ACCORDION V4 (XML)

Nice file, well commented and laid out.

I’m using it for running different Flash files instead of jpegs… Do you have an easy way to target the other Flash files to stop playing and only play the one selected?

Hi man, you have done good job with the Accordion! Great thing!

Anyway, I would like to kindly ask you to help me with following issue: I tried to include external .swf files, which works ok. But I am not able to display any dynamic text in dynamic fields in loaded file.

If in the loaded file is any logic present, it is computed, but the textfield with the output is not visible.

Please look at this example at http://www.testdomain.sk/accordionv4/. U can see, there are two files included, one standard jpeg and the other one is swf file with following AS code:

this._lockroot = true; _root.txtLabel.text = “B. dynamic text (passed to a dynamic textfield) that should be also visible in Accordion v4”;

The included file works fine standalone, check it out here: http://www.testdomain.sk/accordionv4/images/test.swf, and it contains also static text field, but this is neither printed .

The dynamic field that is directly put on the main stage of Accordion is OK (it is printed with text marked with letter C at the beginning).

Any suggestions? Thanks.

bobocel wrote: “You mean all the files are swf files? If so, than put a stop on the first frame of each, and on rollOver gotoAndPlay(2);”

Yes, all the files are swf files. I tried your suggestion, but that won’t work as they will all start playing in the background when you just rollover the tabs.

I’m looking through your AS right now, basically, I just need to piggy back some code to your button action. So when the user clicks on the tab to expand that section, it plays that .swf, and sends all the others back to frame 1 and stop.

If you have any suggestions, I’m all ears, otherwise, I’ll post back what I find (as I’m sure it will be very useful to others). Thanks again!

for (var n:Number = 0; n <= nrImages; n++)
    {
        if (n == selectedWindow)
        {
            mcAll["mcWindow"+selectedWindow].mcHolder.gotoAndPlay(2);
            trace ("selected string =" +selectedWindow.toString());
        }
        else
        {
            mcAll["mcWindow"+n].mcHolder.gotoAndStop(1);
            trace ("n =" +n.toString());
        }

    }

Ah i got a bit further, at first when i hit ctrl&enter to view the file, i got a tiny picture in the left top corner..

At the values you’re uncommenting you need to add:

var sWidth:Number = Stage.width; var sHeight:Number = Stage.height;

As they are not in there, if you’re not using the vars you commented them below the ‘Read flashvars’.

You might want to add these to the action.as file bobo.. right below:

// Uncomment these values if you want to use the file without the need for flashvars // make sure to comment the next piece, where these variables are read

Another Thing,

I have added extra menus in the XML File. I want the menus to be positioned on the right and the first menu to be opened.

At the moment, the 3rd menu is always open.

What do I need to do in order to set the first menu to show up on start up.

I am having issues with the links as well

_self make the links not work not giving a target the links work in FF but not IE7

:-/

I actually figured it out. Since the flash movie and the website are on different servers I had to set the allowscriptaccess to “always”

Thanks!

Hi Bobocel,

So… how do I adjust or remove the shadow at the top of the pictures?

thanks!

Malcolm

Thank you, sir . . Malcolm