The code ended up being squashed into paragraphs, hopefully this paste will
sort that out so that you can read it. Once again, my problem is that I have a
problem with my MenuBar in the fact that I can't get setMenuItemSelected to
work. When items on the menu get a tick, I need them them to stay that way to
show a visited state within the menu. I can't seem to address the correct item
in the menu when using setMenuItemSelected and so the items just untick when
selected again. // If we import the controls, we can then use
createClassObject, as seen // a few lines down, to create a MenuBar without
actually having to place // a MenuBar component on the stage. import
mx.controls.MenuBar; // // Create a MenuBar object on the screen
this.createClassObject(mx.controls.MenuBar, "xmlMenuBar", 25); // XML var
myDP_xml:XML; // Listener object var fileListener:Object; // // Set up tab
index etc. xmlMenuBar.tabEnabled = true; xmlMenuBar.tabIndex = 1; // //define
styles for the ComboBox component xmlMenuBar.setStyle("backgroundColor",
0xD8CCB6); //xmlMenuBar.setStyle("alternatingRowColors", [0xE9E1D6, 0xCEBEA6]);
xmlMenuBar.setStyle("color", 0x666666); xmlMenuBar.setStyle("embedFonts",
false); xmlMenuBar.setStyle("textAlign", "left");
//xmlMenuBar.setStyle("fontStyle", "italic"); // myDP_xml = new XML();
myDP_xml.ignoreWhite = true; myDP_xml.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { if
(success) { // Set the size and position of the menu using XML values
xmlMenuBar._height = myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuHeight;
xmlMenuBar._width = myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuWidth;
xmlMenuBar._x = myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.xPos; xmlMenuBar._y
= myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.yPos; // // set some of the style
values from XML data xmlMenuBar.setStyle("fontFamily",
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuFont);
xmlMenuBar.setStyle("fontSize",
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuFontSize);
xmlMenuBar.setStyle("themeColor",
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuColour); // // populate the menu
with the XML values xmlMenuBar.dataProvider = myDP_xml.firstChild;
//trace(myDP_xml.firstChild); } else { trace("error loading XML file"); } };
myDP_xml.load("menuBarXML.xml"); // // The listenered for the file menu (and
submenus) fileListener = new Object(); fileListener.change =
function(eventObj:Object):Void { // var menuNum = eventObj.menu; // var
menuItemNum = eventObj.menu.indexOf(eventObj.menuItem); //
eventObj.menu.TextArea.setStyle("fontStyle", "italic"); // var
myItem:mx.controls.Menu = xmlMenuBar.getMenuItemAt(eventObj.menuItem); var
instName = eventObj.menuItem.attributes.instanceName; //
xmlMenuBar.menuNum.setMenuItemSelected(instName, true); //
switch(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkType) { case "web":
//getURL(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkTo, "_blank"); break; case "email":
//getURL("mailto:"+eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkTo, _blank"); break; case
"keyframe": //gotoAndPlay(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkTo); break; } }; //
register the listeners with the separate menus
xmlMenuBar.addEventListener("change", fileListener); stop(); > ----Original
Message---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Jan 16, 2007 12:44:03 PM
> To: [email protected] > Subj: [Flashcoders] MenuBar
setMenuItemSelected problem. > > Hi everyone, > I have a problem with
my MenuBar in the fact that I can get setMenuItemSelected to work. When items
on the menu get a tick, I need them them to stay that way to show a visited
state within the menu. I can't seem to address the correct item in the menu
when using setMenuItemSelected and so the items just untick when selected
again. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help me fix this problem as
I've spent far too long trying to sort it out. > Here's my code, the menu
uses and xml file to populate and everything else works fine: > // If we
import the controls, we can then use createClassObject, as seen// a few lines
down, to create a MenuBar without actually having to place// a MenuBar
component on the stage.import mx.controls.MenuBar;//
