(MX) How to add images to thi slidingmenu (from KiruTutorial)

programming flash
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I am working on this tutorial
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/slidingmenu.htm

How can I add pieces to the sliding menu and the trigger buttons??
What bit of script should I ammend?
Is it possible to increase the main mask to show 2 or more immages at once?

Please help I cannot get my head around it.
Thanx
fv

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I know you can help…:slight_smile:

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funny, you say you can’t get your hea around it, implying you’ve tried for a while, yet you give people 77 minutes to respond.BUT I will say, clarify what you’re asking :wink:

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:-):slight_smile:
I think you guys are at least 77 times better than me…

Ok the tutorial has 4 large images and for buttons. I wanted to add more immages to the slide. I have managed to add other 4 and work out the _X value to move the slide to the correct position.

The problem is that if I change the size of the mask (I need to show 4 pictures) the all slide disappears, but I cannot understand why this happen.

Shall I come back in a coupple of days? No no no…
You know how women are like, they are always late but hate waiting
:slight_smile:

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Excuse me guys
any idea on how to solve the above?
I have now found many examples of a double menu / scrolling and so on…
but I still need to show more than one image (square) for each trigger, hence I need the mask to be enlarged…

or maybe someone know of a different tutorial / movie to show?

Pleeeease
Thanx

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oooh.
i just figured it out.

take the tutorial and build one yourself side by side.
that’s what i did and it works like a charm!!

just make sure that the content pages (no matter how big) are at x=0,y=0 each for its coordinates. and then line them up correctly in the content holder.

so happy! :wink:

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Well…I am happy that you are happy
You mean that it can be done it is just a matter of starting from scratch and make the mask MYSize…is that it?

I will trust your words, but if I fail will you show me your example? Even just the swf working…

Nite Nite
fv

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oh sure! it’s really easy. i made mine 750x580 and plan to add more slides.
i also moved the buttons to the top instead of the sides. i’ll attach my swf
here for you to look at. it is possible! :wink: i thought it wasn’t but it is!!! :slight_smile:

Now, what I want to know:
Could someone pleeeze be kind enough to tell me – how do I make it so that an animation does not begin/load until users get to a specific slide?

Example:
The shine effect tutorial. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/shine.htm

Say I want to put that effect on an object in slide 4.
How do you make it so that the object animates itself only when that slide is called up?

(maybe i should post this somewhere else. i don’t want to drag on your post)

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please! anyone know?

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you can put your animations on frames
and that animations are movieclips
movieclip start animating from frame 2
on first frame of animation clip you put stop();

and on selecting menu item you say
movieclip.gotoAndPlay(2)

if you have problem determining when your manu frame is on right place use jsut _x value of your menu sliding clip