myAdvDropDownMenu

An easy to use/manage advance drop down menu. Just drag and drop onto stage & change the variable’s value, thats it.

Things you can easily set through the variables:

• drop up or down
• easing speed
• easing type (uses mx.Tween class)
• width of menu
• a maximum character to prevent long headlines
• uppercase/lowercase
• icon indicating its an external link

Dropdown details are kept in an array. you can also run a function instead of an external link, just follow the commented actionscripts

AATW - added along the way

• How to load a swf/jpg into a movieClip on stage – 5th jan 08 –
  1. Create a empty movieClip, place it on stage, give it an instance name: holderMc
  2. Put the path to the swf or jpg in the array like this:

     ["Title of menu", _root.doSomething, "function", "meow.jpg"],

  3. Open up initiateDropDown.as file, on line 25:

     Change: 
     f();
     
     To: 
     f(dropDowns[this.no][3]);

  4. Lastly in frame one’s actionscript, modify the function:

     From this:
     doSomething = function () {
         _root.tracer.text = "Hello im frm a function<br />--------<br />"+_root.tracer.text;
     };
     
     To this: 
     doSomething = function (swf:String) {
         _root.holderMc.loadMovie(swf);
     };