issue with pop up and java PLEASE URGENT!

[fuhgawz]

Hi, i saw your tutorial on pop up with java and it worked perfectly. but i'm having an issue with my code when i try to use variables with it. i have a thumbnailslider and when i click a thumb i want it to open a certain file inm a pop up window: this is what i have up to now:


MovieClip.prototype.makeBorder = function (col, bsize)
{
    var w = this._width;
    var h = this._height;
    this.createEmptyMovieClip("border_mc", 10);
    with (this.border_mc)
    {
        lineStyle(col, 16777215, 0);
        lineTo(w, 0);
        lineTo(w, h);
        lineTo(0, h);
        lineTo(0, 0);
    } // End of with
};
var img_array = ["prensa_14", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_13", "sep_ultim", "prensa_12", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_11", "sep_ultim", "prensa_10", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_09", "sep_ultim", "prensa_08", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_07", "sep_ultim", "prensa_06", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_05", "sep_ultim", "prensa_04", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_03", "sep_ultim", "prensa_02", "sep_ultim", "prensa_01", "sep_ultim_2"];
tnailer.onThumbLoad = function (mc)
{
    var _loc1 = mc;
    _loc1.makeBorder();
    _loc1.border_color = new Color(_loc1.border_mc);
    display = "Ultimas Campaņas " + (_loc1.no + 1) + "/" + img_array.length;
};
tnailer.onThumbsLoaded = function (null)
{
    display = "";
};
tnailer.onThumbOver = function (mc)
{
    mc.border_color.setRGB(null);
};
tnailer.onThumbOut = tnailer.onThumbReleaseOutside = function (mc)
{
    if (mc != this.active)
    {
        mc.border_color.setRGB(null);
    } // end if
};
tnailer.onThumbRelease = function (mc)
{
   var _loc2 = mc;
    this.active.border_color.setRGB(null);
    this.active = _loc2;
   _loc2.border_color.setRGB(null);
    mc.border_color.setRGB(null);
   getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('../images/noticias/flash/zoom/prensa_ + _loc2.no + .swf','newWin','width=775,height=531,left=95,top=147,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resize=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
};
tnailer.loadThumbnails(img_array, "../images/noticias/flash/thumbs/");
display = "Cargando Ultimas Campaņas 1/" + img_array.length;


in red is the part with the issue. i call the var "loc2" to identify the file to open. but nothing happens...
i guess i have a stupid mistake with quotation marks or something, but i can't figure it out and im desperate.
thanks in advance!!!

[Ronald Wernecke]

try this:

'../images/noticias/flash/zoom/prensa_ ' +  _loc2.no + '.swf'

[fuhgawz]

yeah i tried that, sorry.
i didn't work either.

i forgot to mention that this .swf is contained in a .php. don't know if it has somethjing to do with it....

[fuhgawz]

maybe you can see it beter with the site:

http://www.kalpakian.com/noticias/ultimas_campanas.php

each picture should open a pop up according to the matching picture.
 right now a pop-up appears, but it is always the same one. in the meantine i put '../images/noticias/flash/zoom/prensa_12.swf'

those pictures in thje slider are "prensa_14", "prensa_13", etc

thanks for your help Ronald!

[Ronald Wernecke]

I see, that only presa12 is showing.
But this is hardcoded - right?

Did you check with charles, what is requested?

Did you try to show the variable, before it is posted?

[Ronald Wernecke]

I do not see, where you set the variable _loc2.no.
_loc2.no ist the filename - right?

[fuhgawz]

i think that's where i messed up.
the thing is i didn't create this code, i was just asked to update this site in order to show the pictures in a pop-up.

the name of the file is not _loc2.no

what i was trying to do in this part:

tnailer.onThumbRelease = function (mc)
{

is to make the movie recognize which picture of the image array specified here:

var img_array = ["prensa_14", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_13", "sep_ultim", "prensa_12", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_11", "sep_ultim", "prensa_10", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_09", "sep_ultim", "prensa_08", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_07", "sep_ultim", "prensa_06", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_05", "sep_ultim", "prensa_04", "sep_ultim_2", "prensa_03", "sep_ultim", "prensa_02", "sep_ultim", "prensa_01", "sep_ultim_2"];

i'm clicking, and to open the pop-up for that specific picture.

maybe i'm trying to bite more than i can chew, but i want to learn from my mistakes.
do you see an easier way to do this? thanks a lot for your help.

