Trouble With Flash Template

Hi there,

I'm new and having a problem with a Flash template I have. Well a couple of problems. First of all, it came as a menu, and a seperate content file which has an animated intro. Once the intro finishes, it is static.

What's the best way to link these together as a website? I think it would be better to have the navigation as flash and the content as HTML once the intro finishes, but I don't know how to do that, or if it's possible.

Secondly, the menu doesn't have buttons that I can go in and edit for the different links.. instead it has a huge chunk of code in the main stage part. The menu looks good and seems to be a working navigation, but the links on it don't work when I publish the file and click the buttons. Below is the code


Quote:






//import the tween and easing classes
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
//total number of tabs, default: 7
var totalTabs:Number = 7;
//tracks the x value for the tab generation, default: 0
var tabPosition:Number = 0;
//set the starting left position of the first tab, default: 50
var tabStart:Number = 50;
//set the spacing inbetween tabs, default: -20
var tabSpacing:Number = -20;
//set the tab highest position, default: 13
var tabTop:Number = 13;
//set the sitting/middle position, default: 26
var tabMiddle:Number = 26;
//set the text link's highest position
var txtMiddle:Number = tabTop+tabMiddle-3;
var txtTop:Number = txtMiddle - tabTop;
//set the bottom position - best to leave alone, default: 61
var tabBottom:Number = 61;

//define what the link text should say
var linkArray:Array = ["home", "biography", "press", "new releases", "sign up", "shop", "contact"];
//define the website urls
var urlArray:Array = ["home.html", "biography.html", "press.html", "newreleases.html", "signup.html", "shop.html", "contact.html"];
//track the depths so we can put tabs behind one another
var depthTracker:Number = 999;
//**dynamically create all tabs **
//start off with 1, as long as 1 is less than the total tabs, carry on
for (i=1; i<=totalTabs; i++) {
//grab the tab movieclip and put it on our stage with a unique name
this.attachMovie("tab","tab"+[i],this.getNextHighestDepth());
//reduce the last depth to make the tab lower in depth
_root.depthTracker -= 2;
//use that value to swap the new tab so it's behind the one before
this["tab"+i].swapDepths(_root.depthTracker);
//** dynamically create our text with 50px wide and 50 high
this.createTextField("linktxt"+[i],this.getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,50,50);
//* setup the styling values for the link text

var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

this["linktxt"+i].autoSize = true;
//we need this to be declared for reference in our onRelease function
//basically, it keeps track of which button we're referring to...
this["tab"+i].i = i;
//..same for txt
this["linktxt"+i].i = i;
//assign the text we defined above in our list. whichever 'i' we're in will correspond
this["linktxt"+i].text = linkArray[i-1];

my_fmt.font = "Avenir";
my_fmt.bold = true;

this["linktxt"+i].embedFonts = true;

this["linktxt"+i].setTextFormat(my_fmt);

//we don't want it selectable, it also lets us use the rollOver effects
this["linktxt"+i].selectable = false;
//define the width of the tab to center it later on
var tabWidth = this["tab"+i]._width;
//define the width of the txt to center it later on
var txtWidth = this["linktxt"+i]._width;
//animate the tab(s) coming in from the bottom
var tabLoad:Tween = new Tween(this["tab"+i], "_y", None.easeIn, tabBottom, tabMiddle, 6, false);
//..same with the text
var linktxtLoad:Tween = new Tween(this["linktxt"+i], "_y", None.easeIn, tabBottom, txtMiddle, 6, false);
var linktxtLoad2:Tween = new Tween(this["linktxt"+i], "_alpha", None.easeIn, 0, 100,20, false);
// just in case the particular tab's depth is needed:
var tabDepth:Number = this["tab"+i].getDepth();
//** if the tab is set to 0, that means its the first tab created
//** so set it to tabStart (0 by default)
if (tabPosition == 0) {
this["tab"+i]._x = tabStart;
this["linktxt"+i]._x = tabStart + tabWidth/2 - txtWidth/2;
this["linktxt"+i]._y = tabMiddle+tabTop;
//redefine the tabPosition each time, so we can place the next tab properly
// ! including the tabstart position or else the first tab won't sit right
tabPosition += this["tab"+i]._width+tabSpacing+tabStart;
} else {
//if it's not 0 then set the tab's x to whatever the tab position should be
this["tab"+i]._x = tabPosition;
this["linktxt"+i]._x = tabPosition + tabWidth/2 - txtWidth/2;
this["linktxt"+i]._y = tabMiddle+tabTop;
// again, store the position for the next tab created
tabPosition += this["tab"+i]._width+tabSpacing;

}

// rollover the this unique tab and..
this["tab"+i].onRollOver = function() {
//move it from the middle position up to the top
var myRollOver:Tween = new Tween(this, "_y", None.easeIn, tabMiddle, tabTop, 3, false);
var linktxt = eval("linktxt" + this.i);
var myTxtRollOver:Tween = new Tween(linktxt, "_y", None.easeIn, txtMiddle, txtTop, 3, false);
};
//on roll out
this["tab"+i].onRollOut = function() {
//do the opposite: move from top to middle position
var myRollOut:Tween = new Tween(this, "_y", None.easeIn, tabTop, tabMiddle, 3, false);
var linktxt = eval("linktxt" + this.i);
var myTxtRollOut:Tween = new Tween(linktxt, "_y", None.easeIn, txtTop, txtMiddle, 3, false);
};

//if the tab is clicked
this["tab"+i].onRelease = function() {
//grab whichever the current tab value is (this.i) and store it to linkNum
var linkNum:Number = this.i;
//the stored number is linkNum
switch (linkNum) {
//if it's the same as this tab
case this.i :
//grab the value from the array using the current tab number (this.i)
//..and minus 1 as arrays start from 0.
trace(linkArray[this.i-1]);
break;
//the default being the first item in the linkArray, "home" by default.
default :
trace(linkArray[0]);
}
};
}





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