Urgent help needed, please!

[AmsterdamFTW]

Ok, I have a dropdown menu that is being called from the actionscript only. The submenu is nowhere on the actual flash stage. I have no idea how or where to add links to these submenu items. Here is the code.

The submenu items are Beauty, Location, and Studio, any ideas on how to link these?

menu = ["Beauty", "Location", "Studio"];
xStart = 662;
yStart = 190;
bWidth = 79;
bHeight = 17;
interval = 50;
countDown = menu.length;
menuOpen = false;
theTime = 0;
buttonScrollSpeed = 2;
for (var i = 0; i<menu.length; i++) {
var b = this.attachMovie("subButton", "subButton"+i, countDown);
countDown--;
b.stop();
b._x = xStart;
b._y = yStart;
b.interval = interval*i;
b.target = yStart+(bHeight*i);
b.txt = b.page=menu[i];
b.onPress = function() {
closeMenu();
_root.pages.gotoAndStop(this.page);
this.gotoAndStop(1);
};
b.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
};
b.onRollOut = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(1);
};
b._visible = false;
}
function closeMenu() {
for (var i = 0; i<menu.length; i++) {
var b = this["subButton"+i];
b._visible = false;
b._x = xStart;
b._y = yStart;
}
menuOpen = false;
}
mainButton.onPress = function() {
if (!menuOpen) {
theTime = getTimer();
menuOpen = true;
for (var i = 0; i<menu.length; i++) {
_root["subButton"+i]._visible = true;
}
} else {
closeMenu();
}
};
function scrollButtons() {
if (menuOpen) {
for (var i = 0; i<menu.length; i++) {
var b = this["subButton"+i];
if ((theTime+b.interval)<getTimer()) {
b._y += (b.target-b._y)/buttonScrollSpeed;
}
}
}
}
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
scrollButtons();
};

[a_modified_dog]

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=802112

did this not answer your question ?

[AmsterdamFTW]

That's not what I need. I need them to open to seperate links not to seperate frames. Thanks though.

[a_modified_dog]

open to seperate links

do you mean html links ?

if so, alter the following lines in your code -

b.onPress = function() {
closeMenu();
getURL(this.page+".html", "_blank");
// where the html links are - Beauty.html, Location.html, Studio.html
// these correspond to the names in your menu array
this.gotoAndStop(1);
}; 

[AmsterdamFTW]

That seemed to work for 1 link but when I put in all 3 links it seems to open 3 different pages when I click on one link. I am getting very close though and that last line of code is just what I was looking for. I appreciate it a lot.

[a_modified_dog]

add a new function to the very end of your code -

// <snipped the previous code for brevity>
}
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
scrollButtons();
}; // this line was the end of your code

// now add the new function here
function openLink(mc,iVar){
mc.onRelease = function(){
closeMenu();
mc.gotoAndStop(1);
getURL(menu[iVar]+".html", "_blank");
}
}; 

// completely remove these lines of code -
b.onPress = function() {
closeMenu();
getURL(this.page+".html", "_blank"); 
this.gotoAndStop(1);
};

// and in its place, add -
openLink(b,i);