Hi,
That's the same approach I have taken - create basic rollover button
code and give the designers a template. It is not a hugely different
with AS3; extend MovieClip, add event handlers for mouse over, etc.
then fill in the functionality as you see fit. It's a good exercise too
if you are finding your way around new code, so re-inventing the wheel
has benefits and maybe enables you to refactor some old code to update it.
HTH
Glen
Matthew James Poole wrote:
A number of companies I've worked for have had solutions for this along
a similar vein.
Basically you have labeled states in a MovieClip and that MovieClip has
a AS class linkage and you have code that manages the states. It does
mean that the desingers have to remember to use the class linkage, but
I've never found a problem explaining that to them - just a small
learning curve on their part.
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Subject: [Flashcoders] OldSchool buttons w/NewSchool AS
Old school (4-frame) buttons are so nice because they give designers
direct access to the look of the button in each of four states, but as a
programmer they've always driven me nuts. I want to use AS to control
the buttons. I want a set of templates that determine what the body of
the button looks like and the ability to dynamically set the text and/or
graphical "content" inside the border of the button. While I can think
of a few ways to do this, I don't want to reinvent the wheel and I'm
looking for some friendly wisdom. I see the world through the eyes of a
programmer, and I've been a soloist for a very, very long time. New
opportunities call for me to lead and direct artists, and to provide a
framework that won't hinder their creativity.
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