I'm trying to populate a sub menu with categories from an xml file. There are many items each with different categories but some with the same, what im trying to do is get all the categories in the menu but not duplicate them.
View 1 Repliesare there any good examples on how to create a menu which gets the menu points from an external source? i'm not a native english speaker - hope you understand what i mean.preferably with submenu points... (drop down or hierarchial)
View 1 Repliesare there any good examples on how to create a menu which gets the menu points from an external source? i'm not a native english speaker - hope you understand what i mean.
View 1 RepliesI have xml video player. In the xml playlists i can different categories. Which video category i want to play i chose that from the drop down menu. Is there a way to somehow get the code so instead of dropdown menu in playlist for the playlist categories i would like to have two separate buttons for categories insted of drop down menu?
View 1 Repliesi've been playing around with coldfusion for the past couple of days. I can make database queries within coldfusion components and call them in flash via flash remoting.what I can't seem to get my brain around is how do I use what is returned from a database to populate a menu (i.e.-attach movie clips based on rows from the database)?How can you do this without the structure found in XML? I know how to do that with Flash (looping through nodes, etc.)without the nodes, what the heck do you loop through? Do i need to use cold fusion to build some kind of structure first? if so does anybody know of a good tute or know how to do it and can explain the very basic concepts involved?
View 3 RepliesGiven there is no tree component in Flash CS3, I used the following tutorial [URL] and managed to populate the tree from an xml file. However I am now finding it difficult to perform certain actions such as:
- adding/deleting items from the tree
- save tree back to xml format
- copy child nodes from one tree to another
i have an SQL base where are short messages and senders ids stored, i need them to appear on the list in flash CS4 AS3 in 2 colums sender and message.The ammount of messages is always different, so how could i do that?
View 0 RepliesI trying to populate a combobox from a .php file and return the values of the selection. I have the .php set up to where it outputs something like
&artists=anartist,anartist2,anartist3, etc..they have names..
I already have the combobox set up to where it displays
anartist
anartist2
anartist3
after you click the dropdown arrow..How would I get it to return a the numerical value for the artist (ex: anartist would be "0" since it is first in the list) and put it into a variable so that when it is selected it could be placed into an eval() function to create a variable such as "albumcover0" to be loaded through a function. I have been reading tutorials for hours to no avail. I want a single function to produce the number from the selected artist and place it into a variable, then go through all of the loadImage(for the "album image") etc functions..they will be functions that I have made already previously and call all of them with the number in the called fuctions (ex: loadImage(0)) where "0" is the number derived from the variable out of the combo box. Ive tried tons of tutorials, I think that it has something to do with me using flash mx 2004, and as2 turned on.
I would like to know if this is possible, i'm looking around the web to see if anyone has done this, but i would like to have a textboxes in my flash form read data and populate text from a textfile, is this possible or am i dreaming?
I'm trying to get creative and come up with a solution to tables and flash. I would like to change the information in the textfile weekly and it be reflected in the website.
I have a text file with about 1000 rows of data and about 100 values (separated by spaces) in each row. What I need to do is to load the data into Flash into a separate array for each row of data, but am not sure how to get started. I will no doubt have to name each array dynamically as I don't want to hand code 1000 names for arrays!
View 5 RepliesI populated a tree (mytree) from an xml type variable (myXML) using the following:
mytree.dataProvider = new TreeDataProvider(myXML);
Can the same thing be done to write the XML to a file with extension .xml?
I'm new to flex builder and trying to populate an array from an external file consisting of a list of strings.
how do i go about that? should i use some sort of a data object?
XML:
<adList>
<ads>
[code].....
I am sure this is fairly simple but I just can't get it to work. I am pretty sure it is because of my lack of knowledge in AS 3 and something to do with my variable. Anyway here are the two snippets hopefully someone can make sense of it
View 1 RepliesI am currently working on an educational project. After submitting for review, the clients have requested I make an array which was hard coded in the as file, to read from xml. The problem I am having is that I do not know how to populate the array with the information contained in the xml file.
hard coded in the as file
wordList = ("Paper,Plastic,Reduce,Retrieve,Litter,Trash,Glass,Recycle").split(",");
I am wantying to replace the word lists that are included with the information in the xml file so as to allow different users to create different words for the list without having to edit anything othere than the xml file.
Suppose a text file contains the following data each separated by a line
Apple
Mango
Orange
Banana
Papaya
How do I read the text file in flash and then display it in a combo box in flash ?
I'm trying to populate an array with info loaded in from an xml file. I've got the xml loading fine and I can trace everything but cannot seem to access the info outside of the function...here's my code:
Code:
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
populateNav(myXML);
} else {
[Code]...
