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I really need help on this.
I have a script which loads external XML content in comboBox and textBox...
Script is fine, except I have 10-12 different XML's and each one has the same layout.... so I designed 10 MC to act as buttons and goto them on different keyframes which loads different XML's....
Is it somehow possible to change the XML.load line through a MC button instead of many keyframes, to use just one keyframe and simply change the targeted XML from MC button???
I don't know if i understand well...but i think you can have your MC's in the first frame, and extends it with F5 until the desired frame, and the code of it should persists/extends in each following frame, then put different instances names to your MC's (mc1, mc2, mc3, etc) and in the main timeline:
Actionscript Code:mc1.this.onPress=function{
load desired xml
}
mc2.this.onPress=function{
load desired xml
}
And so on. Hope this help let me know
I didn't understand the question at first, but I think I do now o.O
angelhdz, I think he wants everything to happen only in 1 Frame, and your code is the answer, but where it says 'load desired xml', instead of that, he can just make a function (not really sure if you've familiarized yourself with functions yet, but if you haven't, then you should. They were a bit confusing for me at first, but once I learnt them, they're REALLY useful and awesome! Here's a TUTORIAL)
Try this (courtesy of angelhdz for base code):
Actionscript Code:function loadXML(xmlFile){
delete xml.onLoad; // to not make multiple XML's load at once
xml = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function(){
// load XML into comboBox or textBox here
}
xml.load(xmlFile);
}
mc1.onPress=function(){
loadXML("file1.xml");
}
mc2.onPress=function(){
loadXML("file2.xml");
}
Also, angelhdz, one more thing, you know when you put text into your code such as "load xml here", well here's a tip, comment it out, so that some keywords don't get recognized as AS tags and get highlighted:
Actionscript Code:mc1.this.onPress=function{
// load desired xml
}
mc2.this.onPress=function{
// load desired xml
}
Looks better, right ;)? Also, what does mc1.this mean??? I'm really confused, please tell me :)
Very very , very sorry :(
I was so sleepy and i replied almost asleep -_- jeje zzZ
I forgot to remove the "this" from the onPress.
Actionscript Code:mc1.onPress
mc2.onPress
And yes, i now understand these functions, just i haven't applied them yet hehe, i haven't experimented with them, but surely in the game i'm developing i WILL NEED THEM ^_^
I'm using these functions right now:
Actionscript Code:varReceiver = new LoadVars();
varReceiver.load("sounds.txt");
varReceiver.onLoad = function(){
trace(this.musicURL+"music"+".mp3");
/*pair the text file's url with the variables and add the file name with
extension*/
ventanaURL=this.musicURL+"ventana"+".mp3";
musicURL=this.musicURL+"music"+".mp3";
newlevel.loadSound(newlevelURL, false);
//load the sounds
ventana=loadSound (ventanaURL,false);
music.loadSound (musicURL,false);
newlevel.loadSound(newlevelURL, false);
};
//Create the vars
var musicURL:String;
var newlevelURL:String;
var ventanaURL:String;
And yes... i forgot the "//" comment tags hehe. I think is the first time it happens to me. I always use to write well my tutorials, php wraps for html, xml, text files, and AS wraps for AS, and comments with "//" and important texts with "BOLD" etc...
My bad! I'm Glad we ,(more you than me) helped him ;)
This works fine but does not change the XML. When I press a mc it shows the comboBox content and the textBox content for that XML, but when I press another it just adding the new loaded XML content inside the comboBox after the previous fields. So basicaly, it does not delete the previous XML file (I need to refresh it).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nig 13
And to make myself a little clear:
- this site has 3 keyframes (1,2,3). The second keyframe has 9 MC's loading 9 XML files in the second keyframe from layer 2 (the buttons and the actionscript for them are in the first layer).
- the 3'd keyframe has 14 mc's and of course 14 XML's.
