Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

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In the Timeline, in the Actions layer, select

keyframe 1 and access the Actions panel.

 To create a movement variable, in the

Script pane do the following:

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Place the cursor at the end of line 31

(after the semicolon) and press Enter

to begin a new line.

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In lines 32–34, type

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jZi\\e

&&jg\\[`eg`o\cj

mXidfm\O1EldY\i4('2

e script should match Script 15.38.

A variable is a scripted container that

refers to a piece of information. e value

('

here represents 10 pixels on the Stage.

e variable

dfm\O

stores this value for

later use. In the animation script you will

create in the following steps, the

dfm\O

variable tells Flash how far to reposition

the movie clip named

Xe`dDZ

.

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To dene the

dfm\:c`g

event handler,

do the following:

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With the cursor at the end of line 34

(after the semicolon), press Enter to

begin a new line.

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In lines 35–38, type

&&\m\ek_Xe[c\i

]leZk`fedfm\:c`g

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\ek\i=iXd\

looks

very similar to the event handlers for

button events. e dierence is that

the event is now an

<m\ek

rather than a

Dflj\<m\ek

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You’ve learned the basics of making but-

tons that stop playback of movie clips in

Flash. Now you’re ready to make a button

that starts the movie clip playing again.

With the skills you have learned so far in

this chapter, try this exercise on your own.

Open the TransparentClip.a you cre-

ated in the preceding task. Save the le

as pausePlay.a. Add another button

to the main Timeline, and give it an

instance name. Register for the

Zc`Zb

event of the button using the same

_Xe[c\:c`Zb

event handler. In the event

handler, add a check for the new button,

and trigger

Xe`dDZ

to

gcXp

; when the

new button is clicked.