Sunday, January 25, 2009

Jump Menu Navigation Using Movie Clips

This week we will have some fun with Movie Clips and talking to them from a higher level.
In this example:
Chapter Movie Clips are embedded inside a Booklet Movie Clip which is placed on the Stage.
Chapter Movie Clips hold pages ( frames).
All the navigation buttons are located in the Booklet, yet reference chapters and pages embedded within.

The Stage view looks like this:














Forward Button Script (Click to enlarge view):
_root means the Stage
_booklet is the MOvie Clip
[what] holds the name of the Chapter selected







Chapter 02 select button:
1) Sets the variable what to "c02"
2) Turns the alpha to 0 for the other Chapter Movie Clips on the Stage
3) Sets the Playhead to gotoAndStop at frame 2 in the Chapter Movie Clip
NOTE: All of the Chapter Movie Clips have nothing in the first frame.









Reset Button


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