Need Assistance With Combobox Navigation
Hi,
I want to use Flash MX 2004 combobox component for my navigation.
What I want to achieve is that when making a selection in combobox,
a specific external xml file is loaded into the textarea component and a
specific photo is loaded into the scrollpane component.
How can I acheive this? Some code examples or links to information pages would be great
Sven
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Posted on: 05-11-2004, 10:06 AM
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Need Assistance With Combobox Navigation
Hi,
I want to use Flash MX 2004 combobox component for my navigation.
What I want to achieve is that when making a selection in combobox,
a specific external xml file is loaded into the textarea component and a
specific photo is loaded into the scrollpane component.
How can I acheive this? Some code examples or links to information pages would be great
Sven
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can someone explain the action script behind this to me? I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around this one...
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I am trying to build a nav system for an application that requires both x & y nav capabilties, without having to create 16 different MC's (one for each possible option). Here is a link to the first screen where you make a selection from the grid.
http://home.comcast.net/~sswoboda_99/matt_app.html
Now, based on the users first selction, I want to load a new MC with just a dynamic text-box that will pull some text from a text file, but I need to make the nav posibilities such that the user is able to select any one of the options/categories on the x or y axis and then have it load the appropriate MC with text.
For instance, if the user selects the option for Manager (x axis) and Focus on Results (y axis) on the first screen, it loads that MC with the appropriate text for Manager >> Focus on Results. From there if they selcted Director and Above (x), it should then load the MC with the text for Director and Above >> Focus on Results. Then if they selected lets say Character, it would then load the MC text for Director and Above >> Character.
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I am new to your forum and new to ComboBoxes. I'm hoping to find some help. If this is not the right place, I appoligize.
I am curious if you can use a combobox to navigate a movie and in addition to navigation from the combobox also have it track what frame you are on. In other words if you navigate to a frame from a button, can the combobox update to show the current frame you are on?
Another question: When changing the font size on the combobox why does it only update in the dropdown menu and not the main distplay.
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I have a sample file but its to large to attach. send me a message and I can send it to you
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picture this:
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summary-
so on the main timeline, going from frame 5 'movie02' to frame 1 'movie'.
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Code:
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Regards,
ernie
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Code:
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i need the need help for this
Code:
CODE USED FOR THE FRAME
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Dear all,
hope that someone out there could help me with the following queries:
I am a new Flash user and currently using MX2004 Pro. I encountered some problems creating hyperlinks and Contact Me button.
I was following the instructions laid out in
(1) Creating Email Button:
http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=35
Under Mail Button, Step 2
I was unable to find Basic Actions>on mouse event then go to Basic actions> get URL as the menu in Flash MX has changed.
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http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/buttonlink.htm
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Thank you in advance.
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frame 1:
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ActionScript Code:
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frame 3:
ActionScript Code:
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frame 4:
ActionScript Code:
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ActionScript Code:
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