Today's project

[capt.ace]

I'm still quite new to actionscripting and wondered if anyone could give me some pointers over the next few hours.

I've done a few bits a actionscript, but I still feel that it han't quite clicked in my brain. I keep needing to ask very basic questions on , syntax, method etc...

I'm trying to build a photo gallery that has a sort of elastic thumbnail menu. I could just rip someone else's, but that isn't going to help me develop.

What I'm trying to do today is make something similar to CommanderCool's elastic menu. I want to replace the coloured boxes with thumbnails (15). I can then link each one to it's full size image using loadmove.

CommanderCool's Menu (http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=32928&highlight=CommanderCool)

I'm not sure how to get this help session started, so i'll just post it and see how we go.

Thanks in advance..

Capt,

P.S : I'm using Flash MX

[mlk]

well if you wanted to use Commander's exact file (for learning purposes I assume, not your own =)) you could edit the orange clips and inside those clips put your thumbnails as buttons on each frame and on each frame put a stop()...

now when the clips duplicate, you could tell them to go to a certain frame, so that they would all be the same clip but on a different frame, the menu elastic coding would stay the same...

clear enough ? (mmh i dunt think so rereading my post=))

[capt.ace]

Why can't I look at things so simply....

I'll do it now and let you know...

Thanks

Capt,

[capt.ace]

With limited knowledge, I've got that bit working and have gotten stuck on the next bit

Each box now moves to a new frame to show the correct thumbnail image.

Next Part..

I have prepared some images and named them photo1.jpg - photo10.jpg. But how do I tell each movie which photo to load. Everything I've tried so far has brought up photo1.jpg for every thumbnail.

I'm getting vague, sorry...

[mlk]

ok a hardcore flasher would probably kill me but this might work (when you press the clip it loads the image of the corresponding frame, thus using currentframe function: )


on (press) {
_root.container.loadMovie("box"+_this._currentframe+".jpg");
}


cheers
mlk =)

[capt.ace]

I won't tell anyone if you won't ;)

It worked anyway... although I had to replace " _this " with "this".

Many thank U's ..

Maybe do it again sometime...

Regs

Capt,