Jumping To Locations With Lingo - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

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Setting properties for push buttons, radio buttons, and check boxes
When you create a push button, radio button, or check box on the Stage, a Button cast member is
added to the Cast. You can use button cast member properties to change the name and button
type of button cast members.
To view or change button cast member properties:
Select a button cast member (a push button, radio button, or check box) and click the Member
1
tab of the Property inspector using the Graphical view.
To view or edit the cast member name, use the Name text box.
2
To specify how Director removes the cast member from memory if memory is low, select an
3
option from the Unload pop-up menu. See "Controlling cast member unloading"
on page 152.
To change the type of button, click the Button tab and select Push Button, Check Box, or
4
Radio Button from the Type pop-up menu.

Jumping to locations with Lingo

The Lingo navigation features can make a movie jump to other frames, to other movies, or to
Internet movies and web pages. You can also use Lingo to make a movie appear to pause by
looping in one frame or a group of frames.
For details about specifying the locations of frames, markers, and movies, see "Identifying frames
and movies" on page 406.
Jumping to a different frame
Lingo lets you jump to a different frame in the current movie or in another movie.
To jump to a specific frame in the current movie, use the
identifier for the frame.
For example, the statement
To jump to the beginning of a different movie, use the
for the movie.
For example, the statement
movie Citizen_Kane.dir.
To jump to a frame in a different movie, use the
frame and the movie; use
name of the movie.
For example, the statement
frame labeled Rosebud in the movie Citizen_Kane.dir.
See
in the Lingo Dictionary.
go
go to "Begin Over"
go to movie "Citizen_Kane"
go
followed by the frame identifier and
frame
go to frame "Rosebud" of movie "Citizen_Kane"
command, followed by an
go
jumps to the frame labeled Begin Over.
command, followed by an identifier
go
goes to the beginning of the
command, followed by an identifier for the
movie
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followed by the
goes to the

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