Don't reload my flash menu?

programming flash
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Hi,

I have a flash menu which also includes a submenu. Now with swfobject i have the menu in a webpage.
The problem i have is each time a menuItem is clicked the flash menu reloads and the menuItem with submenu isn’t shown.

How can i solve this??

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is the swf in an html, ie you click the swf then go to a different html?

or is the swf the main site container.

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[QUOTE=keitai;2328037]Hi,

I have a flash menu which also includes a submenu. Now with swfobject i have the menu in a webpage.
The problem i have is each time a menuItem is clicked the flash menu reloads and the menuItem with submenu isn’t shown.

How can i solve this??[/QUOTE]

Well this is normal, as I supose you tell the browser to change the url with getURL…

To solve this you can put your flash menu in a frame. This is the easiest and ugliest way to do it.

I think the nice way would be to pass a parameter to flash through flashvars, to know which submenu you need to keep open in the new url.

Or do the whole website in flash :smiley:

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the swf is in/replace with a div (<div id=“flashMenu”></div>). I am using swfobject for this.

I have found a solution by using SharedObject


//shared object for submenu and initialize
var submenu_so:SharedObject;
submenu_so = SharedObject.getLocal("menu");
etc.

So it remembers if a submenu was opened.

Now i need to implement the same for the menuItem _state

5

[QUOTE=keitai;2328554]the swf is in/replace with a div (<div id=“flashMenu”></div>). I am using swfobject for this.

I have found a solution by using SharedObject


//shared object for submenu and initialize
var submenu_so:SharedObject;
submenu_so = SharedObject.getLocal("menu");
etc.

So it remembers if a submenu was opened.

Now i need to implement the same for the menuItem _state[/QUOTE]

Hey good idea, didn’t know the sharedobject even existed.

Does the user have to accept something to use the shareobject like when you want to share your webcam or mic?

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Good question i don’t see the “accept something” popup screen but you might have a point. i will look into that

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hmm, still having issues with this.

Ok, i now how to set the flash menu in a select state ( i went with the addVariable solution), but now i have changed my menu with a little animation and i would like to go the the next page after the animation has finished, but this doesn’t seems to work


function goto() {
	trace("HREF: "+this.gotoURL);
	_root.gotoAndPlay(this.gotoFrame);
	if ((this.gotoURL != undefined) && (endAnime == true)) {
		//getURL(this.gotoURL, "_self");
		trace("Endanime is true");
	}
}
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[QUOTE=keitai;2328037]Hi, I have a flash menu which also includes a submenu. Now with swfobject i have the menu in a webpage. The problem i have is each time a menuItem is clicked the flash menu reloads and the menuItem with submenu isn’t shown. How can i solve this??[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Pier25;2328565]Hey good idea, didn’t know the sharedobject even existed. Does the user have to accept something to use the shareobject like when you want to share your webcam or mic?[/QUOTE]

No, there is not a prompt for SharedObjects (flash cookies).

[QUOTE=keitai;2340597]hmm, still having issues with this.

Ok, i now how to set the flash menu in a select state ( i went with the addVariable solution), but now i have changed my menu with a little animation and i would like to go the the next page after the animation has finished, but this doesn’t seems to work[/QUOTE]

Here is an example by Kirupa using SharedObjects for the reload issue, that might help.
http://blog.kirupa.com/?p=55

You can also try passing a FlashVar since your using SWFObject either through so.addVariable (like you mentioned) or by passing a Query String.