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Started 2 years ago by andreaComponents
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Hello, I purchased DockMenu 3, my icons are paths and circles. Similar to icons.xml, I saved my icons as jpg and also as gif but they look terrible. When I roll over, they are brighter and I can see a square around them. I put alpha 0 in roll over options, however, I can not fix this problem. You fix it in your example of icons.xml. I don´t have that file. Could you please help me?
Thanks
systems29, the answer to you would be kind of the same I gave to ngaheer, the first two paragraphs
flash4mixit, normally Flash is built to have the hand cursor as long as there are onRollOver events defined; and all Dock Menu’s movement is based on onRollOver events. However there is an option to manually force to hide the hand cursor. I’ll make this as an XML option in a future update
To answer to your second question, you cannot pass that string to the url attribute. You either specify a full url address (e.g. url=“http://www.google.com”) or a javascript command
covertops09, I really do not understand where exactly you got stuck
heolles, indeed the solution to hide the text is not very elegant, but I’ll make an option in this regard in a future update
Meanwhile, here’s what you can do: delete the text in the images.xml file so just an empty CDATA section appears, like this: <![CDATA[]]>
Then set backAlpha to 0
To your second question, you can put a background image to the Dock Menu by setting the backgroundColor to 0 (so the background will be transparent) and by putting an image as a background in your HTML/PHP document which embeds the swf file
PCTechASAP, I’ve checked the link you gave me with both IE and FF and it’s displaying correctly on both. I did not see the choppy thing you talked about
Paydarh60, “XML News Reader” is not one of my products, please post your question on the appropriate component
stbearabus, I’m afraid what you asked for cannot be done due to the algorithm of Dock Menu. If I would try to hide those margins (blank spaces), the first and last images would not appear entirely when you would rolle over their center points
a_yorgos, you just have to make sure that when you install the MXP file with Adobe Extension Manager, you install it specifically for Flash CS3. In the installation video above, when showing the Adobe Extension Manager, at some point I opened a drop down box in which I selected Flash CS3.
If you do not have “Flash CS3” option in your Extension Manager, it means that this application’s version is not right
hebronbrick, I know about CPU usage, and when I build components, I build them with this in mind. However it is inevitable for Flash applications to not have a high CPU usage when advanced algorithms are used and especially when more than a regular number of items are used in a component. So in this case, I could only show you which variables play an important role in the CPU usage, so you may work on those:
1. the highest CPU ‘eater’ would be the blur effect (but it’s not the case for this menu)
2. the images size and number
3. reflection
4. other effects used, like rollover effects
On your second question, you meant “when appearance is ‘bottom’ “. I do not have a solution for this yet, but I noted it down for the future update
ale17, that sounds about right, but I see there are some variables wrongfully spelled (event1bject, objbject)
schapus, first of all, I’m sorry that one of my components gave you such a hard time
Second, I really don’t understand what you’re trying to do there. I see you want to put just one item in the Dock Menu, then what would be the purpose of using this Dock Menu if you’d use just one image?
jdtorres, just set backgroundColor to 0, it’s all explained at www.flashxml.net/dock-menu.html
andreaCompon, you’ll just have to use PNG files (not JPGs nor GIFs). That is available for any transparent images you want to use in Flash
Snowcat,
This is my second attempt to reach you. I’m still having some trouble with the Dock Menu XML 3.0 linking to an iFrame. Let me try to clarify my question…
I’ve successfully got my menu on my index.html page and when you click on a photo/link, I want it to appear in an iframe on the same page. It just won’t work.
I tried setting the target to “showframe” (which is my iframe name) in the external xml file.
Here’s a line of coding from the XML file:
<photo image=“images/01.jpg” bigimage=“images/big/01.jpg” url=“http://web.mac.com/jeffweston/ads/crisis.html” target=“showframe” lightboxInfo=“Optional description for image 1”><![CDATAIntel]></photo>
Any ideas how to properly link it so that my images will appear in my iframe? Going crazy over here!
Thanks.
Hi Snowcat, i write the variables again, I like to take te number in the “target” in the images.xml on this code.
var event1:Object = new Object();
DockMenu.addEventListener(“thumbReleased”, event1);
event1.thumbReleased = function (obj:Object) {
_root.myBook.flipGotoPage(Number(this.target[i]));
}
an example of what i need, where the number 4 is the number in the “target” in the images.xml.
_root.myBook.flipGotoPage(4);
can you help me with this?
thanks
Solution 1: This would be a proper code:
var event1:Object = new Object();
DockMenu.addEventListener("thumbReleased", event1);
event1.thumbReleased = function (obj:Object) {
_root.myBook.flipGotoPage(obj.id);
}
Solution 2: You cannot use the target attribute in the XML file the way you showed me. If you’re setting target=“4” in the XML file, you will automatically trigger _root.gotoAndPlay(4), and not other command (like _root.myBook.flipGotoPage() ). You could put this command on the main timeline, on frame 4.
But Solution 1 it’s rather straightforward
Need a little help if you got a minute.
Downloaded the component and everything works great on my computer. I uploaded all the files to my server and it won’t work from my site. I can see where the images should be and it looks like they are loading, but they never do. Here’s the url and you can see what’s going on….
Test site
I know it’s got to be something I’m overlooking but I can’t figure it out.
