RE: [Flashcoders] add string to a function

2009-08-28 Thread thomas horner
thanks for the first answer, works a treat, i'm not really sure what other stuff is though! thanks, -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: 28 August 2009 10:35 To: Flash Coders

Re: [Flashcoders] add string to a function

2009-08-28 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, you are looking for: this[createSubNav+page](); HTH JC On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:20 AM, thomas horner tho...@megawattmedia.co.ukwrote: this is possibly a very basic problem, I'm still building my dynamic global sub nav, slooowly. what I want to know if can I add a string to a

Re: [Flashcoders] add string to a function

2009-08-28 Thread Hans Wichman
ps a better option might be a parameter and a switchstatement On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:20 AM, thomas horner tho...@megawattmedia.co.ukwrote: this is possibly a very basic problem, I'm still building my dynamic global sub nav, slooowly. what I want to know if can I add a string to a

RE: [Flashcoders] add string to a function

2009-08-28 Thread thomas horner
ok my menu goes on almost there now... i have now launched the a function from my inital menu level to create the sub nav for that page as per earlier help; im basically using the same code for creating my inital menu, but i want to only create buttons for the children of the button i've just

[Flashcoders] just target children of particular node

2009-08-28 Thread thomas horner
ok in the following xml how would i create a loop just from the children of his for each (var section:XML in siteNav.section.subsection) { site section name=about src=index/nav/about keep=false/ section name=hers src=index/nav/hers keep=false

RE: [Flashcoders] just target children of particular node

2009-08-28 Thread thomas horner
sorry worked it out - was easy and obvious - doh! for each (var section:XML in siteNav.section[3].subsection) { -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of thomas horner Sent: 28 August 2009 12:06

[Flashcoders] Re: a function tells to move to a frame and then update content in that frame

2009-08-28 Thread Isaac Alves
oops the code down there should be: function updateContent(e:Event):void { container.gotoAndStop(2); link = String(e.target.frameLink); counter = 0; if (content[link].tit != undefined) { container._tit.text = content[link].tit;

[Flashcoders] a function tells to move to a frame and then update content in that frame

2009-08-28 Thread Isaac Alves
Hello! In the following code, i tell the Flash runtime to go to frame2 and update the content of this frame. The problem is that, the first time this function runs it throws the error: TypeError: Error #1009: I believe that happens because it tries to update container._tit before render the

[Flashcoders] add string to a function

2009-08-28 Thread thomas horner
this is possibly a very basic problem, I'm still building my dynamic global sub nav, slooowly. what I want to know if can I add a string to a function, I have my initial first level navigation, I click a button and then if the button has children in that section it says true and then

[Flashcoders] ::::Html Text inline Image Problem

2009-08-28 Thread artur
i need to add an graphical end qoute to a line of text. but the image keeps breaking over into a new line. is there a clever workaround? i have a nasty deadline! thanks -- *artur :.* - *www.artur.com* - *ar...@artur.com* - *ph:646.797.3320*

RE: [Flashcoders] a function tells to move to a frame and then updatecontent in that frame

2009-08-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
but doesn't update the _tit textfield. Wait, hold the phone, what kind of site are you building? Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Monthly meetings on making the most of the Adobe Flash Platform - presented by bank associates, Adobe engineers,

[Flashcoders] :::Html Text inline Image SOLVED

2009-08-28 Thread artur
from my wise colleague Ben Fhala, basically this is the only way: we need to find the last char of the sentence, in this case a period and attach an image. var mcQuote = new lmcQuote(); isWhite = false; //hack var box:Object = txt.getCharBoundaries(txt.text.lastIndexOf(.)+2);

[Flashcoders] Re: a function tells to move to a frame and then update content in that frame

2009-08-28 Thread Isaac Alves
HEy Jason, don't worry, that's not a porno web site. tit is for title ..:D if that's not the answer you were expecting, it is not a website, it is a powerpoint-like-presentation to be run off-line, with a whole bunch of an endless content (that is, a terrible nightmare), that i have to pick

RE: [Flashcoders] Re: a function tells to move to a frame and then update content in that frame

2009-08-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
I answered you yesterday, did you not see my post? Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Monthly meetings on making the most of the Adobe Flash Platform - presented by bank associates, Adobe engineers, and outside experts in the borader multimedia

FW: [Flashcoders] help with frame navigation and xml

2009-08-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
Howdy Jason, Didn't see a reply from you come through. Just you query (tit)... ;), then the email that said you answered it before. Nothing in between them. That happens to me on this list sometimes, but only this list. Seems this list only accepts pure text formatted e-mails and if you forget

RE: [Flashcoders] help with frame navigation and xml

2009-08-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
But what's weird is it did show up for me on the list - just not you two Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Monthly meetings on making the most of the Adobe Flash Platform - presented by bank associates, Adobe engineers, and outside experts in

[Flashcoders] Re: accessing a text node inside another node in a XMLList

2009-08-28 Thread Isaac Alves
I´ve realized actually that flash recognizes the XMLList as having 9 children, ignoring the tags slide when I was expecting three children , each one of them with also 3 children ( the tags item). Why? 2009/8/28 Isaac Alves isaacal...@gmail.com: Hello list, I have the following XML ( i get

[Flashcoders] accessing a text node inside another node in a XMLList

2009-08-28 Thread Isaac Alves
Hello list, I have the following XML ( i get that by tracing tabsContentSlideshow which is a XMLList. I-d like to use something like tabsContentSlideshow[slide][1] slide is an integer, so for example, if the slide 2 is showing, this statement would return the first node item inside the second

Re: [Flashcoders] accessing a text node inside another node in a XMLList

2009-08-28 Thread Taka Kojima
tabsContentSlideshow.children()[slide].children()[1] 2009/8/28 Isaac Alves isaacal...@gmail.com Hello list, I have the following XML ( i get that by tracing tabsContentSlideshow which is a XMLList. I-d like to use something like tabsContentSlideshow[slide][1] slide is an integer, so for

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: accessing a text node inside another node in a XMLList

2009-08-28 Thread Taka Kojima
First off, XML can only have one root node, thus you're probably getting some weird errors. If you enclose all of your xml within slides/slides, you should be fine. - Taka On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Isaac Alves isaacal...@gmail.com wrote: I´ve realized actually that flash recognizes

[Flashcoders] Re: accessing a text node inside another node in a XMLList

2009-08-28 Thread Isaac Alves
Ok I´ve realized now something. I had before in the script: tabsContentSlideshow = myXML.slideshow.children(); I´ve replaced with: tabsContentSlideshow = myXML.slideshow; Then if i trace tabsContentSlideshow.children()[0] it will show : slide item label=ss1_title link=#

RE: [Flashcoders] a function tells to move to a frame and then update content in that frame

2009-08-28 Thread Keith Reinfeld
Isaac, I wanted to show you, and anyone interested, that your idea of frame label navigation in conjunction with XML is doable. To use this example just start a fresh fla, build out the fla according to the structure laid out under 'Structure:' in the comment below, then copy and paste the