# Infinite Menu problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 25, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320 "2003-02-25T01:23:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Goofycabal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Goofycabal)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/1 "2003-02-25T01:23:15Z")
I’m completely new to using Flash (and have no experience using coding…) and have got a real problem…
I followed the tutorial for creating an Infinite Menu and have got that to work.
Problem: I want each of the 4 seperate images in the Infinite Menu I have created to have their own seperate Buttons that will each open different URLs in new windows.
I can get the button to open the URL, but can’t ‘stick’ the button to the moving image (they just sit there while the images scroll).
Could somebody suggest the code I should use to get this to work, as I have no idea how to set it up myself…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/2 "2003-02-25T23:10:02Z")
Anybody…?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/3 "2003-02-25T23:16:04Z")
without the code or fla it’s hard to tell you how could you achieve it …
but why don’t you place the buttons inside the same movie clip as the image ?? 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/4 "2003-02-26T01:29:38Z")
Cheers for that, I’ll see if I can figure out how to do that…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/5 "2003-02-26T01:46:19Z")
ok =)
if you have any problems attach your file …
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/6 "2003-02-26T03:30:27Z")
Well, as a matter of fact, I still can’t figure it out…
I won’t attach the file, cause its currently 3Megs in size…
The code for the movie clip part of the file is
onClipEvent (load) {
xcenter = 150;
speed = 1/50;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var distance = \_root.\_xmouse-xcenter;
\_x += (distance\*speed);
if (\_x\>0) {
\_x = -608;
}
if (\_x\<-608) {
\_x = 0;
}
}
and I was wondering whether it was possible to alter this in some way to work for a button…?
The only other thing I can think of would be attaching the original file for the Infinite Menu that I downloaded from the Kirupa tutorial pages…
Cheers for whatever help you can give…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/7 "2003-02-26T05:04:15Z")
lol … you’re using **buttons** not **movie clips** as buttons ? 🙂
sorry … my mistake. is just that i never use buttons [size=1]personally i think that they are useless now in **mx** [/size] so … there’s no way to get the script working in a button.
use movie clips instead =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/8 "2003-02-26T06:39:23Z")
Ah… That actually seems to be a better solution…
Only problem is, now when I test the movie, it opens the URL straight away, instead of when I click on the movie clip…
How do I set it up to open the URL ONLY when the movie clip is clicked on…?
I feel really silly asking so much, but I really have no idea how to do this… But I am learning…
Cheers…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/9 "2003-02-26T06:49:10Z")
again … without the code or fla it’s hard to tell what the problem is
but you should have in the mc actions something like:
```auto
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.somewhere.com", " **_self**");
}
```
**\_self** specifies the current frame in the current window
**\_blank** specifies a new window
**\_parent** specifies the parent of the current frame
**\_top** specifies the top-level frame in the current window
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/10 "2003-02-27T00:24:54Z")
Sweet as !
That worked perfectly… After a bit of messing around with orders and groupings…
Cheers :beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/11 "2003-05-04T05:51:53Z")
Hey can u guys tell me how u guys did your buttons by using movie clips cause i tried it but it doesn’t work. All i know is that when i made the infinite menu into a movie clip, i can’t click on the menu buttons. And when i put the menu into movie clip and edit it into a button symbol, it still doesn’t work with the GOTOANDPLAY functions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/12 "2003-05-04T06:02:52Z")
1. chances are you’re publishing the swf to flash 5.
2. are you trying to play a different scene?
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22333](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22333)
:-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/13 "2003-05-04T21:23:55Z")
Thankz for the reply, i think i found the answer that i was looking for at
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22471](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22471)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/14 "2003-05-04T23:41:37Z")
would it be to much to ask for a little help here…?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/15 "2003-05-05T00:15:26Z")
well, i don’t have flash installed in this pc. :-
but you have to adjust the variables depending on the x and width of your menu…
this script should get the correct values for you:
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
xcenter = _x+_width/4;
speed = 1/10;
xright = _x;
xleft = _x-_width/2;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var distance = _root._xmouse-xcenter;
_x += distance*speed;
if (_x>xright) _x = xleft;
if (_x
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/16 "2003-05-05T00:28:12Z")
> \*Originally posted by kax \*
> \*\*well, i don’t have flash installed in this pc. :-
> but you have to adjust the variables depending on the x and width of your menu…
this script should get the correct values for you:
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
xcenter = _x+_width/4;
speed = 1/10;
xright = _x;
xleft = _x-_width/2;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var distance = _root._xmouse-xcenter;
_x += distance*speed;
if (_x>xright) _x = xleft;
if (_x
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/17 "2003-05-05T00:32:06Z")
yes, that’s for your problem.
yes, replace the existing code.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/18 "2003-05-05T00:35:49Z")
haha, u own all, thanks a bunch man!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-menu-problem/14320/19 "2003-05-05T00:40:37Z")
no problem. 😉