Programming a flash taskbar

[Rasb]

Hello,

I'm trying to build a simple flash website and was trying to make it work like a simply desktop environment. I've planned out almost everything except how to get the minimize to taskbar to show up right next to the last one opened. When the user clicks a button to open a window(make it visible) I make another button show in the taskbar. But how would I get the next window's taskbar button to show up next to it instead of on top of it.

Thanks for your time

Rasb

[jamiemac2005]

Hey, sorry that you've had to wait for a reply.

Anyway, i understand what you are trying to do but i can't help without code or an idea of how you've implemented this.

So, if you haven't yet solved this prolem, for me to help please can you either:-
- Post the code involved in "minimizing to tray" and explain how you've implemented this.
or
- Upload your .fla file and post it as an attachment here.

Cheers,
Jamey

[Rasb]

thanks jamiemac2005 for the reply.

As of yet I do not have any code as I am currently planning out the site. I just wasn't sure if I could do this so I wanted to see how I can do it and how difficult it would be.

This is the plan:
I'll create a button that onclick makes pictures_mc (the window) and pictures_taskbar_btn (the taskbar button) visible. Now the minimize button on pictures_mc will make it invisible but keep pictures_taskbar_btn visible so you can click it to make pictures_mc visible again.

Here is what the code would basically look like.

function openPictures_mc(event:MouseEvent):void{
	pictures_mc.visible = true;
	mypics_taskbar_btn.visible = true;
}

function showPictures_mc(event:MouseEvent):void{
	pictures_mc.visible = true;
}

function hidePictures_mc(event:MouseEvent):void{
	pictures_mc.visible = false;
}

function closePictures_mc(event:MouseEvent):void{
	pictures_mc.visible = false;
	mypics_taskbar_btn.visible = false;
}
mypics_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openPictures_mc);
mypics_taskbar_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showPictures_mc);
pictures_mc.mypics min_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, hidePictures_mc);
pictures_mc.mypics_close_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, closePictures_mc);

I want the mypics_taskbar_btn to show up just to the right of the start button (just like your own desktop's taskbar). Trouble is that I want each new window to open to the right of the start button but if there is an existing button there go to the right of that.

I though about it and I think I could do this with predefined locations and number them with a counter so that every time a new button opens, it will add 1 to the counter and that would be the location of the button.

example: 3 buttons on display then put the 4th button 400px to the right.

Not sure if I can do it that way but I'm going to start it without this feature and add it when I figure it out.

Rasb