MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 103

Select Frame 1 in the main Timeline, and select Window > Development Panels > Actions. Add
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the following code to the Actions panel:
speaker.stop();
song = new Sound();
song.onSoundComplete = function() {
speaker.stop();
};
song.attachSound("a_thousand_ways");
playButton.onRelease = function() {
song.start();
speaker.play();
};
stopButton.onRelease = function () {
song.stop();
speaker.stop();
}
This code first stops the speaker movie clip. It then creates a new Sound object (
attaches the sound whose linkage identifier is
onSoundComplete
sound has finished. Lastly,
objects start and stop the sound using the
stopButton
methods, and also play and stop the
Select Control > Test Movie to hear the sound.
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To create a sliding volume control:
Drag a button to the Stage.
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Select the button and select Modify > Convert to Symbol. Be careful to select the movie
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clip behavior.
This creates a movie clip with the button on its first frame.
Select the movie clip and select Edit > Edit Selected.
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Select the button and select Window > Development Panels > Actions.
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Enter the following actions:
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on (press) {
startDrag(this, false, left, top, right, bottom);
}
on (release) {
stopDrag();
}
The
startDrag()
Select Edit > Edit Document to return to the main Timeline.
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Select the movie clip on the Stage.
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handler for the song object, which stops the
handlers associated with the
onRelease
speaker
parameters , ,
left top
a_thousand_ways
Sound.start()
movie clip.
, and are variables set in a clip action.
right bottom
Creating interactivity and visual effects
) and
song
. Next, it defines an
movie clip once the
speaker
and
playButton
and
Sound.stop()
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