Flash :: Help Needed With Flash Menu

Flash Menu Help Needed, Please :)
i am trying to build a menu like the one on macromediaa's website. when you roll over a main nav link it displays its subnav under it. when you roll off the main nav link, it's subnav isn't visible. just like the macromedia website.

i got the sub nav to display when you rollover a main nav link and disappear when you roll off, but i can't get it the subnav to stay active when you roll off the main nav button. right as you roll off it will disappear and reappear again when you rollover it. so you can't rollover any of the subnav buttons because they disappear.

can someone show me how to achieve this effect. a sample file or something would be great, i want it to function just like macromedia's menu, thanks!

Help Needed With Flash Menu
Hi,

I'm currently working on a flash menu for a html web site. What I'm trying to do it get the flash to go to a certain frame when you are viewing a particular html page. Something like 'if this URL is open, go to this frame'.

I haven't been able to find code for this or know what I'm searching for.
I appreciate any help.
Thanks!

Help With Flash Menu Needed
For a website menu im making i hav made a scroll over affect to show the TEXT name of the page to appear in a black box. However, when scrolling over this box weird text appears in it. It looks sloppy

the site is here

thank you

Menu Output Needed In Flash 4 Not 5
Client needs all output to be Flash 4. I can do a menu in 5. Can it be done in 4? Best complete example is someone else's at:

http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Inter...15/index.shtml

Is it possible in 4, and how?

Thanks in advance,
~blue

Flash Menu Needed For A Site
hi there, wonder if some of you can help me, i am trying to build a site for a friend. And he wants a Menu like the one on this site http://www.djtomi.us/index2.html does anyone know where i can obtain one with the sounds because that would be excellent for the site

Thanks in advance

Drop Down Menu/flash Help Needed
my problem is .. my dhtml menu is not showing up when i put flash just below that menu... plz check following url for more detail and live example

CAUTION: SITE IS ADULT RELATED

http://demo.dotcommakers.net/realtemplate/

plz help

regards

Help Needed With Flash Menu / Website Question
I recently incorporated this menu : http://www.actionscripts.org/tutoria...em/index.shtml
into my flash website when you click a certain button.
It works fine on it's own but whenever it loads into the website none of the buttons within the menu work, they don't move the "action" screen. I also had the same problem when I tried to incorporate a menu that opened another swf file within itself. If someone has any suggestions or any ideas I would appreciate it. thanks
nick

Mac Help Needed: Flash Movie Covering Dropdown Menu
Hi there,

I've got an issue with my site displaying improperly on a Mac. The flash movie on the index page is covering the drop-down menus that come out from the left navigation bar.

I was having the same problem on a PC, but someone gave me this great fix:

<PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent">

Is there something else I can do to fix this on the Mac side?

Thanks! :)

belvialinda

http://www.ottertechnology.com/index.html

Help Is Needed With Menu...
http://www.heisourlife.com/bcreative/bcreative.htm

can you help me with these issues concerning the menu on this page...

1) I want the menu to stay between those brackets. What do I need to change to make this happen?

2) When you click on contact, that is a different scene and I do not want the menu to appear on that scene. How do I take it off there? On the mt in scene 2 there is no code telling this menu to be there??

thanks
jhb

AS For Menu Help Needed
Iam designing website which is menu in structure,
the first textitem is clicked it has a submenu.
if the submenu is clicked it has to show text

whereas iam having an problem/bug as when first textitem is clicked the submenu and its text appearing togehter

My code is::
frame 1
on (release) {
_root.one._visible = 1;
;
}
on (rollOver) {
_root.mouseone._visible = 1;
}
on (rollOut) {
_root.mousesubone._visible = 0;
}

mouseone action (MC with invisible button)::

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
_root.mousesubone._visible = 1;
}
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
_root.mousesubone._visible = 0;
}

mousesubone action (plain MC)::

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
_root.mousesubone._visible = 1;
}
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
_root.mousesubone._visible = 0;
}

It will be appreciated if its done faster

Menu Help Needed
Hi

When i first downloaded the trail version of mx im sure there was a sample of a menu similar to macromedia's site. Im sure it used the new components and included ationscripts.
Now i have purchased the full version on cd it doesn't seem to be there.

Can anybody assist in my search?

andybrad

Help Needed For Mac Osx Menu >>
Please help if some one knows how to make MACOSX menu >>

MENU Help Needed
I searched the forums and tutorials! I've even beat my head against the computer desk a few times! Still can't figure out how this is done.

