Text Member Menu System

 

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Turns a TEXT field sprite into a rollover menu.

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--How to use: --1. A 1 pixel dots of any color must be on/off the stage. --2. Drag and drop this behavior on to the text sprite that should act as the menu. --3. Select color values from 0 to 256 for the rollOver downState and the rearImageOver color. --" "If you wish to link to other pages refine your linking according to pLineNum for example if you create a property list.....myLinks[1:yourLink, 2:thatLink]. -- Mark Steinwender -- Created: 6.12.00 -- text member menu system -- This behaviour uses a text field as a menu system -- A one pixle bitmap or a vector can be used as a rollover that is place off the screen -- or hidden as a color of the background. This image is resized according to -- the width of the movie and the height of the line wrap -- use this behaviour as you please. property pMySprite property pMyMemberName property pMyOverColor property pMyDownColor property pMyBackColor property pMyNaturalColor property pLineNum property pLastlineNum property pMouseState property pFixedLineHeight property pMyHeight, pMyWidth property pMyLeftPos, pMyTopPos property pMyRollOver property pMyLineList property pMyCharWidth property pMyKerning property pMyOffSetList property pMyrollOverWidth --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on beginSprite me      set pMySprite = the spriteNum of me -- get the sprite channel number   set pMyMemberName = sprite(pMySprite).member -- get the name of the cast member in the channel      initSpecifications() -- initinalize all the specs used for the text menu instance   resetColor(me,#all) -- set all the text color to the default just incase it was not turned off when the mouse left       end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on initSpecifications me      set pLineNum = 900 -- an outrageous line num so when the mouse is within it will never = the currentLine num off the bat      set pFixedLineHeight = member(pMyMemberName).fixedLineSpace -- get the lineHieght of the text member   set pMyHeight = member(pMyMemberName).height   set pMyWidth = member(pMyMemberName).width   set pMyLeftPos = sprite(pMySprite).left   set pMyTopPos = sprite(pMySprite).top   set pMyKerning = member(pMyMemberName).kerningThreshold   set pMyCharWidth = (getAt(charPosToLoc(member(pMyMemberName), 3) ,1) - getAt(charPosToLoc(member(pMyMemberName), 2) ,1) )   set pMyLineList = wordWrapWorkAround() -- creates a list if the line is wraped on two lines then it sets its value to 2 (line is wraped over two lines)      set pMyrollOverWidth = the stageRight - the stageLeft - 4    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on mouseWithin me      pointClicked = the mouseLoc -- get the mouse position   currentLineNum = pointToLine(sprite(pMySprite), pointClicked) -- the exact lineNum that the mouse is over      if currentLineNum <> pLineNum then     resetColor(me, #oneLine) -- reset the previousLine rolled over to its origional color     pLineNum = currentLineNum -- set your new lineNum that the mouse is over     if pMouseState = #down then -- if the mouse is down then do the down rollover on other links       changeColor(me, #down)     else       changeColor(me, #over) -- change the color of that ne lineNum     end if   end if   PASS    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on mouseLeave me      resetColor(me, #oneLine) -- reset the color of the text   set pLineNum = 900 -- reset lineNum to an outrageous number so it will never be the currentLinNum   sprite(pMyRollOver).visible = FALSE -- hide the rollover   PASS    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on mouseDown me      changeColor(me, #down) -- set the text to the down color   set pMouseState = #down -- sets the state of the mouseButton to down   PASS    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on mouseUp me      changeColor(me, #over)  -- set the text to the over color   set pMouseState = #up -- sets the state of the mouseButton to up   PASS    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on mouseUpOutside me      changeColor(me, #outside)  -- set the text to the over color   set pMouseState = #up -- sets the state of the mouseButton to up   PASS    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on resetColor me, state      -- #all will reset the text to its default color   if state = #all then     repeat with i = 1 to member(pMyMemberName).line.count       member(pMyMemberName).line[i].foreColor = pMyNaturalColor     end repeat   end if      -- #oneline will change only that lineNum to the origional color   if state = #oneLine then     member(pMyMemberName).line[pLineNum].foreColor = pMyNaturalColor   end if    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on changeColor me, state   if pLineNum = 1 then -- omit