ActionScript 2.0 :: Flash 8 - Finalizing Navigation (SWFs Included)
Aug 2, 2006
I have two remaining tasks on this file, in order to be done.
1. When I mouse over the main top nav, I need the boxes to have some easement added to them so that they don't just shooot straight up. I also need them to stay up when clicked until I select another button. They kind of do this now, but they tend to get stuck in the up position until I mouse over the other buttons again.
2. This file loads a remote, XML based, gallery that looks very much like the one offered in this sites tutorials. Since the tutorial already has the variable i, which keeps track of how many total objects are being viewed on this application, is there any way to have that also include i number of boxes between my previous and next buttons which can also act as navigation for the gallery?
Here are the swf's:
Main nav with fun boxes: SWF_porfolio.fla
XML Gallery Nav wanting fun boxes: SWF_identitiy.fla
and for fun
Identity XML file: images.xml
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