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• decaye

  

  
  snowcat, first it's a great component..but how do I make the info text appear exactly like the Featured Components menu...right below these comments...I need them to appear underneath it's corresponding thumbnail?
  #  /  posted on Mar 07, 2008
• fndreyfus

  

  
  Is there a way to make it so the fash file opens on a fixed position. It's scrolling all the way to end and is distracting for the rest of the webpage. Thanks!
  #  /  posted on Feb 21, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  Vdiaz, is AS 2.0
  Manyhavetried, if you want to load images in a movieclip on the stage, you could use loadMovie() instead of getURL() method for onPress event.
  #  /  posted on Feb 29, 2008
• fruits

  

  
  Hi Snowcat,
  
  I am really interested in this dock menu. However my main aim would be to use it in conjunction with slideshowpro (http://www.slideshowpro.net) - I would only be doing this if I can load items to the dock menu via array's loaded when ssp has loaded the xml for display - I realize that I would have to tweak some code to get this to happen, but you may know that it is not possible.
  
  thanks - Fruits
  #  /  posted on Mar 02, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  Hi Fruits,
  
  I don't know how slideshowpro works but I'm sure it can be tweaked. I'm sorry I can't help you with more details right now.
  
  Thanks,
  Snowcat
  #  /  posted on Mar 03, 2008
• yazicim

  

  
  Hi, Snowcat. First of all let me say that you've done a great job. I purchased it and overall looks great. I am having a slight problem though; After it loads the images I specify in the xml file, images' backgrounds look grayish eventhough they have solid white backgrounds. They are not transparent though, but originally all have white backgrounds.
  
  What would be the problem? Is there a fix to that? Or is it by design?
  #  /  posted on Mar 14, 2008
• yazicim

  

  
  After further investigation; It looks as if there is an effect that is causing the grayish backgrounds. The effect is to highlight the image that has the cursor on. To be able to that, it adds a light gray color filter on all images that does not have the cursor on. And I think this is the default setting. I am a Flash newbie. But is there a way to turn that effect off and if yes, what is the easiest way to do it?
  
  Thank you.
  #  /  posted on Mar 14, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  Hi yazicim,
  
  If I'm guessing right... your problem would be fixed if you'd set the inColor and outColor variables to 0. Or maybe just outColor = 0;
  
  Tell me if this helps.
  
  Snwocat
  #  /  posted on Mar 15, 2008
• mediagrin

  

  
  I have just purchased the Dock menu and I am waiting for money to clear before I am able to download it. I was wondering how easy it would be to use a different XML doc?
  The XML I would need to use would contain image ID number that I would then feed into a URL to download the images into the Dock Menu?
  
  Many thanks
  
  Mediagrin
  #  /  posted on Mar 24, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  riesengros: Actually, the getURL() method is inside the onPress event, so you can put any kind of code to this event.
  Yes, combining is possible.
  You mean the zoom like in demo2? Yes, zooming is possible in any vertical direction (from top to bottom, from bottom to top, in the middle)
  #  /  posted on Apr 11, 2008
• dnexus

  

  
  I've sent you a PM but I'm not sure you got it.
  
  I'm having problems with dockmenu_commercial (dockmenu.fla). It looks great in the desktop export but it's giving me a hard time on the server. The images are stretched (both the images and reflaction, differently) and the description says "undefined". I'm still using your images, I've put full URL paths in the XML. I've changed the stage size to 515x240 but it behaves the same at your original size. Is it something in my embed code?
  
  There are more details in the message, if you got it
  Thanks
  #  /  posted on Apr 16, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  Hi dnexus,
  
  If it looks OK when testing the movie, then the problem is when embedding the swf into your html script.
  
  Try using the html code from within "object" tags from the published html file (Shift+F12 in Flash) when embedding the swf.
  
  Cheers!
  Snowcat
  #  /  posted on Apr 17, 2008
• gilescross

  

  
  Hi, I'm looking to purchase this today but would like to know how I can click on a thumbnail to bring in a larger image on the same page without having to load a new page. What would I need to do? Thanks!
  #  /  posted on Apr 18, 2008
• jenroth23

  

  
  Hi,
  
  Love the menu! I am having trouble replacing the images though. I resized it to match the size of th demo images, but the colors get really distorted, it looks hypercolored. Any tips or am I supposed to be doing something?
  
  Thanks!!!
  Jen
  #  /  posted on Apr 28, 2008
• triad1994

  

  
  Hi Snowcat,
  I am getting this error when I place my flash swf in my index.asp page:
  "A Script in this movie is causing Adobe Flash Player 9 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?"
  I tried it in IE 6, IE7, Safari, and Firefox. I am getting the same error. Do you know what is causing this?
  #  /  posted on Apr 30, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  northsays: indeed you do not need to change the code if you want to change only the images and target urls (but the dock width and height can only be changed through code). On your server you need to put the swf in let's say "folder" and images in "folder/images", or the relative path specified in the xml
  
  jasoncoe: to avoid the flickering (after changing the dimensions of the images) try to enlarge or reduce the total width of the SWF document.
  
  kenogoh84: you cannot replace the images with movieclips (I did not created the menu with this support, although with some coding this could be achieved); to replace the links with scenes/frames you simply have to replace the getURL method with the desired code for onPress event for each image
  
  jenroth23: this is something nobody had complained before, and quite a few had purchased this; i really don't know what the problem would be, as it's a weird thing that's happening; try set loadSmoothed=false ?
  
