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Flash Dev tools for Mac?

What tools do you use to write ActionScript on the Mac? Preferably opensource or free... ...

Why does Adobe Flex strip ActionScript from Flash embed symbols when compiling?

I wanted an animation to dispatch custom events as it cycled. It became apparent that not even trace() was running. After some searching, I found the following at Adobe: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=embed_4.html "If the SWF file contains any ActionScript code, Flex prints a warning during compilation and then s...

Is there a way to flush the DNS cache or force a host name to re-resolve in Adobe AIR/Flash?

AIR seems to keep its own DNS cache when an application is running, and ignores any changes to the OS DNS cache (i.e. ipconfig /flushdns). More specifically, I'm creating multiple URLStream & URLRequest objects over a long period of time in a AIR application. Once the first one connects the host's IP address is cached for the lifetime...

Application to create flash demo of a website

I'm looking for some software to create a flash demo 'tour' of a website I've created. FOS would be preferred but commercial is ok so long as not too expensive (I'm probably going to use this just the once). Ideally something programmable to I can edit the demo and insert text, overlays etc. I'm also not interested in adding sound. ...

Use Javascript to Load Flash SWF file automatically after other SWF finishes playing?

I basically have a series of small SWF Files. I have used SWFObject to play them, but how do I get a series of SWF videos to play sequentially even though they are separate SWF files? ...

Flex AS3 DNS lookup

Can a DNS lookup be made with AS3? ...

Flash Security Sandbox: crossDomain.xml not working

Hey guys, I have written a simple upload component in Flash, but I am now having issues in uploading due to a Security Sandbox error. I now know this is due to the fact I am uploading from one domain, to another, but 1, this used to work, 2, i have implemented a cross domain xml file by placing it in the root of the domain I'm serving f...

How to build a ~500 page Flash site

I am about to embark on building a Flash site with approximately 500 pages. The site is an interactive learning type of system, with about 10 "chapters" each containing around 50 "pages". Each page has some sort of animation and interactivity, for example the user might have to decide whether a statement is true or false by clicking on ...

Determine when Flash SWF movie has ended with Javascript

How can I use javascript to determine when a Flash movie has ended? ie like an SWF "MovieEnded" event ...

Mix multiple sounds in flash

I have several sound objects in flash, I would like to mix different points in these sound files to create a single masterpiece and save it as an mp3. I've seen various "mixer" applications online and would like to know what area(s) to look at to be able to do this myself. ...

How do I import a library in flash which lies in a higher directory than my .fla

I have a directory structure as follows: Projects -> Libraries -> Box2d -> Collision-> Common -> etc... PlaneGame -> PlaneGame.fla main.as Now I wish to import classes from Box2d but I cannot figure out how to do "up one level" which would be done like "../../something.example" in another language. How can I include classes ...

Finding embed site for a flash app

Heyas. I have an flash app that I'm working on that can be embedded on other websites (like YouTube videos), but we want to know what website the user is viewing the site on. Is there any way to tell what site the app is embedded on that the user is viewing on? The original app is written in flash/actionscript and php running on the s...

Streaming media from EC2

We have been requested to stream a single video (+500MB) from a web site. The biggest additional requirement is that access must be forbidden to foreign IP addresses. Given that high bandwith usage is expected we have turned to Amazon S3 to serve the video as a FLV, but AFAIK Amazon won't let you set up IP filtering based on country l...

How is a POST request from cURL in PHP like/unlike a POST request from loadVars in Flash?

All, Sorry - this is probably a very strange question. I'm working on a Flash RIA. One of the things it does is call an ASP page (that resides on another domain) to retrieve some data. However, that ASP page requires users to log-in to that site before they're allowed to call that ASP page. So, my first attempt at getting this to wor...

How does ActionScript version relate to Adobe's Flash Product?

I am wanting to make some animations for a website I'm working on and thought that flash would be the right technology for me. So I'm going out and trying to find a cheap copy on ebay for a mac. I'm trying to figure out which version I need and am wondering if you need Flash CS3 if you want to do ActionScript 3.0? I understand that you ...

Webcam Aspect Ratios

For the purpose of my testing, I am using a Logitech Quickcam 9000 which records in a 4:3 resolution (640x480, 320x240, etc). I am using a custom flash app to relay from the webcam to Wowza media server (then to our users). When I record in the app and playback at 240x180, everything looks great. When I record in the app and playback a...

i try to import a sound in my flash game. It shows "one or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them". Help me

i try to import a sound in my flash game. It shows "one or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them". Help me ...

Instant Message on browser

Introduction: I want to develop the chat client that user can chat on the browser and I use the protocol call xmpp. Because of HTML5 web socket not yet available I try flash xmlsocket instead. Problem: I cannot connect to the server via browser. I'm not sure why, but I think that it is the problem of the server configuration. Question:...

dz's Open Flash Chart 2 disabling animation problem (Rails)

How to disable the startup animation in OFC2? Since I started using the dz build, the on-show animation is on by default, which sucks quite a lot. Neither of these work: graph.animate=false graph.on_show=false Also, dz's build implements the tooltip hover support poorly - the tooltip continues to hover even when the cursor is on ano...

Record Audio and Upload as Wav or MP3 to server

Hi Guys Im not sure if Im asking the right place, but basically Im looking for advice on the best way to: Record Audio through a microphone on a website and Upload the audio as a Wav or MP3 file to the server Has anyone got extensive experience with flash, would this be difficult to do, is there anything on the market that currently d...