XML menu tree

[michako]

I forgot to mention I use TweenLite & TweenMax for ths fade etc effects.

have a nice day!

[karikkik]

Thanks for your source files, Michako! It really helps me out :]

[aclub]

Looks great michako. So how do we link urls to each of the drop down menu items in the xml?

thanks all!

[michako]

Hi!
well that's pretty easy.
first specify the urls at the xml (data/xmlMenu.xml)

mine finished was like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<projects>
  <TC NAME="//Large">
    <CT name="ATH" url="http://www.michako.com"></CT> 
    <CT name="MHG" url="http://www.mywetcalvin.com" ></CT>
    <CT name="SDF" url="http://www.skolix.gr/beta"></CT>
    <CT name="JYT" url="http://www.flepstudio.org"></CT>
  </TC>
  <TC NAME="//Medium">
    <CT name="MEL" url="http://www.michako.com"></CT> 
  </TC>
  <TC NAME="//Small">
    <CT name="MRN" url="http://www.michako.com"></CT> 
    <CT name="BOX" url="http://www.michako.com"></CT> 
    <CT name="ALX" url="http://www.michako.com"></CT>
  
</TC>
</projects>

and then to call each url when you hit the buttons
at the CLICK function, which in this case its ctClick
you call the corresponding url by tracing which button was pressed by the event targets name.

line 190

//click the subcat. - do whatever you want here
        private function ctClick(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            for each (var xmlInfo:XML in xmlData.TC.CT)
            {
                if(xmlInfo.attribute("name") == event.target.name)
                {
                    var url_str:String = xmlInfo.attribute("url");
                    if (ExternalInterface.available)
                    {
                        ExternalInterface.call( "window.open", url_str, "_blank" );
                    } else
                    {
                        var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url_str);
                        navigateToURL(urlRequest,"_blank");
                    }
                }
            }
        }

of course you have to import the needed classes
at the beginning

//new imports needed for the url call
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
    import flash.net.navigateToURL;

if you want a preview go here xmlMenuExample
and if you want the source here
http://www.michako.com/xmlMenu/XMLMenu+url.rar

cya