Vertical Cascading Menu driven by XML

I think this will help for you.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21763588/slider-menu-question.html#16124048

BR Dushan

I understand how to make an object that is already on the stage move using easing.  Yet again I am loading all of my buttons into a blank mc from the library.  How many buttons depends on how many are defined in an XML file.  I do not know how to assign the easing to a button that does not exist on a stage or how to tell it to ease the buttons below it because they are attached via this script:

menu.attachMovie("button", "btn"+i, 5000+i);

 Also when you rollover the button I want the sub buttons to be attached and the rest of the menu to move down as to reveal the sub menu.  Here is an example of what I am sort of doing:  

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xml_dropdown_menu4.htm

Except instead of the sub menus showing up to the side I want the other buttons to slide down and the sub buttons show up in between. Like this but without using CSS:

http://www.frunder.com/products/flash/menu/demos.htm

And I do not want to buy this, I want to understand how to do it.

Thank you for your efforts,

Franky

Okay, here is my code that I have so far.  The only thing that I am lacking is the ability to make it move on a mouse event.  If you need to see the fla.  let me know and I will post on a website in a zip file for download.  Now for the code that I have:

Stage.showMenu = false;
Stage.align = "TL";
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
menu_xml = new XML();
menu_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
menu_xml.onLoad = function(ok) {
      // create menu after successful loading of XML
      if (ok) {
            create_menu();
      } else {
            trace("XML not loaded");
      }
};
// load XML menu
menu_xml.load("XML/forkMenu2.xml");
//
total_subs = 0;
most_subs = 0;
function create_menu() {
      //Load menu options from XML
      rollover_delay = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].attributes.rollover_delay;
      text_color1 = "0x"+menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].attributes.text_color1;
      text_color2 = "0x"+menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].attributes.text_color2;
      //internally set options
      var menuSpacer = .5;
      //sets the vertical space between main items
      var subSpacer = 0;
      //sets the vertical space between sub items
      var menuSpeed = 3;
      //sets the menu animation speed
      var menuTolerance = 1;
      var subDelay = 50;
      //set the delay for the sub items entering the stage
      var itemDelay = 100;
      //creat main menu
      for (i=1; i<menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
            my_menu2.attachMovie("button_typeSub", "sub2"+i, i);
            my_menu2.attachMovie("button_type2", "btn2"+i, 5000+i);
            //set button position
            my_menu2["btn2"+i]._x = 4;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i]._y = (my_menu["btn2"+i]._height+menuSpacer)*i;
            //set button text attributes
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].textul.textColor = text_color1;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].the_text = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.text;
            //set button color
            main_btn_color = new Color(my_menu2["btn2"+i].color_clip);
            main_btn_color.setRGB("0x"+menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].attributes.main_buttons_color);
            //set actions
            my_menu["sub2"+i].menu_number = i;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].menu_number = i;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].what = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.what;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].where = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.where;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].the_type = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.type;
            my_menu2["btn2"+i].onRelease = function() {
                  if (this.the_type != undefined) {
                        if ((this.the_type == "geturl") or (this.the_type == "getURL")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              getURL(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "gotoAndPlay") or (this.the_type == "gotoandplay")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              tellTarget (this.where) {
                                    gotoAndPlay(this.what);
                              }
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "gotoAndStop") or (this.the_type == "gotoandstop")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              tellTarget (this.where) {
                                    gotoAndStop(this.what);
                              }
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "loadMovie") or (this.the_type == "loadmovie")) {
                              loadMovie(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "attachMovie") or (this.the_type == "attachmovie")) {
                              tellTarget (this.where) {
                                    attachMovie(this.what, this.what+i, i);
                              }
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "fsCommand") or (this.the_type == "fscommand")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              fscommand(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "function") or (this.the_type == "Function")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              eval(this.where)[this.what]();
                        }
                  }
            };
            //if the node has childs create sub buttons
            if (menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].hasChildNodes()) {
                  create_sub(i);
            }
      }
}
function create_sub(the_node) {
      for (ii=0; ii<menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[the_node].childNodes.length; ii++) {
            my_menu["sub2"+the_node].attachMovie("button_typeSub", "s"+ii, 8000+ii);
            //set button text attributes
            my_menu2["sub2"+the_node]["s"+ii].textul.textColor = text_color1;
            my_menu2["sub2"+the_node]["s"+ii].the_text = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[the_node].childNodes[ii].attributes.text;
            //set button color
            sub_btn_color = new Color(my_menu2["sub2"+the_node]["s"+ii].color_clip);
            sub_btn_color.setRGB("0x"+menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[the_node].childNodes[ii].attributes.main_buttons_color);
            //set actions
            my_menu2["sub2"+the_node]["s"+ii].what = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[the_node].childNodes[ii].attributes.what;
            my_menu2["sub2"+the_node]["s"+ii].where = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[the_node].childNodes[ii].attributes.where;
            my_menu2["sub2"+the_node]["s"+ii].the_type = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes[the_node].childNodes[ii].attributes.type;
            //
            my_menu["sub"+the_node]["s"+ii].onRelease = function() {
                  if (this.the_type != undefined) {
                        if ((this.the_type == "geturl") or (this.the_type == "getURL")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              getURL(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "gotoAndPlay") or (this.the_type == "gotoandplay")) {
                              tellTarget (this.where) {
                                    gotoAndPlay(this.what);
                              }
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "gotoAndStop") or (this.the_type == "gotoandstop")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              tellTarget (this.where) {
                                    gotoAndStop(this.what);
                              }
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "loadMovie") or (this.the_type == "loadmovie")) {
                              loadMovie(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "attachMovie") or (this.the_type == "attachmovie")) {
                              attachMovie(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "fsCommand") or (this.the_type == "fscommand")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              fscommand(this.what, this.where);
                        }
                        if ((this.the_type == "function") or (this.the_type == "Function")) {
                              unloadMovie(_root.dropZone);
                              eval(this.where)[this.what]();
                        }
                  }
            };
      }
}

Anyone?

I got it figured out and I am asking that since none of the response helped that this be closed and that my points be refunded.

FB