Re: FLASH: Something you folks might like to see...

[Alias]

>

>

> this menu is already done in Java at www.nexon.hu , however it should be

> programmed in Flash. What would be the easiest way to do this?

> It has to be checked whether a menu is open and if so it first have to be

> closed before the user opens another one...

>


The way I've done it is to simply have an array of variables, one for each

menu,

and when it's open have that menu's variable set to 1. There is a routine which


scans through them, works out which menu is open, then builds the menu. Then

there's a routine which removes all the instances of the movie clips, and then

it runs the building routine again.


However, I should point out that my menu is not as intelligent as Branden's, as


it only has a two level hierachy.


It took me about ten hours to completely program a menu from scratch. I was

greatly helped by David Emberton's builder.com tutorial, which can be found at:


http://www.builder.com/Graphics/FlashPoint/111999/?tag=st.bl.3883.plbl


Unfortunately, I won't be releasing the source file because this is commercial

work,

at least not for a while.

However, I'd recommend anyone to look at David's tutorial, as nearly everything

you need

is in there, it just requires some minor rejigging.



--

Alias|Rob


(prpl)x-design for the perplexed


www.prplx.com





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