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Flash Expanding Menu

Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for creating an expanding menu in Flash? I found one that does just what I want, but it seems really code-heavy and overly complicated to me (not to mention poorly written...):
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Expert/Very_Hig-_Da-541/index.php

Here's another good example of what I'm looking for (see the Who What Where buttons):
http://www.gardaglobal.com/

Any help would be much appreciated.
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the gardaglobal menu just looks like a basic mask animation...  nothing too hard...

but it would be better to have a "code-heavy" example running because it would be easier to maintain...

and you might look into a 3rd party product:  http://www.flashmenufactory.com/FlashMenuFactory/index.asp

http://www.twospots.com/flash-components/flash-menu-web-2/

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I should mention that I do need the menu to be vertical, where the other buttons slide out of the way to reveal the submenu and then contract when another is rolled over, as in the tutorial referenced above. That complicates using a mask. But I do want a fluid, sliding expansion like the Garda example. I didn't see that specific type of menu on the 3rd party sites.
if you want a vertical site, then that is what is listed on the third party sites...

at least this one looks to be what you need..

http://www.twospots.com/flash-components/flash-menu-web-2/

and there are other options for colors and what not...

rp
f you want to learn, then i'll second rascals call for the kipura tutorial. all kinds of great stuff over at kipura.

but if you are interested in the third party, i urge you to take a look at the drop menu from flashloaded.com

http://flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/dropmenu/
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I definitely prefer to learn - but on the kirupa site, all I see is a link to a 3rd party product at JumpEye. Am I missing something?
hmmm...  maybe I posted the wrong link...

I will look...

rp
here are the basics:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm

with that and some tweaks you should be able to create something like your example.
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I found a tutorial that gives me the motion I need. You can set the position of each button differently in different frames; the actionscript will compare where they are to where they need to be and move them accordingly. Pretty good tutorial: http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/101/MX04/index.php

Thanks for your suggestions. I will award the points, but will leave this open for a short while, in case I need to post a follow-up question (so I can link to it).