"scotsman" <spamNOT@IdontTHINKso.com> wrote in message
news:duvjqu$r9k$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I am using the flash 8 component:
>
> I'm loading a "linkage" instance from the library called namely
> "menuListing".
>
> inside "menuListing" mc, (deleted from the stage) I am duplicating another
> mc namely "menuList", 'x' amount of times...
> ('x' being the number of menuItem nodes from my XML)
> [the xml will change often, hence so will the number of menuItem nodes]
>
> The scrollPane populates all fine and dandy, though.... it'd seem I can
> not get the scrollBar to re-initialize (despite setting the vertical bar
> to true) when the population of all items has completed.
>
> Can anyone assist me here....?
>
> the code I have at present is below for your reference....
> ------------------------
> _root.controls.outline.menuSP = scrollPane component
> ------------------------
> frame1 actionscript:
>
> menuSP.setStyle("backgroundColor", "none");
> menuSP.contentPath = "menuListing";
>
> ------------------------
> menuListing mc
> ------------------------
> frame1 actionscript:
>
> function loadMenu(load_xml) {
> var items = load_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
> for (var i=0; i < items.length; i++) {
> if (items[i].attributes.type == "menuItem") {
> var menuTitle = items[i].firstChild.childNodes;
> _root.menBut[i] = menuTitle;
> }
> }
> for (i=0; i < items.length; i++) { // xml # of nodes length
> duplicateMovieClip("menuList", "bmenu"+i, i);
> // menu button text (menBut array declared on root timeline)
> this["bmenu"+i].mmenu = _root.menBut[i];
> this["bmenu"+i]._y = 20 * i;
>
> this["bmenu"+i].onRollOver = function() {
> this.immenu.textColor = 0xFF0000;
> this.mShadow._visible = true;
> }
> this["bmenu"+i].onRollOut = function() {
> this.immenu.textColor = 0x000000;
> this.mShadow._visible = false;
> }
> }
> }
> var config_xml = new XML();
> config_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
> config_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
> if (success) loadMenu(this);
> //else trace("Error loading XML file");
> }
> config_xml.load("config1.xml");
>
>
>
>

"scotsman" <spamNOT@IdontTHINKso.com> wrote in message
news:duvsi8$8en$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I fully appreciate where your coming from - I already have my own scrollbar
>(scroll anything) actionscript but was being lazy upon implementing it and
>thought why the hell not...lets try these components. .. your right regards
>the kb sizes though guess i will need to go back to plan one..
>
> regards your link.. initial thoughts were why you utilized flash for such
> a large area at the top of he page however then noticed the flv vid'...
> odd design concept imho.... but thats not to say its not correct... design
> is that of the beholders' eye....
>
> big gripe though... despite being on a 27kbps dsl connection.... there was
> a breif pause before the flash movie appeared... where the preloader? For
> a uni site i'd guess that there will be some still accessing the site on a
> 56k connection and they may think the site is broken before the flash
> loads... show the user something is happening basically. build a generic
> preloader for your movies...
>
> personally i think i would have used alot of divs though and coded for
> netscape and ie on both the mac and windows.... but thats just me...
>
> cheers for your comments.....
>
> R
>
>
> "Ken Fine" <kenfine@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:duvqu1$6h6$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Having played around with it, my advice is: the scrollbar component
>> sucks. It will make your Flash movie larger than it needs to be, and it
>> disguises the concepts you need to understand to make scrollbars work the
>> way you need them to work. You often will not be able to make the
>> scrollbar behave in the ways that you want it to behave, or to react in
>> any "custom" manner. If your scrollbar breaks, you'll have no idea why.
>>
>> Why not dispense of crappy component-based solutions and learn some
>> simple code? You'll be able to implement a scrollbar in just 1 or 2k of
>> space, and if you decide to get tricky with easing or inertial effects
>> later on, you'll have a rational framework with which to proceed. Read
>> this tutorial:
>> http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/scrollbar.htm
>>
>> I was able to implement my own horizontal version of the scrollbar by
>> following the tutorial and messing around for an hour or so.
>>
>> If you appreciated this advice (or are just feeling nice) please do a
>> site check for me:
>> http://www.washington.edu/index-flash
>>
>> Tell me if anything looks broken. Note this targets the F8 player only.
>> Note also this link differs from a link I was distributing earlier.
>>
>> -KF
>>
>> "scotsman" <spamNOT@IdontTHINKso.com> wrote in message
>> news:duvjqu$r9k$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>I am using the flash 8 component:
>>>
>>> I'm loading a "linkage" instance from the library called namely
>>> "menuListing".
>>>
>>> inside "menuListing" mc, (deleted from the stage) I am duplicating
>>> another mc namely "menuList", 'x' amount of times...
>>> ('x' being the number of menuItem nodes from my XML)
>>> [the xml will change often, hence so will the number of menuItem nodes]
>>>
>>> The scrollPane populates all fine and dandy, though.... it'd seem I can
>>> not get the scrollBar to re-initialize (despite setting the vertical bar
>>> to true) when the population of all items has completed.
