I need to put some markers in my flash animation that can be used to direct a user based on the reputation he has. If his reputation drops over time, he should be directed to a particular point inside the flash animation which is a game. How is this handled in flash cs4 traditionally? Examples and resources will be helpful. Also, these...
Intro to the problem - With AS3 I want that when people clicks an email address, it opens their email program. Therefore I do this: mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendEmail); function sendEmail(e:MouseEvent):void{<br /> navigateToURL(new URLRequest("mailto:[email protected]"));<br /> } The problem: Every time a user cl...
Hello all, I seem to have made a booboo somewhere in my actionscript 3 (flash cs4). I have this here page: http://tinyurl.com/ll92o5 with a portfolio section. The buttons work until you reach one of my frames wherein I have a second set of buttons (in the description), that are meant to take you to other views of the project. Any ideas...
Flash CS4 is not letting me save a swf to a png sequence. Is there a way to save a movieclip as a swf and use an outside program to convert to png? Thanks! ...
Ok, so I'll try to be as descriptive as possible. I'm working on a project for a client that requires a jibjab-style masking feature of an uploaded image. I would like to be able to generate a database-storable object that contains anchor/control positions of a bezier shape, so I can pull it out later and re-mask the object. This all i...
Hi All, I have a cvery strange problem and just cannot work it out and was wondering if anyone on here knows the solution. The problem i am facing is as follows. we have a flash game and it works on the computers in the office (flash player 10 and flash player 9.0.159) however when we try to run it on one of our laptops it fails and j...
Hi guys - Here's my problem: I have a Flash swf that uploads files from local machine and if they are images it resizes them if needed. This involves creating a JPGEncoded bytearray from a bitmapData object. After im finished with the bitmapData I dispose() of it. I am noticing that flash will get stuck while resizing an image someti...
A few days ago, this was my question, and I found the answer. Maybe this will help someone else. A. The first part of the problem: can you amplify sound using Flash? The AS3 documentation for SoundTransform says this about the volume attribute: "The volume, ranging from 0 (silent) to 1 (full volume). At face value, this means you can...
Hi all, I was just wondering if there is a way as3 can detect the users screen resolution? Regards Mark ...
Using CS4, how do I set the font of a List control? I tried this: var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); myFormat.font = config.settings["list font name"]; myFormat.size = Number(config.settings["list font size"]); list.setStyle("textFormat", myFormat); No dice. ...
Adobe Flash CS4 contains no documentation at all; it simply redirects to the online docs. Since I own the older Flash CS3 I was wondering if I could use the older HTML files with the newer IDE, by changing some XML file within the Flash CS4 directory on my C: drive? ...
Hi, Adobe premier is able to transcribe spoken words (videos audio track) to text. Is it possible to use this module from flash or flex? Id like to control a web-application by spoken words (using a webcams mic). ...
I have these Arrays //Array elements are Sprites (Class) in Flash Library var elements:Array = new Array (el1_spr, el2_spr, el3_spr); var container:Array = new Array(); for var (i:uint; allElements.length; i++){ container.push(allElements[i]); var v:Sprite = (allElements[i] as Sprite); addChild(conta...
I have a Flash .fla file that has SimpleButton. That SimpleButton is basically a button-like shape, with an icon on it (say it's a "pause" sybol). I want to change the color of that icon programmatically, but I can't seem to access it from AS. I've selected the icon, and did "convert to symbol", and gave it an instance name. This has w...
I'm fairly deep with Flash CS4 project. I've got Flex Builder now, and I want to use it. I have .fla file and couple of Classes. .fla file is actually one ActionScript Frame document with Library items with linkages. I want to do .fla file skinning in Flash later, but develop with Flex. Can you help me with importing. I've never used Fl...
I have sIFR3 working nicely, but whenever I open Firebug in FF 3.5, any attempt to inspect the page breaks? sIFR3. The page reverts to it's non-sIFR3 text. Not sure what I'm missing. Updated* You'll notice the same behavior on one of the sample sites listed on the sIFR3 wiki: http://www.lightweb.pl/ ...
I am building a Flash AS3 application that allows users to modify images, (drag and drop, select, scale, alter saturation, etc) and then submit-save them to a server. The user will then have the ability to log in and access these saved images via a separate admin tool in a thumbnail gallery. They can either delete an image or click a t...
Hi All I am building a "video wall" app in flash AS3. I am importing a movie clip with a flvPlayback component nested within, then Adding it to the display list 12 times in a for loop (which is based on the length of an xml file.) The xml file aslo points to the .source of the flv instance. This method is working, for displaying video...
Here's what I'm doing: I start Flash CS4 and create a new Action Script 3.0 Flash File. I drag-and-drop a slider from the Components window on to the initial layer and give it an instance name of "contrast_slider". When I click off of the slider it's outline is visible in the layer. I then drag-and-drop another slider from the Componen...
I am looking for an app or apps which I can use to demonstrate many of the specific graphics, animation, and interaction capabilities available using Flash CS4 Pro. Basically something just like the Tour de Flex app only for Flash CS3/CS4 Pro. The Adobe site has a sparse set of some examples, but again I am looking for something more co...