looks very cool.



I do believe the folder with icons is possible.

Yeah!!! if that would be possible it would be great! or I could do an icons set or even using the icons that I made and convert it to objects. The only issue is the program location, because for example: typical user user have firefox at c:/Program Files/Mozilla/ but users like me using Windows XP 64 bit the target will be c:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla

Thanks to your help. However I can't reach the idea because I guess that method is for to give a folder as a target... and to put some shortcuts in that folder.. right?

I did a simple sample in Flash to show you the idea... pease go to This Link

Here's a regular drag and drop container example(that uses a script). Mouse over the folder to show the window (there's a 2 second delay). The window is set to close on any action.

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Might try to make an example of the other method I mentioned if I have some time. I'm pretty sure what you want can be done; just haven't figured out how yet. LOL!

Ohhhh ... I see what you are talking about! You call a object "window" that is hidden. Question: dow?

I think we are on the way!!!

Thanks sViz abd SirSmiley!

Ok Great... I'm rendering the window animation... but meanwhile... how should be a button to close the window? I have some experience in Flash but not in these codes... so I haven't idea how make that button appear in the last frame of the animation. The same is with the icons inside. How can I set that??

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I see the problem. You made the icon the child of the window. The window is set to close on any action so all of its children will inherit the 'close on any action' property, too. I cleared the Parent/Owner field as well as the group field, so the icon is unaffected.

I was re-reading your posts to get a better understanding of how you want this to function. I made several modifications and eliminated the complication of using a script. I just used state messages instead.

For the icon object:
-I added a mouse up state.
-The mouse up state has a message to set the window to the animation state

For the window object:
-I created an 'animation' state instead of using the default state.
-The animation state has a message to show the close button
-Also created a 'hide' state (which reverses the animation but you don't have to do that if that's not what you want)

For the close_window object:
-Added a mouse up state
-The mouse up state has messages to hide itself and the window.


So, a single click on the icon will open the window and close_window button. (A double click will open the folder shortcut.) A click on the close button will hide the button itself as well as the window.


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Let me know if I'm misinterpreting your goal here.




I'd be honored!

Ohh, I see, the window opens on double-click. Sorry, I misunderstood you. Since we're using double-click to open the 'window' we have to change the icon to an Object Controller.

Group the window and the close button, and then set the icon to toggle the group.

The window needs to have a default state and image otherwise it'll be stuck on animation. Had to use a script in the window object to start the animation as soon as it is visible.

UPDATED VERSION

Alright, some more adjustments are needed to make the button appear after the animation.
Set the icon to toggle only the window.
Make sure the close button visibilty is set to 'no'.
Then in the window script we add this code to show the close button after the animation finishes:


'Called while object's state is changing
Sub Object_OnStateChanged(state)
If state = "animation" Then
Desktopx.Object("close_window").visible = True
'List other objects here
End If
End Sub


UPDATED




I think that would be best. Even more adjustments are needed to accomodate the container objects. Make the objects in the container seperate objects, set their visibilty to 'no', set parent to the window object, and group with 3DWindow Container1.

Next, we remove the mouse up state from the close button. Instead we'll use a little more scripting to handle closing the window and its contents. Check it out:

UPDATED WITH CONTAINER OBJECTS

agree with Zubaz
nice work

Quentin94 wish he can be good in scripting

My pleasure. Any more questions/ideas ask away and I'll do my best. Good luck!

Yep. Add another state with reverse animation, a few new lines of code and here you go: UPDATED