>>>
>>> Can anyone assist me here....?
>>>
>>> the code I have at present is below for your reference....
>>> ------------------------
>>> _root.controls.outline.menuSP = scrollPane component
>>> ------------------------
>>> frame1 actionscript:
>>>
>>> menuSP.setStyle("backgroundColor", "none");
>>> menuSP.contentPath = "menuListing";
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> menuListing mc
>>> ------------------------
>>> frame1 actionscript:
>>>
>>> function loadMenu(load_xml) {
>>> var items = load_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
>>> for (var i=0; i < items.length; i++) {
>>> if (items[i].attributes.type == "menuItem") {
>>> var menuTitle = items[i].firstChild.childNodes;
>>> _root.menBut[i] = menuTitle;
>>> }
>>> }
>>> for (i=0; i < items.length; i++) { // xml # of nodes length
>>> duplicateMovieClip("menuList", "bmenu"+i, i);
>>> // menu button text (menBut array declared on root timeline)
>>> this["bmenu"+i].mmenu = _root.menBut[i];
>>> this["bmenu"+i]._y = 20 * i;
>>>
>>> this["bmenu"+i].onRollOver = function() {
>>> this.immenu.textColor = 0xFF0000;
>>> this.mShadow._visible = true;
>>> }
>>> this["bmenu"+i].onRollOut = function() {
>>> this.immenu.textColor = 0x000000;
>>> this.mShadow._visible = false;
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>> var config_xml = new XML();
>>> config_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
>>> config_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
>>> if (success) loadMenu(this);
>>> //else trace("Error loading XML file");
>>> }
>>> config_xml.load("config1.xml");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Ken Fine" <kenfine@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:duvqu1$6h6$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Having played around with it, my advice is: the scrollbar component sucks.
> It will make your Flash movie larger than it needs to be, and it disguises
> the concepts you need to understand to make scrollbars work the way you
> need them to work. You often will not be able to make the scrollbar behave
> in the ways that you want it to behave, or to react in any "custom"
> manner. If your scrollbar breaks, you'll have no idea why.
>
> Why not dispense of crappy component-based solutions and learn some simple
> code? You'll be able to implement a scrollbar in just 1 or 2k of space,
> and if you decide to get tricky with easing or inertial effects later on,
> you'll have a rational framework with which to proceed. Read this
> tutorial:
> http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/scrollbar.htm
>
> I was able to implement my own horizontal version of the scrollbar by
> following the tutorial and messing around for an hour or so.
>
> If you appreciated this advice (or are just feeling nice) please do a site
> check for me:
> http://www.washington.edu/index-flash
>
> Tell me if anything looks broken. Note this targets the F8 player only.
> Note also this link differs from a link I was distributing earlier.
>
> -KF
>
> "scotsman" <spamNOT@IdontTHINKso.com> wrote in message
> news:duvjqu$r9k$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>I am using the flash 8 component:
>>
>> I'm loading a "linkage" instance from the library called namely
>> "menuListing".
>>
>> inside "menuListing" mc, (deleted from the stage) I am duplicating
>> another mc namely "menuList", 'x' amount of times...
>> ('x' being the number of menuItem nodes from my XML)
>> [the xml will change often, hence so will the number of menuItem nodes]
>>
>> The scrollPane populates all fine and dandy, though.... it'd seem I can
>> not get the scrollBar to re-initialize (despite setting the vertical bar
>> to true) when the population of all items has completed.
>>
>> Can anyone assist me here....?
>>
>> the code I have at present is below for your reference....
>> ------------------------
>> _root.controls.outline.menuSP = scrollPane component
>> ------------------------
>> frame1 actionscript:
>>
>> menuSP.setStyle("backgroundColor", "none");
>> menuSP.contentPath = "menuListing";
>>
>> ------------------------
>> menuListing mc
>> ------------------------
>> frame1 actionscript:
>>
>> function loadMenu(load_xml) {
>> var items = load_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
>> for (var i=0; i < items.length; i++) {
>> if (items[i].attributes.type == "menuItem") {
>> var menuTitle = items[i].firstChild.childNodes;
>> _root.menBut[i] = menuTitle;
>> }
>> }
>> for (i=0; i < items.length; i++) { // xml # of nodes length
>> duplicateMovieClip("menuList", "bmenu"+i, i);
>> // menu button text (menBut array declared on root timeline)
>> this["bmenu"+i].mmenu = _root.menBut[i];
>> this["bmenu"+i]._y = 20 * i;
>>
>> this["bmenu"+i].onRollOver = function() {
>> this.immenu.textColor = 0xFF0000;
>> this.mShadow._visible = true;
>> }
>> this["bmenu"+i].onRollOut = function() {
>> this.immenu.textColor = 0x000000;
>> this.mShadow._visible = false;
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> var config_xml = new XML();
>> config_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
>> config_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
>> if (success) loadMenu(this);
>> //else trace("Error loading XML file");
>> }
>> config_xml.load("config1.xml");
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>