Browser Targets, with XML Web 2.0 Dropdown Menu

2009-03-02

Hi,
Sorry as I'm a bit new to the XML with Flash thing, and I'm not fully sure I understand how to customize the tag to make a more specific kind of browser target.

This is in relation to the FLA set I downloaded on Ultrashock, "XML Web 2.0 Dropdown Menu" by the user named Webwax...

Inside the XML file, URL parameter in the item calls out an external navigational link as follows:
<item label="The One-Woman Show!" link="external:html/spinning_the_globe.shtml" thumb="icons/blinklist_16.png"/>

My question is, how would I include the correct syntax which would produce the HTML equivalent of:
target="_top" or target="(framename)"
so that the link targeted does not automatically pop open a new window? I would like the target to remain in the same window, or possibly even target an HTML based <IFRAME> once in a while.

Thanks,
Eric

Isocase · 2009-03-02 #2

In the XML you could probably just add in a new attribute of target

Code:

<item label="The One-Woman Show!" link="external:html/spinning_the_globe.shtml" thumb="icons/blinklist_16.png" target="iFrame or whatever"/>

Then in your code however it is calling the link attribute in your getURL method pass in the attribute. Not sure if you are using AS3 or AS2, but in AS2 it could look something like

Code:

getURL(link, target)

Without seeing how things are being passed in it is hard to get anymore specific.

day4night · 2009-03-07 #3

Hi again,

Thanks, but still no luck here...
I've actually tried the very thing; adding a simple target="_top" attribute, but it still seems to pop open a new window no matter how I phrase the target window... "_top", "top", "self", "_self" ... none of these seem to work...

Perhaps does the attribute: link="external:html/spinning_the_globe.shtml" take on an additional argument to include the target as part of that string... maybe? I'm not too familiar with XML syntax to know if that's the norm or not...

Nutrox · 2009-03-08 #4

Quote: Originally Posted by day4night

I've actually tried the very thing; adding a simple target="_top" attribute, but it still seems to pop open a new window no matter how I phrase the target window... "_top", "top", "self", "_self" ... none of these seem to work...

It doesn't matter if you add the target attribute to the XML elements, it won't work unless you modify the ActionScript code to read/store/use that new attribute.

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	Isocase	2009-03-02 #2
	In the XML you could probably just add in a new attribute of target Code: <item label="The One-Woman Show!" link="external:html/spinning_the_globe.shtml" thumb="icons/blinklist_16.png" target="iFrame or whatever"/> Then in your code however it is calling the link attribute in your getURL method pass in the attribute. Not sure if you are using AS3 or AS2, but in AS2 it could look something like Code: getURL(link, target) Without seeing how things are being passed in it is hard to get anymore specific.

	day4night	2009-03-07 #3
	Hi again, Thanks, but still no luck here... I've actually tried the very thing; adding a simple target="_top" attribute, but it still seems to pop open a new window no matter how I phrase the target window... "_top", "top", "self", "_self" ... none of these seem to work... Perhaps does the attribute: link="external:html/spinning_the_globe.shtml" take on an additional argument to include the target as part of that string... maybe? I'm not too familiar with XML syntax to know if that's the norm or not...

	Nutrox 17 Creative Assets	2009-03-08 #4
	Quote: Originally Posted by day4night I've actually tried the very thing; adding a simple target="_top" attribute, but it still seems to pop open a new window no matter how I phrase the target window... "_top", "top", "self", "_self" ... none of these seem to work... It doesn't matter if you add the target attribute to the XML elements, it won't work unless you modify the ActionScript code to read/store/use that new attribute.