  triad1994: that's a weird one too; this error appears when the code enters into an infinite loop; did you try to include the swf from the demo into your asp page and you were given this error? or you got this error after you modified the code and published into your page?
  #  /  posted on Apr 30, 2008
• anogasky

  

  
  I uploaded my site, and it was working on dreamweaver, but after I uploaded everything, the dock can't find the image files for the menu, instead it just shows the preloader. Any thoughts?
  #  /  posted on May 07, 2008
• coyotech

  

  
  The load movie event doesn't work this is the code I am trying in place of get url, test being a movieclip i want to load external swfs to. If i replace test with this in loads the movie clip in place of the photo so i know its partly working.
  
  loadMovie(urls[i], "test");
  #  /  posted on May 08, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  avc: please try the following and tell me if it is the way you want:
  after the line
  if (thumbs._width > dockWidth) {
  put
  xpos = -thumbs._width/4;
  (if you're using vertical orientation, it's _height instead of _width)
  
  anogasky: if it shows only the preloader, it means the swf couldn't find the images or the xml file. Put the swf, xml file and images folder in the same folder
  
  coyotech: if you want to use
  loadMovie(urls[i], "test");
  "test" must be a properly previously created movieclip
  and urls[i] must contain the path of the images you want to load the "test" movieclip with
  #  /  posted on May 09, 2008
• workshed

  

  
  Hi, the description says it can be set up to auto scroll, but I don't see a configuration option for that in the code. Can it be set up to auto scroll infinitely?
  #  /  posted on May 09, 2008
• Anonymous

  

  
  Hi Snowcat.
  I purchased your package, some lovely things here.
  My question is this: I want to use the Dock Menu XML to have some photos appear in a Flash website that I am doing. I sort of assumed that I need to change the XML file where it says url="http://www.flashcomponents.net/author/snowcat.html", into an actionscript. I need to call up some swf files from the server. Now, I figured this was possible, but I am no expert here. Do you have any suggestions on which actionscript I need to enter here? I can align the swf files to load in the correct place on the page, but I am unsure how to script them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! C
  #  /  posted on May 15, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  workshed: what i meant by "auto scroll" was that the menu scrolls on mouse move, without the need to press a button for moving left or right
  
  smjustis: you have to edit the XML file too!
  
  vanroojdotcom:
  1.the images names are being read from the xml file, and the actual images loaded from the path specified in the xml file
  2. the amount of images is automatically calculated from the xml file; if you have 3 rows specifying only 3 images in the xml, then the menu will have only those 3 images displayed
  3. I haven't provided support for images to loop
  4. the text format can easily be changed from the Library of the FLA file; the text content read of course through xml
  #  /  posted on May 17, 2008
• mstevens

  

  
  I am not well versed in Flash but I have
  managed to replace the images with my own.
  They are not solid rectangles like your photos
  and the dock is showing a darkened box around
  all of my images (until they are selected when
  they brighten).
  
  All of the images were saved as .png
  to maintain transparency.
  
  Is there anyway to avoid the darkened rectangular
  halos around my images' negative spaces?
  #  /  posted on May 21, 2008
• mstevens

  

  
  I was working with dock 1 (the white
  horizontal one). Dock 2 (horiz. black)
  had no black halos but the reflections
  were all over the place when I changed
  the dimensions of the images
  (I changed the reflection dimensions also).
  
  thanks
  #  /  posted on May 21, 2008
• dnexus

  

  
  Is there any way to load little Flash previews instead of JPGs and GIFs?
  #  /  posted on Jun 04, 2008
• Anonymous

  

  
  dnexus, hyperlab: find the line
  pr._x = 3/2*minThumbW; pr._y = 3/2*minThumbH;
  and change 3/2 with 1/2
  hope this fix it
  dnexus, do you mean you want to load SWF's instead JPG's? Sure you can do that, just set loadSmoothed variable to false
  
  tekman, you won't find that exact product available for purchase
  #  /  posted on Jun 05, 2008
• snowcat

  

  
  dnexus, hyperlab: find the line
  pr._x = 3/2*minThumbW; pr._y = 3/2*minThumbH;
  and change 3/2 with 1/2
  hope this fix it
  dnexus, do you mean you want to load SWF\\'s instead JPG\\'s? Sure you can do that, just set loadSmoothed variable to false
  
  tekman, you won\\'t find that exact product available for purchase
  #  /  posted on Jun 05, 2008
• lboodl

  

  
  Hi,
  
  I've currently purchased the component.
  
  I want to use the component twice in my main movie.
  So i've created two .swf files in which i got my components working perfectly.
  
  Each component has a different action on the clickevent.
  
  In my main movie when i load both movies, the data loads perfectly but both movies execute the same action on the click event.
  
  I thought that it was because of the variables, so i've changed them, but the problem is still here.
  
  Can you please help me ? (its kinda urgent...)
  
  Thank you
  #  /  posted on Jun 17, 2008
• shingooo

  

  
  Hi Snowcat,
  
  Great Menu. I've managed to resize the image and relocate the text fine but when i remove the mirror there is a big gap between the text and the image. Also, the hotspot for when the cursor rolls over to magnify the image seems to have gone weird. At the moment, the image only magnifies when the cursor rolls over the top half and above the image. Any suggestions??
  
  Thanks
  #  /  posted on Jun 22, 2008
• brokentuskk

  

  
  Completely changed our home page. We made the XML feed from a dynamic file which let's it update without any intervention on our part.
  
  If you ever add a continual loop feature that would be even better.
  
  Ever thought of making the image size part of the XML file? Seems that would solve a lot of peoples questions.
  #  /  posted on Jun 24, 2008