XML Flash Menu for a HTML Environment V1

HTML / Flash Dropdown Menu

• XML Driven Actionscript 3 flash menu for an HTML Page
• You can add as many submenus as you wish
• Everything is customisable from color to font to size and logo

Features

• Uses XML to define the menus & submenus
• Not all menu items have to have a submenu
• Supports absolute or relative paths
• Offers the ability to open in a new window, same window, parent or even and iframe
• Change menu height
• Change roll over colors
• Change easing options like Elastic, Bounce, Back etc
• Endless amounts of styles
• Super easy to modify
• Works on all* browsers

FAQs

• How do I add more menu items?
  • In menu.xml add a new line:

<item title="Your Menu Item" type="page" url="http://activeden.net/user/rondog" window="_self"></item>

• But what if I want it to have submenus?
  • In menu.xml add a new line:

     <item title="Your Menu Item" type="sublink">
    <subitem title="Submenu 1" url="http://activeden.net/user/rondog" window="_self" />
    <subitem title="Submenu 2" url="http://activeden.net/user/rondog" window="_self" />
    </item>

• How do I change the look of it like fonts, colors etc?
  • To change the font simply, open the TitleClip MC or the SubClip MC and use the standard flash properties panel and select a new font
  • To change the font color simply, open the TitleClip MC or the SubClip MC and use the standard flash properties panel and select a new color. You must also define these roll over colors inside the HTMLMenu.AS file. Default colors are what you see in the preview.
  • To change the subclip highlight color, simply open the SubClip MC and change the background color
• How do I add my own logo?
  • Open the logo MC and import your own PNG /JPG/GIF
• Why isnt this file isn’t working locally?
  • This file uses the External Interface which is only able to run if on a server, however, if you add the path of where the file is to your flash settings in the security dialogue it will work