Imprezzy
04-13-2007, 11:46 PM
So, I'm creating a project that requires dozens of SWF files to be made and linked together. However, each SWF file has to be able to navigate back to the very first file by pressing "Home" or something. So the file structure works like this.
Home (root folder) -> Main Topic -> Sub Topic -> Sub-Sub Topic
So we have a "Table of Contents" menu that lists all of the main topics. You click on any of the main topics, the main topic has links of sub-topics. That sub topic chosen will be a menu of sub-sub topics. Then be able to also go backwards from sub-sub topic to sub topic to main topic and back to home.
I want the SWF's in each tier of folders to be able to go back to the main SWF file (think of it as a home page) in the home (root) folder. Like, an SWF file in the "Sub-Sub Topic" folder will have a buttons that can return me to the menu pages for "Sub Topic", "Main Topic", and "Home", so the user can jump to menu pages for each section, even if they're on different folder levels.
I'll be using an onRelease loadMovie script on each button in each SWF file to load a new movie. I have an idea of how the files should be branched out. I just wanted to know how I can accomplish how these SWF movies will navigate and link to each other. I've done projects where everything is in the same folder, but never done a Flash project where the SWF files involved are in different folders and having to back track a couple folders back.
Any suggestions on how to go about this? This will be a project that will also be burned on a CD too. I think my explaination's a little weird, I hope I got my point across on what I want to do. Thanks in advance!
Edit: Okay, after some figuring out. I know how to go forward into the folders (main folder to sub folder to sub sub folder), but I don't know how to link them back out (from swf file in sub sub folder to swf file in main folder and swf file in sub sub folder to swf file in sub folder).
Home (root folder) -> Main Topic -> Sub Topic -> Sub-Sub Topic
So we have a "Table of Contents" menu that lists all of the main topics. You click on any of the main topics, the main topic has links of sub-topics. That sub topic chosen will be a menu of sub-sub topics. Then be able to also go backwards from sub-sub topic to sub topic to main topic and back to home.
I want the SWF's in each tier of folders to be able to go back to the main SWF file (think of it as a home page) in the home (root) folder. Like, an SWF file in the "Sub-Sub Topic" folder will have a buttons that can return me to the menu pages for "Sub Topic", "Main Topic", and "Home", so the user can jump to menu pages for each section, even if they're on different folder levels.
I'll be using an onRelease loadMovie script on each button in each SWF file to load a new movie. I have an idea of how the files should be branched out. I just wanted to know how I can accomplish how these SWF movies will navigate and link to each other. I've done projects where everything is in the same folder, but never done a Flash project where the SWF files involved are in different folders and having to back track a couple folders back.
Any suggestions on how to go about this? This will be a project that will also be burned on a CD too. I think my explaination's a little weird, I hope I got my point across on what I want to do. Thanks in advance!
Edit: Okay, after some figuring out. I know how to go forward into the folders (main folder to sub folder to sub sub folder), but I don't know how to link them back out (from swf file in sub sub folder to swf file in main folder and swf file in sub sub folder to swf file in sub folder).