need help

[awdtheman]

to anyone,

im planning to do a presentation on my project and im planning to use flash as a tool. my problem is i dont know how to go to the next "scene" on flash using ONLY the arrow keys on my keyboard. i want it to be something out of the usual(most uses simple powerpoint)so i want to use the arrow key to go to the next page or to the next animation instead of a usual "NEXT" button. hope someone could help me here...im somewhat new in flash and i am no programmer...please

awdtheman

[APDesign]

Are you comfortable with using movie clips? If you are I would suggest that you do that instead of going to the next scene. I'm going to whip up a scene example for ya quick though.

[awdtheman]

yep i can say im quite comfortable with movie clips. anything is good for me as long as i get rid of the "next" button stuff=). i want it as clean(no links and buttons) as possible. thanks. il wait for the sample

[APDesign]

This should do the trick. All the actions are in the button (that is off of the stage) and on the last frame of each scene.

~APD

[APDesign]

I'll post a movie clip sample then, you might like it better since you wont have to remake stuff if you want to reuse it in a scene (or replace it on the stage anyway)

[APDesign]

You'll see the advantage of doing it this way once you look inside.

[awdtheman]

thanks for the sample.i really appreciate it.just made my life much more easier=). anyway, i would like just to ask if i could change the "nextscene" and "prevscene" with the label of a movie? so it would just jump from one movie to another.

[APDesign]

what do you mean? Like a whole new .swf file?

[awdtheman]

thanks...just forget about it...i did some experiments on it myself and i got my answer=)hehehe. one more thing, if i burn my presentation to a cd granting that i already have the .exe of it. could it be possible with actionscript to automatically run my presentation and maximize it to fullscreen? thanks again for the 2nd sample...PERFECT fit for my plans=)

[APDesign]

I know how to do the fullscreen thing. put this as the first command on the first frame of your movie:
fscommand("fullscreen", "true");[/code]
and it will start full screen. If you want it to close itself after you hit the right button on the last frame, you can add this command to a blank keyframe AFTER the last frame of your movie
[AS]fscommand("quit");

[APDesign]

oh, for those to work you have to publish the movie as a projector file, go to publish settings and check "Windows Projector" and then burn that to your CD, it will be an .exe file (I think you knew that, but just incase)

[awdtheman]

yep!! thanks a lot APDesign. God Bless

[APDesign]

no problem, Its 4:30 a.m. here and I have nothing better to be doing ;) Plus people help me when I have problems, so I help when I can.

~APD

[nanki888]

does the fullscreen code work for a swf file also?
i have the java that i need to make the screen not have a toolbar and everything, but i wanted to be able to make the screen span out so the bottom task bar isnt seen also. do you know how to do that?