the first line rollOver since it is the tittle of the menu     sprite(pMyRollOver).visible = FALSE -- hide the rollover     nothing            -- this is specific for my instance so it can be deleted for other uses   else     if state = #over then       member(pMyMemberName).line[pLineNum].foreColor = pMyOverColor -- change the text to its over color     end if          if state = #down then           member(pMyMemberName).line[pLineNum].foreColor = pMyDownColor -- change the text to its down color     end if          if state = #outside then       exit -- of you do not exit then the doSolidRollover will return a error sonce you are not on a line     end if          doSolidRollover    -- do the solid imageSizing to create a two stage rollOver   end if    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on doSolidRollover me         if pMyLineList[pLineNum] <> 0 then --  does this Line wrap???     n_LineHeight = pMyLineList[pLineNum] -- if wraped then add the wrapAmount from offSetList to set the lineHeight   else     n_LineHeight = 1 -- the lineHeight is normal   end if      -- establish the locV if the rollOver + a pixle offSet to help positin it the middle of the text field   set thisTopLoc = (pMyTopPos + (pMyOffSetList[pLineNum] + 4))         -- check the current with and if it is already set then do not resize it again   if sprite(pMyRollOver).width = pMyrollOverWidth then     nothing   else     sprite(pMyRollOver).width = pMyrollOverWidth   end if         sprite(pMyRollOver).visible = TRUE -- show the rollover   sprite(pMyRollOver).height = pFixedLineHeight * n_LineHeight -- sets the rollOver height   sprite(pMyRollOver).loc = point(2, thisTopLoc) -- position the rollover in the right point()   updateStage    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on wordWrapWorkAround me      pMyOffSetList = [:] -- contains the locV of the line top loc's   thisList = [:]      -- a list containing values that state it wraps or not   lineOffset = 0      -- assume there is no line offset      repeat with i = 1 to member(pMyMemberName).line.count               if i = 1 then        -- since the begining is one we say it is one!       firstLetterNum = 1 -- well it is usless to count the total and then subtract that by the total - 1 since we know it is 1     else       firstLetterNum = firstLetterNum + (member(pMyMemberName).line[i - 1].char.count + 1) --the first letter of the nextLine is 1 + the length(preveiousLine)     end if          lastLetterNum = firstLetterNum + (member(pMyMemberName).line[i].char.count - 1) -- the last letter is the fist letter + length(currentLine - 1)               firstCharLoc = getAt(charPosToLoc(member(pMyMemberName), firstLetterNum) ,2) -- get the LocV of the first character in the line[i]     lastCharLoc = getAt(charPosToLoc(member(pMyMemberName), lastLetterNum) ,2) -- get the LocV of the second character in the line[i]          if firstCharLoc < lastCharLoc then -- meaning that the first and last characters are not on the same line       set nLinesWraped = (lastCharLoc - firstCharLoc + pFixedLineHeight)/pFixedLineHeight -- divide the difference in the lines by the fixedLineHeight to find out how many lines it was wraped onto       addProp(thisList, i, nLinesWraped) -- add the amount of lines wraped to list pMyLineList       lineOffset = lineOffset + nLinesWraped -- keep a tally of the offset amount     else       addProp(thisList, i, 0) -- if there is no wrap 0 is the value     end if          addProp(pMyOffSetList, i, (firstCharLoc - pFixedLineHeight)) -- seperate list to keep the offSett amounts        end repeat      return thisList    end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on getPropertyDescriptionList   return [¬     #pMyRollOver: [#default: 5, #format:#integer, #comment:"Set rollOver pixel channel:>"],¬     #pMyOverColor: [#default: 5, #format:#integer, #comment:"Text Over Color:>"],¬     #pMyDownColor: [#default: 15, #format:#integer, #comment:"Text Down Color:>"],¬     #pMyNaturalColor: [#default: 25, #format:#integer, #comment:"Text Default Color:>"]] end --///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////-- on getBehaviorDescription   return "What the behavior does:" & RETURN & RETURN & "Turns a TEXT field sprite into a rollover menu."¬ & RETURN & RETURN & RETURN & "How to use:" & RETURN & RETURN & ¬ "1. A 1 pixel dots of any color must be on/off the stage." & RETURN & RETURN & ¬ "2. Drag and drop this behavior on to the text sprite that should act as the menu." & RETURN & RETURN &¬ "3. Select color values from 0 to 256 for the rollOver downState and the rearImageOver color." & RETURN & RETURN ¬ "If you wish to link to other pages refine your linking according to pLineNum for example if you create a property list.....myLinks[1:yourLink, 2:thatLink]." & RETURN & RETURN & RETURN & ¬ "Author: Markus Steinwender" & RETURN & RETURN & ¬ "Created: 6.12.00" & RETURN & RETURN end