not repeat intro

[Doctor Web]

i need to know how can i do if i have 2 animations on my home page on the same
movie, this first one is an intro, when it finishes it loads a second animation
with the menu bar, the rest of the page is html, if someone is on a section of
the site for example "about us" and want to return to the home, it plays the
whole intro again, i don't want this to happen and also i don't want to put an
skip intro button, if they have seen the intro it shouldn't play again, unleast
they want to repeat it with a repeat intro button, so what i need is how can i
make the movie to understand that the person has already been in the home page
so it shouldn't play the intro again.

[Jack.]

you can make use of the local sharedObject to store a counter on the user HD,
and something like - if( counter>0 ) { been there ,don't play } else { first
visit, play intro }

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/local_so.htm[/url]

my 2c's .. hth,

[Doctor Web]

ok, i'll try it, thanks a lot!!!

[urami_]

 

in addition to Jack's reply , i happen to do the exact thing right now for a client :

//frame action in flash movie

function VisitCheck() {
var myLocalSO = sharedobject.getLocal("visitRecord");
if (myLocalSO.data.visited == null) {
myLocalSO.data.visited = 1;
// your action for first visit here
trace("visit 1");
} else {
// your action for second and more visit to skip to diff
// frame on the timeline
trace("visit2");
}
}
VisitCheck();

you can test it locally , it will trace out.
The file with info will be store on your machine as visitRecord.sol
somewhere in temporary folders.....
Using search on windows can locate the file, you can delete it for farther
tests. Also take note that if you place it on first frame it might fail
as the movie is not entirely loaded and the action won't be able to locate the
target frame . Best to make small preloader and after loader send it to frame
on which you make the check , from there play or skip .



Regards


urami_*

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