Admin wrote:
The problem is that I can’t have another rollout event for the entire menu as it conflicts with the submenu rollouts. If that makes any sense.
Here is the script I have now:
// generates a list of menu items (effectively one menu)
// given the inputted parameters. This makes the main menu
// as well as any of the submenus
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
var menuBackground = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
var menuHeight;
// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; i
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("menuitem","item"+i+"_mc", i+1);
curr_item._x = x;
curr_item._y = y + i*curr_item._height;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
//measure height of main menu
menuHeight = curr_item._height*numofitems+16;
trace(menuHeight);
// item properties assigned from XML
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.action = curr_node.attributes.action;
curr_item.variables = curr_node.attributes.variables;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
curr_item.linkDescription.text = curr_node.attributes.linkDescription;
curr_item.linkIcon.loadMovie(curr_node.attributes.linkIcon);
// item submenu behavior for rollover event
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == "menu"){
// open a submenu
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver = function(){
var x = this._x + this._width;
var y = this._y + 8;
GenerateMenu(curr_menu, "submenu_mc", x, y, 1000, this.node_xml);
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}else{ // nodeName == "item"
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
// close existing submenu
curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver = function(){
curr_menu.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
// show a hover color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
// restore color
var col = new Color(this.background);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};
// any item, menu opening or not can have actions
curr_item.onRelease = function(){
Actions[this.action](this.variables);
CloseSubmenus();
CloseMainMenu();
};
/*menuBackground.onRollOut = function(){
if(!mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)){
CloseMainMenu();
}
}*/
} // end for loop
currMenuBackground = menuBackground.attachMovie("background","background", 0);
currMenuBackground._x = x;
currMenuBackground._y = y - 8;
currMenuBackground._yscale = menuHeight;
};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
// generate a menu list
GenerateMenu(this, "mainmenu_mc", x, y, depth, menu_xml.firstChild);
// close only submenus if visible durring a mouseup
// this main menu (mainmenu_mc) will remain
mainmenu_mc.onMouseUp = function(){
if (mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc && !mainmenu_mc.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)){
CloseSubmenus();
}
};
mainmenu_mc.onRollOut = function(){
if(!mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)){
CloseMainMenu();
}
}
};
// closes all submenus by removing the submenu_mc
// in the main menu (if it exists)
CloseSubmenus = function(){
mainmenu_mc.submenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
};
//closes the main menu by removing the movie clip
CloseMainMenu = function(){
mainmenu_mc.removeMovieClip();
trace("CloseMainMenu");
}
// load XML, when done, run CreateMainMenu to interpret it
menu_xml = new XML();
menu_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
menu_xml.onLoad = function(ok){
// create main menu after successful loading of XML
if (ok){
CreateMainMenu(10, 10, 0, this);
message_txt.text = "message area";
}else{
message_txt.text = "error: XML not successfully loaded";
}
};
// load first XML menu
menu_xml.load("menu1.xml");
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Admin wrote:
However, when I click the button, the timing gets screwed up and other slides tend to keep playing and out of order. I am not sure what I’m doing wrong as I have every MC stops on the last frame, but it acts as though these continue to play in the background.
example here:
http://www.kadlac.com/misc/main/
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Admin wrote:
class blah{
var myparameter
public function set parameter(targetMcStr:String):Void {
myparameter=targetMcStr
}
[Inspectable(defaultValue="= enter the target Movie Clip instance name here =")]
public function get parameter():String {
return myparameter;
}
function blah(){}
}but when i click in the property area (at the bottom of the flash IDE) with my component on stage and selected it says "this component may only be edited via the component inspector" rather than listing my custom parameter to be edited….
anyone got any idea why?
[edit] If i s4elect my component in the library and select "component definition" it shows my parameter…just not in the property inspector area
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Admin wrote:
I’ve made xml gallery which has simple slideshow in starting and after clicking on that its takes to the xml loaded scrolling mc which is not scrolling properly like the tuts here in Kirupa. I’ve following code for that
function ScrollingCollectionTimeLine(target:MovieClip, speed:Number, dir:Number) {
var mousePercent:Number = page_collections._xmouse/725;
//trace(mousePercent);
var mSpeed:Number;
if (dir == 1) {
mSpeed = 1-mousePercent;
} else {
mSpeed = mousePercevnt;
}
target.destX = Math.round(-((target._width-725)*mSpeed));
target.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (target._x == target.destX) {
delete target.onEnterFrame;
} else {
target._x += Math.ceil((target.destX-target._x)*(speed/100));
}
};
}
I am also attaching my fla and swf file here. Any help will be highly appreciated and many thx in advance.
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