movie clips to animate the buttons.            

Sorry if this seems confusing;  the video tutorial that I looked at on the Template Monster website is:

http://www.templatemonster.com/help/after_sale_support/Demo_movies_database/Dynamic_Flash/article4.html

Also please note that in the images, sometimes in the properties box it says i'm using the Flash 6 player with Action Script 1 and in others i'm using Flash 8 player with Action Script 2; this is just because I was originally using AS1, but switched to AS2.

Thanks

General code for a button:
 
 
on (rollOver) {
	if (_root.link<>2) {
		gotoAndPlay("s1");
	}
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
	if (_root.link<>2) {
		gotoAndPlay("s2");
	}
}
on (release) {
	if (_root.link<>2 and _root.flag == 1) {
		_parent["item"+_root.link].gotoAndPlay("s2");
		_root.link = 2;
		_root.flag = 0;
		_root.pgap.play();
	}
}
 
 
-------------------------------------
 
 
on (rollOver) {
		gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
		gotoAndPlay("s2");
}
on (release) {
	if (_root.link<>3 and _root.flag == 1) {
		_parent["item"+_root.link].gotoAndPlay("s2");
		_root.link = 3;
		_root.flag = 0;
		_root.pgap.play();
		_parent["item"+_root.link].gotoAndPlay("s1");
	}
}

                                  
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2009-06-02 at 21:47:23ID24458896
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Answers

 

by: rascalpantsPosted on 2009-06-03 at 09:53:06ID: 24538535

first things first...

change all of your code to either AS 1 style or AS 2 style...  this will make everything consistant and easier to work with and debug...

when this has been done, come back and let us know.

secondly, what exacly is the issue?  what part of the code is not working for you?


rp / Zone Advisor

 

by: mark_06Posted on 2009-10-20 at 21:07:46ID: 31588136

Helped me, but didnt solve the problem

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