Hi Christopher,
> Metacard is great at putting together easy elements fast but the one thing
> that I miss from Director 8 and others is the ability to make a reliable
> roll-over.
Roll-overs in Director (Ooops the D-word ;-) HAVE to be scripted, too.
(If you do not want to use these UGLY pre-made behaviours ;-)
And it is very easy to do that in MC !!!
>The hilite icon feature really does not hit the spot.
The hilite icon is supposed to be displayed when the mouse
is "down" inside the button.
EXAMPLE:
(Images can be displayed INSIDE a button with its icon-property !!!
Far more flexible than showing/hiding images !!!)
Take 3 images and import them into MC:
image 1 for the normal btn-state
image 2 for the roll-over
image 3 for the hilite
Write down the IDs of these images
Properties -> Name
Then you can even hide these images.
In this example i will use these IDs:
ID 1003 for image 1
ID 1004 for image 2
ID 1005 for image 3
In the Porperties-palette -> Extras
set the icons for the buttons:
Icon 1003
HiliteIcon 1005
Now you need these 2 handlers in the button script
on mouseenter
set the icon of me to 1004 ##the "rollover"
end mouseenter
on mouseleave
set the icon of me to 1003 ##to restore the "normal" icon
end mouseleave
That's it...
I hope that helps and you get the picture.
If not, feel free to mail me offlist and i will send you a tiny demo-stack
or will try to explain this even more precise :-D
Regards
Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MetaScape GmbH
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