Sounds on buttons

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bear with me i am new to all this and just trying to learn slowly. I know this maybe basic but can anyone give me some pointers in the right direction and tell me how i can put sounds to nav buttons? is this incorporated into the States of the buttons on up and down…i just want to put a simple click sound on them.

is it hard can anyone guide a clueless guy like me?

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well i guess since you dont know much about the sound object just do this:

go into your button stages. import the sound into what ever stage you want. meaning if you want the sound to play when you roll over the button, in the up stage import the sound.

don’t mean to insult your intelligence but incase you don’t know to import hit ctrl + R or file import and drag it from your library.

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Have you looked sound up in the Flash MX help files? Do you know how to put sound onto a layer yet?

<B>Loading Sound onto a Layer…or frame…</b>
Okay, to begin with, you must have the sound you want to put in the layer in your library. Next, edit your button. Add a new layer. Click on the first frame of that new layer. Check your <b>properties panel</b>. Click the box next to <b>“sound”</b> and choose the one you want to play when you rollOver the button. Okay, we gotta move this frame over to the <B>“OVER”</b> state of the button. Then put two blank key frames for the DOWN and HIT states (those might not be the exact names, sorry). Okay, so, check the layer. It should have these: blank key frame, key frame with your sound file on it, blank key frame, blank key frame. Cool! Test the movie and it should work.

<B>ActionScript Style</B>
You can also do it via action script. First, put the sound file you want in the library, right-click on it, click <b>linkage</b>, click <B>export for actionscript</b>, and give it a proper name (we’ll use <b>cool</b>). Next, click on your button and open the <b>actionscript panel</b>. Put the following code:


on(rollOver){
//make "mySound" a sound object
mySound = new Sound();
//let's attach that sound with the linkage
//name of "cool"
mySound.attachSound("cool");
//start the sound at second 0 and play only
//one time
mySound.start(0,1);
}

Easy enough, right?

Later,
–Elios

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good post elios, that is the correct way but i have a feeling garvmg was looking for something a bit easier as i take it garvmg is a noob.

but garvmg even if you do it the way i tld you, when your done do it the way elios advised, because when you want to add sound to your movie that’s the way it should be done :slight_smile:

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:alien:
Hmm, that way’s really only necessary if you want it to stop, but, as of yet, I haven’t ever really seen a fla where it stops a button sound (yeah, technical terms rock). So I’m sure your way is all he needs.

Later,
–Elios

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yeah am appreciative of all your help. I am a noob but am gunna stick to it and learn, i have had this studiomx for a while now and have only just got myself together to learn from it.

I am building a website for my rock band in dreamweaver and i just need some flash movies thrown in to make it look interesting as well as informative.

thanks again for all your help I will try what u suggested!!!