AS2 XML Flash Navigation

Question

Hello All,
I have been creating a dynamic Flash Navigation based on a tutorial I found online.
I'm having issues aligning the MovieClip house all the array names from My XML file.
I'm using:
var yPosition:Number = 118;
var xPosition:Number = 250;
to align the Movie Clip. For some reason I can adjust the yPosition but I cant get the xPosition to move my MovieClip at all. >:(
Any helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers-
Graeme

Answer 1

Heres the code I'm using:
//Store Button Position
var yPosition:Number = 118;
var xPosition:Number = 250;
//Declare New XML Object
var myXML:XML = new XML();
//Set Flash to ignore the XML file's white space
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
//Declare new Array to store the links from the XML file
var links:Array = new Array();
//Declare new Array to store the names from the XML file
var names:Array = new Array();
//Set XML onLoad function
myXML.onLoad = function(){
    //Set varible to store the XML childNodes
    //This allows you to get the number of buttons in the XML file.
    //You'll use this tell flash how many times to loop the for loop.
    var linkname:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
    //Set a for loop
    for(i=0;i<linkname.length;i++){
        //Push the button name into the names Array
        names.push(linkname[i].attributes.NAME);
        //Push the button link into the links Array
        links.push(linkname[i].attributes.LINK);
        //Attach the button Movie Clip from the libray give it an instance name and place it on the next highest level
        _root.attachMovie("button","btn"+i,_root.getNextHighestDepth());
        //Set the y position of the buttons
        _root["btn"+i]._y = yPosition;
        //Increace the varible yPosition 15 pixel each time the loop runs to place each button under each other
        yPosition = yPosition+25;
        //Place the button name from names Array into the blackTxt text box
        _root["btn"+(i)].blackTxt.Txt.text = (names[i]);
        //Place the button name from names Array into the whiteTxt text box
        _root["btn"+(i)].whiteTxt.Txt.text = (names[i]);
        //Assign the btnOver function to the button onRollOver state.
        _root["btn"+(i)].onRollOver = btnOver;
        //Assign the btnOut function to the button onRollOut state.
        _root["btn"+(i)].onRollOut = btnOut;
        //Assign the btnRelease function to the button onRelease state.
        _root["btn"+(i)].onRelease = btnRelease;
//Load the XML file
myXML.load("links.xml");
//Button Over function
function btnOver(){
    //This referse to the current button the mouse is over
    //Go To And Stop frame 2 of the current button the mouse is over
    this.gotoAndStop(2);
//Button Out function
function btnOut(){
    //Go To And Stop frame 3 of the current button the mouse rolls out from
    this.gotoAndStop(3);
//Button Release function
function btnRelease(){
    //Set a varible named currentBtn equal to the instance name of the current button the mouse clicked on
    var currentBtn:String = this._name;
    //Set a varible named currentIndex equal to the varible currentBtn and the characters between 3rd letter and 5th of that string.
    //This will return a number between 0 and the total number of buttons
    var currentIndex:String = currentBtn.substring(3,5);
    //Get the URL from the links Array
    //Use the currentIndex varible as the index number
    getURL(links[currentIndex]);