PD: when it opened prensa_12 it was beacuse instead of telling flash to open a different pop-up for each picture i just asked it to open prensa_12 no matter what picture you clicked on it. like this:

tnailer.onThumbRelease = function (mc)
{
   var _loc2 = mc;
    this.active.border_color.setRGB(null);
    this.active = _loc2;
   _loc2.border_color.setRGB(null);
    mc.border_color.setRGB(null);
   getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('../images/noticias/flash/zoom/prensa_12','newWin','width=775,height=531,left=95,top=147,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resize=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");

[Ronald Wernecke]

what is stored in the mc variable structure?
You need to pass the target somehow.

[fuhgawz]

yeah that's the main issue here, if not the only one i guess. most of the code was done before i got to do this, the only thing i added was the pop-up part.

i just need to set a variable that stores the information on which picture is being clicked, and ask the pop-up to open a file according to the result on that variable, am i right?

but i'm having trouble setting that variable, any idea how i can do it?
i tried a few more things, like setting a new var like this:

tnailer.onThumbRelease = function (mc)
{
    this.active.border_color.setRGB(null);
    this.active = mc;
    mc.border_color.setRGB(null);
    var _fotos = this.active;
   getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('../images/noticias/flash/zoom/' + _fotos + '.swf','newWin','width=775,height=531,left=95,top=147,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resize=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
   
};


hoping that this.active held the information of the image being clicked, but nothing happened...

[Ronald Wernecke]

again my question - what is MC?

If you are insode of the onClick event, you receive the clicked objetc, via the this. pointer statement.

this.name gives you the name of the object clicked.

[fuhgawz]

i've been looking throughout the whole file to see what MC is, but it's not stated anywhere, or i can't find it.

but, if i created a var, equal to this.name and then used that var it should work right?
i just need to name the .swf in the pop-up the same as the thumb pressed.

like this:

tnailer.onThumbRelease = function (mc)
{
    this.active.border_color.setRGB(null);
    this.active = mc;
    mc.border_color.setRGB(null);
    var _fotos = this.name;
   getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('../images/noticias/flash/zoom/' + _fotos + '.swf','newWin','width=775,height=531,left=95,top=147,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resize=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
   
};

[Ronald Wernecke]

which version of flash are you using?

what happens, if you insert these statements into the function:

trace(mc);
trace(this);

[fuhgawz]

i''m using CS4
and regarding the tracing i've come to interesting things:

trace(mc); i got    _level0.tnailer.thumbs.th0  (depending on which picture i click, the number in the red part changes)
trace(this); i got  _level0.tnailer

now, if i trace (mc.no) i see something usefull. the result is just a number, depending on which picture i click. 0, 1, 2, 3, etc increasing 1 number per picture in the correct order.

SO, what i did is make a variable named foto and do this:

var foto = mc.no;       what i get if i trace it is that same number

and then:

getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('../images/noticias/flash/zoom/prensa_' + foto + '.swf','newWin','width=775,height=531,left=95,top=147,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resize=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");


with that it should open a file named "prensa_" and after that the number of the picture clicked and ".swf"
i think it should work fine, but when i upload it, it does nothing.
when i try it locally, i click and a pop-up opens, but always showing "google.com"

i think the issue is with the quotations within the java script, which is not reading the variable as such, but as a part of the name of the file to open. the "+ foto +" appears in green just like the rest of the java code, and that makes me suspicious.
or there is a problem when i contain the .swf in the php, which doesn't allow the pop-up to open.

thanks again for all your help

[Ronald Wernecke]

try this one:

getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('../images/noticias/flash/zoom/prensa_" + foto + ".swf','newWin','width=775,height=531,left=95,top=147,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resize=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");

[fuhgawz]

thanks, i tried it before with the same results...
thinking about it i discard the issue with communication with the .php because if i hardcode only one file, and don't use variables, the information goes through...