Help with Buttons

[djm79 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi-

This is a basic director question, I'm sure. This is my first time trying it out and I'm already stuck on something. I'm using director mx on an g4 imac running osx.2.6

Here's my problem... I am making an interactive cd in a hurry and trying make it simple and fast. I built the background in another program and saved it as a tiff. The background includes a bar at the bottom to be used as a navigation bar. I've imported that tiff just fine and now I want to be able to click on the bar at the bottom of the background like buttons. I was hoping there was some tool I could use for the (much like image mapping in dreamweaver). For now, I have made a button and set the ink to transparent background, but I still have a black line outlining the button. How do I get rid of that black line? or Is this the correct way to do what I'm trying to do. I don't want to get real fancy cause I'm on a tight schedule. I'm just a beginner, so if you reply, please write you're explaination like you're talking to a 10 year old. Thanks in advance for your help!

[JPrice]

Make an invisible shape and put it over your buttons. You can attach
behaviors to that shape for navigation.

Judy

"djm79" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi-
>
> This is a basic director question, I'm sure. This is my first time trying

it out and I'm already stuck on something. I'm using director mx on an g4
imac running osx.2.6

>
> Here's my problem... I am making an interactive cd in a hurry and trying

make it simple and fast. I built the background in another program and saved
it as a tiff. The background includes a bar at the bottom to be used as a
navigation bar. I've imported that tiff just fine and now I want to be able
to click on the bar at the bottom of the background like buttons. I was
hoping there was some tool I could use for the (much like image mapping in
dreamweaver). For now, I have made a button and set the ink to transparent
background, but I still have a black line outlining the button. How do I get
rid of that black line? or Is this the correct way to do what I'm trying to
do. I don't want to get real fancy cause I'm on a tight schedule. I'm just a
beginner, so if you reply, please write you're explaination like you're
talking to a 10 year old. Thanks in advance for your help!

>
>

[Dave Mennenoh]

Easiest way to do what you're after is to use the open rectangle in the tool
palete - then choose the no outline line type - right at the bottom of the
tool palette are the four line types - the top (dotted) one is no outline.
You can't remove the outline from a button so use a rectangle instead...

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Dave Mennenoh
[url]http://www.crackconspiracy.com/~davem[/url]