Go HERE after its done loading and to the main page click on "WALL PAPER".

What I can't figure out is the "MENU" that pops up! Not only can you scroll thru the list but it also has links! I know this might be a hard one but if you have ANY info or where there is a TUTORIAL on how to make this, I would GREATLY APPRECIATE it!

THANKS EVERYONE!

XML Menu - Help Needed
I am working with a tutorial i found based on the xml menu in flash mx 2004. it basically creates a menu and populates it from external xml file.

rather than a drop down menu i have modified it so it works like a menu bar with the drop down items being positioned horizontally rather than vertically. My main problem is that each menu item is a different width, according to how many characters in the text length what i want to happen is that the menus all butt next to each other horizontally.

I am very close but not quite there and would really appreciate any help with my code. I have uploaded my fla as it is easier to see what im trying to get at. My xml file is basially formatted to produce a menu and sub menu items:

PHP Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<menu name="links">
<item name="Home" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www.google.com"/>
<menu name="Products">
<item name="Floors" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www.someurl.com/something/somethin"/>
<item name="Maintainence" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com/someurl/someurl"/>
</menu>
<menu name="Services">
<item name="Installation" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com"/>
<item name="Customer Service" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com/someurl/someurl.php"/>
</menu>
<menu name="About Us">
<item name="Company Info" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com/someurl/someurl/someurl.htm"/>
<item name="Showroom" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com/someurl/index.htm"/>
<item name="Location" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com/web/index.htm"/>
</menu>
</menu>
<item name="Contact Us" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www. someurl.com"/>
</menu>

Any help appreciated

Menu Help Needed Please?
Hello everyone,

I came across a menu in the "movies" section and I'd really like to learn how to use it. It's using Smartclips and does give some instructions, however, I am a bit lost. I've ripped apart the movie and have downloaded some other smartclip menu examples as well but this one is a bit different than the others I found. I'd like to make the text on it say what I want and would also like to know how to add button properites pointing to external links. I just don't have a clue as to how to make the text "different" on each line. (I can change the text but it effects all of the lines). I've also read some tutorials but am not quite grasping the concept just yet. If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. I am sure it's something very simple but yet something I have not learned in flash yet.

The downloadable movie I am refering to is located at http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Inter...6624/index.php
By the way, I am using Flash MX Professional 2004.

Thanks,

Mark

Pop Up Menu Help Needed
I'm a graphic designer just starting in Flash to create an online portfolio, and I need a hand.

I have managed to teach myself a decent amount in the last day, but the pop up navigation thinks it's a link, and it's overriding the links I'm trying to make in the actual movieclip. (the Gray bar)

difficult to explain, please look.
http://jonbrommet.com/testpage.html

I put in the test page button to get an idea of what I am trying to do. Images are temporary from the net, I will not use them in final portfolio of course.

Xml Menu Help Needed
I am using a modified version of kirupa's xml drop-menu, trying to figure a few things out.

I only need a single line of text links, so I have done away with the dropdown capability. Seems to work ok, but my xml has to be a bit hacky...

The biggest thing I'm trying to figure out is how to get the currently-selected item to be highlighted, then switch it off when another item is selected.

I appreciate any help.

Code:
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
var curr_node;
var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
for (var i=0; i<node_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("menuitem","item"+i+"_mc", i);
curr_item._x = x;
curr_item._y = y + i*curr_item._height;
curr_node = node_xml.childNodes[i];
curr_item.action = curr_node.attributes.action;
curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == "section"){
curr_item.arrow._visible = false;
curr_item =! curr_item;
}

if (node_xml.childNodes[i].nodeName == "subitem"){
curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
curr_item._x = x +15;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
}

curr_item.onRollOver = function(){
var col = new Color(this);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};

curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
var col = new Color(this);
col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
};

curr_item.onRelease = function(){
plan_content.attachMovie([this.action], "content", 0);
this.arrow.gotoAndStop(2);
var col = new Color(this);
col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
};
}
};

Createmainmenu = function(x, y, depth, menu_xml){
GenerateMenu(this, "mainmenu_mc", x, y, depth, menu_xml.firstChild);
};

menu_xml = new XML();
menu_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
menu_xml.onLoad = function(ok){
if (ok){
Createmainmenu(485, 65, 0, this);
}
};

menu_xml.load("xml/plan.xml");

stop();

XML Menu... Help Needed
Hi everyone!!! I have an XML drop-down menu, and I need to have the menu items to load external swf into a container in my movie!!

this is a example of the code I have:
<menu name="MyMenu">
<item name="Friends" action="gotoURL"
variables="<A href="http://www.whatever.com"/">http://www.whatever.com"/>

what code should i use for loading external swf????

