Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
Hi Christopher, Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable roll-over. Roll-overs in Director (Ooops the D-word ;-) HAVE to be scripted, too. (If you do not want to use these UGLY pre-made behaviours ;-) And it is very easy to do that in MC !!! The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot. The hilite icon is supposed to be displayed when the mouse is down inside the button. EXAMPLE: (Images can be displayed INSIDE a button with its icon-property !!! Far more flexible than showing/hiding images !!!) Take 3 images and import them into MC: image 1 for the normal btn-state image 2 for the roll-over image 3 for the hilite Write down the IDs of these images Properties - Name Then you can even hide these images. In this example i will use these IDs: ID 1003 for image 1 ID 1004 for image 2 ID 1005 for image 3 In the Porperties-palette - Extras set the icons for the buttons: Icon 1003 HiliteIcon 1005 Now you need these 2 handlers in the button script on mouseenter set the icon of me to 1004 ##the rollover end mouseenter on mouseleave set the icon of me to 1003 ##to restore the normal icon end mouseleave That's it... I hope that helps and you get the picture. If not, feel free to mail me offlist and i will send you a tiny demo-stack or will try to explain this even more precise :-D Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] MetaScape GmbH Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
on 09.10.01 3:13 PM, Ken Ray wrote: Sorry to ask, but what does the hilite icon NOT do that you would want in a rollover effect? Perhaps I'm just being naive here... As I wrote in an earlier post: I found that if you set the armed icon, and set auto-arm to true so that it shows when you roll over the button, the hilite icon no longer shows when you actually click the button. I've had to fall back to how I used to do rollovers (mouseenter, mouseleave, etc). I guess the distinction is that rollovers don't require the mouse to be down. tereza + Tereza Snyder + Senior Software Developer + Attainment Company, Inc. + www.attainmentcompany.com + 800.327.4269 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable roll-over. The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot. I have seen some scripts that rely on the hide show function... Button script on mouseEnter hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseEnter on mouseLeave hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseLeave However this script does not allow for a instance when the mouse enters a button then leaves off screen. It will leave the image rolled up. There must be a more reliable way to create a roll-over effect in metacard. Also for some of the people using 2.3 and trying to launch the browser to move to a web page, I am using the externals collection to launch a page that re-directs to the internet hosted page the same way you would launch a document. I've heard that 2.4 does this better but really did not see the details can someone respond to this post s PC Treasures, Inc. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
Christopher Carey wrote: Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable roll-over. The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot. I have seen some scripts that rely on the hide show function... Button script on mouseEnter hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseEnter on mouseLeave hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseLeave However this script does not allow for a instance when the mouse enters a button then leaves off screen. It will leave the image rolled up. There must be a more reliable way to create a roll-over effect in metacard. Also for some of the people using 2.3 and trying to launch the browser to move to a web page, I am using the externals collection to launch a page that re-directs to the internet hosted page the same way you would launch a document. I've heard that 2.4 does this better but really did not see the details can someone respond to this post s It's even easier then that: just set the armedIcon of the button to the id of the rollover image. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717AIM: FourthWorldIncFax: 323-225-0716 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
Sorry to ask, but what does the hilite icon NOT do that you would want in a rollover effect? Perhaps I'm just being naive here... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Christopher Carey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:05 PM Subject: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable roll-over. The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot. I have seen some scripts that rely on the hide show function... Button script on mouseEnter hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseEnter on mouseLeave hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseLeave However this script does not allow for a instance when the mouse enters a button then leaves off screen. It will leave the image rolled up. There must be a more reliable way to create a roll-over effect in metacard. Also for some of the people using 2.3 and trying to launch the browser to move to a web page, I am using the externals collection to launch a page that re-directs to the internet hosted page the same way you would launch a document. I've heard that 2.4 does this better but really did not see the details can someone respond to this post s PC Treasures, Inc. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish
Whoops! Sorry, I meant the armed icon, not the hilite icon... My mistake... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish Sorry to ask, but what does the hilite icon NOT do that you would want in a rollover effect? Perhaps I'm just being naive here... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ - Original Message - From: Christopher Carey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:05 PM Subject: Rollovers,URLs, and a Wish Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable roll-over. The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot. I have seen some scripts that rely on the hide show function... Button script on mouseEnter hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseEnter on mouseLeave hide image click1.gif show image click2.gif end mouseLeave However this script does not allow for a instance when the mouse enters a button then leaves off screen. It will leave the image rolled up. There must be a more reliable way to create a roll-over effect in metacard. Also for some of the people using 2.3 and trying to launch the browser to move to a web page, I am using the externals collection to launch a page that re-directs to the internet hosted page the same way you would launch a document. I've heard that 2.4 does this better but really did not see the details can someone respond to this post s PC Treasures, Inc. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
