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Using Timelines Image Buttons

Adding Buttons

This tutorial assumes you have already completed tutorials one and two.

Create a new movie. In the properties of the movie, turn off 'Loop' and 'Auto Play'. In this movie the timeline will be controlled by buttons.


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Add two buttons to the library and set the Text of the buttons to Start and Return.


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Add the Start button to the timeline at frame zero and move it to the left of the editor.


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Single click in the timeline at frame ten so the red line moves to frame ten.


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Add the Return button to the timeline, a new frame will appear at frame ten. Move the button to the right of the editor.


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Unfortunately both buttons are now visible at frame ten. Create a new frame for the start button at frame ten.


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Then turn off visible in the properties.


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Now only the Start button should be visible at frame zero and only the return button visible at frame ten.

Click the button the Start button in the library to edit its properties.


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In the properties for the button, edit 'On Click'. Either choose the 'Goto and Stop' script function from the 'Script Functions' menu and change the Frame:Number value to 10, or simply type GotoAndStop(10).



GotoAndStop(Frame:Number);


GotoAndStop(10);

Edit the Return button and set it’s 'On Click' value to ‘GotoAndStop(0)’.



GotoAndStop(0);

To see the buttons in action click 'Play' on the toolbar or from the 'Movie' menu.


Play Play

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Click the Start button to go to frame ten, then click the Return button to back to frame zero.


Using Timelines Image Buttons