Flash :: Dependent ListBoxes Problem

XML And Listboxes
Hi,

I've got 3 list boxes that are populated with XML. They are meant to function where you click on the first one and based on your selection certain information is loaded into the 2nd one. And so on with the 3rd one.

I'm so close to getting this to work but have a few bugs that I can't figure out. The first and second boxes work fine but getting the info to the 3rd box isn't working so well.

Here's my AS:
Code:
var RootNode:XMLNode;
var selectedCategory:String; // formerly selectedGallery
var selectedCompany:String;
var categoryPosition:Number; // formerly photoPosition
var companyPosition:Number;
var CategoryNode:XMLNode; // formerly GalleryNode
//var OptionNode:XMLNode; // formerly PhotoNode
var CompanyNode:XMLNode;
var searchXML:XML = new XML();
searchXML.ignoreWhite = true;
searchXML.onLoad=loadSearch;
searchXML.load("searchBoxes.xml");
stop();

var CBOListener:Object = new Object();
CBOListener.change = loadGallery;
search_lb.addEventListener("change", CBOListener);

var SelectionListener:Object = new Object();
SelectionListener.change = loadCompany;
selection_lb.addEventListener("change", SelectionListener);

// the below function calls the loadCombo function after successfully
// loading the XML file
function loadSearch(success:Boolean):Void{
if (success) {
RootNode = this.firstChild;
loadCombo();
}
else {
trace("Error in loading XML file");
}
}

function loadGallery(evtObj:Object):Void {
var galleryName:String;
if (evt.Obj.target.selectedItem.label !="-- Search by--") {
selectedCategory = evtObj.target.selectedItem.label;
for (var i:Number=0; i< RootNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
galleryName = RootNode.childNodes[i].attributes.categoryName;
if (galleryName == selectedCategory) {
CategoryNode = RootNode.childNodes[i];
categoryPosition = 0;
loadPhoto(categoryPosition);
break;
}
}
}

}

function loadCompany(evtObj:Object):Void {
//trace (evtObj.target.selectedItem.label);
var selectionName:String;
if (evt.Obj.target.selectedItem.label !="-- Choose One--") {
selectedCategory = evtObj.target.selectedItem.label;
for (var i:Number=0; i< RootNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
selectionName = RootNode.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.optionname;
if (selectionName == selectedCategory) {
CompanyNode = RootNode.firstChild.childNodes[i];
categoryPosition = 0;
loadSelection(categoryPosition);
break;
}
}
}
}

function loadCombo():Void {
var galleryName:String;
search_lb.addItem("-- Search by--");
for (var i:Number=0; i< RootNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
galleryName = RootNode.childNodes[i].attributes.categoryName;
search_lb.addItem(galleryName);
}
}

function loadPhoto(nodePos:Number):Void {
var galleryName:String;
selection_lb.addItem("-- Choose One--");
for (var i:Number=0; i< CategoryNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
galleryName = CategoryNode.childNodes[i].attributes.optionname;
selection_lb.addItem(galleryName);
}
}

function loadSelection():Void {
var selectionName:String;
company_lb.addItem("-- Choose Company--");
for (var i:Number=0; i< RootNode.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
selectionName = RootNode.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.optionname;
company_lb.addItem(selectionName);
}
}
And a snippet of my XML:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<searchList>
<category categoryName="Name">
<firstOption optionname="A - D">
<secondOption optionname="AT&T">
</secondOption>
<secondOption optionname="Brown">
</secondOption>
<secondOption optionname="Darcy">
</secondOption>
<secondOption optionname="Dilbert">
</secondOption>
</firstOption>

<firstOption optionname="E - J">
<secondOption optionname="Evans">
</secondOption>
<secondOption optionname="Green">
</secondOption>
<secondOption optionname="Jackson">
</secondOption>
</firstOption>

Can someone please lend a hand? Click the link below to look at the files if that will help. Please?

http://www.clevercircles.com/boxes.zip

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Hi All,

Just so you all know this is my first post, and my first venture into the world of actionscript. I have worked extensively with VB6, but very little with scripting languages, so if I ask a stupid question, go easy!

