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    copied!<p>SO, I am getting down to the wire on a deadline for an HTML/Flash hybrid interactive map, and it is not anywhere near finished. I keep getting close to solving each problem, only to discover more bugs. Most of them are quite obvious when you look at the work. I would like to at least squash the big bugs, so I am VERY appreciative of any suggestions. PLEASE HELP!</p> <p>Basically, I am using a Tooltip in two ways: <code>[0]</code> conventionally Flash-based onMouseMove (works fine), and <code>[1]</code> unconventionally targeting a point in the Flash movie from an HTML list. The Tooltip comes up fine, but is in the wrong place due to the Map moving &amp; scaling via TweenLite. There are also bugs with the onMouseOver/onMouseOut events, where the onMouseOver fires again onMouseOut, leaving the Tooltip visible when it should have an _alpha of 0.</p> <p>Link to the work: <a href="http://muralapts.com/test/neighborhood.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://muralapts.com/test/neighborhood.php</a></p> <p>---- <strong>BIG ISSUE #1:</strong> HTML onMouseOver is firing again onMouseOut, effectively "turning back on" my Tooltip. Really buggy looking when Tooltip won't go away. No errors, therefore I can't figure out why onMouseOver is firing twice. Appears to be an HTML issue, not a Flash issue.</p> <p>---- <strong>BIG ISSUE #2:</strong> Tooltip triggered from HTML list on the left of page shows up in the wrong place due to parent clip being scaled &amp; moved with TweenLite. Tooltip is attached to _root, but is "targeting" a dot within several container clips (paths not specified below). I am trying to get the Tooltip position like this:</p> <pre><code>Tooltip._x = ( dot._x + parentClip._x ) * parentClip._xscale/100; Tooltip._y = ( dot._y + parentClip._y ) * parentClip._yscale/100; </code></pre> <hr> <h2><strong>INTERACTIVE MAP DETAILS:</strong></h2> <ul> <li><p>XML Content dynamically generates HTML and Flash map data <em>(id, name, link, blurb, category number</em> [Arts, Shopping, etc.]<em>, list number</em> [number within category] ). Uses Magic Parser to render HTML Output from the same XML file that Flash is using. </p></li> <li><p>HTML/Javascript talks to custom AS2 map component via External Interface</p></li> <li><p>Map Initially zooms in to 140% and moves to a certain point using TweenLite</p></li> <li><p>onRollOver of dots in Flash movie shows Tooltip with place name, changes dot color</p></li> <li><p>Zoom In/Out buttons set parent clip _xscale + _yscale and record with TweenLite onUpdate</p></li> <li><p>onMouseOver of list in HTML shows Tooltip w/ map data but in the WRONG PLACE, since Map has been zoomed &amp; moved with TWEENLITE. Using TweenLite onUpdate to record parent clip's scale + placement values.</p></li> <li><p>Changing color of dot from HTML works onMouseOver, is "sticky" onMouseOut (dots stay black)</p></li> </ul> <p>XML CODE: <em>(showing one category + listing, there are many more)</em></p> <pre><code> &lt;category title="Arts &amp;amp; Entertainment"&gt; &lt;loc id="artsWest_mc" name="Arts West" website="http://www.artswest.org/" cat="0" num="0"&gt; &lt;content&gt;&lt;![CDATA[The Junction's thriving community playhouse &amp;amp; art gallery.]]&gt;&lt;/content&gt; &lt;/loc&gt; &lt;/category&gt; </code></pre> <p>HTML CODE:</p> <pre><code> &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!-- function showTooltip(btnID,catNum,listNum) { thisMovie("map").showTooltip(btnID,catNum,listNum); } function removeTip(btnID, catNum, isExternal) { thisMovie("map").removeTip(btnID, catNum, true); } function thisMovie(movieName) { if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) { return window[movieName] } else { return document[movieName] } } //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;a onMouseOver="showTooltip( btnID, categoryNum, listingNum )" onMouseOut="removeTip()"&gt;Arts West&lt;/a&gt;; </code></pre> <p>FLASH CODE: </p> <pre><code>public function showTooltip( bt:MovieClip, catNum:Number, listNum:Number ){ //MOVES MAP &amp; SHOWS TOOLTIP TweenLite.to(map_mc, 1, {_x:destX, _y:destY, ease:'easeOutQuad', onUpdate: trickTip, onUpdateParams: [bt, contentArr[catNum].childNodes[listNum].attributes.name] }); } public function trickTip( btnID:MovieClip, btnName:String ){ //CALLED FROM EXTERNAL INTERFACE theTip.theText.text = btnName; theTip._x = ((btnID._x + btnID._parent._x) * (map_mc._xscale/100)) - (theTip._width *.75); theTip._y = ((btnID._y + btnID._parent._y) * (map_mc._yscale/100)) + 20; TweenLite.to(theTip, .01, {_alpha:99, overwrite:1}); } public function removeTip( bt:MovieClip, catNum:Number ){ TweenLite.to(theTip, .01, {_alpha:0, overwrite:1}); } </code></pre>
 

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