Flash XML - How to load a product with a different settings.xml file ( comments page 10)

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How to load a product with a different settings.xml file

The SWF file loads at start the settings.xml file which contains all the parameters of the component. You can customize these parameters on the Live Demo of the component (the demo with controls) and then click on the “Generate settings.xml” button. You can overwrite this generated content over the contents of the existing (default) settings.xml file.
The filename of the settings.xml file can be modified through FlashVars:

var flashvars = {};
flashvars.settingsXML = "your_filename.xml";

like in this example:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
flashvars.settingsXML= "your_filename.xml";
var params = {};
params.scale = "noscale";
params.salign = "tl";
params.wmode = "transparent";
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("ComponentNameFX.swf", "ComponentNameDiv", "600", "300", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);

In the images.xml file (the name of the file can be modified inside the settings.xml file) you can add as many images as you want to the component. There is no parameter to specify a total number of images which a component will use, and this number will be calculated from the number of rows added in the images.xml file.
Each row represents a new image, and for each image you can specify things like:
- image - the path of the image
- url - the address to go to when clicking the image
- target - “_self” opens the url in the same browser page, ” _blank” opens the url in a new browser page
The attributes list may differ from one component to another. You will usually have all the particularities each component’s image can support.

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Gael

Posted 8 months ago

Hello,

I am very interested in the dock menu component.

Unfortunately, the <a> HTML tag seems not to work in the tooltip.

It is supported?

Thanks in advance.
G

Hi,

Unfortunately is not possible to insert <a> HTML tags in tooltip.

Esteban

Posted 8 months ago

Hi.

Can i change the file name setting.xml in the swf holder.swf and navigation.swf?

thank!

Hi,

Yes, you can give any name you want to these files, but you need to declare the new file names in the embedding code too through flashvars like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var flashvars = {};
    flashvars.settingsXML = "settings.xml";
    flashvars.gallerySettingsXML = "holder/settings.xml";
    flashvars.navigationSettingsXML = "NAVIGATION/settings.xml"; //NAVIGATION has to be replaced with DockMenuFX, ImageGridFX, ImageListFX or ImageScrollerFX, depending on the gallery you're using
    var params = {};
    params.scale = "noscale";
    params.salign = "tl";
    params.wmode = "transparent";
    params.allowfullscreen = "true";
    var attributes = {};
    swfobject.embedSWF("DivGalleryFX.swf", "DivGalleryFXDiv", "100%", "100%", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes); //DivGalleryFX has to be replaced with the gallery's DIV, according to the gallery you're using
</script>

cristhian baez

Posted 8 months ago

hello, im trying to set up the dockgallery i follow everything to the letter, but when i reach the point of publishing i noticed that on the <div id=“DivDockGalleryFX”></div> there its nothing on the middle, i mean like a swf movie or something so i test the movie and ofcourse nothing happens, so i go to and add the DockGalleryFX.swf in the middle and it seems a little big on dreamweaver, but i tested and i realize there it is the gallery but it stays loading and nothing more,,, i dont know what i am doing wrong, can you help me with that!!!! im a rookie on this so please be the most especific as you can be jajajja thanks a lot in advance and have a great day!!!!!

Hi,

I checked your site and I saw that the DockGalleryFX.swf file is present in the flowersbysandra folder but the others files (assets) are not there. Upload the component’s files in that folder and it should work properly.

AmyWaggs

Posted 8 months ago

Hi, I am trying really really really hard to find the answer to this on the site, and the closest I have come is in the “how to add events”. I purchased the Image-Scroller gallery, and in the demo, when you click on an image, if opens larger. But when I upload my images to the whisy-wig helper on the front page, then download the zip contents, my images do not open larger when clicked on in the scroller. I can only seem to specify an external URL.

I am clueless about Flash, and have followed every instruction on this web site, but I don’t understand what I’m looking at when in Flash enough to try and fix whatever is wrong. Do you have a simple answer for me?

Thanks so much

Hi,

What you are referring to is the Colorbox functionality. Download the latest version of the component again from our website and then just make sure that in settings.xml you have

<useColorbox value="true"/>

and the colorbox will work. Also, mind that this functionality won’t work if tested locally.

Daniel James

Posted 9 months ago

Hi there,

I have downloaded dock gallery FX and first off I think its really great! I have just loaded in my large and thumb images into the gallery, however my large images display but there is no sign of my thumbnails in the filmstrip I have checked my code in the large and thumbs .xml files and it seems fine, would you be able to assist in helping me with this problem? If I get this working I will be buying the full version however I want to show my client this trial version first.

Any advice will be greatly appreaciated:)

Thanks

Daniel