OK, I have a project that has 3 layers, one for code, one for the navigation buttons and one for the content of the movie.

The content of the movie consists of 2 listboxes and 2 movie clips. The listboxes have the name of files listed in them, when the user clicks a file it loads the relevant .swf into the appropriate movie clip, that all works fine.

The problem I have is that when the movie loads listbox1 has the focus, and I can happily select any of the files in that listbox with one click, but when I try to select a file from the second list box I have to click twice to get it to load. The first click swaps the focus from list box 1 and the second click selects the file.

The same is true of the navigation buttons at the top, if I have previously been selecting files from the list boxes, in order to navigate to another frame of the movie I have to click once on the button to swap the focus and then once to select the button I want.

I found some examples using the setfocus function, and tried to adapt it for my list box:-

list.onRollOver = function() {
Selection.setFocus("list");
trace(_global.focuscounter);
}

So if I leave out the Selection.setFocus("list");, then Flash dumps a 0 every time my mouse rolls over the box (as expected). As soon as the other line is added I receive a message that a script in my movie may be making it run slowly, and "Do you want to stop the script". When I choose yes it shows the trace window with 20 or 30 zero's in it, so I seem to be generating an infinite loop.

So basically, how do I enable the user to select either a file from the listbox or a navigation button without them having to click once to swap the selection, and then once to pick the file/button.

Cheers

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Hi All,

Just so you all know this is my first post, and my first venture into the world of actionscript. I have worked extensively with VB6, but very little with scripting languages, so if I ask a stupid question, go easy!

OK, I have a project that has 3 layers, one for code, one for the navigation buttons and one for the content of the movie.

The content of the movie consists of 2 listboxes and 2 movie clips. The listboxes have the name of files listed in them, when the user clicks a file it loads the relevant .swf into the appropriate movie clip, that all works fine.

The problem I have is that when the movie loads listbox1 has the focus, and I can happily select any of the files in that listbox with one click, but when I try to select a file from the second list box I have to click twice to get it to load. The first click swaps the focus from list box 1 and the second click selects the file.

The same is true of the navigation buttons at the top, if I have previously been selecting files from the list boxes, in order to navigate to another frame of the movie I have to click once on the button to swap the focus and then once to select the button I want.

I found some examples using the setfocus function, and tried to adapt it for my list box:-

list.onRollOver = function() {
Selection.setFocus("list");
trace(_global.focuscounter);
}

So if I leave out the Selection.setFocus("list");, then Flash dumps a 0 every time my mouse rolls over the box (as expected). As soon as the other line is added I receive a message that a script in my movie may be making it run slowly, and "Do you want to stop the script". When I choose yes it shows the trace window with 20 or 30 zero's in it, so I seem to be generating an infinite loop.

So basically, how do I enable the user to select either a file from the listbox or a navigation button without them having to click once to swap the selection, and then once to pick the file/button.

Cheers

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function itemChange(e:Event):void {
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TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert XML@43c0b081 attribute CISCO (the catagory name) to fl.controls.TileList.

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};
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submenu.addLabel("Mr Tamborine Man", 2);
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aformat.textColor = 0xffff00;
aformat.textBold = false;
aformat.textUnderline = false;
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aformat.arrow = 0xffffff;
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aformat.highlight3D = 0x0000ff;
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aformat.shadow = 0x0000ff;
aformat.background = 0x123456;
aformat.selection = 0xffffff;
aformat.selectionUnfocused = 0xff0000;
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loadButtons = function(container, name, depth, node_xml) {

var curr_node;
var curr_item;
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curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("Button","item"+i+"_mc", depth+i);
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var button_listener = new Object();
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optionsBox.text = curr_item.label;
};
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curr_item.setSize(300,24);
} // end loop
}//end loadButtons

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menu_xml.load("options.xml");
menu_xml.ignoreWhite= true;
menu_xml.onLoad = function(ok) {
loadButtons(_root,"mainmenu_mc", 1, menu_xml.firstChild);
}

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