Flash Site Design - How to create a scrolling timeline.

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How to create a scrolling timeline.

mimikuk webforumsuser@macromedia.com

2003-12-22, 3:28 am

What I mean is I want to set up a demo with a timeline whos bar scrolls as the movie plays. The user can then take that bar and move it back or forward to advance to different points in the movie. Can someone help me with this. I could just create buttons
to move to different sections within a movie but the scrolling timeline seems so much cooler. Thanks, anyone?

pazzoboy webforumsuser@macromedia.com

2003-12-23, 2:28 am

On the main timeline, create a bar and convert it to a symbol. Attach this to it:

onClipEvent(load){
setProperty(this,_x,0);
setProperty(_root.TimeLineMovieClip,_x,0);
}
on(press){
this.startDrag();
}
on(release){
this.stopDrag();
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
_root.TimeLineMovieClip._x = this._x*-1; //only if they are both 0 at the start.
}