Problem With Latta Menu Magic 1.5
Hi,
Having downloaded MenuMagic 1.5 from http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Interfaces/Menus
I've tried to add more than 9 Maintopic but
it doesn't work.
I use this code:
MainTopic10 = "Tracking";
MainTopic10url = "http://www.yahoo.fr/";
The link works but the button'places has changed.
If someone could help me to solve this problem.
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash MX
Posted on: 07-30-2003, 01:46 PM
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As usual, we'll use the super-power of function make everything here easy. If you notice correctly, you'll find the similarity with the Rollover Smooth Button scripts. Yes, the share the same format but in this tutorial, you can dynamically change the content inside the button, using dot syntax.
Using Functions to simplify everything
On the functions' layer, we'll have this. Because instead of repeating the same Rollover and Rollout code all over again and making everything looks crowded on the actions layer, we'll simplify and only call rOver() and rOut() only.
*Note *
You might ask if it would make a difference if you place the functions and actions layer different, let's say for this case, note the function layer are placed above actions layer? And on the actions layer i placed a stop() on the bottom of the actions layer? In this case, if I place the actions layer on top of function layer, you might notice that the magic won't work, not even the Rollover/Rollout effect, this is because you stopped the movie before Flash reads the function layer. So, it does takes some planning if you want to separate layer. But not a big problem though, just a reminder.
Possibilities
Yes, you might ask, can i reuse the button and name it differently? Yes you can! That is where the magic comes from. And if you're interested to expand the idea and how far this interaction could go, I'd say, your creativity is the limit, and you can learn more on how to integrate different thing, and I'd have the tutorial ready in case you want to refer, and YES, you can combine all of it!
* Rollover Smooth Button (Transitions when rollover a button)
* Adding Sound to your button (Creating the wow-effect)
Here's the FLA file, have fun Flashin'
Download : [ Flexible Magic Button ]
p.s. - i've removed the picture from this post because it appeared to be super extremely user-unfriendly for me to post pic here, but the full version of the article is available at http://myflashportal.blogspot.com/20...ic-button.html
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Have you ever stucked in a situation where you need to duplicate tons of button where it looks the same but only varies on the text? Let's say in a survey or trivia game, or probably a website which expands to a lot of different section. And you're in confusion and clogged with bunch of unnecessary repeated and hassling steps. Here's the help that might bring you out of the dark world. Welcome.
Difficulty : Basic / Advance
Topic : Flexible Magic Button
Download : [ Flexible Magic Button ]
Starting Up
A canvas that measures up 200 px X 200 px would be sufficient for this tutorial.
And we'll create a new Symbol which we'll name it btn_template.
Yes, we'll have nothing but only this movie clip inside our library. Amazing isn't it?
Inside the movie clip (using it to act as a button)
Moving on, we'll have a very simple looking movieclip which will act as a button. Three layers.Actions - nothing complicated here, only stop(); will be placed here.
txtbox - A dynamic textbox will be placed here, which where the magic comes from.
design - Only functions visually, and doesn't affect your button.
We'll prepare as planned, one simple rectangular and dynamic textbox.
See? Nothing's complicated. Unless if you decide to implement advance interaction here.
Next, we'll proceed with giving this dynamic textbox a name, for this case, we'll name it txtName
Some tweaking which is up to your preference to make the Dynamic text appear. For this case, it's more appropriate to center the text and unselect the "Selectable" option on the Properties panel.
We're done setting up the movieclip. We'll go back to the main scene.
The Finishing
Remember the golden rule in doing any project, REMEMBER TO SAVE!
The Stage's empty now right? Drag one instance from the Library to the stage, and name it btn1
Be patience, we'll about to see some magic soon, and on the actions layer, write the script as shown on the screenshot. And we'll test the movie and see if it's working.
You can choose the option Test Movie or by using Ctrl+Enter (CMD+Enter for Mac user)
THE MAGIC! yes, the word appeared. And what's next, no, we're not done yet.
As usual, we'll use the super-power of function make everything here easy. If you notice correctly, you'll find the similarity with the Rollover Smooth Button scripts. Yes, the share the same format but in this tutorial, you can dynamically change the content inside the button, using dot syntax.
Using Functions to simplify everything
On the functions' layer, we'll have this. Because instead of repeating the same Rollover and Rollout code all over again and making everything looks crowded on the actions layer, we'll simplify and only call rOver() and rOut() only.
*Note *
You might ask if it would make a difference if you place the functions and actions layer different, let's say for this case, note the function layer are placed above actions layer? And on the actions layer i placed a stop() on the bottom of the actions layer? In this case, if I place the actions layer on top of function layer, you might notice that the magic won't work, not even the Rollover/Rollout effect, this is because you stopped the movie before Flash reads the function layer. So, it does takes some planning if you want to separate layer. But not a big problem though, just a reminder.
Possibilities
Yes, you might ask, can i reuse the button and name it differently? Yes you can! That is where the magic comes from. And if you're interested to expand the idea and how far this interaction could go, I'd say, your creativity is the limit, and you can learn more on how to integrate different thing, and I'd have the tutorial ready in case you want to refer, and YES, you can combine all of it!Rollover Smooth Button (Transitions when rollover a button)
Adding Sound to your button (Creating the wow-effect)
Here's the FLA file, have fun Flashin'
Download : [ Flexible Magic Button ]
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Thanks
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That chat window has 4 lines of text visible, so I've written something like this into the 'send' button:
on (release) {
chatdisplay = chatdisplay + ":" + _root.mynick + ": " + chatinput + "
";
chatinput = "";
chatdisplaycount++;
if (chatdisplaycount > 4) {
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}
}
the problem is after i enter the 5th line of text, it does not scroll up, but after I enter the 6th line of text and hit send, it does scroll up but only by one so now I cant see the last line of text i entered, only the second to last line. so one would think I'm reading the line count wrong or something, but changing the if statement doesnt help, in fact nothing helps, the display is always one line behind.
even weirder, i set a test variable to check out what the maxscroll value is for the text box that updates each time I hit send. after hitting four lines (the height of the text box), it shows 1 as it should, but when I send the 5th line it still is at 1, only after the 6th line does it change to 2, and then keeps incrementing properly but by 1 offset from what it seems it should be.
finally I tried something like:
chatdisplay.scroll = chatdisplay.maxscroll;
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I also created another button that has a chatdisplay.scroll += 1; action on it to manually scroll the chat window down, and it works just fine, its not like the textbox is stuck or my text isnt actually there. what the hell is going on here? equally strange is the fact that if I type in 4 lines of text into the window in flash the authoring prog and then export it, sometimes only 3 lines appear unless i size the box just right, a little bit bigger than what the 4 lines are taking up on screen. If I try to resize the box to only be big enough to show the 4 lines, when I export it only shows 3. Could this be another part of the problem?
anyone ever have problems like this with flash text boxes and know a solution? thanks.
-zoltan
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i've just about had it with this::
so i loaded "paranines.swf" and "contents.txt" to http://paranines.50megs.com/
i used: loadVariablesNum("contents.txt", 0)to load the .txt file
BUT IT DOESNT WORK...
i tried replacing ("contents.txt",0) with ("http://paranines.50megs.com/contents.txt",0) but the .swf still won't load in the text instead naming it "relatively"; all my variables are named correctly.
everything works perfectly when i test it from my computer.
as soon as i uploaded it to the site, it read the swf but the text wouldn't load.
im lost.
ALSO:: what about "GET" and "POST" what are they and would they help load the variables.
it's just a website for my band, but im soo frustrated,
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im a flash newbie, don't make fun of the site
--zach
zbodtorf@aol.com
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