how to make a image on a slide bar navigate to home,contact, etc-page when clicked?

[kbakablackwater]

im building a website i created the home,contact,fashion etc pages already. i also made a image slide bar for the home page but i want to navigate a pic when clicked to go to the home page but i cant seem to figure it out. im using flash cs4. i want it to be a short cut to different pages on the website

[Ned Murphy]

If you show an image of what you mean, and explain it more clearly, someone might be able to offer some help.  If you tried something and it isn't working, you should include that as well.

[kbakablackwater]

hey Ned..

im using this to run for my home page

function gohome(evt:Event):void {

          gotoAndStop("home");

}

btnhome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,gohome);

''AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY''

I MADE THIS IMAGE SCROLL BAR AND IMPORTED IT TO MY TIMELINE

im trying to program the image on the scroll bar to go the home page

(here's where it is on the timeline)

(if i double click the menubar here is where i end up)

I DONT KNOW HOW OR WHERE TO PUT THE CODES SO THAT WHEN I CLICK ON THE IMAGE IT NAVIGATES TO ITS LOCATION,

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

One way you can do it is make that code you showed generic and place it in the main timeline on a layer that extends for the length of the timeline where that image scroller will be. 

Have your btnHome (renamed to be btn below) work for all of the menu options by making it an invisible button that covers the image portion of the image scoller.  Then use a variable for the gotoAndPlay argument ('selectedPage' below) that you reassign in each frame of the image scroller.

   // main timeline

   var selectedPage:String =  "home";  // whatever the starting value should be

   function goToPage(evt:Event):void {

          gotoAndStop(selectedPage);

   }

   btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goToPage);

Then inside yor image scroller in each frame you define a new value for the selectedPage variable. 

For instance, in frame 2 you put:

    MovieClip(parent).selectedPage = "music";

... in frame 3 you put:

    MovieClip(parent).selectedPage = "artist";

and so on

[kbakablackwater]

where in my main time line would i put the first code ?

and where inside my image scroller would i put the second code?

can you show me what it would look like if i made the image into a button and named it btnnewreleasebar

and i wanted to navigate it to the newrelease page . how would it look like ?

[Ned Murphy]

You probably need to go back to what I took the time to write up for you already and read it thru carefully.  It tells you where the code goes and what that code is.

I didn't say to use such a button, so I can't show you how it would look.  I said to use an invisible button that sits over the image portion of your slider (not inside that slider object).  An invisible button can be made by creating a new button symbol and placing a rectangle (or whatever shape) in only the Hit frame.

[kbakablackwater]

here's where im having trouble

do i code it like this

(lets use home for ex.) ( home=homepage & btnhome=the image on the scrollbar)

ex1)  var home:String =  "home";

   function gohome(evt:Event):void {

          gotoAndStop(home);

   }

btnhome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gohome);

MovieClip(parent).home= "home";

or

ex2) var selectedPage:String =  "home";

   function goToPage(evt:Event):void {

          gotoAndStop(home);

   }

   btnhome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goToPage);

MovieClip(parent).selectedPage= "home";

[Ned Murphy]

You are not following what I posted.  There will be no btnhome - it will not be an image inside your slider, just one btn for all of them to share that is not part opf the slider.  You only change the frame label to go to.

[kbakablackwater]

I figure it out Ned!! thanks a million buddy !!!!!

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome