flash

How does one smooth the cursor in a scaled flex/flash application?

I'm scaling my application to fit the browser window. I'm also defining my own cursor using a bitmap and CursorManager.setCursor. The problem: when my app scales, the cursor bitmap is jagged. Is there a way to smooth the bitmap that is use? ...

Q; Flash Mac ONLY FIleReference Stage update BUG

This bug ONLY affects the Mac (both Safari and Firefox) and ONLY on the following conditions- -ONLY after an image upload using FileReference(up to server then down into flash) -only on first browser focus. ie clicking anywhere off the browser and then giving the browser focus seems to 're-initize the flash runtime so the stage updates ...

properties of flash ADS

Hi I got a general qustion regarding flah ads In our current HtML website the bottom of the page i have three Iframes and these for getting ADVERTISEMENTS. I am getting adds from third parties. I have a simple modal pop up using jquery on this page and when I pull this pop up to the bottom of the page where I have I frames which generat...

Which one is better? Adobe Director or Flash?

(My apologies if my keywords are wrong, I tried to find them in all different combinations but to no avail) I think the title explains my situation but I'll elaborate a little. I'd like to be able to create games, some simple but others more complex. Adobe Director can export to the Shockwave format and embed into the browser as can Fl...

How to dynamically change the size of the Canvas?

If the size of canvas set in the MXML markup, some part of the components that go beyond the boundaries of canvas not displayed. If the canvas size to change dynamically(canvas.width, canvas.height), canvas boundaries are virtually absent. How to dynamically change the size of the Canvas? ...

Is a a-href around an object (ie. flash) just a bad idea or is there actually a standard about how a click on such an object has to be handled?

I was having this discussion with one of my colleagues. He created a piece of code that put an a-href around an object where a flash is to be loaded. When I saw this I almost cried out and told him to use the clickTag instead. He told me that it works fine with the a-href. I checked it out, and the code worked fine in ie6-8 and firefox...

How can I create a screensaver with a password from a Flash/projector file?

I have an projector file/Flash application that I need to turn into an interactive screen saver. I cannot make an actual screen saver of course because screen savers cannot be interacted with. I need this to be password protected and I need to keep it from being closed. I need to disable any combinations of keys which would cause it to ...

How to anti-alias a collada model in papervision3D?

How to anti-alias a collada model in papervision3D? I've tried searching everywhere but didn't find any ways to anti-alias models. I've also tried blurring it a little as an anti-alias method but that only f-s it up and makes it look worse. How do I do that properly? ...

create flash projector application which cannot be closed

I need to create a flash projector application which can be interacted with, but will not close unless a password is entered. I have created the projector file which I have created a close button with a password popup, but this doesn't do anything if the user presses ALT+F4 or Escape etc.. I either need to disable these combinations of...

Any good multiple file uploader for ASP.NET websites?

I need a multiple file uploader for an asp.net website. It'll be great if i can be a drag-and-drop file uploader. I'm assuming I would have to use something like flash to do that. ...

Flash: Is it possible to record the user voice & act on it?

Hi Is it possible to record the end user by mic? And what kid of actions can I do with the recording? Can I get for example the volume of the sound (decibels) in real time? Can I save the record on a file? Thanks. ...

A few jQuery questions...

First of all, here is the site I am working on. I am trying to get a modal window to pop-up when elements in the Flash are clicked on. Which at this point I have about 90% working when you click on the warrior image. Below is a list of issues I am still trying to solve that I hope you can help me with... The modal background doesn't ...

Is there a list of reserved FlashVars names?

Currently I work on localization for a Flex application. From an article I know that you can control the localization with the following FlashVars: resourceModuleURLs localeChain Are there any other FlashVars reserved by Adobe that a Flash/Flex Developer should know about? ...

Suggest a good MVC framework for AS3

I am looking for a framework that can simplify the task of creating new Flash apps. But I don't want to go the Flex route because it's way too top-heavy for the simple widget apps that I need to create. (The payloads often exceed 300k with a Flex app and it can be difficult to control the timeline and animation, etc.) When I Google the ...

Image scaling and smoothing

I'm importing some images dynamically into a SWF from an external site using AS2. It works perfectly when I load my images from my computer, but when I try to load them from the external server the smoothing doesn't work. My code: var imageLoad:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); imageLoad.addListener({ onLoadInit:function ...

playing multiple videos in flash as3

I have a blank project that simply plays two video files. No matter what I try, the second video gets sized to the same as the first. Please tell me this isn't a Flash bug and that there's something I can do to accomplish this. Here's my document class: package{ import flash.display.*; import flash.media.*; import flash.net...

"Fake" DirectShow video capture device

This is tangential to the last few questions I've asked. I need to get video from an IP webcam (SNC-RZ25N) to Flash Media Server. I'd rather not have to use Windows, but if it makes things easier, I will. (Flash Media Live Encoder is a Windows only program.) I've considered many different routes from point A to point B, but it seems li...

What is the largest screen boundry of the dynamic elements of a (Flash) SWF

I am dealing with SWF's that someone else made, mostly pure animation and graphics from the Flash Authoring tool (no programmatic activity, no data or net access). How do I tell how much space on my page to give them? How can I tell the bounds of their dynamically moving elements? ...

Moving AS3 forward?

Hi I use AS3 quite a lot for work, but I come from a Java/C/C++ education and find the language quite restrictive. There seems to be two fundamental camps in the AS3 world: The non-technical creative camp who want to get things working without to much trouble and computer science forced on them The Technical camp (possibly coming fr...

Imported a class and make it part of my game

Hello all I was hoping to get some help with inported this class to a little game AS3 allowDomains:Array is a list of the allowed domains My Question is where an how to write this Array and where to place it so all get compiled with Flash CS4. class below. package com.ikonicstudios.utils { import flash.display.DisplayObject; ...