Germany Map Locator 3.6

Examples of customers

• Map samples

Variants of using a map locator

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

What's new

• You can choose any color for a background or make a background transparent
• Improved small buttons functionality
• Off/on sounds
• Opportunity to add the image (format JPG, size 64*64 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 state absolutely inactive, it is necessary that the parameter link was empty
• 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 states.
  (See example - http://www.fla-shop.com/us_states/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

• ease to use for everyone
• small file size, low overhead (webtraffic)
• innovative & unique Flash Map Interface
• URL & PHP & Mysql linking
• self selection of colors, look & feel, captions and more - all 100% customizable!
• customization via XML; no flash modifications required
  Any setting can be achieved using an external XML file; this allows integration of a flash map into any application with easy and dynamic modification of map information
• customization popup-windows and tooltip
• compatible with all scripting languages like ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, etc.
  Use any programming language to create an XML source file and transfer it to your Flash object, or simply use an XML file from your server

Adjustment

All adjustments and customizations are made in the .XML file. It can be opened with an standard text editor, like Windows Notepad, Notepad++ or Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamveawer. Certainly, you can use any other web editors which are available at the market. The configurations and customizations are made on your local computer, after configuration and customization you must upload only the edited files to your webserver directory. Thats it!

name_color="ffffff"	Color of name of state
name_shadow_color="000000"	Color of shadow of a name
name_font_size = "11"	Font size
background_color = "ffffff"	Color of a background
borders_color = "ffffff"	Color of a borders
popup_background_color = "ffffff"	Color of a background of popup box
popup_borders_color = "999999"	Color of a borders of popup box
popup_text_color = "000000"	Color of a text in popup box
sounds = "on"	On/off sounds

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

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

<name>Idaho</name>	Here the name of state which appears at hovering the mouse.
<link>http://www.fla-shop.com</link>	The link at a click on this state. 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 hovering the mouse on state. To begin a new stroke press "Enter", or use a code ||
<color_map>0x7798BA</color_map>	Color of state in format RGB. For example dark blue - 0x0000FF. Use color picker.
<color_map_over>0x366CA3</color_map_over>	Rollover color.
<frame>_top</frame>	You can define the target frame for 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 image file. It can be the image in the size 64*64 px (jpg). This image will be displayed in popup-window.

To setup a background transparent it is necessary to make parameter "background_color" equal 0.

Installation of a map on a site

Pay attention, that name of a XML-file is passed as parameter.

If map files take places not the same directory where the HTML-page on which should be a map, it is necessary to specify a path to files SWF and XML.
For example

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

Color Picker

Troubleshooting.

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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