====================================================================// Create a
MenuBar object on the screenthis.createClassObject(mx.controls.MenuBar,
"xmlMenuBar", 25);// XMLvar myDP_xml:XML;// Listener objectvar
fileListener:Object;//
====================================================================// Set up
tab index etc.xmlMenuBar.tabEnabled = true;xmlMenuBar.tabIndex = 1;//
====================================================================//define
styles for the ComboBox componentxmlMenuBar.setStyle("backgroundColor",
0xD8CCB6);//xmlMenuBar.setStyle("alternatingRowColors", [0xE9E1D6,
0xCEBEA6]);xmlMenuBar.setStyle("color",
0x666666);xmlMenuBar.setStyle("embedFonts",
false);xmlMenuBar.setStyle("textAlign",
"left");//xmlMenuBar.setStyle("fontStyle", "italic");//
====================================================================myDP_xml =
new XML();myDP_xml.ignoreWhite = true;myDP_xml.onLoad =
function(success:Boolean) { if (success) { // Set the size and position of the
menu using XML values xmlMenuBar._height =
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuHeight; xmlMenuBar._width =
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuWidth; xmlMenuBar._x =
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.xPos; xmlMenuBar._y =
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.yPos; // // set some of the style
values from XML data xmlMenuBar.setStyle("fontFamily",
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuFont);
xmlMenuBar.setStyle("fontSize",
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuFontSize);
xmlMenuBar.setStyle("themeColor",
myDP_xml.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes.menuColour); // // populate the menu
with the XML values xmlMenuBar.dataProvider = myDP_xml.firstChild;
//trace(myDP_xml.firstChild); } else { trace("error loading XML file");
}};myDP_xml.load("menuBarXML.xml");//// The listenered for the file menu (and
submenus)fileListener = new Object();fileListener.change =
function(eventObj:Object):Void { trace("--------------------------");
//trace(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.label); // var menuNum = eventObj.menu;
//trace(menuNum); // var menuItemNum =
eventObj.menu.indexOf(eventObj.menuItem); //trace(menuItemNum); //
eventObj.menu.TextArea.setStyle("fontStyle", "italic"); // var
myItem:mx.controls.Menu = xmlMenuBar.getMenuItemAt(eventObj.menuItem);
//trace(myItem); //trace(eventObj.menu); //trace("getMenuAt ->
"+xmlMenuBar.getMenuAt(menuItemNum)); var instName =
eventObj.menuItem.attributes.instanceName; trace(instName); //
xmlMenuBar.menuNum.setMenuItemSelected(instName, true); //
switch(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkType) { case "web":
//getURL(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkTo, "_blank"); break; case "email":
//getURL("mailto:"+eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkTo, "_blank"); break; case
"keyframe": //gotoAndPlay(eventObj.menuItem.attributes.linkTo); break; }};//
register the listeners with the separate
menusxmlMenuBar.addEventListener("change",
fileListener);stop();////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> And here's the xml test file used: > <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<menu> <menuitem label="Organic Molecules"> <menuitem
label="Google" instanceName="googleInstance" type="check"
linkTo="http://www.google.com"; linkType="web" /> <menuitem
type="separator" /> <menuitem label="BBC News" instanceName="bbcInstance"
type="check" linkTo="[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject" linkType="email" />
<menuitem label="Microsoft" instanceName="microsoftInstance" type="check"
linkTo="testKeyframeLable" linkType="keyframe" /> </menuitem>
<menuitem label="Chemical Equilibrium"> <menuitem label="Undo"
type="check" /> <menuitem type="separator" /> <menuitem label="Cut"
type="check" /> <menuitem label="Copy" type="check" /> <menuitem
label="Paste" type="check" /> <menuitem label="Clear" type="check" />
<menuitem type="separator" /> <menuitem label="Select All"
type="check" /> </menuitem> </menu> <menuSettings
menuHeight="20" menuWidth="220" xPos="250" yPos="0" menuFont="Verdana"
menuFontSize="10" menuColour="0x66CCAD" /> > Kind Regards, > Gareth
Hudson. > _______________________________________________ >
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