Creating Sound Buttons

Sound buttons allow you to associate a sound to the click of a button. To achieve this type of effect, all you need is a sound file in wav format and a button created with Flash.

Once you have these components, proceed as follows:

1. Select File > Import, and choose the sound file to import into your animation.
   
   
2. Select the button to which you want to add sound.
   
   
3. Select Edit > Edit Selected. The four boxes that show up in the timeline correspond to the four possible button states:
   
   
- Up: The button is inactive.

- Over: The mouse cursor is placed over the button .

- Down: The mouse button is being held down.

- Hit: Corresponds to the button area that reacts to the mouse clicks.



Figure 1: The timeline and stage areas during button editing


4. Double-click the Hit area, then select the Sound tab in the dialog box that appears.
   
   
5. Choose the sound to use in the Sound drop-down menu, then validate with the OK button.
   
   


Figure 2: The sound has been selected

The sound is now associated to the button and each click will trigger the sound playback.