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Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by Renice Stewart on Mar 5, 2008 at 7:11:05 pm

I created 2 swf files (one the movie, 2nd one the audio); they run simultaneously with perfect timing. Now I've been asked to add 2 buttons: Pause & Resume. I need for the buttons in the movie to pause & resume both swf files at the same time. This is frustrating the heck out of me because all the Actionscripting I try does not seem to work. Can someone please help me? Right now I'm trying
on (release){
stop();
}
(then playing with "while" and other commands but nothing is working)...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by jesse harris on Mar 6, 2008 at 2:58:55 pm

use variables. name the instance then in the action script tell the instance's to stop or maybe a stop all would work.

or why don't you make them both into one swf?

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Re: Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by Renice Stewart on Mar 6, 2008 at 4:49:38 pm

Jesse,
Thanks for your comments. I have tried to put them into one script but for some reason the narrative will not flow over 7 scenes. It was suggested that I made each scene into a movie and then place each one on one layer along with the narrative. This did not work either...

I am at a loss because this 2-file thing is not working for the latest requests I've gotten: Control buttons and the ability to play it in WebEx. WebEx will only allow Flash as an embedded object in a PowerPoint and in the ucf format. This particular request begs for a one file format.

I read your tutorial and still it does not work for me. This is most frustrating for I've named my mp3 "voiceover" and placed it in the root but still I cannot hear the audio. Flash does not give me any complier errors so I have nothing to go on.

Thanks!
-Renice

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Re: Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by jesse harris on Mar 6, 2008 at 5:17:07 pm

ok, hmm, im just thinking quick but try putting the "stop all sound" "esc+ss" script on a different stage. like

stop animimation on down and audio on release.
might not need but might work, but sound might not resume just start over.
well maybe see if it works and if not check to see if the sound is streaming.....

ummmm... ok not sure if event would work better
ill look again i think i did this before but dont have files with me, also someone else could probably just answer this asap better.lol sorry for now....

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Re: Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by Renice Stewart on Mar 6, 2008 at 10:38:33 pm

I have placed the following script into the first frame of "actions"... why does it not work?

function mysound(){
mysoundobj=new Sound(this)
mysoundobj.attachSound("voiceover")
mysoundobj.start()
}

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Re: Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by Sher Ali on Mar 6, 2008 at 11:03:48 pm

You need to call the mysound function like:
mysound();

so your new code should be:
function mysound(){
mysoundobj=new Sound(this)
mysoundobj.attachSound("voiceover")
mysoundobj.start()
}
mysound();

Sher Ali

Flash & Flex Developer

www.kabulinteractive.com

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Re: Add control buttons on 2 swf files
by Renice Stewart on Mar 10, 2008 at 9:08:34 pm

thanks... but that didn't work. This did (and mind you I was really frustrated by this time):

var s:Sound = new Sound();
s.attachSound("voiceover");
s.start(0, 0);

Now... please tell me why this worked and the other didn't?

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