# mp3 player with 3 listboxes and category/subcategory

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-player-with-3-listboxes-and-category-subcategory/230194>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 23, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-player-with-3-listboxes-and-category-subcategory/230194 "2007-06-23T20:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![waterox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@waterox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waterox)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp3-player-with-3-listboxes-and-category-subcategory/230194/1 "2007-06-23T20:20:18Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to hack this mp3 player so that it displays 3 levels of hierarchy instead of 2. Check out the current player here [http://www.yanwhite.com/staging/GetGoodMusic/music.htm](http://www.yanwhite.com/staging/GetGoodMusic/music.htm)

Currently it has kind of 3 levels, but using 2 buttons for the top level.  
I want all 3 as list boxes. So that listbox1 has main categories, listbox2 displays subcategories and listbox3 displays the tracks.

Here is the actionscript…

//setting it up  
//change path to your own  
path = “[http://billwatson2.no-ip.info/public/flash/music/](http://billwatson2.no-ip.info/public/flash/music/)”;  
loadBB.setLabel(“By Mood”);  
loadB.setLabel(“By Genre”);  
pause.setLabel(“Pause”);  
playB.setLabel(“Play”);  
pause.setEnabled(false);  
playB.setEnabled(false);  
//constucting menu system  
//next few functions just allow 1 listbox to chat to the other  
function Labels() {  
this.lab = new Array(0);  
this.dat = new Array(0);  
}  
Labels.prototype.addLabel = function(name, value) {  
this.lab.push(name);  
this.dat.push(value);  
};  
Labels.prototype.change = function(obj) {  
var i;  
obj.removeAll();  
for (i=0; i\<this.dat.length; i++) {  
obj.addItem(this.lab\*, this.dat\*);  
}  
obj.setScrollPosition(0);  
};  
FlistBoxClass.prototype.changeLabels = function() {  
this.getValue().change(this.sub);  
};  
FlistBoxClass.prototype.setSubMenu = function(sub, label, x, y) {  
label.change(this);  
this.sub = sub;  
this.setChangeHandler(“changeLabels”, this);  
this.setSubIndex(x, y);  
};  
FlistBoxClass.prototype.setSubIndex = function(x, y) {  
this.setSelectedIndex(x);  
this.sub.setSelectedIndex(y);  
};  
//change what you like here to add your own artists and songs  
//just make sure the title of the song is the same as the name of the mp3  
//eg for myGreatSong.mp3 add the title as myGreatSong  
//the data being added to the listbox is for demonstration only as no use is made of it  
menu = new Labels();  
menu.addLabel(“Dire Straits”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“Sultans of Swing”, 1);  
submenu.addLabel(“Money for Nothing”, 2);  
submenu.addLabel(“Romeo and Juliet”, 3);  
submenu.addLabel(“Telegraph Road”, 4);  
submenu.addLabel(“I Want my MTV”, 4);  
menu.addLabel(“Eagles”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“Desperado”, 1);  
submenu.addLabel(“Hotel California - Unplugged”, 2);  
submenu.addLabel(“Lying Eyes”, 3);  
submenu.addLabel(“New Kid In Town”, 4);  
submenu.addLabel(“On the Border - Already Gone”, 5);  
submenu.addLabel(“Take It To The Limit”, 6);  
submenu.addLabel(“Peaceful, Easy Feeling”, 7);  
submenu.addLabel(“Take it Easy”, 8);  
submenu.addLabel(“Tequila Sunrise”, 9);  
menu.addLabel(“The Beatles”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“Come Together”, 1);  
submenu.addLabel(“Here Comes the Sun”, 2);  
submenu.addLabel(“Hey Jude”, 3);  
submenu.addLabel(“Lady Madonna”, 4);  
submenu.addLabel(“Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds”, 5);  
submenu.addLabel(“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, 6);  
submenu.addLabel(“Octopus’s Garden”, 7);  
submenu.addLabel(“Revolution 1”, 8);  
submenu.addLabel(“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, 9);  
menu.addLabel(“Bob Marley”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“No Woman No Cry”, 1);  
submenu.addLabel(“Jammin”, 2);  
submenu.addLabel(“Exodus”, 3);  
menu.addLabel(“Bob Dylan”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“Like A Rolling Stone”, 1);  
submenu.addLabel(“Mr Tamborine Man”, 2);  
menu.addLabel(“Rolling Stones”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“Wild Horses”, 2);  
menu2 = new Labels();  
menu2.addLabel(“Dire Straits”, submenu=new Labels());  
submenu.addLabel(“Sultans of Swing”, 1);  
submenu.addLabel(“Money for Nothing”, 2);  
submenu.addLabel(“Romeo and Juliet”, 3);  
//formatting buttons and listboxes…change to suit  
aformat = new FStyleFormat();  
aformat.textSize = 12;  
aformat.textColor = 0xffff00;  
aformat.textBold = false;  
aformat.textUnderline = false;  
aformat.textFont = “Arial”;  
aformat.face = 0x000000;  
aformat.arrow = 0xffffff;  
aformat.highlight = 0x0000ff;  
aformat.highlight3D = 0x0000ff;  
aformat.darkshadow = 0x0000ff;  
aformat.shadow = 0x0000ff;  
aformat.background = 0x123456;  
aformat.selection = 0xffffff;  
aformat.selectionUnfocused = 0xff0000;  
aformat.textSelected = 0x0000ff;  
aformat.applyChanges();  
aformat.addListener(playB, pause, loadB, loadBB, artists, titles);  
//titles list box handler  
titles.setChangeHandler(“playsongs”);  
function playsongs() {  
s.stop();  
delete s;  
playB.setEnabled(true);  
playB.setLabel(“Play”);  
pause.setLabel(“Pause”);  
pause.setEnabled(false);  
loadB.setEnabled(true);  
loadB2.setEnabled(true);  
loaded = true;  
paused = false;  
}  
//code for buttons  
loadB.onRelease = function() {  
artists.setSubMenu(titles, menu, 0, 0);  
};  
loadBB.onRelease = function() {  
artists.setSubMenu(titles, menu2, 0, 0);  
};  
playB.onRelease = function() {  
if (loaded) {  
theSong = path+titles.getSelectedItem().label+".mp3";  
s = new Sound(this);  
s.loadSound(theSong, true);  
s.setVolume(volSlide.\_x - 230);  
s.start(0,1);  
playB.setLabel(“Stop”);  
pause.setEnabled(true);  
} else {  
s.stop();  
pause.setEnabled(false);  
playB.setLabel(“Start Again”);  
}  
loaded = !loaded;  
};  
pause.onRelease = function() {  
if (!paused) {  
s.stop();  
playB.setEnabled(false);  
stopped = s.position/1000;  
this.setLabel(“Continue”);  
} else {  
this.setLabel(“Pause”);  
s.start(stopped,1);  
playB.setEnabled(true);  
}  
paused = !paused;  
};  
volSlide.onPress = function() {  
volSlide.startDrag(true, 242, 274, 342, 274);  
volSlide.onEnterFrame = function() {  
s.setVolume(volslide.\_x - 242);  
};  
};  
volSlide.onRollOut = volslide.onRelease = volslide.onReleaseOutside = function() {  
stopDrag();  
};  
panSlide.onPress = function() {  
panSlide.startDrag(true, 431, 274, 531, 274);  
panSlide.onEnterFrame = function() {  
s.setPan(panslide.\_x - 431);  
};  
};  
panSlide.onRollOut = panslide.onRelease = panslide.onReleaseOutside = function() {  
stopDrag();  
};