I have an emptyMovieClip called "container" and a swf called "help"!
I tried:
<item name="Friends" action="loadMovie"
variables="help.swf, container"/>

obviously it didn't work!!!! How do i tell the XML this is AS code??? do i need to?

thanks a lot anyone!!!
cheers

Menu Help Needed
Can anyone tell me how the menu at
http://www.52nord.de/ is done.

Any links or examples would be welcomed. Looking at doing with actionscript if it is possible.

Thanks in advance

Menu Help Needed:)
somehow i can't use gotoAndPlay ("scene", frame) in my menu for my site(
will be greatfull for any helping advice

The problem code:

Code:
on (press) {
this._parent._parent._parent.gotoAndPlay("About", 1);
}
.FLA is here, but it is 32+ Mb large, he-he I couldn't cut down on graphics, sorry.

Dropdown Menu Help Needed
I'm creating a website about a TV show totally in Flash 5.

I've constructed a dropdown menu as a movie symbol and placed it into
Frame 1 of the main scene.

I was hoping that I could make the dropdown menu options (all button symbols) in the movie symbol control the main scene in which I have placed the movie symbol, however now that I try it, I can't seem to make it work. I wanted the buttons in the movie symbol to make the main scene jump to a certain frame (within the main scene) . For example, I wanted the FAQ button to make the main Flash movie/scene jump to the frame which contains the FAQ.

I also tried putting all the information into the movie symbol so that (using the FAQ example again) if I clicked the FAQ button in the dropdown menu, it would jump to the FAQ page which is located within the same movie symbol as the dropdown menu. I've managed to get it to this point. But when I'm looking at the FAQ frame, and I rollover the dropdown menu, it returns to earlier scenes, and the FAQ information disappears due to the configuration of the movie.

Not being adept at Action Scripting, I'm not really sure a) if what I want to do is really possible, and b) if it is, how on earth I would do it.

If you've lasted this far, firstly, thanks for reading, secondly, I hope you've understood what I'm trying to say, and thirdly can you help me? All suggestions are greatly appreciated!!

If you want to take a look to see what I'm talking about, I ziiped the .fla file (43 kb) and put it up on the net: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~salsop/flash.zip

Thanks,

Katherine Alsop
salsop@optusnet.com.au

Sliding Menu Help Needed
Hey Guys, I used the slide tutorial from flashkit for my menu. Works great ,but I want something to be added.
If the user puts the mouse_cursor OUTSIDE the menu it should stop scrolling.
I asked this question before but nobody seemed to know how

Is it done with Hittest or with some simple code? I realllly need help
How can I do this?Can you help me out with the code?

I putted the slidecontroller down here!

thanx

code:

frame1:
______
speed =40;
slut = getProperty ( strip, _width);
setProperty ("strip", _visible, 0);
duplicateMovieClip ("strip", "strip1", 1);
duplicateMovieClip ("strip", "strip2", 2);
duplicateMovieClip ("strip", "strip3", 3);
gotoAndPlay (2);
_____</frame1>

<frame2>:
_______
startDrag ("drag", true);
_______
</frame2>

<frame3>
_______
xposition = getProperty("strip1", _x);
setProperty ("strip1", _x, Number(xposition)+Number(((getProperty("drag", _x)/(150-speed))*-1)));
setProperty ("strip2", _x, Number(Number(xposition)+Number(((getProperty("dra g", _x)/(150-speed))*-1)))+Number(slut));
setProperty ("strip3", _x, Number(xposition)+Number(((getProperty("drag", _x)/(150-speed))*-1))-slut);
// limits for slide
if (Number(getProperty("strip1", _x))<Number(-slut)) {
setProperty ("strip1", _x, 0);
setProperty ("strip2", _x, slut);
setProperty ("strip3", _x, -slut);
}
if (Number(getProperty("strip1", _x))>Number(slut)) {
setProperty ("strip1", _x, 0);
setProperty ("strip2", _x, slut);
setProperty ("strip3", _x, -slut);
}
__________
</frame3>

