How can I make animated drop-down menus in DesktopX?

hm, seems DesktopX is harder than LS if nobody knows how to do this.
my advice is to study the config files of the Alien Technology theme. i think is using code similar to the bouncing ball object (at least that´s how i would do it in LS). maybe the bouncing ball object comes with documentation. reading the manuals is always a good idea.

It'not as difficult as it seems.
Firstly, the menus themselves arn't animated, they just fade in and out. If you right-click a menu, select properties-appearance then look at the 'animation' and 'alpha-blending'
settings, you will see how this is done.
It is the objects above the menus that are animated. If you right-click the object (in this case a screw thread), and select appearance you will see what bitmap I used.It's a series of bitmaps joined together.You then have to again go to 'animation' which sets the number of frames. You can read up on this here:
https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/tutorial.html