I am trying to follow along with the lesson in Chapter 12 and I am not getting the results as described in the book. Page 204 states that "You haven't made any changes to the Buffer or Progress bar, yet these controls should appear red due to the color changes you made to the underlying chrome_mc MovieClip." I made the change of chrome_mc to red, but the buffer bar remains green.
Also, on page 207, step 9 refers to an "actions layer." Where is it? I only see "player" and "comments" layers. However, when I open the "flvplayback_customcontrols_complete.fla" file, "actions" and "buttons" layers have been added. Was adding these two new layers supposed to be part of the lesson?
I have enjoyed reading the book so far and have learned a great deal. Unfortunately, as these are the first two lessons I have chosen to do from the book, I have to say I am disappointed that neither of my results match what the books says so far. Is this a result of my own errors in executing the lessons, or is something missing?
Hi Dave, sorry about the problems. Trust me, the skinning chapters are the most complicated ones to explain in a book so don't worry if they aren't right first time.
ok the actions layer issue first: you've spotted a mistake. the commenst layer should be named actions. Simply keep that in mind when you add the code (add it to the comments layer, the name of the layer is not that important as long as the code gets added somewhere on frame 1).
As for the chrome_mc beign red but the controls remaining green - that seems strange and to be honest I can't say why that is. Are you using Flash 8 or Flash CS3 to follow along?
Hi, Stefan, Thanks for the quick response. Using the "comments" layer did the trick. I guess I should have tried that. Thanks for that. At least now you know to fix that for future editions if you didn't already.
As for the other issue, I am using Flash 8 on a MacBook Pro. I tried going through the process again and I still get the same result.
Also, on page 207, step 9 refers to an "actions layer." Where is it? I only see "player" and "comments" layers. However, when I open the "flvplayback_customcontrols_complete.fla" file, "actions" and "buttons" layers have been added. Was adding these two new layers supposed to be part of the lesson?
I have enjoyed reading the book so far and have learned a great deal. Unfortunately, as these are the first two lessons I have chosen to do from the book, I have to say I am disappointed that neither of my results match what the books says so far. Is this a result of my own errors in executing the lessons, or is something missing?
sorry about the problems. Trust me, the skinning chapters are the most complicated ones to explain in a book so don't worry if they aren't right first time.
ok the actions layer issue first: you've spotted a mistake. the commenst layer should be named actions. Simply keep that in mind when you add the code (add it to the comments layer, the name of the layer is not that important as long as the code gets added somewhere on frame 1).
As for the chrome_mc beign red but the controls remaining green - that seems strange and to be honest I can't say why that is. Are you using Flash 8 or Flash CS3 to follow along?
cheers
Stefan
Thanks for the quick response. Using the "comments" layer did the trick. I guess I should have tried that. Thanks for that. At least now you know to fix that for future editions if you didn't already.
As for the other issue, I am using Flash 8 on a MacBook Pro. I tried going through the process again and I still get the same result.