scrollpane - dynamic load of buttons

[fh]

Hi
I have a scrollpane and I load a movieclip from library using Scroll Content parameter. No problem.
The problem is inside the the movieclip I load.
I want to load a lot of buttons/movieclips and then dynamically set up text, onRelease and more. But I can't make it work.  You can see the code I want to use in the for-loop:

Because it does not work I code it testing if the buttons/movieclips exists and then set them up. Then it is working. Only problem is that the screen don't refresh first. I must find the code for refreshing the pane?

OK here is the code. If you have suggestion please answer me with specific help.

Thanks
AS - Code:


menuXml = new XML();
//menuXml._parent=this;
menuXml.ignoreWhite = true;
menuXml.onLoad = function(success) {   
   if (success) {
      menuItem = new Array();
      menuItem = this.firstChild.childNodes;      
      knap1_mc0._x+=2.5;
      knap1_mc0._y+=2;
      knap1_mc0.text_txt.text=menuItem[0].attributes.name;;      
      knap1_mc0.sub_btn.onRollOver=function() {   
         knap1_mc0.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("over");
      };
      knap1_mc0.sub_btn.onRollOut=function() {
         knap1_mc0.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("out");
      };
      knap1_mc0.sub_btn.onRelease=function() {
         getURL(menuItem[0].attributes.url,"_blank");
      };
      //I=5;
      //knap1_mc0.duplicateMovieClip("knap1_mc"+i);
      //knap1_mc5._x=knap1_mc0._x;
      //knap1_mc5._y=knap1_mc0._y+23;
      //we accept 10 subbuttons no more
      if (menuItem.length>1) {
         for (var i=1; i<menuItem.length; i++) {
            //duplicate button knap1_mc and put release code on
            knap1_mc0.duplicateMovieClip("knap1_mc"+i,i);
//here is code I want to have to work!!!!!!!!!!!
            //this["knap1_mc"+i]._x=knap1_mc0._x;
            //this["knap1_mc"+i]._y=knap1_mc0._y+(23*1);
            //this["knap1_mc"+i].text_txt.text=menuItem.attributes.name;
            //this["knap1_mc"+i].onRollOver=function() {
            //   this["knap1_mc"+i].gotoAndPlay("over");
            //};
            //and so on for other functions - what is wrong?
         }//end for
         if (knap1_mc1 != null) {
               knap1_mc1._x=knap1_mc0._x;
               knap1_mc1._y=knap1_mc0._y+(23*1);
               knap1_mc1.text_txt.text=menuItem[1].attributes.name;      
               knap1_mc1.sub_btn.onRollOver=function() {   
                  knap1_mc1.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("over");
               };
               knap1_mc1.sub_btn.onRollOut=function() {
                  knap1_mc1.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("out");
               };
               knap1_mc1.sub_btn.onRelease=function() {
                  getURL(menuItem[1].attributes.url,"_blank");
               };
               
               if (knap1_mc2 != null) {
               knap1_mc2._x=knap1_mc0._x;
               knap1_mc2._y=knap1_mc0._y+(23*2);
               knap1_mc2.text_txt.text=menuItem[2].attributes.name;      
               knap1_mc2.sub_btn.onRollOver=function() {   
                  knap1_mc2.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("over");
               };
               knap1_mc2.sub_btn.onRollOut=function() {
                  knap1_mc2.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("out");
               };
               knap1_mc2.sub_btn.onRelease=function() {
                  getURL(menuItem[2].attributes.url,"_blank");
               };
               if (knap1_mc3 != null) {
               knap1_mc3._x=knap1_mc0._x;
               knap1_mc3._y=knap1_mc0._y+(23*3);
               knap1_mc3.text_txt.text=menuItem[3].attributes.name;      
               knap1_mc3.sub_btn.onRollOver=function() {   
                  knap1_mc3.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("over");
               };
               knap1_mc3.sub_btn.onRollOut=function() {
                  knap1_mc3.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("out");
               };
               knap1_mc3.sub_btn.onRelease=function() {
                  getURL(menuItem[3].attributes.url,"_blank");
               };
               if (knap1_mc4 != null) {
               knap1_mc4._x=knap1_mc0._x;
               knap1_mc4._y=knap1_mc0._y+(23*4);
               knap1_mc4.text_txt.text=menuItem[4].attributes.name;      
               knap1_mc4.sub_btn.onRollOver=function() {   
                  knap1_mc4.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("over");
               };
               knap1_mc4.sub_btn.onRollOut=function() {
                  knap1_mc4.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("out");
               };
               knap1_mc4.sub_btn.onRelease=function() {
                  getURL(menuItem[4].attributes.url,"_blank");
               };
               if (knap1_mc5 != null) {
               knap1_mc5._x=knap1_mc0._x;
               knap1_mc5._y=knap1_mc0._y+(23*5);
               knap1_mc5.text_txt.text=menuItem[5].attributes.name;      
               knap1_mc5.sub_btn.onRollOver=function() {   
                  knap1_mc5.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("over");
               };
               knap1_mc5.sub_btn.onRollOut=function() {
                  knap1_mc5.menu_mc.gotoAndPlay("out");
               };
               knap1_mc5.sub_btn.onRelease=function() {
                  getURL(menuItem[5].attributes.url,"_blank");
               };
               }//end if knap1_mc5
               }//end if knap1_mc4
               }//end if knap1_mc3
               }//end if knap1_mc2
            }//end if knap1_mc1
      }//end if menuItem.length>1
      
   }else {//else not success
      knap1_mc._visible=false;
   }
}
menuXml.load("menuknap5.xml");//load xml or php page
stop();

[Jorge Solis]

Hi Michael. welcome to the boards !!

Try myScrollPane.refreshPane()

Jorge

[fh]

Thanks, anybody have an idea about the dynamic buttons and the code for them?
Michael

[Ronald Wernecke]

Have a look at my sample "Menue fed by XML".
You'll find it in the technical reference area.

[fh]

thanks again
If you look at my code you can see that I am using a little more advanced code than the basic stuff from technical area, so please help with the scrollpane - not the buttons. I don't understand why it can't be completely dynamic.
Now it is working with 10 buttons and it is very nice, but if it was dynamic I could have 10 or hundred buttons.
Okay, I will try again in the weekend -maybe something will happen.
By the way - jorge gave me code for the scrollpane.refreshPane(). It was working, but only from outside the scrollpane, so I had to call a function in the upper movieclip to make it work.

Thanks Michael