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Any particular advantage to using json over xml with Flash

Well is there? From everything I've read, it seems like the answer is no,but was wondering if anybody has a differing opinion. ...

Arabic letters shown disconnected in Flash

I am having this issue where Arabic letters are shown disjoint in any component (e.g. Label or TextInput) in Flash. Any suggestions? ...

How to deploy SWF file?

I have a SWF file I created using Adobe Flex and I cannot seem to properly embed it inside an HTML page. If I take another SWF file and use it instead, it works all the time. My SWF file is pretty big (1 MB) while the other one is tiny (25 KB). However, I can wait 5-10 minutes and the server connection is super fast and it still will ...

Overflow hidden and Flash content in IE 8

Hi there, I'm building a Flash banner ad to be displayed on a client's site. When the user hovers over the ad, the Flash movie expands by increasing the height and width of the flash object. The problem is that the client is using overflow:hidden all over their site, and my banner ad is contained within a div that is styled with overfl...

Html/Flash Hybrid Website: rollover issues in Firefox 3

Hi There, I am currently developing a PHP website that has a lot of Flash components. On each page there are one or more custom Flash components embedded with swfObject, as well as sIFR navigation. Every so often, ALL of the Flash objects on the page become unresponsive to the mouse (no hand pointer). So far I have found it happening ...

start motion on click?

I'm having a problem with a small animation for a form I'm creating in flash. Basically I want the motion to happen when I click it, and then stop where its told to. It plays and stops just fine, however I cannot figure out how to make it wait for the click to play. This is the current code I have tabbut.onClick = function() { play(); }...

ActionScript 3 Specification as PDF?

I see the ActionScript language specification, however, the online format is awkward. Has anyone converted this to a PDF? ...

Tool to invoke actions in Flash swf via JavaScript

I have a flash swf file without access to it's source. Can I use only JavaScript to invoke/initiate the action of the flash functions within the swf file? Or does the swf need active listeners to respond to JavaScript? ...

Fail-safe way of round-tripping Flash swf files to text-representation and back

I'm looking for a fail-safe way to round-trip between a Flash swf file and a text representation and back again. One strict requirement is that the resulting round-tripped Flash swf file is exactly functionally equivalent to the original Flash swf file as long as the text representation is left unchanged. Furthermore, the text represen...

Change output language in Flash CS4?

Hello. I'm using Flash CS4 and almost everything is in english, except for errors in Output window... Like: ArgumentError: Error #2180: É ilegal mover o conteúdo AVM1 (AS1 ou AS2) para outra parte de displayList quando ele tiver sido carregado para o conteúdo AVM2 (AS3). at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChild() at c...

Function executing as constructor, but not as function

I have the following code in my displayandmove.as file: package { import flash.display.MovieClip; public class FigureConstruct extends MovieClip { public function displayandmove() { this.height = stage.stageHeight/5; this.width = stage.stageWidth/5; } } } And I have the following on frame 1 of m...

How to avoid this error "A conflict exists with inherited definition "?

Hi, i have 3 mc : category1, category2, category3 in library, in each of them i have mc with the same instance names : _background, _picture, but with totally different contend. What i wanted to do is to create a SuperCategory class that would do the same things on _background, _picture. So in library i did Export for Actionscript Categ...

Flash Won't Load in IE

Can someone tell me why this http://hupcapstudios.com/projects/calendar.html won't load in IE? The error message: Error #2044: Unhandled securityError:. text=Error #2048: Security sandbox violation: http://hupcapstudios.com/projects/calendar.swf cannot load data from http://www.hupcapstudios.com/projects/getWeather.php?zip=9...

Links in a swf file

Hi. I have a worldmap.swf, were I have incorporated a small logo in any continent, that clicking in each one it gives me only the countries of that specific continent, where also incorporated another logo in each country. I need to create a link in every country’s logo, which must open a different web site. Example: one logo in North Ame...

change flash input textbox background color?

could some one tell me how to change flash input textbox background color? the standard color is white. i need to change it. ...

OpenSocial : Orkut application development : embedFlash not working in IE

I am trying to develop an orkut application using the help of opensocial API. My application page would load a flash (.swf) file. I am using gadgets.flash.embedFlash function to load the swf. Code is shown below var swfUrl="http://www.myservername.com/open-social/live/game.swf?usename=shyju"; var params = {}; params.menu = "false"; para...

how to embed swf file in ahref tag?

i have an a href tag. i want that embed swf (object) tag to a href. i dont want add event in swf, beacuse a href link is different and create dynamic. underestand it? what can i do? ...

Adobe made a deal with Google to improve SEO on flash. Anything about Silverlight?

Adobe made a deal with Google so that google engine reads SWF contents for SEO. The whole thing has to do with indexing some static swf content and not crawling it any further, but that's at least something. Example Does anybody know if similar efforts were/will be made for Silverlight? At least will Bing support reading Silverlight cont...

symbols placed on the timeline become undefined if stepping backwards

Hello, I am using the frames in the timeline of a .swf as pages in a flash app. The user can advance to the next page by clicking a button that takes her to the next frame. Similarly, it is possible to navigate to the previous frame/page as well. Most of the content is placed on the stage (i.e. created by dragging an instance of a lib...

How to make a FLV video appear always on top

Hello, first I thank those for any help for this question! =) What I am trying to do is make a button so when you hover over it a FLV video plays. I am able to make it play successfully. the problem is it is not always on top of everything. Some of the other buttons are still on top while the video plays which is blockin the video. S...