Just to be sure: on the second keyframe from layer 1 (mc's), i inserted this code:
Actionscript Code:function loadXML(xmlFile){
delete myXML.onLoad;
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success) {
pop();
}
}
gotoAndStop(2);
myXML.load(xmlFile);
}
b1.onRollOver = over;
b1.onRollOut = out;
b1.buttText.buttonText.text = "Bla bla text";
b1.onPress=function() {
delete myXML.onLoad;
loadXML("myfirstXML.xml");
}
function over() {
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
function out() {
this.gotoAndPlay(7);
}
The second keyframe of layer 2 has the following code:
Actionscript Code:comboBox1.setStyle("color", 0x0000FF);
comboBox1.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFFFFF);
comboBox1.dropdown.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFFFFF);
comboBox1.dropdown.setStyle("selectionColor", 0xAEAEAE);
comboBox1.setStyle("fontFamily", "Tahoma");
comboBox1.setStyle("embedFonts", false);
comboBox1.setStyle("fontSize",14);
comboBox1.setStyle("fontWeight","normal");
comboBox1.dropdown.setStyle("embedFonts", false);
textBox.html=true;
mailBox.html=true;
webBox.html=true;
liveBox.html=true;
var myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite=true;
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success) {
pop();
}
}
function updateContent()
{
textBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[0]["txtContent"];
mailBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[1]["txtContent"];
webBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[2]["txtContent"];
liveBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[3]["txtContent"];
}
function pop()
{
rootNode = myXML.firstChild;
for(var i:Number = 0; i < rootNode.childNodes.length-1; i++)
{
comboLabel = rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
comboBox1.addItem({label:comboLabel, data:[
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue},
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue},
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue},
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[4].firstChild.nodeValue}]});
}
updateContent();
}
comboListener = new Object();
comboListener.change = function(){
updateContent();
}
comboBox1.addEventListener("change", comboListener);
What's wrong here???? Why is not deleting the previous XML file while loading the new one????
Help???
Attached the .fla here.
Please post the code in your xml's.
Also it doesn't have 2 keyframes on the fla. Also, i had to embed the fonts in order to this to work.
Quote:
Originally Posted by angelhdz
Embedding fonts is not the solution. It didn't worked for me even with them embedded....Code:<xml1>
<step>
<combo>Choose selection1</combo>
<content>
<![CDATA[Cdata text containing info, link and e-mail address.]]>
</content>
</step>
<step>
<combo>Choose selection2</combo>
<content>
<![CDATA[
<b>Title example</b>
Address: Some address
Postal code: Some postal code
Phone: +Some international phone number
e-mail: <a href="mailto:me@home.not">My e-mail</a>
Website: <a href="http://www.home.not" target="_blank">I do have a site</a>]]>
</content>
</step>
</xml1>
Removed the second keyframe from the FLA file just to be sure is not working even if the whole deal is in a single frame....
Multiply the above XML example in 3-4 files, name them xml1.xml, xml2.xml.... etc, then load XML through the MC function and you will see the prob....
Ok your fla is working. The only problem is...when you press button 1, it does load the a.xml and it loads "Choose selection1" on the combo box. Good. But when you hit it again, another "Choose selection1" value is "cached" or "added" or "saved" on the combo box. The same if you hit button 2, button 3...it will add more and more of the same value. We have to avoid this by deleting the combo box cache everytime we hit the buttons. How? I'm finding a way...
I triedActionscript Code:btn1.onPress=function(){
comboBox1="" //put the combo box to nothing, to empty it
loadXML("a.xml"); //then load the a.xml
}
But not success...
http://www.mediafire.com/?9b7i5vif7fksa6u
Here is the fla fixed. The buttons work in frame 1, and in frame 5, with only one copy or one instance of them in the first frame, extended to frame 5. I extended the actions layer and the buttons layer to frame 5 pressing F5 on the keyboard.
Tried that as well.... and also I tried to make it work with an onEnterFrame.... putting the comboBox to frame2..... but with no success at all...
Something I thaught looking at your code....
What if I put the comboBox and the textBox fields in a mc and refreshing by using removeMovieClip instance in onPress and loading it in onRelease function???
