How to Create a Button in Director to Jump to Another Fram
You can create a button in Macromedia Director that will allow you to jump to another frame when you click on it. You might want to do this if you are creating a menu, for example. These instructions apply to Macromedia Director 5.0. Procedures for other versions may vary.
- Open the Score, Control Panel and Tool Palette from the Window menu.
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Click on a cell using the Score window at a point in the frame that is to contain your button. This selects the cell and moves the playback head to the frame that you have chosen.
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Step 3
Click on Button in the Tool Palette, then drag the Button tool to the Stage.
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Step 4
Draw a button on Stage.
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Step 5
Resize your button, color it and add text as desired.
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Step 6
Click on your button to select it.
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Step 7
Click in the white Script window at the top left-hand side of the screen, then select New Script. A Script window appears and contains the words, “On mouseUp …. end.”
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Step 8
Locate the blank line that appears between “on MouseUp” and “end.”
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Step 9
Type the words “go frame frameName” on the black line. In the place of “frameName,” use the name of the frame that you have chosen.
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Step 10
Close the script window.
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Step 11
Play your movie using the Play command on the Control Panel. When you click on your button, the playhead will jump to the frame that you have specified.