Adding actions to a cue point (Flash Professional only

Flash MX Professional 2004 provides two cue point behaviors for adding actions to a Flash document, Labeled Frame CuePoint Navigation and Slide CuePoint Navigation. The Labeled Frame CuePoint Navigation behavior adds an action that instructs the Timeline to navigate to a frame with the same name as a given cue point. The Slide CuePoint Navigation behavior instructs a slide-based Flash document to navigate to a slide with the same name as a given cue point and time.

To add a Labeled Frame CuePoint Navigation behavior:

  1. Add a blank keyframe (Insert > Timeline > Blank Keyframe) on the same Timeline as the MediaDisplay or MediaPlayback component, and enter a frame label in the Properties inspector.
  2. Select the MediaDisplay or MediaPlayback component that will trigger the action.
  3. In the Behaviors panel (Window > Development Panels > Behaviors), click the Add (+) button and select the Labeled Frame CuePoint Navigation behavior from the Media submenu.
  4. Select the timeline where your frame label reside (in most cases _root) in the Labeled Frame CuePoint Navigation dialog box.
  5. Select Relative and click OK.

    When the video plays for the amount of time indicated with the cue point, the Flash document navigates to the frame label entered in the cue point.

To add a Slide CuePoint Navigation behavior:

  1. Create a slide presentation and name each screen. For more information, see Working with Screens (Flash Professional Only).
  2. Select the MediaDisplay or MediaPlayback component that will trigger the action.
  3. In the Behaviors panel (Window > Development Panels > Behaviors), click the Add (+) button and select the Slide CuePoint Navigation behavior from the Media submenu.
  4. Select the main slide of your presentation in the Slide CuePoint Navigation dialog box.
  5. Select Relative and click OK.

    When the video plays for the amount of time indicated with the CuePoint, the Flash document navigates to the screen entered in the CuePoint.