<frame4>:
_________
xposition = getProperty("strip1", _x);
setProperty ("strip1", _x, Number(xposition)+Number(((getProperty("drag", _x)/(150-speed))*-1)));
setProperty ("strip2", _x, Number(xposition)+Number(((getProperty("drag", _x)/(150-speed))*-1))-slut);
setProperty ("strip3", _x, Number(Number(xposition)+Number(((getProperty("dra g", _x)/(150-speed))*-1)))+Number(slut));
// limits for slide - minus slut
if (Number(getProperty("strip1", _x))<Number(-slut)) {
setProperty ("strip1", _x, 0);
setProperty ("strip2", _x, slut);
setProperty ("strip3", _x, -slut);
}
if (Number(getProperty("strip1", _x))>Number(slut)) {
setProperty ("strip1", _x, 0);
setProperty ("strip2", _x, slut);
setProperty ("strip3", _x, -slut);
}

gotoAndPlay (3);
_______
</frame4>

<frame5>"
_______
stopDrag ();
_____
</frame5>

Some Help With A Sliding Menu Needed...
Hi FK!

I'd like to create a 'sliding menu' effect but im not too sure how

I'd like it to:

a) not be visible until a button is hovered over.

b) change the text (link description) when the box reaches the button that has been hovered over

i have attached a quick picture of how im going to use it, just so you can imagine what im on about a bit better

Funky Bar Menu Help Needed
Hi!

Can anyone explain to me how i would make a sliding menu that. when an item is rolled over, a bar stretches from the right of the menu to cover the words. Then if another button is rolled over, the bar stretches to cover the words again.

Hopefully someone understood that, i've attached some pictures to help you understand me...

pic1 - The mouse is not over any buttons

Menu Navigation Help Needed
If anyone can get this, it would be a marical.
Please help.
If anyone can take this "Fla" from the link below and turn it into what I need, I would be grateful.

Basically, take this file and make the 3d portion drag-able. I don't know if this is challenging or not. I do know that the coding inside the file is way more advanced than anything I have ever seen. In fact it’s incredibly beyond my brain capacity but as I have noticed in the past, the geniuses here at this site love these kinds of challenges and I love to put them out them with great results in return. LOL.

If anyone can solve this then PLEASE (I beg you) upload the ". Fla" file to this forum so that I may learn how the "hell" you did this.
Thanks.

http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Inte...-6535/index.php

Help Needed Very Badly (menu Help)
Hello all,

I am experiencing a major problem with a menu I am making for a site. I have attached the file so as to better explain the problem better or if any one would be generous enough to help fix it. basically once in the flash file you will see the movie clip with the menu bar in it. i have been trying to make a drop down menu where the and the drop down are animated.

I have made a drop down menu in the past however i used a hidden button over the icon which was rolled over and therefore the icon could not have an "over" or "down" position.

that is my problem and has been holding up my building the site for a long time, and has frustrated me to no end. I beg for help! plz anyone!

heres the file:

http://www.anzie.com/help.fla

Collapsible Menu Help Needed
Hi,

I'm new to Flash and would really appreciate some help. I'm trying to build a collapsible menu with one difference-–instead of the sub-menu items, I'm adding dynamic text field that can be populate from an external source. In other words, when a user clicks on menu 1, for example, the other menus should slide down vertically to reveal a dynamic text field that’s populated from an external source, i.e., a text file or an Access database table. If the user clicks on menu 1 again, the other menus should collapse to hide the dynamic text field and resize to the original menu size.

The FLA file I have uploaded (cliveMenu.fla)is modeled after a file (drop.fla (credit to the original author)--also uploaded), which I downloaded from here (flashkit.com). My modified file works with one exception--it does not collapse and resize to the original menu size. And, I do not know what else to try.

In addition to the FLA files, I have also uploaded some sample text files so you can see how the dynamic content works. All of this is contained in a Zip file.

Note: CliveMenu.FLA is the one I'm trying to get to work.

If anyone out there can help, I would truly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance for helping out this newbie to Flash.

Clive

Urgent Menu Help Needed
Hallo!

I would really appreciate some help!

I've created a menu with a sub menu (see .fla). I hope the attachment has worked this time!?
I want to keep the top main button lit when i roll over the sub menu options, at the moment it increases in brightness when you roll over it like it should, but when you move down to the sub menu it goes back to its original state! I want it to stay fully lit until you move onto another main menu option. Please have a look at the movie!

Menu Recreation Help Needed
I would like to create a menu like on this site:

http://www.organic.com/home.jsp

Can someone please help me out or post a sample file, thanks!

