# Don't reload my flash menu? **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719 **Category:** flash **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719 "2008-05-19T09:15:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 8 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![keitai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@keitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keitai) #### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/1 "2008-05-19T09:15:13Z")
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?? ---
### Author: ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain) #### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/2 "2008-05-19T10:03:24Z")
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. ---
### Author: ![Pier25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pier25](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pier25) #### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/3 "2008-05-19T14:09:26Z")
[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 😃 ---
### Author: ![keitai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@keitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keitai) #### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/4 "2008-05-20T11:55:53Z")
the swf is in/replace with a div (\
\). I am using swfobject for this. I have found a solution by using SharedObject ```auto //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 ---
### Author: ![Pier25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pier25](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pier25) #### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/5 "2008-05-20T12:52:23Z")
[QUOTE=keitai;2328554]the swf is in/replace with a div (\
\). I am using swfobject for this. I have found a solution by using SharedObject ```auto //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? ---
### Author: ![keitai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@keitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keitai) #### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/6 "2008-05-20T14:14:52Z")
Good question i don’t see the “accept something” popup screen but you might have a point. i will look into that ---
### Author: ![keitai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@keitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keitai) #### Post date: [June 11, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/7 "2008-06-11T09:45:47Z")
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 ```auto function goto() { trace("HREF: "+this.gotoURL); _root.gotoAndPlay(this.gotoFrame); if ((this.gotoURL != undefined) && (endAnime == true)) { //getURL(this.gotoURL, "_self"); trace("Endanime is true"); } } ``` ---
### Author: ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9) #### Post date: [June 11, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dont-reload-my-flash-menu/260719/8 "2008-06-11T12:12:50Z")
[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](http://blog.kirupa.com/?p=55) > **[XML Navigation Menu that Remembers Expanded Nodes](https://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246980)** > > Got a web design/development question or just want to hang out with the most awesome people on the planet? Drop on in! You can also try passing a FlashVar since your using SWFObject either through so.addVariable (like you mentioned) or by passing a Query String.