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Make map on a swf clickable
Given a swf that shows a tiny dot expanding into a world map, how could that map be made clickable by continent, e.g. clicking on a continent would redirect to a page displaying a lsit of preselected countrie links. Please advise details of coding. Thanks.
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Can we place invisible buttons on the world map? Can they be shaped to cover the whole area of every continent?
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For now we need to cover continents only and not countries. When users click on a continent, we will produce a list of countries on a new web page for them to choose.
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The world map of the swf is a bmp image imported into library. Can we accomplish what we discuss using that bmp? Please advise how. Thanks.
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Thanks for your help so far. Something confuses me is this: My swf is now working as a world map (jpg image) masked with a tiny dot expanding to the full size of the map. Where and how should we start working on the clickables spots? Jump right into the jpg and play with it in the current fla? Or do we need to build a new jpg with the clickables spots and reimport it in a new fla similar to the old fla?
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Something like this:
http://fhswolvesden.wikispaces.com/file/view/1-world-map-political.gif/81329845/1-world-map-political.gif
Except no oceans or countries. Only continents.
http://fhswolvesden.wikispaces.com/file/view/1-world-map-political.gif/81329845/1-world-map-political.gif
Except no oceans or countries. Only continents.
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qAndreas, my actual map contains countries in various colors. Would that be a problem?
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using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World6.svg, please provide further help with the following:
- Walk thru steps creating invisible buttons with click events.
- Modify a text label on a given map. Problem is finding the font matching the original text.
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How can we modify a text label on a given map?
Problem is finding the font matching the font of other text on the original map.
Problem is finding the font matching the font of other text on the original map.
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Would you help me with the attached fla to illustrate what you have covered?
Make 3 buttons: car, ground, house. Each of the buttons transfer the browser to a different url of you choice.
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Maison.jpg
Make 3 buttons: car, ground, house. Each of the buttons transfer the browser to a different url of you choice.
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Maison.jpg
Hey, did you ever get the problem solved? Or would you still like that sample clickable map based on your image?
I would love to do it, but since I'm running in Linux, I am unable to use Flash, only Flex Builder (), which means I am unable to open or create FLA files. :( However, I will have my windows installation up and running again this weekend if you don't mind waiting until then. The first thing I will do with Windows installed is reinstall Flash Professional.
Good luck with your programming,
Andreas
I would love to do it, but since I'm running in Linux, I am unable to use Flash, only Flex Builder (), which means I am unable to open or create FLA files. :( However, I will have my windows installation up and running again this weekend if you don't mind waiting until then. The first thing I will do with Windows installed is reinstall Flash Professional.
Good luck with your programming,
Andreas
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