creating links for my external xml buttons

[nightboat1979]

can someone help me, i need to know how to create a link. I have buttons in my site and the graphics are being called into the flash movie through the use of an external xml file. Heres a look at what ive got below for XML, i think its in this file i should be putting the link and cant seem to find out/figure out what i should be doing. Please help me, i really want to get moving on this little project.

<icons>
<icon image="icon1.png" tooltip="Wildlife" />
<icon image="icon2.png" tooltip="Landscapes" />
<icon image="icon3.png" tooltip="Architecture" />
<icon image="icon4.png" tooltip="Experimental" />
<icon image="icon5.png" tooltip="Seascapes" />
<icon image="icon6.png" tooltip="Macro" />
</icons>

heres a link to my page ive created, i simply want to make the pictures clickable to links of my choosing.

http://www.stirlingcreative.com/photos.html

If the flash file is required you can download the source from my site at the follwoing address:

http://www.stirlingcreative.com/icons.fla

if that doesnt work, maybe decompile it with soThink or something. Hope someone has some answers to help me?

 

[oldnewbie]

Check my handle above this post for an address and mail me your .fla & .xml file, zipped up.

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[kennethkawamoto]

No need to decompile!

Try these:

1. Add link URL to your XML. So it looks like this:

...
<icon image="icon1.png" tooltip="Wildlife" [b]link="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com/"[/URL][/b] />
...

2. In the [tt]for[/tt] loop in your [tt]xml.onLoad[/tt] function, add this line:

...
_loc2.icon.onRelease = released;
[b]_loc2.link = _loc4[_loc3].attributes.link;[/b]
...

3. Add this new function:

...
function mover() {
...
}
[b]function released() {
	getURL(this._parent.link);
}[/b]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[nightboat1979]

Thanks for the help, i shall try the techniques mentioned above when i get home from work, and failing that i shall send you a zipped file, thank-you very much for helping me on this!

 

[nightboat1979]

I added the code, and it makes it "nearly" work, when i click the buttons it says basically it cannot find the link "make sure path or internet address is correct", even although i am targeting a file that is within the root folder where the parent file is. Here is a look at my entire actionscript

function over()
{
var _loc2 = new Sound();
_loc2.attachSound("sover");
_loc2.start();
home.tooltip.tipText.text = this._parent.toolText;
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height / 2;
home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, moveTip);
home.tooltip._alpha = 100;
} // End of the function
function out()
{
delete home.tooltip.onEnterFrame;
home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
} // End of the function
function moveTip()
{
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height / 2;
} // End of the function
function mover()
{
this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
var _loc2 = (this._y - perspective) / (centerY + radiusY - perspective);
this._xscale = this._yscale = _loc2 * 100;
this.angle = this.angle + this._parent.speed;
this.swapDepths(Math.round(this._xscale) + 100);

}

function released() {
getURL(this._parent.link);
}

// End of the function
var numOfItems;
var radiusX = 250;
var radiusY = 50;
var centerX = Stage.width / 2;
var centerY = Stage.height / 2 + 30;
var speed = 1.000000E-003;
var perspective = 150;
var home = this;
theText._alpha = 0;
var tooltip = this.attachMovie("tooltip", "tooltip", 10000);
tooltip._alpha = 0;
var xml = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function ()
{
var _loc4 = this.firstChild.childNodes;
numOfItems = _loc4.length;
for (var _loc3 = 0; _loc3 < numOfItems; ++_loc3)
{
var _loc2 = home.attachMovie("item", "item" + _loc3, _loc3 + 1);
_loc2.angle = _loc3 * (6.283185E+000 / numOfItems);
_loc2.onEnterFrame = mover;
_loc2.toolText = _loc4[_loc3].attributes.tooltip;
_loc2.content = _loc4[_loc3].attributes.content;
_loc2.icon.inner.loadMovie(_loc4[_loc3].attributes.image);
_loc2.r.inner.loadMovie(_loc4[_loc3].attributes.image);
_loc2.icon.onRollOver = over;
_loc2.icon.onRollOut = out;
_loc2.icon.onRelease = released;
_loc2.icon.onRelease = released;
_loc2.link = _loc4[_loc3].attributes.link;
} // end of for
};
xml.load("icons.xml");
this.onMouseMove = function ()
{
speed = (this._xmouse - centerX) / 2500;
};


and the file you see here is in the same folder as the other things, it wouldnt even find google when i tried that

<icons>

<icon image="icon1.png" tooltip="Wildlife" link="photos.html" />

<icon image="icon2.png" tooltip="Landscapes" link="photos2.html" />

<icon image="icon3.png" tooltip="Architecture" link="photos3.html" />

<icon image="icon4.png" tooltip="Experimental" link="photos4.html" />

<icon image="icon5.png" tooltip="Seascapes" link="photos5.html" />

<icon image="icon6.png" tooltip="Macro" link="photos6.html" />

</icons>

any ideas, thanks for the help youve given already! I can see definet progress and im even beginning to get a better understanding of this

 

[oldnewbie]

Use the complete url including the

http://...

http://www.yourDomain.com/photos.html

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[nightboat1979]

hey guys, its ok, it now seems to "work" weirdly, dont know what i really changed, but if it aint broke, dont fix it, thanks ALOT for all the great help! this is awesome!