IanD — Tue, 14 May 2002 00:06:25 +0000

Oh, that did work. I missed the part about them being frame labels instead of scene names the first time, sorry

I'm pretty sure it doesn't embed the font by default, though; I viewed that .swf @ work and it didn't display the font (Mickey), but it does @ home where I have the font installed. I'm using Flash 5 if that makes a difference.

TonyMontana — Mon, 13 May 2002 22:09:21 +0000

You didn't use frame labels. Reiteration:

Place the appropriate frame labels on each scene, with the correct target, and it will work.

For more info on frame labels, check the actionscript dictionary.

And Flash will embed the font that you choose by default.

TonyMontana
ElectricMountain

IanD — Mon, 13 May 2002 20:36:45 +0000

I tried that too and that doesn't work either (I've updated the website if you want to see for yourself). Maybe _parent isn't the proper Location?

Also, can anyone tell me how to include a font in the .swf so that it will display properly even if the user doesn't have that font installed?

Thanks

TonyMontana — Mon, 13 May 2002 18:20:07 +0000

You need to use frame labels when targetting scenes from inside a MC on the main timeline. ie:

on (release) {
_parent.gotoAndStop("tour");
}

Place the appropriate frame labels on each scene, with the correct target, and it will work.

TonyMontana
ElectricMountain

IanD — Mon, 13 May 2002 10:43:01 +0000

Thanks for your reply, but I tried that and it still doesn't do anything when you click the buttons. I updated the .fla and .swf on website if you need to look at it.

Megan — Mon, 13 May 2002 02:25:06 +0000

What you're going to have to do is tell it to go back to the parent scene and then switch scenes. Think of it like going up one level in a file directory. This is what works for my site's navigation:

on (release) {
    _parent.goto = "samples";
}

"Samples" being the scene I'ms sitching to. I guess you would do ("samples",1) if you wanted to send it to a particular frame in the "samples" scene