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Flash/PHP File Upload Speed Issues

I am trying to write a simple, in-house file delivery application for uploading files for easy download on our client's end. I am using Flash with a very basic PHP script receiving the file. So far, this does work. The problem statement is: using FTP, a 100 MB file will upload in 2-3 minutes. Using my simple Flash uploader and uploading...

How to create a flash website based on Drupal CMS?

Hi, I used both flash and drupal for creating websites. Now what i will like to achieve is to create fully functional website in flash and use drupal for creating users, roles etc. Does any one has any idea? ...

Flex load modules READY event not fired, why ?

Hello I have this very simple mxml example. Using flex builder with flex sdk 3.4.0 if the module is remote like http://edofiles.s3.amazonaws.com/calculator.swf The READY event is never fired, i don't understand why. Do you get the same behavior ? Original code is from http://lowpitch.com/blog/modulemanager-and-imoduleinfo-loading-fl...

How do I install an older version of Flash Player?

When I try to install an older build of Adobe Flash Player to test a SWF I'm developing, the installer tells me I cannot complete installation because a newer version of Flash Player is available. I need to install the older plugin because my users have reported that it exhibits different behavior than what I'm seeing with the latest upd...

Optimizing AS3 SWF files for size?

Are there any tips / best practices / secrets for optimizing the size of AS3 SWF files? In particular, any way to get a breakdown of what is taking up space inside the SWF, like you used to be able to in the old Flash 7/8 days? I'm not using the Flash IDE any more, but now I'm using either Flex Builder or FlashDevelop, so it needs to be ...

How to implement a SeriesInterpolate effect for a new Flash charting library?

I'm working with a hot new open-source Flash data visualization library (http://www.axiis.org) It doesn't (yet) have a series interpolation effect, like the Adobe Flash Charting library does. Can anyone point me at anything that would help me understand how to do it? I gather it involves applying a tween effect between the old-data sp...

How to manually set focus in AS3 so mouse wheel works?

(This is a question for Flash 9/10 AS3.) I'm trying to solve a problem where the user has to click on an area before it starts getting mouse wheel events. I assume the focus is set elsewhere so in the ctor for my movieclip that is asking for events, I say "stage.focus = this". This ought to work, judging from the web searches I did. Bu...

Flash not displaying properly in browsers

Hi all, I've got a fla player and I'm trying to get it to display inside a div properly, it looks ok in IE (only after you refresh the page), but none of the other browsers show it properly (only 1/4 of the tv shows).. The flash document size is 336px x 220px and I've placed the tv and remote inside. I'm using SWFObject to call the flas...

innerHTML flash video not loading problem

Hi, when the "preview" link is clicked it is meant to change the video script and video swf using the innerHTML method, however in IE 7+ the flash seems to appear but never loads the video i.e. it just stays white. <script> function changeVideo(filename,script) {document.getElementById('video').innerHTML = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB...

sIFR font sizing problems

I'm trying to render a font using sifr to about 160px in size, but it seems to stop expanding anything larger than half of what i require. i've tried setting the font-size in the sifr-config and css. but to no avail it still won't get any larger. Any ideas? My example page is here: http://oonagi.org/sifr/ ...

Settings disabled in flash context menu

I have two flash movies, both seem to have the same embed/object params and publish settings, but one will display the 'settings' option and one won't. I would really like the user to be able to select the settings, but can't figure out how to force it to be enabled, or even find any information on under which circumstances it would be d...

AS3: Check if a Dictionary is empty

Flash implements a dictionary (that is, something like a HashMap) using two approaches. One approach is the flash.utils.Dictionary class, and the other is a generic Object. I'd like to check how many key:value pairs are in the dictionary. In most cases I'd simply like to know it there are any key:value pairs, that is, just check if it's ...

How to import fxg file into flash cs4?

I have a fxg file created using adobe illustrator, Can someone tell me how to import it into flash cs4 stage... Regards, Dhana ...

How to tell when the main swf gets fully loaded?

Hi, as I learned the hard way, Flash streams your .swf, that is, it can start playing back the file even if only the first couple of frames are loaded. Normally, when loading an external .swf you would just register a handler to the COMPLETE event of the Loader or URLLoader class and that would be it. Example (exception handling, etc....

flash removeMovieClip ALL

I want to remove all movieclips in my wrapper movieclip. wrapper.removeMovieClip(ALL CONTENT); how can I achieve that ? Let add, that I don't know names / id of all the movieclips in wrapper. Just want to PURGE all content. and prepare for futher use. ...

I want to insert a checkbox inside a accordion header in my Application (AIR).Can any one of you please help it out?

In my application i want checkbox on the accordion ,so is it possiable to set checkbox ? if it is possiable How can i identified child ? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="100%" height="100%"> <mx:Accordion> <mx:headerRenderer> ...

Flash loads xml differently on Windows and Mac

Hi there I am loading an xml file using AS2.0. On Mac, all the elements load completely, but as soon as I run it on Windows, only the first element of type item loads. When I run it on Mac, the elements are loaded in and all item's are separate buttons. When I run it on Windows, only one button appears and its name is ch1. Virgin Group ...

setting text to flash dynamic text fields from asp

how can I set the text of dynamic text field from the asp page that loads .SWF file ? ...

Pass an ID from main swf to child swf

Hello Friends, I have a main movie clip that loads the appropriate swfs based on the button click. The buttons and the corresponding swfs are loaded through XML. The method I adapted to achieve this can be found here : Sample Code Now, this seems to be working just fine. But, my problem is instead, of calling a separate SWF for each bu...

Main Flash swf won't work once uploaded to server

Hi I have a 1 frame main SWF. In the first frame I include codeAS2.as like so: #include "codeAS2.as" (sorry, might sound primitive) When I test the movie in Flash CS4, everything works fine, it loads all the data from the XML file menu.xml which is in the same folder. Using the Simulate Download function from Flash, it also runs fine,...