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Short explanation on how FX components read XML files
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";
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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Franz
Posted 4 Months AgoHi again,
I’ve posted a message last week but still no response.
I’m interrested to buy your “imahe scroller” but before doing that i tested the script on server and does not work rather i use absolute or relative paths to css, images files, etc… And it does not work at all.
In fact its’ the same problème with “andrea – (<photo image=“http://pan.fotovista.com/dev/5/0/00029405/g_00029405.jpg” target=”_blank” url=“http://www.flashxml.net”><![CDATA[Hello]]></photo>)”.
I don’t understand why ? Is that because this is the free license ?
If i buy a commercial license, will it work ?
Hi,
I see that your Image Scroller works fine at the link you sent us.
Franz Dolegeal
Posted 4 Months AgoHi
I’m trying to install the free licence of “image scroller” in order to see if it works on line but i have no results.
It works perfectly on my local machine but when à publish it on my server nothing works at all.
Could you get à look at it and tell me what’s wrong ? Here is the addresse of my page : http://www.gravodiam.com/pub/ftp/bamboula/index.html
I tried absolute and relative path to files but still nothing works. It’s really disapointing. Can sommeone help ?
I’m really interested by the commercial licence. I just wanna test the free one before buying.
Thanks for your advice…
Franz
Alex
Posted 4 Months AgoHi,
I purchased your ImageScroller component through Flash Den and let me first say that it’s great. It’s powerful, flexible, and easy to implement. That being said I’m having trouble running multiple images xml’s. I’m running the ImageScroller as a component within my flash website (not through html).
I have 2 different pages and I would like to both have the ImageScroller embedded in them … however I’d like to use 2 different image xml’s so that I can populate the pages with different images etc. So far I have 2 copies of my settings.xml file (diff names obviously) and 2 different images.xml files (again, different file names). Within each .swf page I have linked edited the component inspector parameters to match the settings & images file names. I have also edited each settings xml to call on the correct images xml. Unfortunately though when I publish the flash .swf only one of them works. As soon as I change the settings.xml file name (within the component inspector) it kicks back errors when I publish. Is there something I need to edit within the component? I hope that I am explaining myself clearly.
Anything you can offer would be a great help. Thanks so much man.
Al –
Hi,
Could you please send me the archive that you purchased from us to support at flashxml.net.
I’ll check it out.
Assure
Posted 4 Months AgoHi,
This looks like a great component…downloaded the free version. Like it very much. Thanks! Before purchasing, I would like to know if it’s possible to have images looped through only once then stop without using buttons. If not, this would be a great feature to implement…
Regards,
Assure
Hi,
Could you please tell me to which component do you refer?
Matt
Posted 4 Months AgoI’m installing the dock Menu in a Drupal site, where the files have to be down a ways in the file structure.
Drupal seems to find the dockmenu.swf file OK with a full URL (http://uhcdev.mshdev.com/sites/default/files/flvs/docktest01/dockmenu.swf), but I can’t figure out how to make the swf file find the settings.xml file.
I’ve tried every variation on the path I can think of, from just plain ‘settings.xml’ (assuming it’s relative to the .swf file) through full unix paths, paths relative to the Drupal root and a full url. Nothing works. How does one specify the path to the settings.xml file when all the files are way down in the dir structure?
Thanks,
MAtt
Hi,
Try to set the folderPath.
You’ll find here detailed explanations about folderPath and how to set the proper one.
Justin
Posted 4 Months AgoI am trying to get the Banner Rotator FX working on a DotNetNuke site.
Whenever I use target=”_self” the banner urls don’t work. I’ve tried in IE and Firefox and neither seem to let me click on the banner to follow the link. If I set target=”_blank” it opens up in a new window just like it should.
Hi,
Could you give me a link to your website?
I’ll check it out.
