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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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Claus
Posted one month agoHi.
I have downloaded the demo version, which works fine.
I have a problem though – I am using Accordion FX to basically make a “category” selector of different slideshows, using the accordion view.
I am looking for the following function:
When I click one of the 5 categories that I have created in the accordion slide, I DONT want to show any photos (popup), but rather I want to link to an external webpage where I will be using another (3-D) module to show the actual slideshow. in a seperate article. The accordion effect is ONLY used to select the slideshow !
I have full control of the URLs…
Can you specify if this is possible?
I am testing this module for my client, if we decide to use it, we will buy the full package of $59…
Hi,
To disable the pop-up effect just edit the settings.xml and make sure Colorbox is deactivated:
Jacques
Posted 2 months agoGood day,
I would like to use many of your components, but have a specific use in mind. I would like to use some components locally for use in presentations, i.e. on the client (PC hdd folders), and present the (constantly changing) image files that reside in the relevant subfolders at that moment. As such, I would have to parse these directories and create the required XML structure for “images.xml”.
Question is: Is it possible to create the XML stream at runtime for this purpose, as paramater instead? So a static “images.xml” file might never exist – instead an XML string will need to be passed to the relevant components (galleries, sliders, etc) – with the exact structure required of course. This would obviously require custom actionscript.
Please advise – this dynamic use is obviously fundamental to my particular requirement – sadly it just wouldn’t be fit for my purpose otherwise.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards
Jacques
Hi,
The problem is that the components don’t really work like that. They read the images.xml and generate the images in the component according the XML list. While it is possible to use different image XML lists for the same component it is required to reload the component, so it can re-read the XML file and generate the new images.
This can’t be done on the fly, without refreshing the component.
Ray Ursell
Posted 2 months agoHi
I am using page flip fx The height of the flash component is 400px and the component height is 400px in the settings file and it works fine without the control bar
If I then increase the flash component depth on my page to 500px and switch on the control bar I get a 50px blank header, the 400px flip book and a 50px footer below which correctly displays the control panel
Posy is set to 0
How do I get rid of the 50px blank header?
Thanks
Ray
Hi,
Please send us an e-mail with the link of your website.
Paul
Posted 2 months agoHi,
I am trying to load a 3FbannerFX in webid auction’s default template. http://mydomain.com/webid/
I uploaded the 3_DBanner.ZIP folder to the http://mydomain.com/webid/themes/default/ folder and unzipped it there. I inserted the javascript definition in the home.tpl template file. I have body tags and inserted the <div id=“Div3DBannerFX”></div> between opening and closing body tags. Nothing. Chrome’s Inspect Element shows that it has 1036px x 0px dimensions. Any help would be appreciated
Hi,
Try to add the following code in your home.tpl page:
<script type="text/javascript" src="themes/default/swfobject.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var flashvars = {}; flashvars.folderPath = "themes/default/"; var params = {}; params.scale = "default"; params.salign = "tl"; params.wmode = "transparent"; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF("themes/default/3DBannerFX.swf", "Div3DBannerFX", "250", "300", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes); </script>And <div id=“Div3DBannerFX”></div> in the BODY section of your page.
Pramod
Posted 3 months agoHi,
I am loading 360ProductViewerFX.swf file from another fla project .. I am able to run that when all the files
are in the same root directory .. But I have a requirement of having different images.xml (and so a different settings.xml) for various products. I saw that there is a flashvars setting to change the xml file when loaded from
a html file .. How can I do the same from my as3 code ? fyi .. I am using the Loader function to load the swf file.
Thanks
Pramod