This is my first attempt at using Flash to build a website. I started with a
template and thus far have successfully modified all the existing pages to m
y
liking along with the menu buttons that call them.

I want to add a new page that's called by a new menu button that wasn't a pa
rt
of the original template. To hopefully simplify things, I copied an existing
flash .fla/.swf pair to use as a base for the new page. Then I copied an
existing button and placed it in the menu screen. All good so far...

Now I want to direct the new button to call the new page but I'm not sure ho
w
to accomplish this. I've found that the action script for the buttons seems 
to
be where the pages are called from (see field in BOLD below).

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(13);

}
on (release) {
_root.page="links"
_root.change.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

My problem is that the page names used in the button action scripts aren't t
he
same as the .fla/.swf pair names that the menu buttons call. And I don't kno
w
how the page name and the .fla/.swf names are aliased together, or where to
rename them.

Help ???

"Deltablues" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dtdldi$iqf$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> My problem is that the page names used in the button action scripts
> aren't the
> same as the .fla/.swf pair names that the menu buttons call. And I
> don't know
> how the page name and the .fla/.swf names are aliased together, or
> where to
> rename them.
>
> Help ???

Have to see something to help.  Anything else is just guessing.  Can
you post a link to your fla or the swf file?
tralfaz

Here's a link to both the .fla and .swf

http://esc73.midphase.com/~schehol8/2.0test/

Just to further clarify the explaination above... I'm just trying to figure 
out
where and how the page="PAGENAME" is used to point to the pages which are al
l
named with a 0068-* format. (Where do I find it to change it)?

Even more specifically, I want the page name of  "forsale" to be pointed to 
0068-7.fla & 0068-7.swf...

Bump...

I guess the value of this forum is that, no one here will ever answer your
questions, so you're forced to figure it out on your own(albeit in a much mo
re
lengthy period of time)...

The answer to my dilemma was to step through the entire website via Move
Explorer.  Under Symbol Definitions I found the page names that were being
called from the individual button ActionScripts, which also contained their
alias to the actual .swf names. This was all under a symbol called change in
Frame 2's Frame Actions.

My final question, (if anyone here would take the time to answer it...), is
this:  When I click on the Actions for Frame 2, the actions (F8) window pops
 up
with the same actionscript that I'm seeing in Move Explorer and Frame two of
the .swf in question is selected in the timeline.   But if I close out Movie
Explorer, and click on that same frame in the same file in the same timeline
,
and then manually select Actions (F8), the same actionscript doesn't show
up...???   Why does it only appear when I select it from the Move Explorer
table... ???

Deltablues, I certainly can relate to your frustration, I took a look at you
r
site, nice, I am hoping you woiuld be able to help me, I am having a problem
linking my template text to pages not located on the template, The page open
s
with an error message - page not found. I see you have links under your manu
als
and was hoping you could help me get mine working. :confused;