I also uploaded the example files that came with dockmenu and they work fine…
Dock Menu files
Any help would be appreciated!
Jim
Okay, I’m humbling myself by admitting what my mistake was (not that anybody knows me here!) but I thought I would post the answer in case anybody else has the same problem…
When you name your pictures, like “picture.jpg”, make sure your .JPG is lower case just like it is in the code or else the code can’t reference the pictures. Unless of course, you change the code to upper case to match your file names.
I have bought the DockMenu 3 and work fine, but I need put the dockMenu in flash preload application with external movie; that application runs in action script 3,0 and
when I try to run de “Dockmenu3” in the preload, flash send an error (WARNING: The component ‘DockMenu’ requires ActionScript 2.0.) but if a try to export the movie with action script 2,0 in the preload just play music, but no image.
please help me. How can I runs de DOCKMenu in action scrpt 3,0?
thanks.
I purchased the comercial dock menu, and I want to modify the index to use
the Lightbox and the big images. I can do it with the dock alone, but I can’t
do it with out getting “get adobe flash player message” I place the dock inside
anothe SWF.
I already placed in trasparente mode the dock on my SWF the only thing missing is the Lightbox but I haven’t able to figuere this out even I’ve try to install the Lightbox on the HTML file that cointains the main SWF.
thank you. great script
jdtorres, you simply cannot use Dock Menu FX in AS3 files. This component was written in AS2, and AS2 is completely incompatible with AS3
joevidales, I really can’t imagine what you did wrong, because there’s obviously a mistake somewhere, but many things could lead to the message you’re receiveing
It’s me again Snowcat
could you please help me with the html file fot uploiad the component embed in a swf file to load the lightbox.
please please I’m running out of ideas to solve this
thank you
hi, before I buy it I would like to ask if it is possible to click an image inside the dockmenu and it will flip to the specific page by page flipper? http://www.flashcomponents.net/component/flash_page_flipper.html
cookie, I’m sure that’s possible, but you’ll have to figure out yourself on how to do that. You need to have a certain degree of Flash knowledge in order to do that. The documentation on the events the Dock Menu FX is dispatching (with which you’ll trigger page-flipping) is available at this address
joevidales, I’m really sorry, I cannot give you an idea as I do not know what you’re having there. Send me a private message for further discussion
Hi! I changed my mind, maybe I’d just use simple navigation like frame to frame or scene by scene, I watched the video and I would like to make clear that the “url” can I remove it if I just want to use the target (which onrelease button it will go to my defined frame #?)
so a viewer that has a flash player prior to version 9 is going to see a choppy image?
Hello, snowcat. I want to buy Dock Menu FX. But I have one great question. What kind of fonts supplied by Dock Menu FX? So I want to use cyrilic fonts and latin fonts. It is the most reason in buying.
yes cookie, that is possible, but my answer is the same, you’ll have to implement it yourself using the documentation provided at this link
ultradesign, that is true. The truth is also that approx 0.5% of users are having Flash Player 8 installed on their browsers. When you’re testing this component with Flash 8 (which has Flash Player 8 built in when testing the movie, and a much higher percentage of users are still using Flash 8) you will see indeed a choppy dock menu, but when you’re publishing this menu on your site (and I recommend to test the movie with Flash Player 9 if you’re using Flash 8), the chance is that only 0.5% might not see it properly. Kind of the same percentage from global users (0.5%) are using 800×600 screen resolutions, and this means that browsing for them is a pain, as most sites are build for 1024×768. So you simply cannot consider absolute 100% visitors’ browser capabilities when building your site.
Brooklyn, you’ll be able to use your own fonts with your special characters without a problem, here are the instructions:
Edit the XML file with a text editor (i usually use Notepad++) and set the format of the XML file to UTF-8. In Notepad++, from the menu, Format -> Encode in UTF-8. Type your tooltip text in CDATA tags for each image (in your UTF-8 formatted language) and Save the file.
In the FLA file create an empty text field on the stage using Text Tool (put it anywhere just make sure it doesn’t contain text or it’s not visible). Click on this newly created text field on the Stage and go to Properties panel (Ctrl+F3) and select a font which you know it contains all the characters you need. Click Embedding and select (using Ctrl+Click) all the character types you need (each selection increases little by little the SWF size).
All you need to do now is to click on the DockMenu instance on the Stage, go to Component Inspector (Shift+F7) and for fontFace type the name of the font you used on the empty text field you just created.
Hi, quick question. Is there any way of adding a sound to each differet button?
Thanks!
Hello, yes there is, but you’ll have to do it yourself by catching thumbReleased event (you can follow the instructions on how to catch events at this address )
Hello Snowcat
I was able to put the dock inside the SWF and ge t the ligthbox but only with the first 7 images and I checked arround to get the next images open with ligthbox but i can only get the screen go gray.
any ideas that could help me.
I have just updated this article http://www.flashxml.net/adding-lightbox-to-flash.html
By following it step by step I believe this time you won’t encounter difficulties.
I also updated the free archive of Dock Menu, which has an implementation of Lightbox fully functional.
HI snowcat! I purchased it already, mm! may I ask how if I want to make the dock in a transparent color coz we’re using a background image, is it possible? thanks!
I have purchased a great menu it is running video, audio, and photo’s. Check it out here.
http://www.pastormoore.com/
D. Zimmerman
