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[mljk]

I would like to know if someone can help me out on one or both of the following:

1. On a pop-up layer: how to make contents scroll (for example div tagged, not an iframe)

2. On a pop-up layer: insert a Flash file that can be controlled by a button (something like an action script) (i can add flash file to placeholder, just the flash itself is what i am after)


Thanks much

[Egg Bramhill]

2. On a pop-up layer: insert a Flash file that can be controlled by a button (something like an action script) (i can add flash file to placeholder, just the flash itself is what i am after)

How are you creating your flash?

[mljk]

Sorry just got in from work...



The flash work done is basically like what you did in a demo, fading in and out; but it has links embedded linking to separate web pages upon clicking.

What i want is
However, to post news & announcements on a layer for today's news
and yesterday's news on a separate layer
this is the goal, keeping past news active and a click away.
(the news are sometimes long with pictures and a scrollable method is the way to go. but i don't want any iframe for this)

For now i am taking the news and announcement text (making sure it's about 400px wide) and grouping it,
then i resize the group to about 200px wide and allow on-click to pop it up up to 400px.
The pop-up then has the text in its original size and a scroll bar appears if the content is too long.

A better way is to pop-up a layer that can scroll the contents.
but as i stated earlier i don't want to use iframes.

Since flash in extreme cannot do action scripting (scroll), can it however do a clever - next page... or cont... link, to manually move from one frame to another frame?,
this would suffice as long as it can be done on any given layer.

Phew

I hope that explains what i am after a lil clearer

[Egg Bramhill]

First question must be why don't you want to use Iframes?

[mljk]

I love the way Xtreme handles iframes,
it is by far the quickest way to have complex contents done in minutes.

In fact i use iframes on the more complicated pages with 100% satisfaction.

But on the index page, iframes is not my cuppa tea,
tried it didn't like it for several reasons including the ratings,
however flash doesn't affect this.

[mljk]

I did some research and i am happy with the Flash part of my wishes.

In Xara Xtreme Pro 5 Help..

and as per the directions in the Advance Flash Commands sub section Stop and Goto Commands,

i added the following: ;Stop

after each of the Frame-name.

This made the flash remain on the first frame,

to have the 1st Frame move to the next frame i simply added the words: read more...

then open the Web Properties dialog, highlight the words: read more... and on the Link-Tab selected - Jump to drop down - Frame-2.

On Frame-2 i added the text: back to page1, highlighted it and link it to the 1st frame.


Works like a charm.