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Actions

Actions will execute on one of the following events:

• Mouse Click (when the user clicks an item)
• Mouse Over (when the mouse cursor is moved over the item)
• Mouse Out (when the mouse cursor leaves the item area)
• Mouse Up (when the button is released after mouse click occurs)
• Release Outside (when the button is released outside the item)
• Drag Over (when the mouse is clicked outside item and dragged inside the item)
• Drag Out (when the mouse is clicked inside item and dragged outside the item)

Creating web links

Select the item and choose "Action" > "Edit Actions" or press Ctrl+K. Select GetURL option and type the link. The link should start with http://

You can not use \ instead of /

To popup the link in a new window

Change the target to "_blank". If the link is blocked by pop-up blocker use On Up action (On Click may trigger the pop-up blocker).

To open the link in the same window

Change the target to "_self"

To create an email button

Draw or create a button (you can choose "Insert" > "Symbol" and select the envelope symbol), choose "Action" > "On Click". Select GetURL option, delete "http://" and type the link:

mailto:support@selteco.com

To open the link in a HTML frameset

Type the name of the HTML frame under the Target: field

To popup a PDF file in a new window

Change the target to "_blank" and type the path to your PDF file. The PDF file must be available online. See also: http://www.flashdesignerzone.com/tutorials/t1047.php

OnUp Action

To define an action when the user clicks and releases the button, select the item and choose Action" > "On Up"

OnClick Action

To define an action when the user clicks the button, select the item and choose "Action" > "On Click".

OnOver Color

To define how the color should change when the user moves the mouse over the button, select "Action" > "On Over Color". Uncheck "No Color" box and select the new color.

OnOver and OnOut Actions

OnOver and OnOut actions will execute when the mouse enters and leaves the item respectively.

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More Actions

Click More Actions to add more actions to On Over, On Click, On Up and On Out handlers:

• Show Sprite to make a Sprite or Group visible
• Hide Sprite to make a Sprite or Group invisible
• Toggle Sprite to show and hide a Sprite or Group like a check box
• Stop Sprite to end playing a sprite
• Play Sprite to start playing a sprite
• Rewind Sprite to move the sprite to the first frame
• Stop Sounds to mute all playing sounds
• Message to write a text in an edit field
• Set to initialize a variable
• Move Sprite to change Sprite or Group position
• Jump & Stop to scroll a sprite to desired frame
• Jump & Play to start a sprite from desired frame

ActionScripts

To control the main movie from a sprite select the item inside the sprite, choose "Action" > "On Click", choose ActionSript and type for example:

_root.gotoAndPlay("Frame 2");

To jump to Frame 2 of the main movie.

The following actions are ActionScript equivalents:

• On Mouse Click = on(press) { ... }
• On Mouse Over = on(rollover) { ... }
• On Mouse Out = on(rollout) { ... }
• On Mouse Up = on(release) { ... }

When copying other scripts you don't have to enter on(press) definition, enter the content of the event only, for example instead of:

on(press) { movieclip1._visible = true; }

enter

movieclip1._visible = true;

To create a clickTag action

The clickTag action is necessary to prepare the banner for ad tracking system. Add a master frame with Movie > Add Master Frame. Choose Insert > Clickable Area, select ActionScript option and enter the code:

getURL(clickTag,"_blank");

Resize the area to fill entire frame with Edit > Align > Fit to Frame.