You could try putting all the site content HTML on a DHTML layer above
the scaling Flash movie...
Why do you need the thing to scroll if it is going to scale to 100%
browser size anyways? Won't the scroll bars always be inactive?
d
[quoted text, click to view] FlashRookie01 wrote:
> Don't know of any ways of making HTML backgrounds scalable, so I'm trying Flash
> MX Professional 2004 to build this website I'm working on.
>
> In addition to having the background scalable, I need it to be horizontally
> scrollable. So, I've set up a ScrollPane component that spans the whole browser
> window, and have associated this component with the JPEG that I want as
> background for this page.
>
> This setup works great as far as scrollability and scalability are concerned.
> Now the challenge I face is figuring out a way to make the SrollPane's contents
> interactive (as in I'd like to add links and such to this scrolling jpg ? can't
> do this outside the ScrollPane [above it, for example], because then these
> elements won't travel with the scrolling background within the ScrollPane).
>
> I wonder if this is even possible, or if there is some other arrangement that
> might do the trick (instead of a ScrollPane, maybe a scrollable text area that
> takes HTML?). Your suggestions will be *most* appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Don't know of any ways of making HTML backgrounds scalable, so I'm trying Flash
MX Professional 2004 to build this website I'm working on.
In addition to having the background scalable, I need it to be horizontally
scrollable. So, I've set up a ScrollPane component that spans the whole browser
window, and have associated this component with the JPEG that I want as
background for this page.
This setup works great as far as scrollability and scalability are concerned.
Now the challenge I face is figuring out a way to make the SrollPane's contents
interactive (as in I'd like to add links and such to this scrolling jpg ? can't
do this outside the ScrollPane [above it, for example], because then these
elements won't travel with the scrolling background within the ScrollPane).
I wonder if this is even possible, or if there is some other arrangement that
might do the trick (instead of a ScrollPane, maybe a scrollable text area that
takes HTML?). Your suggestions will be *most* appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Thanks, Dan. In answer to your question, the scroll pane is 100% browser
window, not the jpg contained in the scoll pane. The jpg is longer than the
browser window (thus longer than the scroll pane). I need the jpg to scroll
horizontally -- which it already does just fine, by means of the scroll pane.
Ideally, the interactive elements (links etc) will span the length of the jpg,
so they need to scroll too... In fact, jpg and interactive elements should
scroll in unison... That's the tricky part! Even if you place the interactive
elements in a DHTML layer, this layer needs to scoll, as mentioned above, in
unison with the jpg... so the tricky part remains... Hope my explanation is not
overly confusing ;). If it isn't, and you have any clues, that'd be great!
Thanks again!
If I understand correctly yes you can do this but you will need to make the JPG
into either a movie or movie clip and load that into the scrollpane rather than
just the JPG alone. In the movie (or clip) you can place buttons or movie clip
buttons to provide interactivity. Since they would be in the movie along with
the JPG, they would scroll and move with it.
Yep, worked great. Your suggestion even got rid of a few stubborn issues I was
having (i.e. the scroll pane was not showing the scroll bars unless the screen
was refreshed), and it got the timing of the whole movie in perfect synch.
Excellent. Thanks once more.
Hey guys,
I was very interested in your projects, as I would love to know how to do this
also.
Did you succeed?
I'm not as advanced as you are, but would love more info if you have time.
Do you have any links where you have created this effect?
Many thanks, tony
