Does anyone know if there is a way to add a mouseover/mouseout effect to the swfobject.js file to change the cursor to a "pointer/hand" when over a "clickable" movie?
I have figured out how to use swfobject to embed my movie so that it displays without an "action required" command, but when I roll over it with my mouse, the cursor remains in the "default/arrow" style. I would like it to appear as a "pointer/hand" style when the cursor is over my movie. The hyperlink in my movie works just fine, but I would like my users to be able to see a change in the cursor when over my movie so that they know it is "clickable". If anyone knows how to accomplish this, I would greatly appreciate the help. I am rather new at this so please bear with me.
In flash by default, any button you create out of artwork (convert to symbol > button) will have a hand cursor on rollover, as will text links in a text field. The built in v2 button component doesn't have a hand cursor on rollover as default though. Add the below to enable it.
login_btn.useHandCursor = true; // where login_btn is a button on stage
Without seeing you actual creative, I am unsure what is happenig in your file, but I hope this helps.
Unfortunately though, I don't think this is going to help me much. I created my flash movie using a program called Incrediflash which is sort of a WYSIWYG or "drag and drop" type editor to create flash movies. I didn't actually write the code myself. What I'm looking to accomplish is to have the cursor change when rolling over the entire movie, not just a button (i.e. flash banner). I have not yet published the actual creative as it is part of a site-wide update, but it should be up soon. When it is, I'll post a link here and maybe you could take a closer look. I would really appreciate it. In the meantime, thanks for the reply and trying to help.
Usually you make the entire movie a link by having an "invisible" button which covers the entire stage area. From the examples on the Incrediflash site (http://www.incrediflash.com/samples.html) , it looks like you can create buttons of any dimentions etc, so you shouldn't have a problem. The laptop example has hand cursor actions happening :)
I never thought to make the entire movie a button. I can easily use Incrediflash to make a transparent overlay button. Anyway, I just finished updating my site where you can find the flash creative that we're taking about. However, I have yet to change the creative to include an invisible button like you've suggested, but I will be sure to post here once I have.