I'm thinking by deleting the mc event it will unload not only the cache but also the comboBox and textBox, and then, after onRelease it will load the new XML with the new content.
Theoreticaly, this seems real. But still, is not the best solution, as it will refresh all the page, and that will give an annoying effect with a lot of resources consumption on the user-side.....
Nice1... Unexpected file format :P Seems to me like you're using Flash CS4 or 5..... The topic was for CS3.... Please convert the file....Quote:
Originally Posted by angelhdz
We are talking here about 2 issues. Your first problem was be able to use the same movieclips in other frames without making new keyframes an copies of it. That's done. Check the .fla i sent to you. If you can't open, let me know. Is CS6.
The other problem is the combo box cache. I'm working on it.
And sorry. This is the Action Script 2 section. Is not about Flash versions CS3, CS4, CS5... i thought you were working on a recent version. I don't think i cant export to CS3 from CS6. The only options i get is CS5 and CS5.5. Let me check if i manage to convert it to CS3 some way hehe.
Already told you is not working. And the problem was just to load different XML files through MC's acting like buttons in the same keyframe containg a single instance of a comboBox and textBox.Quote:
Originally Posted by angelhdz
And that is still a problem, considering the caching..... :(
Check my idea. I think is working....
I know... is Adobe's fault for that. Cause who had the money, has the new soft ver but cannot communicate with older ver users (which are still many).Quote:
Originally Posted by angelhdz
This is a problem for all of us. How are we supposed to evolve if helping one another comes with a price, litterally? No licence, no help, no evolving.... thanks Abode for that :(
That's very very true my friend. :( is sandly...
And now i see that the keyframes issue was solved. Now, to the combobox "cache" issue. Let's work on that :)
I think i achieved.
Put this in your buttons code:
And so on with the other buttons, only changing the "b.xml" "c.xml" filename and the "btn1.XMLisLoaded!=true" "btn2.XMLisLoaded!=true" variables.Actionscript Code://create the XMLisLoaded variable for all the buttons
var XMLisLoaded:Boolean;
b1.onPress=function() {
if (btn1.XMLisLoaded!=true){ //if XML have been not loaded the first time
loadXML("b.xml"); //Load it!
btn1.XMLisLoaded=true; //notify or tell that the XML have been loaded
}
else{
delete loadXML(); //if the XML HAVE been loaded, delete the loadXML function
//so It doesn't happen anymore, and fullfill the combobox
//with the same values everytime you press the button
}
}
Hope this is want you want to achieve.. :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by angelhdz
On buttons keyframe I put:
Actionscript Code:var XMLisLoaded:Boolean;
b1.onRollOver = over;
b1.onRollOut = out;
b1.buttText.buttonText.text = "PRESEDENTIA ROMANIEI";
b1.onPress = function() {
if (b1.XMLisLoaded != true) {
loadXML("meniu/11_info_util/conducere/01presedinte.xml");
b1.XMLisLoaded = true;
} else {
delete loadXML();
}
};
b2.onRollOver = over;
b2.onRollOut = out;
b2.buttText.buttonText.text = "PARLAMENTUL ROMANIEI";
b2.onPress = function() {
if (b2.XMLisLoaded != true) {
loadXML("meniu/11_info_util/conducere/02parlament.xml");
b2.XMLisLoaded = true;
} else {
delete loadXML();
}
};
b3.onRollOver = over;
b3.onRollOut = out;
b3.buttText.buttonText.text = "CAMERA DEPUTATILOR";
b3.onPress = function() {
if (b3.XMLisLoaded != true) {
loadXML("meniu/11_info_util/conducere/03cameradep.xml");
b3.XMLisLoaded = true;
} else {
delete loadXML();
}
};
On XML loader keyframe (containing comboBox and textBox) I put:
Actionscript Code:comboBox1.setStyle("color", 0x0000FF);
comboBox1.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFFFFF);
comboBox1.dropdown.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFFFFF);
comboBox1.dropdown.setStyle("selectionColor", 0xAEAEAE);
comboBox1.setStyle("fontFamily", "Tahoma");
comboBox1.setStyle("embedFonts", false);
comboBox1.setStyle("fontSize",14);
comboBox1.setStyle("fontWeight","normal");
comboBox1.dropdown.setStyle("embedFonts", false);
textBox.html=true;
mailBox.html=true;
webBox.html=true;
liveBox.html=true;
function loadXML(xmlFile) {
delete myXML.onLoad;
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
