Anyone know some basic flash 2004?

[jmcoreymv]

I need to create a projector file that does some basic things. Basically it just has to have some buttons on it, and each button will open a different pdf file (located on a cd, with the flash exe file). Also when you hold your mouse over the button, it will put a certain description into a text box in the center of the screen. I spent around 5 hours last night trying to do this with zero luck at all. Anyone have any tips?

 

[rainypickles]

thats just how to make buttons in general.

insert->new->symbol. choose button. first frame is what the button looks like, second frame is what it looks like when the mouse is over, third is what it looks like when mouse is down. so with these, you can make text appear in "the center" of the screen with ease, but its not the cleanest way to do it. the fourth frame is the hit frame, it defines which areas will respond to a button click.

once you have the button made, open the library and drag it onto your main stage. size it as you like. select the button, open actionscript and type something like

on(release){
// open this file; i actually dont know the command to do that =)
}

if you wanted to, i think you could do on(up or mouseover or something){ put text in dynamic text box }

sorry for the rushed reply. good luck.