Textfield caption in an XML menu?

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I know you guys get millions of XML menu questions everyday. I searched and read all sorts of tutorials/threads on this site.

  • I checked out the senocular’s XML porfolio to learn about the rollover caption appearing a text field.
  • I read the multilevel menu tutorial (this is what I based my flash off of)
  • I read almost all of the xml menu threads

however, I still cant figure out how to make the caption to appear in the dynamic text field I have created in my flash.

my xml reads as follows

 <menu>
	<item name="Home" action="gotoURL" variables="index.htm" message="This takes you to 

our main page"/>
	<item name="Programs" action="gotoURL" variables="programs.htm" message="Programs 

section explains what we have to offer"/>
	<item name="Checklists" action="gotoURL" variables="checklists.htm" message="Here we 

have an indepth step by step checklist for enrolling to our program"/>
	<item name="Media" action="gotoURL" variables="media.htm" message="media message 

blahblah"/>
	<item name="Events" action="gotoURL" variables="events.htm" message="events message 

blahblah"/>
		<item name="Resources" action="gotoURL" variables="resources.htm" message="resources 

message blahblah"/>
	<item name="Contacts" action="gotoURL" variables="contacts.htm" message="contacts 

message blahblah"/>
	<item name="Database" action="gotoURL" variables="database.htm" message="database 

message blahblah" />
</menu>

so I want what is in “message” to be displayed when I roll over the buttons.

[AS]

    curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver = function(){
        var col = new Color(this.background);
        col.setRGB(0xFCB841);
        info_txt.text = this.message;
    };
    curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
        // restore color
        var col = new Color(this.background);
        col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
        info_txt.text = "";
    };

[/AS]

Am I doing in this script wrong? the only way I got for the message to appear is when I switched from “this.message” to “curr_node.attributes.message”. However, that only displayed the very last message of “database stuff blah blah blah” no matter what button it was.

I have attatched the zip file here. I would appreciate any insite on what Im doing wrong.

thanks!