Scott
Posted 5 Months AgoI purchased the previous version of image scroller, my client is wanting it so that after you drill down to the detail, and go back the scroller is in the same place you left, asked about this before and it couldnt do that, I am looking at the newest one (fx) and was looking at instructions to set the src of an iframe thinking maybe I could float an iframe over the page (simulating a popup) and then give a close section on it, I have been trying the examples you gave to another for it and I can not get the javascript to fire off, I am modifying the examples in the download, here is the index.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd”>
<html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” lang=“en” xml:lang=“en”> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=iso-8859-1” />
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“swfobject.js”></script> <script type=“text/javascript”> var flashvars = {}; var params = {}; params.scale = “noscale”; params.salign = “tl”; params.wmode = “transparent”; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF(“imagescroller.swf”, “ScrollerDiv”, “600”, “300”, “9.0.0”, false, flashvars, params, attributes); </script> <script> function GroupDelegate(url) { if(document.getElementById(“frame1”) == null) { iframeObj = document.createElement(“IFRAME”); iframeObj.setAttribute(“src”, url); iframeObj.setAttribute(“id”, “frame1”); iframeObj.style.width = “640px”; iframeObj.style.height = “480px”; document.body.appendChild(iframeObj); } else { alert(‘test’); document.getElementById(“frame1”).setAttribute(“src”, url); } } </script> </head> <body> <div id=“ScrollerDiv”> <a href=“http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer”> <img src=“http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif” alt=“Get Adobe Flash player” /> </a> </div> <iframe id=“frame1”></iframe> </body>
</html>
and here is the images.xml, I have tried it with and without the semi colon at the end of the url
<slideshow> <photo image=“images/01.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/01.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Hello]]></photo> <photo image=“images/02.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/02.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Download the new<br>Image Scroller]]></photo> <photo image=“images/03.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/03.jpg’);”><![CDATA[for FREE]]></photo> <photo image=“images/04.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/04.jpg’);”><![CDATA[This menu has<br>a lot of options]]></photo> <photo image=“images/05.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/05.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Test them below]]></photo> <photo image=“images/06.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/06.jpg’);”><![CDATA[You can customize it<br>completely without Flash!]]></photo> <photo image=“images/07.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/07.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Only through XML]]></photo> <photo image=“images/08.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/08.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Complete instructions<br>provided]]></photo> <photo image=“images/09.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/09.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Very easy to integrate<br>in any website]]></photo> <photo image=“images/10.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/10.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Even without having<br>Flash installed!]]></photo> <photo image=“images/11.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/11.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Only with a text editor]]></photo> <photo image=“images/12.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/12.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Put your own images<br>and captions]]></photo> <photo image=“images/13.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/13.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Add links to each image<br>(target _blank or _self)]]></photo> <photo image=“images/14.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/14.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Or add custom behavior<br>if you’re using Flash]]></photo> <photo image=“images/15.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/15.jpg’);”><![CDATA[The tooltip can<br>have html text]]></photo> <photo image=“images/16.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/16.jpg’);”><![CDATA[Lightbox functionality<br>- easy to implement]]></photo> <photo image=“images/17.jpg” url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/17.jpg’);”><![CDATA[FREE Download<br>at FlashXML.net]]></photo>
</slideshow>
Hi,
In your images.xml file make sure that you use the straight quotes:
url="javascript:GroupDelegate('images/09.jpg')"and not the oblique ones:
url=“javascript:GroupDelegate(‘images/09.jpg’)”
Also in your HTML file where it’s specified the GroupDelegate javascript function.
shota
Posted 5 Months AgoHi,
I am using iweb. I generated settings.xml, copied settings below and pasted in iweb’s HTML snippet. When I published I couldn’t see any changes. Why? did I do something wrong?
