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Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008Making the whole flash video a link
Hello, It's been awhile since I've worked with flash and I can't remember how to make an animation a link. Not just adding a button that links to a site, but the whole animation itself is actually a link so that when you hover over any part at any time you can click and it just takes you to a new site. Can anyone hook me up with some advice? ( I hate buttons >_< ) _Taylor C. You hate buttons but want something to link? How odd... Anyway, you can always create a movie clip with a 0% filled shape, then place that clip on the top layer with an instance name and then add action script. mcName.onPress=function() { do whatever } So I drew a box around the whole area I'm working on, made it into a movie clip symbol, and reduced it to 0% opacity. Then when I clicked into the movie clip I named the instance "link_button". Then I went into the actions for this movie clip and put this... link_button.onPress=function() { getURL("http://www.adobe.com", "_blank"); } ---- when I test the movie it gives me this error: ---- Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler Any suggestions? _Taylor C. That's a more advanced way to do it. At any rate, what you want is just: on(release) { getURL("http://mysite.com/foo.htm"); } Oh snap, thanks John and Shan, that made it work... You both receive 13 gold coins! I tried the same thing, but Flash does not allow me to add any actions to this movie clip. It says "current selection cannot have actions applied to it". In fact it says that on all my buttons too. How can I apply actions ot cut and paste actions to these movie clips and buttons. I just want to add a link to my buttons. Why is this common effect so incredibly difficult? If you are applying action script to an actual movie clip (not button), then you have to encapsulate your action with an event handler. onClipEvent(load) { mcName.onPress=function() { do whatever } } if you place actio script on a button, it's just on(release) { do whatever } if you place action script in a frame, it's just instanceName.onPress=function() { do whatever } Flash will not allow ANY actions applied to the buttons or movie clips. Upload your flash file. www.dittydaddys.com/buy-flash.fla For one, I didn't see any action script anywhere, and two, you are using action script 3, so the code changes. There is no need to jump right into action script 3 for a simple button like this. You had a button within a button - maybe it's time to backtrack a little and review flash fundamentals. Here is your changed flash file http://www.shan-dysigns.com/flash/starburstRollOver.fla. There is no action script because when I select the button and go to Window-Actions, it says "current selection cannot have actions applied to it", so I have not been able to add any actions!. I tried Actionscript 2, but I had the same problem as your version, namely a flashing button. Upon mouseover, it should turn red and stay red, but in Actionscript 2 it keeps flashing. Initially, you didn't specify you are using action script 3. That's why my previous suggestions were not going to work. There is no problem with the example I gave you. You said you wanted to make an animation a link, so on mouse over, I created a little flashing effect with the 2 images you had in your library. Upon your initial comment about animation, that's what I thought you wanted. Simply having the red image on a mouse over is not an "animation". If you had issues before when trying to use action script 2, it was because you didn't create the button properly. You had another button within a button (placed on an "over" state. If you re-download the flash file using the same link I gave you before, you will see the change I made. OK, you made the flash file do exactly what I wanted it to do and I truly appreciate your time and effort. . But I have to do the same thing with at least 3 other buttons. Is there any way you can go thru the procedure so I can do it myself? In Actionscript 3 I can get the button to change color and play the sound, but I can't add the hyperlink. In actionscipt 2 I can add the hyperlink, but using my 3 layers, the botton keeps flashing and playing the sound on mouseover. What am I doing wrong? Commenting on your last post (before you edited it) "OK, you made the flash file do exactly what I wanted it to do and I truly appreciate your time and effort. . But I have to do the same thing with at least 3 other buttons. Is there any way you can go thru the procedure so I can do it myself? In Actionscript 3 I can get the button to change color and play the sound, but I can't add the hyperlink. In actionscipt 2 I can add the hyperlink, but using my 3 layers, the botton keeps flashing and playing the sound on mouseover. What am I doing wrong?" I think you need to stop focusing on action script 3. If you have trouble understanding how to construct a button, you surely don't need to be messing with action script 3 - that just doesn't make any sense to me. Just stick with AS2 and you should be able to duplicate what I did for other buttons. No need to reply to my reply that I deleted and changed. I used your flash file to achieve my desired results using actionscript2. Your help was invaluable. You can see the finished (albeit silly) results here. www.dittydaddys.com. I'm glad we got it settled. That's cute when you mouse over the men that one jumps up... silly but cute... |
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