problem in creating an interactive map

[amine000]

Hello,

Fist things first, i'm very glad to discover this community, and hope to have fun learning from you

well, my fist question is about creating an interactive world map on flash actionscript 3, the problem that i'm facing now: is when i try to copie the pictures of different countries that i created on adobe fireworks thanks to the magic tool (see capture 1) and paste them adobe flash actionscript 3, this last gives me onely the basic wallpaper ignoring all the layers that i created on fireworks ( see capture 2) ! Any solutions?

Best regards,

CAPTURE 1

CAPTURE 2

[Ned Murphy]

Have you tried using the image importing utility instead of copy/paste?  I don't remember ever importing a layered drawing from Fireworks, but if they did it right it should give you the option to import the image with all of the layers as separate entities.

[amine000]

Hi Ned,

Well, I tried but nan same problem, it doesn't even give me the option box to should whether i want to import the layers or not!

[amine000]

I mean the option box to choose whether i want to import the layers or not

[Ned Murphy]

If it does not offer an option then my best guess is that they never developed that option for Fireworks... though they did do so for Photoshop (PSD) files.  From what I can see Photoshop doesn't preserve the layers either, though I am not a Photoshop aficianado... I would use Fireworks or even Flash over Photoshop to develop my graphics.

[amine000]

Hi Ned, thanks for your answer. that's right, i prefer fireworks over photoshop too !

I've decided to develop the map in fireworks then take it to edge animate to make some fancy animations, in fireworks i want to creat buttons for each country, do you know a way to creat all buttons for all countries in the same time instead creating one after an other (it's gonna take me a decade to finish them all !).