<settings> <General_Properties> <menu value=“menu2.xml”/> <menuWidth value=“600”/> <menuHeight value=“230”/> <menuX value=“100”/> <menuY value=“10”/> <menuOrientation value=“vertical”/> <menuAlign value=“left/bottom”/> <textOrientation value=“horizontal”/> <expandDirection value=“left/top”/> <backgroundColor value=“0xbbbbbb”/> <textSize value=“20”/> <scaleRatio value=“1.5”/> <font value=“Verdana”/> <embedFont value=“true”/> <showAbout value=“true”/> </General_Properties> <Animation_Properties> <time value=“0.3”/> <timeOut value=“0.3”/> <motion value=“Cubic”/> <ease value=“easeOut”/> </Animation_Properties> <Menu_Properties> <borderColor value=“0xdddddd”/> <textColor value=“0xffffff”/> <backgroundColor value=“0×990000”/> <borderWidth value=“3”/> <borderAlpha value=“0.4”/> <cornerRadius value=“0”/> <backgroundAlpha value=“1”/> <paddingLeft value=“20”/> <paddingRight value=“0”/> <paddingTop value=“0”/> <paddingBottom value=“0”/> <spacing value=“0”/> </Menu_Properties> <RollOver_Properties> <bgOverColor value=“0xffffff”/> <textOverColor value=“0×000000”/> <brOverColor value=“0×555555”/> <borderAlpha value=“0”/> <backgroundAlpha value=“1”/> <colorTweenTime value=“0.01”/> <colorTweenOut value=“0.5”/> </RollOver_Properties>
</settings>
Hi,
Try to clear your cache.
shota
Posted 5 Months AgoI copied code below and pasted in HTML Snippet (iweb) and after published it but nothing really happens. Do I do something wrong?
Thanks,
<settings> <General_Properties> <direction value=“horizontal”/> <width value=“600”/> <height value=“190”/> <spacing value=“3”/> <thumbWidth value=“152”/> <thumbHeight value=“90”/> <backgroundColor value=“0”/> <preloader value=“assets/redsquares.swf”/> <shuffleImages value=“false”/> <xPosition value=“100”/> <yPosition value=“89”/> <imagesXML value=“images.xml”/> <showAbout value=“true”/> </General_Properties> <Expand_Properties> <direction value=“center”/> <percent value=“25”/> <func value=“Back”/> <method value=“easeOut”/> <duration value=“0.6”/> </Expand_Properties> <Scroll_Properties> <scrollMode value=“infinite”/> <scrollOnRollOver value=“both”/> <onRollOverSpeed value=“40”/> <onRollOutSpeed value=“8”/> <stoppingSpeed value=“60”/> <stopOnRollOver value=“false”/> <inverseScrolling value=“none”/> <buttonScrollMode value=“pixel by pixel”/> <buttonImage value=“assets/arrow1.png”/> <buttonsX value=“310”/> <buttonsY value=“175”/> <buttonDistance value=“302”/> </Scroll_Properties> <Roll_Over_Properties> <rollOverBehaviour value=“smooth”/> <brightnessOver value=“35”/> <brightnessOut value=”-25”/> <brightnessSpeed value=“7”/> </Roll_Over_Properties> <Reflection_Properties> <useReflection value=“true”/> <reflectionDistance value=“1”/> <reflectionAlpha value=“0.3”/> <reflectionSpread value=“0.4”/> </Reflection_Properties> <Tooltip_Properties> <position value=“followMouse”/> <delay value=“0.3”/> <distance value=“3”/> <padding value=“5”/> <cornerRadius value=“2”/> <appearance value=“center”/> <easingFunction value=“Strong”/> <easingDuration value=“0.3”/> <fontFace value=“verdana”/> <embedFont value=“true” /> <fontSize value=“13”/> <fontColor value=“16777215”/> <backColor value=“5592405”/> <backColor2 value=“11184810”/> <backAlpha value=“0.9”/> <borderColor value=“11184810”/> <borderThickness value=“1”/> <useArrow value=“true”/> <arrowPos value=“center”/> <arrowSize value=“5”/> </Tooltip_Properties>
Senthil
Posted 5 Months AgoHi
we are using Image Scroller FX for our developing website.
in a webpage, we want to change the images dynamically based on the zipcode or users ip address(every time page loading).
I want to load the Images xml file contents dynamically into flash vars.
to load images.xml using php file, through flashvars.
please help me asap
Thanks
Hi,
You’ll need to send me the archive that you downloaded from us.
I’ll make the modifications for you.
I want to ask you.
You want also to prevent cache saving for images?