magazine. done, must know how to do AS, (buttons.)

[BilliardBall10]

so, clock-crew, i'm almost done with TIEM, though, i have some issues with it. (no pun!)
i am viewing everything in it, from contents, to the intro message, of the epic-ZL..
....but i CAN'T view the last two articles,

-absinthe's last pages-editor's note/story

and

-strange-clocks last-pages story.

so, i have flash 8, and if you guys can read ALL the pages, can you e-mail me the pages i'm missing, in a .JPEG, or a .PNG form?
and the cover.

look here:
http://files.myfrogbag.com/jcjo3z8d4...0issue%209.fla

ALSO! i need some help WITH ACTIONSCRIPT (AS). tell me:
HOW CAN i turn the ''pages'' by pressing arrow keys, like left-or-right -arrow-keys, man!
AND. i want -TO KNOW:
HOW CAN I TURN PAGES, WITH BUTTONS.. like a ''next''-''previous'' button.
how can i do it?

so, help me now, and i will give you epics.
-also, whoever wants to design a cover, feel free to do so.

[BilliardBall10]

its really, here:
]http://files.myfrogbag.com/jcjo3z8d45ywx3r/Tiem%20issue%209.fla [bob

click

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

What you want to do is add a global event listener for a keyboard event and add a corseponding function to call, like this:

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stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, myFunction);

function myFunction(e:KeyboardEvent):void{
trace("SCSP is a cool dude");
}
then of course change myFunction into the actual function that is used to change a page.
I you want this function called when clicking a button just use :

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button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,  myFunction);
and then of course myfunction is no longer called by a keyboard event but mouseevent and must look like

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function myFunction(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("SCSP is a cool dude");
}

[BilliardBall10]

What you want to do is add a global event listener for a keyboard event and add a corseponding function to call, like this:

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stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, myFunction);

function myFunction(e:KeyboardEvent):void{
trace("SCSP is a cool dude");
}

then of course change myFunction into the actual function that is used to change a page.
I you want this function called when clicking a button just use :

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button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,  myFunction);

and then of course myfunction is no longer called by a keyboard event but mouseevent and must look like

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function myFunction(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("SCSP is a cool dude");
}

ok, so i will use the MOUSE_DOWN for the ''mouse click on button.
but HOW can i make the pages turn(i mean move from page 1, to page 1, and vice-versa) by using only arrow-keys?
and in flash?

also, what function should i use in the spot/area  of ''myfunction''?
and what trace should i add, in the place of ''SCSP is an awesome dude''? the number of the pages? or of the frames?
sorry, but im new at this.

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

Do you want to make the pages actually turn as in the original TIEM issues? Because there should still be a source for that.
If you just want to make a function that skips to the next frame to show the new page, then make two buttons with the instance and add eventlisteners to them (listening to mousevent of course) and make them call the following functions

the fucntions also contain a check if this is the final frame of the first frame so you cant skip past that, instead you go to the first or last frame again.

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function forward(event:MouseEvent) {
    if (this.currentFrame == this.totalFrames) {
        gotoAndStop(1);
    }
    else {
        nextFrame();
    }
}


function backward(event:MouseEvent) {
    if (this.currentFrame == 1) {
        gotoAndStop(this.totalFrames);
    }
    else
    {
        prevFrame();
    }
}

[BilliardBall10]

ok, one more thing, spongebob, square-clock, and thanks for all the help/patience, i want to know also how i can turn the pages(without the special effects), but by using the arrow-keys (and not the mouse, at all!).
and left arrow, is page back, and right is go a page forward.

can i do that, and how.

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

Do exactly the same thing as with the function the mouseevent calls, but use a KeyBoardEvent as stated in an earlier post. The eventlistener should listen to a keyboard event

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stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_RIGHT, forward);

and

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function forward(event:KeyboardEvent) {
    if (this.currentFrame == this.totalFrames) {
        gotoAndStop(1);
    }
    else {
        nextFrame();
    }
}



http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/KeyboardEvent.html

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

O yeah I read your pm.
I didn't know your flash version was so ancient and not AS3 compatible. You don't have access to a newer version of flash?

[BilliardBall10]

its quite old, flash MX age-2002.
the year.

uhhh, could i mail it 2 you, so that you add the actionscript for now, and i learn from that after i get - that?

[TelephoneClock]

its quite old, flash MX age-2002.
the year.

uhhh, could i mail it 2 you, so that you add the actionscript for now, and i learn from that after i get - that?

I think he wants to physically mail this to you. Like, with stamps and everything.

[BilliardBall10]

whats your email, sponge clock?(tell me in a PM)

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

seriously i think you should check out this pageflip actionscript 2 stuff this guy made.
http://www.pixelwit.com/blog/page-flip/
Also tons of tutorial on his site about adding pages and stuff.