Loading ID3 tags without loading sound in AS3
Is there a way to load ID3 tags in AS3 without loading sound? ...
flash-cs4
Flash CS4 <b> tag in with htmlText
Wow, this one is really weird. I have the following setup: Two textfields on the stage with Arial normal and Arial bold, both embedded. I then have another textfield which I am setting like so: tb.htmlText = "Test <b>Test</b>"; For some reason, the bold text is not displaying as bold, but as regular weight. I have tried embedding th...
Simple flash form, SWF size problem, AS3 and CS4
Hello, I want to do a little form in AS3, with CS4. So I create a new fla, I drop a ComboBox, an InputText, a CheckBox and a Button and the size of the binary (SWF) is 42KB (compressed). It is too much! I want to do a landing page and 42KB just for 4 components is too much. I need to cut the size, I can't stop using any of the componen...
FAMES or AMES for Flash development? Open source alternatives to Flash CS4?
Hi, A brief preface: I'm in a game design class where our project for the next 4-6 weeks will be to create a Flash game. The group is 5 people, one of whom is a digital artist in another department. Our digital artist will be supplying images/music where appropriate, but won't be using Flash CS4 (probably Photoshop or another image ed...
[as3] Movieclip.width returns higher value than Movieclip stage on Width.
I have a Movieclip on stage with nested movieclips inside. All referenced at 0,0. None of the child movieclips load any dynamic content, animate or have Masked Layers. It does have an input textfield in one of the child MCs. The parent MC shows 280 px width, while it returns 313 px with a .width trace. There is no code that alters the .w...
Imported SWF Timeline control in Flash
How to control imported .swf timeline? var introLoader:Loader = new Loader(); var introReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("intro.swf"); introLoader.load(introReq); introLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete); function onComplete(e:Event){ addChild(introLoader); } ...
Scrollbar with Sprite and Rectangle won't move text, just the Rectangle it's painted on.
Warning: school assignment. For those of you still with me, I am tasked with making some scrollable content in Flash. Load in a TextFile using LoadURL(), then display it. To get the text, we've written our own class TextFieldExtended, which is basically just there to give the textfile location to the constructor and then have the class ...
Alternative to FLVPlayback (like Flowplayer) for RTMP video stream? Or a fix for skinAutoHide not working in Firefox on Mac.
I just need a "simple" video player that I can manipulate from Javascript (via ExternalInterface). It needs to support RTMP sources. I like Flowplayer, but I need something that allows for commercial on multiple domains without a hefty license fee. I was simply going to use FLVPlayback, but I'm having headaches with the skin not proper...
Increasing number of image per second with flash ?
Hi all, I'm beginner in Flash CS4 and I'd like to know how to increase the number of image per second of my sequence because I want more smooth morphing. The time will not change. Actually, I have 24 image per second and I'd like to put 48. Is there a way to make it automatically without changing all by hand. for automatically : I mean...
Best way to be able to pick multiple colors/designs of symbols dynamically from flash
Sorry the title's so convoluted... I must've tried for ten minutes to get a good, descriptive title! Basically, here's the scenario. Let's say a user can pick fifty different hat colors and styles to put on an avatar. The avatar can move his head around, so we'd need the same types of movements in the symbol for when that happens. Ad...
Having vCam on custom classes instead of the root class.
Maybe some of you guys know bout vCam from http://bryanheisey.com/blog/?page_id=22 I'm trying to have the script running on a custom classes instead of a MovieClip in the library. But after some trying I fail so I stick back to having the MC in the library and load the MC from the project root action-script files. Now it works fine if ...
how to import frame based external swf file to scrollpane for as3/flash ?
hi, i'm using pdf2swf but i can't import external swf frame per frame in scrollpane like to scribd (http://www.scribd.com/doc/27241116/BLOOD-GRISTLE) Best Regards. ...
flash cs4: how to convert symbol to flex component?
Hiya I've read on the net that there is the flex component kit for flash that allows me to convert flash symbol to flex component or container. I tried installing Flex_Skins_12_05.mxp that suppose to enable these features in flash cs4 but under the commands tab i can't see any commands related to flex conversion. can someone please for...
Flash content works on direct link, but not when inserted into html?
How come http://www.zolomon.com/wptj/wp-content/themes/default/polaroid.swf works perfectly but not when implemented at http://www.zolomon.com/wptj/?page_id=8 ? The code I use to insert the .swf-file is the following: <object width="522" height="490" id="polaroid" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAc...
count clicks using actionscript 3.0 in flash
I want to change the variable value based on the number of clicks. So if you click the button once, the cCount should equal 1 and twice it should equal 2. Right now all I'm returning for the value is 0, no matter the amount of clicks. Any ideas? btnRaw.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, flip); btnRaw.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUS...
How can I use Action Script 3.0 to make random placed Symbols fly by?
I'm trying to make a simple animation with Flash CS4 and Action Script 3.0 to make a number of Symbols fly by from right to left constantly. What I want is that once a symbol has reached the end of the screen it is destroyed and another one is placed at the start position. I intend to give each symbol a random speed and create a random...
FLVPlayback not showing skin on exe
Hi, I have a problem exporting a flash exe which contains flvplayback with external skin file. Works fine on swf but on exe, it's not showing the skin controls I am using Flash CS4. Any help will be appreciated. ...
accessing GUI-created elements in a class definition file in AS3 (Flash CS4)
I've used the GUI to create a rectangle that I turned into a button symbol (SimpleButton). I then edited the button so that it had 4 different button states and a text layer on top. I then created a class definition file for this object so that I could dynamically change the label text (the text layer) when adding instances of this butto...
Why Flex SDK is free and Flash CS4 not ? Where is the trick ?
Why Flex SDK is free and Flash CS4 not ? Where is the trick ? ...
Can I make Flash CS4's 3D functionality work with 3D glasses?
I know it can be done in papevision -> http://codejockeyscorner.blogspot.com/2009/04/papervision3d-anaglyph-scene.html but I'd like to be able to do it just using Flash's 3D functionality. I'm aware that its more 2.5D but was wondering if anybody knew how to create a situation so you can view it with 3D glasses (red and blue) ...