How to specify "_self" or "_blank" trough the XML

[Rheinkultur]

I purchased your menue a few days ago and it is Superb!!! Can you help with a modification so that the targets “_self”, “_blank” can be set within the XML . I need different targets using the within the same menue…

Many thanx!!!

[Adrian]

Hi,
In the xml file you must add an additional attribute for specifing the target:

<item label="Super Beatle" url="asdsd" target="_blank"></item>

Now open GenericMenuItem.as and find this block of code:

	public function onRelease() {
		if (_url_ != "") {
			getURL(_url_, "_self");
		}
	}

replace it with:

	public function onRelease() {
                var _target_ = Node.attributes.target;
		if (_url_ != "") {
			getURL(_url_, _target_);
		}
	}

This should do the trick.

[johnzzz]

How would you change it so the url node is changed from getUrl functionality to a gotoAndPlay functionality. So you could control a movieClip from the XML?

Thanks for any help...

[Adrian]

Try this approach:

in the xml

<item label="Super Beatle" url="frame number" target="absolute movie clip path"></item>

like for example:

<item label="Super Beatle" url="5" target="_root.testmc.wheel"></item>

in the GenericMenuItem.as :

public function onRelease() {
                var targetMC:MovieClip = eval(Node.attributes.target);
		if (_url_ != "") {
			targetMC.gotoAndStop(Number(_url_));
		}
	}

[johnzzz]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. For some reason it won't work for me. I have a movie clip with three frames, and I updated my "public function onRelease" and the XML. Any idea what I might have done wrong?

Here's my code

public function onRelease() {
        var targetMC:MovieClip = eval(Node.attributes.target);
		if (_url_ != "") {
			targetMC.gotoAndStop(Number(_url_));
		}
	}

Here's my XML

<item label="early example url/" url="2" target="_root.content1" ></item>

[aox]

The menu is used as the main menu inside the flash file.

I want to have the functionality of on release, loadmovie to a specific blank movie clip.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks.

[Stympi]

I agree the above script does not work for me. I tried everything.

Someone help.