MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Director MX Basics Tutorial 83
Add buttons to the Stage
Next, you’ll add buttons that control playback of the QuickTime sprite. These buttons are already
included in the Cast window in cast slots 9, 10, and 11. Unlike the Director Button cast
members, these cast members are bitmap graphics that don’t include automatic button
functionality. Later you’ll add Lingo to the buttons to make them control the QuickTime sprite.
You’ll put the buttons near the bottom of the QuickTime sprite, allowing room on the Stage for
the scene navigation buttons as well.
1
To place the Play button on the Stage, click frame 55 in the frame number bar in the Score if
the frame is not already selected.
2
Drag the Play button from the Cast window to the left side of the Stage, directly beneath the
QuickTime sprite. Because you’ll align all three buttons soon, don’t worry about precise
placement yet.
The Play button’s sprite appears on the Stage and in channel 2, frames 55 through 64,
of the Score.