Unique Menu bar

programming flash
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Hi everyone,

I would say I’m fairly proficient in AS 2.0, but I can’t seem to achieve the effect provided as “goal.”

The CD’s that came with the Flash CS3 software, only showed how it was integrated with all the other adobe software and seldom touched tutorials on how to achieve certain effects such as this:

Goal:
I’m trying to mimic a certain menu bar found here: http://www.duo.co.kr/html/main_img_08/menu.swf

My Current Bar:
I’ve tried to mimic it…
http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=navbarkd6.swf

I would love to make each sub-drop down menus as buttons and the highlight of each link colored to red by A.S. if possible.

For my code I have used what I found in kirupa’s tutorials, all the comments have been preserved,


//all this code is inside the complex button so you can stick as many as you want 
//on the stage and all will work.. they all will have this code in it..

stop(); // stop the movie clip from playing (stop button from growing, we want that when the mouse rolls over only
                                             
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
    if(rewind == true){   //if rewind switch is set to true play backwards
        prevFrame();        // play backwards
    }
}

this.onRollOver = function(){
    rewind = false; //set variable (or switch) that decides wether ot not to play backwards...
    play();    // play this movie clip.. (grow the button(tween));
}

this.onRollOut = function(){
    rewind = true;    //set or rewind switch to true so it will play backwards...
}

this.onRelease = function(){
    //getURL("http://www.kirupa.com","_blank");
}

If I can be offered some sort of direction on how to achieve such effect I’d appreciate it.
Most searches from google “flash drop down”, “menu drop down” etc…
Gave me: flash link generators, purchasable flash links, etc…

p.s. I’m using Flash CS3, but I’ve saved the attachment with a Flash 8 setting.