pop();
}
};
myXML.load(xmlFile);
}
function updateContent()
{
textBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[0]["txtContent"];
mailBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[1]["txtContent"];
webBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[2]["txtContent"];
liveBox.htmlText = comboBox1.value[3]["txtContent"];
}
function pop()
{
rootNode = myXML.firstChild;
for(var i:Number = 0; i < rootNode.childNodes.length-1; i++)
{
comboLabel = rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
comboBox1.addItem({label:comboLabel, data:[
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue},
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue},
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue},
{txtContent:rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[4].firstChild.nodeValue}]});
}
updateContent();
}
comboListener = new Object();
comboListener.change = function(){
updateContent();
}
comboBox1.addEventListener("change", comboListener);
Still caching the XML's in comboBox..........
Ok. NOw i see the issue clearly.
With the "if" statement and the boolean (true and false) variables, I was being sure you can press the buttons once, so when you press the buttons a second time, the combobox doesn't get more and more same values.
Now, we have to do something for when you press the button 2, the button 1 data on the combobox gets empty, and comes the new data from button 2 xml. Right?
Wait
Here is your answer buddy :D
Forget about the if and the true. Leave it like this:
Actionscript Code:b1.onPress=function() {
comboBox1.removeAll();
loadXML("a.xml");
}
b2.onPress=function() {
comboBox1.removeAll();
loadXML("b.xml");
}
;) let me know
sorry for the delay..... was going home from work...Quote:
Originally Posted by angelhdz
It works..... but now I discovered an internal Flash error :))
When it loads, the scroll bar (on many categories XML files) is not showing when dropping the comboBox :)))
And that is a Flash error, cause I tried in the past to repair it on another script, which was loaded from .php :))
Off topic kinda thing, if I have a huge data on an XML file, is it possible to make a preloader in the text Box???
When I say huge data load, I mean 4-5000 lines..... already managed to insert a search by word engine to that, but still, the loading takes a lot of time, considering the CDATA and each line is a hyperlink to a file... :))
Hi,
Kind of jumped in here
A very simple one would be tlike this
findmake a textfield called loadingActionscript Code:myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success) {
pop();
}
}
and swap it to this
Actionscript Code:myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success) {
pop();
loading.text = "Complete";
}
else{
loading.text = "Loading";}
}
About the scrollbar, is working on my side. I tested it and no problem with the scrollbar. In order to the scrollbar to show, I had to add some lines of text extra in the a.xml, as it's supposed to be.
For the loading, do what fruitbeard said. It seems to do what you want, and simple.
Well, all is working fine.... Besides that, i managed to create my own, custom comboBox. Now i'm testing it's functionality.
The problem with standard component is that is taking almost 40kb more to the compiled swf. So my own design, having shadows, and a huge load of effects, only takes 10kb.
I don't really get them. Is supposed to be the other way around. Their components should be simple and small in size. Instead, they're developping things that put us to work...
Many years ago I put a topic on their main dev board about this. It should have a completely customised menu for their components, and 3 size categories for each one: small, medium and full. This way even a newbie could create a fast, easy to use and simple (simple = elegant in my vision) component....
But instead of an answer they put an "No to be answered" policy and blocked the thread. Somebody in their company is working against them, for sure... :))
Same here! I was searching a way of changing the components graphics, but no success. I will end creating my own scrollbars, sliding menu, buttons, media player, combobox, etc.
Sorry to just butt in, but look into creating custom components, it's not that easy, it's actually really difficult, and Adobe default components are professionally built!