Datasheet

Creating Animations 229
• Effect: named object control (hide, show, recolour).
• Position: move objects by pixel or to screen areas.
• Pre-loader: rewind animation, object stretch.
• Sound: increase/decrease volume, play/stop sound, set volume.
• Timeline: go to marker, animation frame, animation playback control
(stop, play, rewind).
DrawPlus makes use of ActionScript, a language specifically designed for Adobe
Flash applications, to allow a high level of interactivity between the exported
Flash SWF and the user (e.g., a web visitor).
When an action is applied from the menu you may be prompted for a parameter
setting (pixel width, colour, etc) but you can alter parameters at any time—
without having to view underlying ActionScript code.
Optionally, a new action can be created from scratch within the dialog. Simply
code directly or paste ActionScript into an Edit window.
To apply an action to selected object(s):
1. Select an object on any keyframe.
2. Double-click an event from the Actions tab.
3. From the dialog, navigate the tree menu, expanding the options if
necessary, and click on a chosen action (e.g., Timeline Actions>Go to
marker X).
4. Click the
button to apply the selected action (it moves across into
the Applied Actions box), then repeat for optional additional actions.
You may be presented with a dialog which prompts for object names
or parameter values (colours, number of pixels, marker names, etc.)
required for the underlying ActionScript code to act on.
5. (Optional) For multiple applied actions, you can order the Applied
Actions list with the Up or Down buttons.
6. Click OK. You'll notice the selected event now shown in bold in the
Actions tab.