# Flash Carousel XML Issues

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-carousel-xml-issues/238473
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-carousel-xml-issues/238473 "2007-09-11T18:06:51Z")
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### Author: ![csr500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@csr500](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/csr500)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-carousel-xml-issues/238473/1 "2007-09-11T18:06:51Z")

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Hello

I have searched this forum and cant find the appropriate answer.

I am trying to create a Flash Carousel Menu and use XML to insert the pictures and text, however I would like to make some of the words into a hyperlink and I would also like to increase the size of the text in the flash file.

I have very limited to knowledge of Flash and even less knowledge of XML.

Here is my xml file

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“iso-8859-1”?\>

\<icons\>

\<icon image =“images/icon1.png” tooltip=“Samsung BlackJack” content = “The Samsung BlackJack is a slim, stylish mobile  
entertainment and organizational powerhouse. It plays: with Cellular Video and AT&T Mobile Music - exclusive TV content  
and your digital tunes. And it works: with Microsoft® Windows Mobile 5, Mobile Office TM applications, personal and  
corporate email and attachment support. And it does it all at break-neck 3G speeds.Only from AT&T.”/\>

\</icons\>

I would like to make the Only from AT&T sentence at the end into a hyperlink.

and here is my Action script file

import mx.utils.Delegate;  
import mx.transitions.Tween  
import mx.transitions.easing.\*;  
#include “mc\_tween2.as”

//this.\_lockroot = true;

var numOfItems:Number ;  
//size of circle  
var radiusX:Number = 275;  
//circle height  
var radiusY:Number = 95;  
var centerX:Number = 390;  
var centerY:Number = Stage.height/2;  
//controls circle spin  
var speed:Number = 0.005;  
var perspective: Number = 80;  
var home:MovieClip = this;  
theText.\_alpha = 0;

//tool tip is loading into level 500  
var tooltip:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(“tooltip”,“tooltip”,500);  
tooltip.\_alpha = 0;

var xml:XML = new XML();  
xml.ignoreWhite = true;

xml.onLoad = function()  
{  
var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;  
numOfItems = nodes.length;  
for(var i=0;i\<numOfItems;i++)  
{  
var t = home.attachMovie(“item”, “item”+i,i+1);  
t.angle = i _((Math.PI_2)/numOfItems);  
t.onEnterFrame = mover;  
t.toolText = nodes\*.attributes.tooltip;  
t.content = nodes\*.attributes.content;  
t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes\*.attributes.image);  
t.r.inner.loadMovie(nodes\*.attributes.image);  
t.icon.onRollOver = over;  
t.icon.onRollOut = out;  
t.icon.onRelease = released;

```
}

```

}

function over()  
{  
home.tooltip.tipText.text = this.\_parent.toolText;  
home.tooltip.\_x = this.\_parent.\_x;  
home.tooltip.\_y = this.\_parent.\_y - this.\_parent.height/2;  
home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this,moveTip);  
new Tween(home.tooltip, “\_alpha”, Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 0.50, true);  
}  
function out()  
{  
delete home.tooltip.onEnterFrame;  
new Tween(home.tooltip, “\_alpha”, Strong.easeIn, 100, 0, 0.50, true);  
home.tooltip.\_alpha = 0;  
}

function released ()  
{  
home.tooltip.\_alpha = 0;  
for(var i=0;i\<numOfItems;i++)  
{  
var t: MovieClip = home[“item”+i]  
t.xPos = t.\_x;  
t.yPos = t.\_y;  
t.theScale = t.\_xscale;  
delete t.icon.onRollOver;  
delete t.icon.onRollOut;  
delete t.icon.onRelease;  
delete t.onEnterFrame;  
//!= means if not equal to  
if(t != this.\_parent)  
{  
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_xscale",Strong.easeOut,t.\_xscale,0,1,true);  
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_yscale",Strong.easeOut,t.\_yscale,0,1,true);  
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,1,true);  
}  
else  
{  
//change size of enlarged icon  
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_xscale",Strong.easeOut,t.\_xscale,100,1,true);  
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_yscale",Strong.easeOut,t.\_yscale,100,1,true);  
// Change x and y position of enlarged icon  
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_x",Strong.easeOut,t.\_x,132,1,true);  
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_y",Strong.easeOut,t.\_y,300,1,true);  
var tw5:Tween = new Tween(theText,"\_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);  
theText.text = t.content;  
var s:Object = this;  
tw.onMotionStopped = function()  
{  
s.onRelease = unReleased;  
}  
}  
}  
}

function unReleased()  
{  
delete this.onRelease;  
var tw:Tween = new Tween(theText,"\_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,1,true);  
for(var i=0;i\<numOfItems;i++)  
{  
var t: MovieClip = home[“item”+i]  
//!= means if not equal to  
if(t != this.\_parent)  
{  
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_xscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);  
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_yscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);  
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);  
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_y",Strong.easeOut,t.\_y,t.yPos,1,true);  
}  
else  
{  
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_xscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);  
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_yscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);  
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_x",Strong.easeOut,t.\_x,t.xPos,1,true);  
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"\_y",Strong.easeOut,t.\_y,t.yPos,1,true);  
tw.onMotionStopped = function()  
{  
for(var i=0;i\<numOfItems;i++)  
{  
var t:MovieClip = home[“item”+i];  
t.icon.onRollOver = Delegate.create(t.icon,over);  
t.icon.onRollOut = Delegate.create(t.icon,out);  
t.icon.onRelease = Delegate.create(t.icon,released);  
t.onEnterFrame = mover;  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

function moveTip()  
{  
home.tooltip.\_x = this.\_parent.\_x;  
home.tooltip.\_y = this.\_parent.\_y - this.\_parent.\_height/2;  
}

xml.load(“icons.xml”);

function mover ()  
{  
this.\_x = Math.cos(this.angle) \* radiusX + centerX;  
this.\_y = Math.sin(this.angle) \* radiusY + centerY;  
var s:Number = (this.\_y - perspective)/ (centerY+radiusY-perspective);  
this.\_xscale = this.\_yscale = s \* 100;  
this.angle += this.\_parent.speed;  
this.swapDepths(Math.round(this.\_xscale) + 100);

}

this.onMouseMove = function()  
{  
///set spin speed, higher number = slower  
speed = (this.\_xmouse-centerX)/9500;  
}

Please please please help me, sorry for just dumping all of the script up here but I really am stuck.

I have tried CDATA, but dont understand where to put it and I have also tried using html and html with &lt and &rt.

I am sure I have done something very silly, but I cant spot it, as I am not really an expert.

Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.

Cameron