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Dock Menu XML 2.0
  • Started 2 years ago by fndreyfus
  • Latest reply from mwgrace
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  1. Member

    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 1 year ago #

  2. Anonymous
    Member

    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 1 year ago #

  3. snowcat
    Member

    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 1 year ago #

  4. mstevens
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    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 1 year ago #

  5. mstevens
    Member

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    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 1 year ago #

  6. zuperhost
    Member

    Hi, How to add properties, for example I need the images start to be more big size. Where I put the var minThumbW = 45; var minThumbH = 27; Thanks you.
    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. zuperhost
    Member

    Hi,

    How to add properties, for example I need the images start to be more big size.

    Where I put the var minThumbW = 45; var minThumbH = 27;

    Thanks you.
    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. snowcat
    Member

    I have fixed the crashing bug (when the SWF fails to load the XML) permanently. Re-download the archive.

    mstevens: to avoit the rectangular halos around PNG's you have to set loadSmothed variable to false.

    zuperhost: to edit the variables you have to open the FLA file with Adobe Flash, go the the Library, double-click the dockmenu_container symbol, then open the Actions panel (F9). Ctrl Enter to test the movie. Shift F12 to publish it.

    Regards,
    Snowcat
    Posted 1 year ago #

  9. dnexus
    Member

    What hapenned to that flickering upon changing the image size. At your request, I've sent you the file to look at weeks ago. In the mean time, I've had to pull it off the homepage: I was getting a seizure every time I loaded the page! We still want to use it elsewhere...
    Posted 1 year ago #

  10. snowcat
    Member

    Hi dnexus,

    I'm afraid I didn't received the mail you specified. Send it once again, I'll be glad to help you.
    Posted 1 year ago #

  11. tekman
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    hi, is this your component?
    http://www.flashcomponents.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=405
    Posted 1 year ago #

  12. hyperlab
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    Hello ! Same flickering bug here when changing the variables minThumbW and minThumbH
    I have already tried to enlarge or reduce the width of the stage but it didn't fix the problem.
    Please help !
    Thanks a lot
    Posted 1 year ago #

  13. dnexus
    Member

    Is there any way to load little Flash previews instead of JPGs and GIFs?
    Posted 1 year ago #


  14. Member

    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 1 year ago #

  15. Anonymous
    Member

    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 1 year ago #

  16. snowcat
    Member

    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 1 year ago #

  17. dnexus
    Member

    Yup, the fix worked for me: no more jumping around. Thanks, man!
    Posted 1 year ago #

  18. tekman
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    Hi, how can I mask mask my long dock (2000px) in an area of 500x80 px? (for example)
    Thanx
    Posted 1 year ago #

  19. hyperlab
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    it kinda fixed my bug as well :) thanks a lot !
    Posted 1 year ago #

  20. robinsf
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    I want to display a number of pictures that will continually loop moving from right to left at a constant velocity (except when moused over; that behavior should stay the same. Can anyone tell me how to modify the code so that, when not moused over, the images continue to move from right to left and, when it reaching the last image, displays the first images again?

    BTW - love this component.

    thanks,
    Posted 1 year ago #

  21. vanroojdotcom
    Member

    Hi there %u2013 I've bought this and it looks great %u2013 although when it loads for me it is slightly to the right of the screen %u2013 I want the pictures to load central %u2013 so that there isn't a 30px gap on the left-hand side. Any Ideas?

    Thanks
    Vanrooj
    Posted 1 year ago #

  22. snowcat
    Member

    tekman: you can mask the dockmenu_container on the stage using regular masking or you could use setMask() to apply a mask to the same instance.

    robinsf: I'm afraid I can't help you right now with your request

    vanroojdotcom: to move the dockmenu to the left or right you'll simply have to move the dockmenu_container symbol's instance on the stage; I agree it's not very noticeable as it appears as an empty movieclip on the stage
    Posted 1 year ago #

  23. lboodl
    Member

    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 1 year ago #

  24. lboodl
    Member

    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 1 year ago #

  25. shingooo
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    Has bought the file

    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 1 year ago #

  26. brokentuskk
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    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 1 year ago #

  27. mreghu
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    Hi, I jus purchased this cool component and wondered I cannot provide images in diff dimensions. Please let me know a way to implement this else this file is useless for my project! :(

    Please help!

    Thanks
    Moorthy
    Posted 1 year ago #

  28. jemivi
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    how can i do that, I want that when I click on a thumbnail it loads a swf file into a empty movie clip that I have on my main movie.

    Please help me!!
    Posted 1 year ago #

  29. josuedavid
    Member

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    hello snowcat, first of all thanks for that great component, I just wanna ask if there'll be an AS3 version of the dock menu available soon?
    I'm currently working in a project that uses AS3, and I really want to integrate this component in my APP, thank you so much for your help
    Posted 1 year ago #

  30. applauz
    Member

    Has bought the file

    When rolling back to Flash 8 the description text no longer displays. I ran a trace statement to verify that it is pulling the text from the XML file .. and it IS getting the information ... any ideas why the text wont display when publishing as Flash 8?

    Thanks
    Posted 1 year ago #
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