// From www.flashdev.ca/article/building-a-basic-menu-in-actionscript-30-tutorial/
// Loaded by Mark Bell, 20 Dec 2007  WORKING COPY

package ca.flashdev.example {		
	
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.display.Shape;
	import flash.events.MouseEvent;
	import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
	import flash.net.URLRequest;
	import flash.net.navigateToURL;
		
	public class BasicMenu extends Sprite {		
		
		// Create the arrays of button names and .
		private var __MenuArray:Array = new Array("Mr. Bell", "Mr. Sparks", "Mr. Wiseman", "PwrSchool");		 
		private var __MenuURLs:Array = new Array("http://www.csun.edu/~mb326958", 
												 "http://nhps.us/sparks", 
												 "http://nhps.us/wiseman", 
												 "http://newheightsprep.org:8080/public");		
		
		/**
		 * The constructor. This method is fired automatically when the class is instantiated. 
		 */
		public function BasicMenu():void {	
			drawMenu();
		}
		
		/**
		 * Draw the menu. 
		 */
		private function drawMenu():void {
			
			// These variables will hold the x and y positions of the next button in the menu.
			var xPos:Number = 230;
			var yPos:Number = 80;
			
			// Create a holder that will contain the menu.
			var menuHolder:Sprite = new Sprite();
			
			// Add the holder to the stage.
			addChild(menuHolder);			
			
			// Create text formatting for the text fields in the menu.
			var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
			format.font = "Verdana";
			format.color = 0x000000;
			format.size = 12;
			format.bold = true;
			
			// Loop through the array. Create each item listed in the array.
			for (var i in __MenuArray) {
				
				// Create the integer counter to pass to the functions.
				var k:int = 0;	
				k = k+i;
				trace(k);
				
				// Create the button.
				var button:Sprite = new Sprite();	
				button.name = "button"+i;
				
				// Disable the mouse events of all the objects within the button.
				button.mouseChildren = false;
				
				// Make the sprite behave as a button.
				button.buttonMode = true;
				
				// Create the label for the down button state.
				var label:TextField = new TextField();
				label.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
				label.selectable = false;
				label.defaultTextFormat = format;
				label.text = __MenuArray[i];
				
				// Create an up state for the button.
				var up:Sprite = new Sprite();
				up.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
				up.graphics.beginFill(0x00FF00);
				up.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 30);
				up.name = "up";
				
				// Create an over state for the button.
				var over:Sprite = new Sprite();
				over.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
				over.graphics.beginFill(0xFFCC00);
				over.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 30);
				over.name = "over";
				
				// Add the states and label to the button.
				button.addChild(up);
				button.addChild(over);
				button.addChild(label);				
				
				// Position the text in the center of the button.
				label.x = (button.width/2) - (label.width/2);
				label.y = (button.height/2) - (label.height/2);
				
				// Add mouse events to the button.
				button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, displayActiveState);
				button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, displayInactiveState);
				button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, displayMessage);
				
				// Add the button to the holder.
				menuHolder.addChild(button);
				
				// Position the button.
				button.x = xPos;
				button.y = yPos;
				
				// Increase the x position for the next button.
				xPos += button.width + 2;
				
				// Hide the over state of the button.
				over.alpha = 0;
			}
			
			// Postion The Menu.
			menuHolder.x = 20;
			menuHolder.y = 20;
			
		}
		
		/**
		 * Show the active state of the button. 
		 */
		private function displayActiveState(event:MouseEvent):void {
			
			// Hide the over state of the button.
			event.currentTarget.getChildByName("over").alpha = 100;
		}
		
		/**
		 * Hide the active state of the button. 
		 */
		private function displayInactiveState(event:MouseEvent):void {
			
			// Show the over state of the button.
			event.currentTarget.getChildByName("over").alpha = 0;
			
		}
		
		/**
		 * Display a message in the Output window. 
		 */
		private function displayMessage(event:MouseEvent):void{
			
			// Output the name of the clicked button.
			//var gotoMB_URL:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://www.csun.edu/~mb326958");
			var i:int;
			var gotoMB_URL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (__MenuURLs[i]);

		    navigateToURL(gotoMB_URL);
			trace(event.currentTarget.name);
			trace(i);
		}
	}	
/*}
var gotoMB_URL:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://www.csun.edu/~mb326958");
var gotoMS_URL:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://nhps.us/sparks");
var gotoMW_URL:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://nhps.us/wiseman");
var gotoNH_URL:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://newheightsprep.org:8080/public");

function    MrBellbuttonClick (myevent:MouseEvent):void {
	navigateToURL(gotoMB_URL);
};
function  MrSparksbuttonClick (myevent:MouseEvent):void {
	navigateToURL(gotoMS_URL);
};
function MrWisemanbuttonClick (myevent:MouseEvent):void {
	navigateToURL(gotoMW_URL);
};
function      NHPSbuttonClick (myevent:MouseEvent):void {
	navigateToURL(gotoNH_URL);
};

MrBell_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,MrBellbuttonClick);
MrSparks_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,MrSparksbuttonClick);
MrWiseman_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,MrWisemanbuttonClick);
NHPS_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,NHPSbuttonClick);
*/
}