Europe Map Locator 2.9 (Release Date 08/29/2008)

Variants of using a map locator

• Real-Ecountry websites
  (See example - http://www.fla-shop.com/us_countrys/locator/example2/)
• Quick access to contact organization data, having affiliated network in Europe
  (See example - http://www.fla-shop.com/us_countrys/locator/example1/)

What's new

• Off/on sounds
• Opportunity to add the image (format JPG, size 100*100 px) in popup window
• Are improved an opportunity of work with the text comment
• The opportunity to look XML file through in a browser is added
• Add sounds
• To make country absolutely inactive, it is necessary that the parameter link was empty
• You can adjust color of an abbreviation for names of countrys. You can off "light effect". You can choose type of a map - without a gradient (0), with a gradient at rollover the mouse (1), all countrys with gradient (2). All these adjustments in a XML file.
• It is possible to set name of a XML-file as parameter in HTML a code.
• Support of frames is added. You can specify the target frame for transition at a click on countrys.
  (See example - http://www.fla-shop.com/us_countrys/locator/example3/)
• The size popup-windows now not fixed. This size is automatically defined on volume of the text. Now you can add in the description much more information.

Features

• Suitable for Real-Ecountry, Dealer Maps, Branch Offices Locators
• Color, URL linking, captions and more. And you can do all these by yourself
• Intuitive Flash Map Interface
• Customizable popup-windows
• Ease of Use
• Customizations via an XML file, no Flash source modifications required
  Any settings can be done using external XML file, it allows integrating flash map into any application and dinamically modify information on map easy and fast
• Compatible with virtually all scripting languages (ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, etc.)
  Use any language you like to create XML Source and pass it to a Flash object, or simply use an XML file from your server
• Small file size

Adjustment

For each country it is possible to define the name, color, color at rollover the mouse, link URL, the description (if it is necessary) and the target frame.

Structure of a XML-file (on example USA Map Locator)

<country>
  <id>2</id>
  <name>Spain</name>
  <link></link>
  <comment></comment>
  <color_map>0x7798BA</color_map>
  <color_map_over>0x366CA3</color_map_over>
  <frame>_top</frame>
  <image>photo.jpg</image>
</country>

<name>Spain</name>	Here the name of country which appears at rollover mouse is defined.
<link>http://www.fla-shop.com</link>	Here the link on which transition after click on country is carried out is defined. A kind of the link - http://www.yourdomen.com or http://www.yourdomen.com/page.html Or it is possible to define JavaScript.
<comment>This is description</comment>	The text for a pop-up window at rollover the mouse on country. To begin a new stroke press "Enter", or use a code || Look an example for Portugal.
<color_map>0x7798BA</color_map>	Color of country in format RGB. For example dark blue - 0x0000FF. Use color picker.
<color_map_over>0x366CA3</color_map_over>	Color at rollover the mouse.
<frame>_top</frame>	You can define the target frame for transition under the link. It is used, if it is necessary for you to open a new window of a browser, or to display the data in the frame, without reloading pages.
<image>photo.jpg</image>	Name of a graphic file. It can be the image in the size 100*100 px (jpg). This image will be displayed in popup-window.

Installation of a map on a site

Pay attention, that name of a XML-file is passed as parameter. It enables to use a map some times on one page (one site).

Also you can use JAVASCRIPT for insert of SWF-object. More in detail about it
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

Color Picker

Probable problems.

It is possible to use javascript for an insert flash object. http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

Why do I see a message prompting me to "click to activate and use this control" when I roll my mouse over a Flash animation?

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