MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-DEVELOPING FLASH LITE 2.X Develop Manual page 24

To create a simple menu using buttons:
1. Open the file named simple_menu_start.fla, which is located in the Samples and Tutorials/
Samples/Flash Lite 2.0/ folder in the Flash installation folder on your computer.
2. Open the Library panel (Window > Library).
Notice that the Library contains three button symbols named News Button, Weather
Button, and Sports Button.
3.
In the Timeline (Window > Timeline), select the layer named Menu Buttons.
4.
Drag an instance of the News Button symbol from the Library panel to the Stage.
5.
In the Property inspector, in the Instance Name text box, type btn_news.
6.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the Sports and Weather buttons, naming them btn_sports and
btn_weather, respectively.
7.
Align the three buttons vertically, as shown in the following example:
8.
In the Tools panel, select the Text tool and create a text field along the bottom of the Stage.
This text field displays a short message when the user rolls over each menu item.
24 Creating Interactivity and Navigation