| This Flash applet is a image scroller
and two level menu in one. It uses images as the top items which
display the text sub items when you move the mouse pointer across
one image. As a nice touch, you can also let sparks dance around
the mouse pointer.
The menu colors
You can set a variety of colors in this menu. You have two
background colors, one is for the applet (this setting will
be overriden if you use the background image instead), the
other is for the image holder. You can also specify the sub
items color and the color for their border. The images will
flash briefly to a color that you specify in the menu selection
color.
Subitem font
You can set the font and size for the sub items. This applet
support fft files.
Adding menu items and URLs
It is very important that you read the section Working
With Tree Fields in the VAC manual. This section tells
you how to include the menu items and how to use the tree
field. Make sure that you have the same number of main items
as you have images (see below).
Selecting images
Here, you must have the same amount of images that you have
main items. Image 0 will correspond to main item 0, image
1 corresponds to item 1 and so on. The image dimensions will
be automatically adjusted to fit with the other images.
Sparks
This menu has an additional touch that the developer wished
to implement. You can have sparks dancing around the mouse
pointer. In this tab you can set the color, size, minimum
and maximum movement radius, the speed of the spark movement
and the total amount. If you do not wish to have any sparks,
set the size to 0.
Main bar zoom
The main bar is the area where the images are. You can set
it's maximum and minimum zoom values. The zoom border is actually
the amount of zoom applied to each individual images. You
can also set the zoom speed.
Subitems offset and spacing
The subitems offset will set the gap between the subitems
and the main bar. Adjust the spacing to let the subitems fit
in the border properly. This setting has to be adjusted taking
into account the font size and font type. Experimenting with
this setting is the only way.
Border settings
With the horizontal and vertical picture borders you can
set the horizontal and vertical gap between the images and
the with the main bar.
Setting Images
You can specify a logo image and a background image for the
applet. The background image will override the background
color setting. The logo image will be placed behind the sub
items.
Limitations
Due to a bug in Flash Player 5.0, you can have a maximum
of 200 images in the Flash applet. More than that, and the
applet will not work.
Other settings
There are other settings that are discussed on the following
topics from the Anfy Flash documentation:
 Working
With Tree Fields
The
Flash Applet Size Parameters
URL
Links and Frame Targets
Working
With File Fields And File Lists
Working
With Color Buttons
Working with Check Boxes
Compression
Ratios for images
Working
with fonts
Anibal Wainstein
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