Drop Down Menu - Help Needed
hi friends,

I am in need of a drop down menu, for my website. In the .fla file provided here, you can see 6 buttons, which are all 'movie clips' with a nice 'rollover effect'. I want to add 'drop down menus' to some of the buttons like 'course', 'achievements' etc on rollover. But at the sametime i want to keep the 'rolloever' effetc of the button also. ie, i dont want to change the script inside each movie clip which makes its rollover effect.

Can any one give me the exact script and methods to make this happen? I am not a newbie in flash, so u can tell me what to do

Can anyone provide me a step by step tutorial? Its a little bit urgent

(I am using FLASH MX )

with regards,

Jayhari

Sub Menu Button Help Needed
Hello

I need help making a sub menu thingy, lol

I've made a menu with some buttons that have rollover changes, but on one of the buttons i would like it to show a image (sub menu) that ive chosen under that button while the mouse is still over that button, and have buttons on that image (sub menu) that also have rollover changes.

How do i go about doing this???

is this possible???

thank you.

Help Needed Animated Menu
I have been using flash for some time now but have never tried building a flash website. I'm in the process of making one now but I need some help with an idea for a menu, I’m not sure if it is even possible.

The menu that i have designed has a large text title and underneath it there is a box with menu categories. What a want to happen, is when you click on a category (for example news) the menu title will morph into the word news and the box below it will change to news. I have already animated the morphing sequence, I just need to know what to do for the actionscript etc.

I know it is complicated, but any help will be greatly appreciated.

Drop Down Menu Help Needed
HI all,
I'm creating a site and have a vertical dropdown menu that is causing problems. There are 2 dropdowns on the page, "domestic" and "commercial". the domestic link works fine when highlighting the new menu items however the commercial one does not even though it is a exact copy of domestic. They are movie clips that have the following code asigned:

"menu "button frame 1 within movie clip
on (rollOver) {
gotoAndStop("up");
}

hit area for invisible button for the movie clip
on (rollOver) {
gotoAndStop(1);
}

I hope this makes sense, the file can be found here: http://flash-test.bravehost.com/index.html

i hope someone can help, any crits on the site would be appreciated too

[F8] Help Needed Expanding Menu
Hi Ive just created an expanding flash menu. The problem Im having is to see the detail of the expaned menue I end up having an animatio that is half the size of the webpage before the main content can be viewed !!

Is there anyway that I can set the submenu to flow over the main webpage detail rather than having such a large animation ruining the flow of the site.

thanks in advance for the help

Darren

Some Menu Questions - AS 2.0 Help Needed
Hey =)

I have a couple of questions about flash menu i'm busy with now.

There is some animation going but the basic struсture looks like the following:

I want it to be like this: user clicks on a menu item, 1st menu button stays the same (it leads to the index page), 6th changes to the 'Level up', so that user could get back to the main menu in one click instead of going back to the index page, and buttons 2-5 change into subitems. THe whole substructure will look like this:

The question is, when loading the submenues i dont want the whole animation to go back to the very first frame and reload the WHOLE menu. i want the background to stay the same with some animation sweeping away the old buttons #2-6 and loading the new ones instead of those. I would be really greatfull if someone could give me the idea on how to do that.

The second question is about the general page layout. The page itself will be made with PHP and will look like:

with the menu being in the white sector and text - in the grey one. Guess it's somewhat like a frameset, so that the menu itself wouldn't reload when choosing new menu options.

So,the second question is how to bind the different pages loading in the same grey area to the different menu buttons? How to specify they should load there?

Sorry for the long description, just wanted to make it clear.

Help Needed On Horizontal Menu
Can somebody show me how I would go about creating a menu like the one on http://expressfashion.com

The only difference would be if I rollout of the menu title, it should return back to it's original state.

Thanks.

Building Menu - Big Help Needed.
Hi Everyone.

I need to build a menu, with a similar behaviour of the one you can see on this website. http://www.manhattan-cosmetics.com

IÂ´d like some hints, flaÂ´s, anything I can start. IÂ´ve looked on the net, but I have found some very advanced AS menus I wonÂ´t be able to adapt to my presentation.

Well, besides that, IÂ´m sick with an amygdalitis and a 38ÂºC fever, so IÂ´m not thinking very well.

Any help is very welcome, because I need to produce an entire cd presentation until fryday, so I canÂ´t wait to recover from this.

