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Overview

StarMenu Xtra is a Director extension (xtra) which allows you to create animated, multilevel popup menus. You can set multiple properties: background and frame colors, font size and type, margins width and additional effects (for example shadow, animation direction). As background you can use a bitmap loaded from one of the Director's cast members. All these menu properties can be set in a menu settings dialog window. Menu can be displayed by clicking on the sprite (Hot Area) or invoked in Lingo script.

All the menu properties can be set in Lingo script. That allows you to create or modify the menu dynamically when running projector.

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StarMenu Xtra features
  • Easy menu creation and preview in the dialog window
  • Unlimited number of submenus
  • You can define font properties (face, size, style, color) for your menu
  • You can define background properties (colors, bitmap) for your menu
  • Margins width, frames width and padding can be modified
  • You can choose the animation settings (vertical, horizontal, both)
  • You can display bitmaps along with the menu items
  • You can define separators' height
  • Additional effects: shadow, 3D
  • You can create hot areas with sprites
  • You can import/export Xtra settings from/to file
  • Easy clicked menu item events handling in Lingo script
  • You can control menu in Lingo script

About StarSoft Multimedia

StarSoft Multimedia has been creating Xtras since 2001. We specialize in easy to use asset Xtras (embedded as cast members) with properties dialog window and full Lingo support. We are recognized Xtras producer and continue to enhance our Xtras' functionality. To learn more about our products see www.starsoftmultimedia.com.