drop down menu ::.....:::::::::....

[sara]

Thanks for visiting me, here I have a symbol which contains
a button that is used as a dropdown menu, this
drop down menu it self contains several other buttons,
and finally one of the buttons need to be directed
to three other buttons, and here is where the problem
occurs. As you can see once we roll on the extensions of services
they start to blink.
Do any of you guys know what is going on? Are we
limited to place symbols inside another symbols?

Your sense of support is highly appreciated.

Thank you all
Sara      www.perspectivecanada.net\menu

[Romwin]

Sara, ur not limited to putting "symbols" inside other "symbols".  The only thing you CAN"T do is put the same symbol into itself.  But what you CAN do is make a duplicate of the Movie Clip or graphic and place that into the first one.

As you can see once we roll on the extensions of services
they start to blink.

I dont see anything, and Im not exactly sure what you are saying the problem is... could you be a bit more specific?

[sara]

hey Romvin,

did u check the example on the net? it is on http://www.perspectivecanada.net\menu  you will notice the error easily.

thanx
sara

[Flash-db]

Hey Sara,

I think I can see what your problem is.  I'm not 100% on this but hopefully this will help you make a better menu.

Ok - Make your original Drop Down Menu a Movie Clip.  Have 2 different Frames in that Movie Clip.  The first Frame is Blank - The secon frame contains your menu items.

When you rollover or press the arrow - use a command like this:
_root.YourMenu.gotoAndStop(2);

When the Menu is down change that arrow to have a command like this:
_root.YourMenu.gotoAndStop(1);

For the Sub Menu's use a similiar technique.

Inside your main menu create a SubMenu Item:
Then give that submenu two frames as well - 1st one is contains nothing - second frame contains the menu items.  

When you rollOver the Menu Item - and want the Sub-menu item to appear use something like this:
on (rollOver) {
SubMenu1.gotoAndStop(2);
}
on (release) {
SubMenu1.gotoAndStop(1);
}

Does that make sense That will eliminate the Blinking if you use that method.

I can't really see the current code your using Now - so it would be hard to see the exact problem that is causing the Blinking - It could be a loop thing though.  Anyways the method i explained will eliminate that problem but may be difficult to use at first.

[sara]

Jeff,

the word "looping"that u mentioned solved my problem, u r right it was a loop that cause the buttone to blink.

thanks alot
sara