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I want to display a rotating object in flex. I have done so by photographing a model in 20 positions on a turntable.
I put all the images in a slideshow.
I make 20 mouseover buttons side by side to 'go to slide' numbers 1 - 20.
This works fine - you can see it if you wish on www.macsnapper.com select flash tests.
but
to avoid the tedium of making 20 buttons the correct size and position each time I make a new presentation (since the objects will have different sizes or proportions) I thought I could make it more automatic by using script to make active 'zones' distributed across the width of the slideshow object, using the mouse x position to select the appropriate slide to show...
The following script works when I am developing/testing but fails when I publish - can anyone please tell me why???

------- the script-------

var slideshowWidth = Slideshow.GetWidth()
var mousePos = GetMousePosition()
var mouseX = mousePos.x
var zoneSize = slideshowWidth/20 \\(if there are 20 slide images)
var slideNum = mouseX/zoneSize \\ relates the x-pos to the slide no.
var slideNum = Math.round(slideNum)
Slideshow.GotoSlide(slideNum)

-------- end script --------------

Hi mac,
I hope the weather is better in Auckland than it is in Levin.
Your script looks ok to me -- maybe the trigger used is not recognised when you publish to Flex.

The script below published OK to Flex with 2 images in the Slideshow.
I used the RegisterEventHandler 'mousemove' function as a trigger because it works ok in Flex as a substitute for a 'while' loop.

//---------- start script --------------------------

imageNum=2;
slideshowWidth = Slideshow.GetWidth()
zoneSize = slideshowWidth/imageNum

RegisterEventHandler("mousemove", OnMouseMove);
function OnMouseMove(pos) {
mousePos = GetMousePosition()
mouseX = pos.x
slideNum = Math.round(mouseX/zoneSize)
Slideshow.GotoSlide(slideNum)
} // end function

//----------- end script -------------------------

pub enclosed (Pro 4.21) and published flex files.

Paul

Thank you so much Paul - that does it...
I was using a script triggered by a mouse move action, but your eventhandler option has solved it.
and no, the weather in Auckland is LOUSY !