Sliding XML Menu

oops I forgot, question

how can I get it to advance one frame when I click on lets say about us

I know I need to do this in the menu.xml file

I have pages in different frames

so instead of going to another url it needs to go to another frams where another page will come up

thanks in advance

final question, how can I set the placement of the menu I need it to the right 200 pixels and 100 pixels down

To do this, you create an empty movie clip and give it an instance name. Then you pass that movieClip into the constructor of the menu like this:

var myMenu = new XMLMenu(myEmptyClip);

how can I get it to advance one frame when I click on lets say about us I know I need to do this in the menu.xml file

You can’t do this in the menu.xml file. If you want ActionScript to be executed when you click on an item, you have to do it like this:

// The first parameter here is the index of the menu Item
// So, if About Us is the second menu item, you would put a 1 here like this
myMenu.setItemAction(1, function() {
    trace("You can put any action here");
    // This is what it sounds like you want to do (go and stop on frame 2)
    gotoAndStop(2);
});

Is font embedding possible?

Yes, font embedding is possible, but you have to own Flash in order to do that. There are good instructions on how to do that here:http://tinyurl.com/34r6mr.

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thank you

Tony

I am in a bind here I bought a menu similar to urs but the guy put all the code in x.as file outside of fla and is annoying to work with it outside of flash.

I am very interested in ur file, all I want to know is does the menu just loads the xml and the action script is all inside flash because then I can work with it?

I liked what you pointed out in the beginning what we can change in the fla, many people dont say that and when we buy it we have to read the whole code outside of flash!!!!

@codybrazil83 – I’m not sure I understand your situation exactly. Do you have Flash?

All of the code that generates the menu is in .as files outside of the fla. However, all of the code that you need to write (like the example above) in order to get it to work is in the fla. Or, you don’t have to write any code because the menu is very customizeable from just the XML file.

Hope that answers your question.

From what I can tell you use the buttons and text from inside the fla file which is good, what I hated about Oxylus file was that the whole thing he created from code even the buttons so there is no graphic whatsoever to change inside the fla file and that annoys me.

I am going to buy it probably today, I just hope I can implement in ur code the line “loadMovie(“preview.swf”, holder_mc);” cause I’ll be using inside a flash web page so I dont need the getURL command, I’ll take a look at your “as” file and see what I can do if is good I’ll post some nice stuff over here. Heheh if is good and easy to work with I even give you some tips how to improve it to make it easier to us graphic designers, I have done it couple times, improved some people files, is weird I can’t make it from scratch like you do but I can improve it after you do it, is sooooo weird.

WOW thanks I bought it, well my employer bought it and it works fine, I managed to do exactly a menu in this site “http://www.luisariella.com/site.html”, I am rebuilding this site in AS2 , it is in AS3 but has some bugs.

Well I do need help with one thing though!!!!!

I am trying to change the color of the text when you hover over it, it can be the same color as the selected button or a different color, just like the menu in the site that I put over there, so when the user goes over the text it changes color also besides the line going under it.

Thanks I need help on this maximum until tuesday, wednesday I have to present the site!!!

I have a huge problem sorry I found out that the fonts were not embedded in the menu!!!

How do I embed it from the code, cause if you had a text box in the fla file I know how to do but in the code I have no clue, and if is possible I dont know I am hoping you know!!!

Please I need this ASAP !!!!

@codybrazil83 – I’m glad the menu is working for you.

Here are some good instructions on how to embed fonts: http://tinyurl.com/34r6mr. I hope that helps.

thanks for responding so fast but I saw a bunch of instructions on the web like you just game me and they told me to add a bunch of stuff in the fla file like create a font symbol or something but I just added “this.item_txt.embedFonts = true;” this in ur xmlMenuItems.as file on line 116 and it worked heheh I was all worried that I had to do a lot of things and ended up being one line and that’s it thanks!!!

IT was great buying from you, ur menu is ease to comfigure, though I do know a bit about as2 so that helped in some areas!!!

May God bless you man!!!!

Hhehehe sorry one more request!!!

I have succeeded in embedding the font but now the font (before too) it looks a bit puffy, blurry well something like that, I found out the reason is because flash is using the font as ANTI -ALIAS FOR READABILITY , and I have tested in flash just putting a regular text in that alias and the FOR ANIMATION and the ANIMATION one looks better that is not involving the code just plain text, so my question is !!!!!

HOW do I make the text in the button run ANTI -ALIAS FOR ANIMTAION text in the code, because since there is no text box in the fla for me to change it for that alias for animation how do I do it in the code? IF there isn’t a way is it possible to make the textfield in the fla file instead of the code, so that way we can set up what ever we want??

Sorry to bug u too much YOU HAD IT IN THE CODE ALL ALONG I just need to change from ADVANCE anti-ali to NORMAL thanks man you did a GREAT job on this menu simple but effective!!!!

I’m glad you figured it out. Thanks for the compliments!

Hello, I purchased this SLIDING XML MENU (very nice) but impossible to make it working with french characters, or others. It’s really pity. Quel dommage ! What to do to make it work with the accents? Thanks in advance Best regards