dock menu 2.0

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• fabiancarreno
  hi, im having the worst time with this. i want the images to load on the stage as i clic on them. ive tried everything i can and cant get it to work. please help me figure this out
  thanx

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 20, 2008
• snowcat
  Hi,

  To achieve what you're saying you should do this:
  Create an empty movie clip on the stage, say Holder.
  In the dockmenu_container symbol's code, find the getURL function. Instead of it use
  _root.Holder.loadMovie(imagesURL[i]);
  where imagesURL is an array which holds the paths of the images you wish to load.

  Hope this helps,
  Snowcat

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 21, 2008
• fabiancarreno
  hey snowcat, thanx for the response!!!
  forgive my ignorance but cant get it to work @#$%
  i did this
  inserted a new mc called Holder. dragged it to the stage. jumped into the code and found:

  MovieClip.prototype.onClick = function(i) {
  this.onPress = function() {
  getURL(urls[i], target);
  }
  so i changed it to

  MovieClip.prototype.onClick = function(i) {
  this.onPress = function() {
  _root.Holder.loadMovie(imagesURL[i]);
  }

  and it doesnt work. what am i doing wrong?
  sorry man, and thank you

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 21, 2008
• snowcat
  Did you named the instance name of the Holder symbol to Holder?

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 21, 2008
• fabiancarreno
  wow i got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  i just changed the code a lil bit
  wrote

  _root.mediadisplay.loadMovie(images[i]);

  i dont really know what it means but its working beautifully. i just need to resize the images now

  thanx for the help!!!
  great work!!!!!!

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 21, 2008
• fabiancarreno
  OK THERES A NEW PROBLEM NOW. IM LOADING THE IMAGES INTO THE IMAGE HOLDER BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT SIZES SO I NEED TO GET THEM CENTERED CAUSE IM GETTING THEM ALL ALIGNED TO THE LEFT.
  HOW CAN I GET THIS RIGHT?
  THANX

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 21, 2008
• snowcat
  Well you'll have to use loadClip instead of loadMovie, and in the onLoadInit event you'll have to resize and allign your image. Check out the Flash manual for these.

  Regards,
  Snowcat

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 21, 2008
• flnuton
  hi - can you point me where to find the function that resizes the thumbnails? would like them to resize only by 100% when rolled over.

  thanks

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 31, 2008
• snowcat
  Hi,

  When you open the FLA file, double-click the dockmenu_container symbol from the Library and then hit F9 (Actions panel). In there you will find minThumbW, minThumbH, maxThumbW and maxThumbH variables in order to set the width and height of the images for the roll over and roll out states.

  Regards,
  Snowcat

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 31, 2008