Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:40:24 -0500 (CDT)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: Flash Animation Class 
Subject: Four buttons for UNI, ISU, Iowa and Google

Hello Flash students,

     http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/FourButtonsgetURL.html

     I have included the click event for the GOOGLE button on the
web page.  Of course, the library reusable asset (symbol) that
was created has a button behavior.

     You will see four instances of the myButton symbol on the
stage (aka web page FourButtonsgetURL.html includes the stage
of the published FourButtonsgetURL.fla, which is FourButtonsgetURL.swf
when published).

     The button is just a Shape (no object drawing mode) that is F8
converted to a symbol, and given the name myButton and behavior type
button.  The four instance names I chose were:

       uni_btn, isu_btn, iowa_btn and google_btn

     The four states of a button are:

        ----       ----                 ----        ---
         UP        OVER                 DOWN        HIT
        ----       ----                 ----        ---
         T         alpha is          Moved 8 ->    is a keyframe identical
         I         set to                          to either the UP or
         N         50%, so                         the OVER keyframe.
         T         the tint,           
                   the color,                      It is NOT identical to
                   whatever it is,    8 right          the DOWN keyframe!
                   will be faded...   8 down

        ----       ----                 ----        ---
         UP        OVER                 DOWN        HIT
        ----       ----                 ----        ---
        TINT       Alpha                Movement    Can be
                                                    larger...
                                                    Always invisible...

      Color property choies are: None, Bright, Tint, Alpha, and Advanced.
                                               ----  -----

      Note:  When you are changing the color using the paint bucket
             fill color choice for the Shape of the myButton in the
             Over keyframe, you will click on the paint bucket,
             for the FILL COLOR choice of your Oval or Rectangle
             Shape.  Then you will see there is an Alpha 100% at the
             top of that "dialogue" box.  Change this Alpha to 50%
             or to 40%.

        http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/FourButtonsgetURL.html

        http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash

      Mark