Full control of id tagged img ??

Question

Hi,
First forum question...
I've managed to embed a number of jpg's into a dynamic text
field and create id tags for each of them using <img> tags
loaded from an external text file.
I've been able to adjust the alpha on the images using the
full qualified path. However, I can't seem to control the clips in
other ways.. as in using onPress, onRollOver etc...
Is this level of control possible? If so, what am I missing?
Thanks for any help,
Daniel

Answer 1

Hi Tim,
For me, the code is becomming quite involved. I'll try and
outline it as clearly as possible without leaving too much out.
I have a simple XML driven menu system. The XML file i load
contains a link (amongst others) to a simple tab-delimited TXT file
that ive created using Excel. I then use a function called
"generatetable" that splits the TXT file into columns (determined
by the TABs in the TXT file). Those columns are then sent to a
series of manually created dynamic, multiline, html eanabled text
fields. These fields are not embedded within any other clip - they
are simply on the main stage.
The manually created text field that I am specifically using
for the loaded <img> tags has an instance name of buy_txt.
The first code I use on the buy_txt instance is to vary the height
of the text field based on h=number of rows & fsize=fontsize,
both determined my me previously.
buy_txt._height = h*(fsize+4);
The second code that I apply to the buy_txt instance places
the html text within the text box. In this case it loads the jpg's
from the <img> tags.
buy_txt.htmlText += table[row][6]+"\r";
I then determine whether or not to display two little scroll
buttons based on whether my table length is longer that the
variable h (see above - used to set the height of the text box in
rows).
if (table.length>h) {
s_dn._visible = true;
s_up._visible = true;
} else {
s_dn._visible = false;
s_up._visible = false;
The remaining code controls the scrolling as follows:
function continuousScrollUp2() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (ref_txt.scroll>0) {
ref_txt.scroll--;
model_txt.scroll--;
link_txt.scroll--;
stock_txt.scroll--;
price_txt.scroll--;
buy_txt.scroll--;
// Scroll continuously down at frame rate of movie
function continuousScrollDown2() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (ref_txt.scroll<ref_txt.maxscroll) {
ref_txt.scroll++;
model_txt.scroll++;
link_txt.scroll++;
stock_txt.scroll++;
price_txt.scroll++;
buy_txt.scroll++;
// Stop continuous scroll
function stopScroll() {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
I hope this is all clear enough.
I can list variables while testing and the following items
come up (depending on how many rows are in the table):
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.addcart1"
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.addcart2"
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.addcart3"
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.addcart4"
etc....
I also get the following items listed once the "addcarts"
above become active. I'm not sure what they are specifically:
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.clipper-o-Depth0"
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.clipper-o-Depth1"
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.clipper-o-Depth2"
Movie Clip: Target="_level0.buy_txt.clipper-o-Depth3"
etc....
Like I said, I can control the alpha etc. I just can't seem
to control mouse overs.
Daniel