My trace inside of the populateNav function works great...all the info is there and image_path returns all of my...image paths. So my XML is fine...what I can't seem to do is pass that info outside of the populateNav function. My imageholder trace returns undefined. I think it's got something to do with the fact that the imageholder trace is being performed before the xml is fully loaded...not sure what to do about that though.
I have a TextField on stage in a as2 version of Flash. Using the properties panel I'm trying to populate with text from an external file.
The text is in a file called about.txt located in the same folde as the swf.This is the contents of that text file:
info=<p>Established in 2008, Archscape CG Technologies is rapidly building a reputation as a leading provider of architectural visualisations, property marketing solutions and interactive applications. It�s a reputation that�s built on our commitment to quality, innovation and ingenuity.</p></ br>
[code]....
I'm trying to parse a rather large XML file using a for loop to populate a listcomponent. To let the user know the XML is being parsed (takes 5-10 sec.) I want to create a simple notifier/preloader (loader_mc is on the stage, frame 1, and should inform that things are being loaded/parsed).The problem is that nothing shows as long as the loop is busy.Is there some kind of progresslistener for the loop in AS3 or some kind of Event.PROGRESS for the XML load that will kick in BEFORE the loop starts.I even tried to move this script to frame 2 but still the loader_mc wouldn't show.[code]...........
View 9 RepliesI am trying to populate a movie clip with buttons positioned by an xml file and have info windows pop up when you hover over these with images text and links in the info window which needs to resize based on the amount of content in it, also from the xml file. Almost like google maps. (as2)
View 1 RepliesI trying to populate a combobox from a .php file and return the values of the selection. I have the .php set up to where it outputs something like
&artists=anartist,anartist2,anartist3, etc..they have names..I already have the combobox set up to where it displays
anartist
anartist2
anartist3
after you click the dropdown arrow..How would I get it to return a the numerical value for the artist (ex: anartist would be "0" since it is first in the list) and put it into a variable so that when it is selected it could be placed into an eval() function to create a variable such as "albumcover0" to be loaded through a function. I have been reading tutorials for hours to no avail.I want a single function to produce the number from the selected artist and place it into a variable, then go through all of the loadImage(for the "album image") etc functions..they will be functions that I have made already previously and call all of them with the number in the called fuctions (ex: loadImage(0)) where "0" is the number derived from the variable out of the combo box.Ive tried tons of tutorials, I think that it has something to do with me using flash mx 2004, and as2 turned on.
I'm loading 6 variables from a text file to populate an array, then using setInterval to populate two textfields every 5 seconds. IE7 gives me the "A script in this file is causing Flash Player 10 to run slowly do you want to abort this script?" It runs fine locally, but when I upload it, it won't work. Files are in the same folder in each case. Here is the entire script.
[Code]....
how to create categories that can be updated via xml in flash? Categories can be shown in ComboBoxes..
View 1 Repliesi'm trying to sort out some xml entries based on an attribute when you click a button. an example of my xml is below.
Code:
<list>
<entries cat="all">
[code].....
I was wondering if there is a way to jump to a specific frame name when loading a new .swf file? For example, I have my Main.swf which holds the navigation. Then I created 5 other .swfs to hold the content.Depending what button is pushed, I will load the correct movie into a placeholder MC on the main screen.However, I want to jump to a specific point within the new movie, can I do that? I am loading by levels in which I am using the level 0 each time so the new page takes over and the previous page is not transparent seeing through. So, on the buttons, I am using the basic:
on (release) {
loadMovieNum ("content1.swf", 0);
}[code]....
I tried that, but could not get it to work. Also, since I am loading by level, does that sort of over ride my loading into placehold or what is the major difference?
I found a multiple drag to a single drop example here on the forums that works wonderful for the dragging and dropping part of my project. I am now trying to add in a sort of category detection. I have 45 movieclips located on the stage. They get set up with a loop, giving them a drag/drop functionality. The movieclips belong to one of 7 categories. The user can drag only 5 movieclips to a designated area. Once the 5 have been selected, I need to then figure out which category had the most selected. What would be the best way to set this up? Here is what I'm working with so far
PHP Code:
#include "mc_tween2.as"
stop();
[code].....
I have a cfc that returns categories from the database. Is there a way to dynamically create buttons for all the categories?
View 1 RepliesI am trying but I want to create Flash & XML Photo Gallery with Different Categories.
View 1 RepliesI am a designer trying to modify some ActionScript for a web project. When defining the variables, I would like for some of them to have multiple parameters/categories[code]...
View 2 RepliesI still have problem understanding how the collision category works. I'm only able to make it work by experimenting which is not good.
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this works the way I wanted but only because I experimented around and found the right values (or at least values that work). I would prefer to know how the whole system works