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Flash MX2004 Slideshow Tutorial

by Cressida Goddard

Making a Slide Show

  1. Open a new flash document
  2. Create a layer called images and import about 5 images onto the timeline
    flash mx2004 slideshow tutorial
  3. Now make an actions layer and keep it on top.
    flash mx2004 slideshow tutorial
  4. Select the 1st frame in the actions layer and go to Window >> Development Panels >> Actions to open the actions panel.
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  6. In the actions tool box choose Global Functions - Timeline control and double click on stop to add a stop action. This will cause the movie to stop when it first appears on the screen allowing users to control their viewing of your pictures.

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    There should be a little 'a' on the timeline. The actions panel should look like this.
  7. Now create 2 new layers called butforward and butprevious.
  8. From the library drag a forward button and a back button onto the stage. Window - Other Panels - Common libraries - Buttons.
    Make sure they are on their correct layers.
    flash mx2004 slideshow tutorial
  9. Now click on each button and name each object in the instance text box in the Properties panel next_btn and prev_btn.
    flash mx2004 slideshow tutorial
  10. Select the 1st frame again in the actions layer and go to Window >> Development Panels >> Actions to open the actions panel.
  11. Type the following code exactly after the stop action you wrote previously:
    // next button
    next_btn.onRelease = function() {
    	gotoAndStop(_currentframe+1);
    };
    
    // previous button
    prev_btn.onRelease = function() {
    	gotoAndStop(_currentframe-1);
    };
    
  12. Then you can play your slideshow.
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