Thanks in advance

[FMX] Dynamic Menu Help Needed
Evenin' all,

I've posted this query before but i wasn't sure what to ask for so it may not have made much sense. I apologise for reposting but I've searched everywhere and I can't find any tutorials or forums about my dilemma. I've tried everything my un-evolved newbie brain could think of, to no avail. I'm posting my .fla so if anyone can sort me out it would be a great help.

The effect I've got so far is solely down to the code I got from the "dynamic menu with tracking mc" tutorial on AS.ORG, with a couple of, probably ill-advised, tweaks. I wanted to add a start position to the tracking mc (_x=580, _y=305) as it flies to the top-left corner, just outside the frame on load. I also want to make the mc return to this position when the buttons aren't rolled over.
As in this example.

http://www.reiss.co.uk/reiss.html

I'm sorry to keep on, but I've tried all my options with no joy.
Any help anyone could give would be excellent as I've been staring at tutorials for a solid week and i think my brain's starting to dribble out of my ear.

Thanks for your attention,
Rob

Help Needed With Putting In A Sub Menu
Hi all

I'm trying to put in a 3 button sub menu into a 5 button menu that is already in a template that I've purchased. The menu is currently in the following format

HOME - ABOUT - SERVICES - PARTNERS - CONTACT

I wish to have the 3 services / products available listed below as well as next and previous buttons to navigate between the pages, but with my limited knowledge of scripting I'm a little more than stumped. Any and all help will be gratefully appreciated.

I have uploaded the .fla file so if you can help and take a look.

flash file

Regards

Dave

Advanced Menu Help Needed
ok go to http://www.mjau-mjau.com/classic.html and click real projects should be in the lower left box in the middle of the screen... and notice how those boxs are onrollover start drag, but look kind of rubberbandy(if thats a word) but i was wondering how you would get them to snap back....

the second thing is after you click real projects there should be abotu 30 small boxes that have the zoom feature on them but i cant acomplish this after many attempts, so if there any action script pros out there please help me out with a sample .fla or something...thanks !

Context Menu Help Needed
Hello there guys,

It seems as thought this works almost the same way as a button does with a "hit area". I can't get my custom menu to show unless I attach it to a movie clip (or button, text field etc.) and it only works on the graphics of the movie clip. Any black space is not picked up by it.

So how do you make it so your custom menu comes up when you right click anywhere on your movie instead of just on the graphics of a movie clip?

Help Needed Sliding Menu>
im new to flash and want to create a sliding menu like in the link below:

Sliding Menu

please can someone point me in the right direction as to how to go about making a similar menu.

Thanks in advance

Help Needed With Drop Down Menu
I just figured out how to make my drop down menu drop down and roll over (using a movie clip) and genrally work in other ways, but I can't get the buttons to link in the same way my normal buttons link.

I've been reading the "Flash Bible" and the drop down menu posts on this site and all sorts of tutorials and can't seem to find what's wrong.

As you may have guessed I'm very new too this, so any help you could give would be vastly appreciated.

Thanks and Take Care, Amanda

Menu With Slider HELP Needed
So I pretty much did this tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm. And it works pretty smooth with my navigation and all, but it would be even greater if I could...

When you rollover one of the buttons the slider moves there and stays, BUT I would like the sliding bar to move back to the selected button. So if I had

HOME_btn ABOUT ME_btn CONTACT_btn MOVIES_btn

and say when the movie first comes up the sliding bar is under HOME if you rollover the CONTACT_btn the slider bar would slide under CONTACT, but when rolled off it slides back under HOME,and so forth with the rest of the buttons. So clicking MOVIES would then make the slider stay under the MOVIES button and return there after rolling off another button. Help, I've tried a few things but I think I'm lost and don't even have a clue where to go from here.

Drop Down Menu Help Needed...
I am trying to re-create a drop down menu identical to the one at orangeamps.com. Should I create a seperate movie for the buttons that drop down and insert that fla file into the main menu? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!

Moving Menu Help Needed
Calling all Flash 2004 gurus,
Okay, I have a movie clip which has several buttons inside of it (my menu). I want the buttons to move up or down (kinda like a scrolling movement) depending on the mouse position, (closer to the top or the bottom of the button menu to move it up or down). Does anyone know the code for something like that? Right now this is what it looks like, www.milittisales.com, and click on any of the main categories. The menu I'm trying to fix will pop up. (Right now it takes up too much space.)

I'm still trying to learn, I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks so much!