Cannot add link to menu in Flash 8

[gibsongk55]

Hi Everyone,

I am soooo frustrated and found this forum. Four hours messing with this simple thing. I am using Flash 8 with a bought template. I want to add links to the menu buttons. I assume there are none there.

Under "library" i found 6 graphic files named Symbol9 through Symbol14 which are the menu words. I have 6 button files named Symbol3 through Symbol8. I don't know what they are but i am assuming they are the hit area as i see it opened in the timeline.

Now i cannot add the link code to the button as i get this error: "Current selection can't have actions applied to it.".

No matter what i do i can't get the code there. I have searched all over the web and found many forums. Nothing makes this thing work. The menu files for the text are not buttons so i cannot put code there. Can someone please help me?

Thanks,

Gibs

[hyk]

Hi gibsongk55, if you don`t mind could you post your sourcefile etc here? Its very hard for the others to help you without seeing the source.

[gibsongk55]

Don't know where or how to upload the .fla file here. I can email it to you.

Thanks,

Gibs

[hyk]

lol, I still a noobie in flash So i don`t suppose i can be of much help to you. either you can zip it up here .if the file to be big to be zip up here. you can upload it at mediafire. After uploading it, copy & paste the link here. The experts can take a look & hopefully help you solve your problems & answer your questions.

That is what i did at the beginning

[gibsongk55]

Hi,

Ok i zipped it and you can get the source file here;

http://www.gibsongk55.com

Thanks for your help,

Gibs

[hyk]

Hi again,could you post your .fla instead of your .swf file. They need to look at your code to get a better understanding of the problem.

[gibsongk55]

Okay.. sorry about that... stupid of me.

Same link it's there.


Gibs

[gibsongk55]

Okay i finally figured out how to get the link in there after about 8 hours.

I had to drag the button which is actually the hit area to the stage over the menu text.

Centered it. Right clicked on it, left clicked on actions and pasted the url code in the script area. Then i had to go back and double click on that little blue line which is the button which is the hit area. Go to the scene on top and drag the read play line to "Hit"

It works but the menu area of the button shows a thin white line where the hit area is dragged over the text. I tried to the hit line or button or whatever all the names of one item is called to clear but no success.

Thanks,

Gibs

oh and i am re-ftp'ing what i have so far to that link.

[Medyman]

Hmm...
boy, I hate these stupid Flash tempaltes.

A workaround to your problem is this:
highlight the button
go to the properties panel (at the bottom of your screen)
there will be a dropdown labelled "Color;"
select Alpha from that drop down
set the 2nd dropdown that will appear to 0%

This entire thing could be made 100% simpler. I don't know why the people that make templates (thing which are meant and expected to be edited by people who don't know Flash and ActionScript) are made to be so complicated.

[hyk]

I don't know why the people that make templates (thing which are meant and expected to be edited by people who don't know Flash and ActionScript) are made to be so complicated.

For a start,no offence Medyman. I think the answer to it is that you guys who are seasoned professionals assume* us newbies to understand since some of the codes look simple to you guys but it is a whole new thing for people who do not know the language or has just starting learning.But a newbie view (my view), if given a template i would copy & paste the whole thing in & assume it will be free from errors. I would not bother to check what this & that code means at the beginning. I would only find out what it means when i run into errors oh shyt, i said out my bad habits.