flash-cs4

Flash movie behaving really weird, possibly corrupt FLA?

I have an FLA done in Flash 10, and some AS3 code that manipulates a MovieClip in the movie based on the mouseX and mouseY coordinates. Last night the FLA was working 100% perfectly. This morning things went haywire. Layers on the movie started jerking around severely. So suspecting my formula, I commented it out and replaced it with mx...

flv file loses quality when uploaded to server

When i view an flv file inside a swf file it looks fine locally, but when its uploaded text loses it shape. The bitrate for the flv is 1,500+ kbps. Ive attached a picture. The one on the left is local, and the one on the right is over the web. Anyone know what might be happening? ...

accordion menu error 1010

Hey guys, I'm trying to create an accordion menu off of an online tutorial. I followed every step (i think) on Original Tutorial but changed things according to my size, as well as make the instance names end with _mc or _txt accordingly. But for some reason it doesn't seem to be working. I'm getting the #1010 error and it doesn't re...

Download and Store Multiple Files with Adobe AIR ( Flash CS4 Dev)

How do you download multiple images from a server and store them on in the application directory in Flash IDE , Adobe AIR? Specifically, I am using AMFPHP to pull the paths out of a DB and download them to the application directory. ...

Is there a lighter version of Google Analytics for Flash

40k of compiled code seems like a lot to me to be making some straightforward flash-javascript calls and makes GA unsuitable for banner ad work as well. Does anyone know if there is a 'lite' version of Google Analytics for Flash? ...

Flash CS4: Unresponsive error when using "Loader.contentPath" ??

I want to display http://www.flash-mx.com/images/image1.jpg image as a thumbnail box in my flash SWF file. TO do so I have taken a Loader control in my flash movie and named it as my_thumb and then writing the code as: _parent.my_thumb.contentPath = "http://www.flash-mx.com/images/image1.jpg"; But I am getting following error after a...

Why can't I access dynamic text within a CS4 compiled SWC?

I have a movieclip created in CS4. I export that into my Flex Project's /lib and then try to access the text. All the textfields have ids, embedded text, and show up in intellisense. But when i run the project, the textfield is blank. What is going on? Edit: It appears to only not work when the text is embedded. Non embedded text works ...

Can't debug movie in Flash CS4

(Working in Flash CS4) I'm able to set a breakpoint in my main class and I will see all of the debugger panel buttons active. But once I step in to a portion of the code, the debugger panel buttons for "step in", "step over", etc. are grey. My movie is probably stopped, potentially at another breakpoint. I have no control to continue ...

How to capture current frame from a MovieClip into a BitmapData object?

The movieclip is in a seperate swf file that has been imported into the library. The movieclip itself plays fine (the movieclip is vector based) but when I try and capture the current frame from it into a bitmapdata object nothing seems to happen. I'm wondering if it's some type of security issue? mc is the movieclip bitmap=new BitmapDa...

Flash CS4 embedded font style issue

Hi der! I'm using some fonts embedded in SWF in a program I'm developing. I need to use some specific font style like '37 Thin Condensed' and '26 Ultra Light Italic' etc... how can I specify these style when using fonts? I want to set style using AS3 code... ...

AS3: Call function on exit from Full Screen

Using SlideShowPro. Want to call a function when user exits from Slide Show Pro's Full Screen mode. How can I do this? ...

How do I duplicate a MovieClip?

Can anyone tell me how to duplicate a MovieClip in ActionScript 3 in Flash CS4? ...

JavaScript and Flash incompatibility with IE

Hey! I have a JavaScript Picture gallery. The arrows under the gallery make possible to move through all pictures of the gallery. When I have added to that page also a .SWF flash animation the gallery arrows stoped working properly in IE. But in other browsers like Mozilla, Google Chrome, Opera and so on it works! I have removed the .SW...

How to use a static function in Actionscript 3.0?

I would like to do the following: Have a few objects (e.g. 20 of them), each time I mouse over any one of them, it moves up and each time my mouse leaves, it moves down. obj1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, moveMyself1); obj1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, moveMyself2); obj2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, moveMy...

Bottom most DisplayObject not showing up in Flash swf

In Flash CS4 I have a MovieClip called LoginForm which contains two text inputs (name and password), a button (sign in) and some error text. For some reason, the bottom most object will not show up in the swf. I could add as many buttons, movie clips or shapes as I want and whatever I sent to back will not show up. Also, I know that th...

WebService implementation in ActionScript 3

Hi guys, How can I call WebService using ActionScript 3. from my initial findings, I come to know it is AS3 dosen't support WebService and SOAP, it was in Flash MX/AS2 though. Any suggestions or links guys?? Thanks ...

Flash CS4 Scroll Dynamic Text Horizontally

Hey everyone, I know next to nothing about Flash, so hope this doesn't make anyone mad...This seems like it should be really simple...I basically need a scrolling "ticker" for small amounts of formatted text and a little more information, which will stop scrolling on mouse over, be continuous (i.e. never have gaps, have first item appen...

mouse up event not working properly

Hi all, can anyone please help me on this. attached is the fla which has a part of code i am working on for a project. with help of mouse you can draw a circle on the image, but for some reasons the mouse up event does not work. it works fine when the eventlisteners is attached to the stage, but does not work when its attached to the mo...

Flash and World Map

Hi, Is there a control available that allows us to include a world map and define the regions in the map? Appreciate any inputs. Thanks ...

Drag a point in flash, and have lines, connected other points move

Hi, I have a set of dots displayed on the canvas (key bits of code pulled out): // Drop points based on x y coords for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) { itemPoint[i] = new mcDot(); itemPoint[i].x = 500*Math.random(); itemPoint[i].y = 500*Math.random(); // Set up drag & drop initDragger(itemPoint[i]); itemPoint[i].butt...