flash

Video player (flow player or jw), which one is best for growing site?

We are making a site like twitter/facebook and it has an API, obviously. Which one has the best API implementation for developers so if we shared with others they could easily use it with their own skins? So far I like flow player, but jw has more features. I need your help to decide on which one to go for. JW player or flow player? ...

AS3 - Unload Class Loaded from VAR

Hi, I have a XML image gallery created within a custom class. This is the way I add the gallery to stage: var mainContainer:MovieClip = new galleryXML(stage, "xml/image_gallery.xml"); This works perfectly. But I'm thinking in setup my navigation in the same way. Creat the pages within custom classes and them loading them as I lo...

Call JavaScript funcion while playing an FLV

I want to create a site tour that plays an flv and then highlights different areas of the actual site while the flv is playing. I would like to do this with AS3 and jQuery. I will probably try to use jw flv player for playing the video. I know you can call JS from Flash, but it's been awhile since I've messed with Flash video and my g...

swf submenu display problem in asp.net

I have swf menu with submenu, but when i put it in aspx page then i cannot see submenu items. because they have to get out from swf frame. how can i solve this problem? ...

How to place a Transparent Flash over site and keep underlying site usable (focus, clicks, formes submitting...etc)

We are trying to place a flash with transparency that covers an iframe. The iframe will load any external website. Is there a way to setup the page so the flash is shown but the underlying site is still usable (focus, clicks, formes submitting...etc). ...

Forcing lightbox/dhtml over flash

I have read a lot of posts about how you can force lightbox (or other dhtml things) above flash by modifying the embed-tag with wmode="opaque". Just modifying the z-index of lightbox (or whatever else you want above the flash) simply is not enough. But what if you cannot control the embed-tag? I am working with a client that has a ban...

Is it possible to use conditional operator in checkbox using flex ?

I want to fill color based on condition so I used conditional operator for the checkbox. But it's shows the error Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type Array. What did I do wrong ? How can I dynamically change the color of a checkbox ? <mx:CheckBox id="home" enabled="false" fillColors="{(data.actualwin != '...

Button Disappearing in Actionscript 3d

I've got this weird thing happening (maybe weird) when I use the 3d stuff in cs4. Basically, I have a stage that is 1100.wide and 500.tall. I have a custom class called Cube.as that if I import and place in the middle of the stage i.e.; var cube:Cube = new Cube(); addChild(cube); cube.x = 550; cube.y = 250; All the sides, when cli...

What is better in sIFR 3 beta than sIFR 2 ?

What is better in sIFR 3 beta than sIFR 2 ? What is benefit of using sIFR 3 over 2 ? I need details on differences . Which is easy to implement and to maintain? in my new projcet i want to use sIFR so which vesion should be choose and why ? I want to make my site compatible with al a Grade browsers? ...

Difference Flex/Flash NetConnection and Consumer/Producer

What's the difference between a NetConnection and Consumer/Producer in Flex? It seems that they both use RTMP but Consumer/Producer uses Channels and NetConnection does not. Does the Consumer/Producer uses a NetConnection underneath? ...

Record Voice file Directly from a Browser

I am a looking for a free solution that would allow our website users to record voice files directly from our website. Instead of having to record it on their local machine then send it to us. ...

Button image skins scaled incorrectly sometimes with dynamic CSS loading

I'm having a problem where buttons with image skins are being scaled incorrectly the first time they load. The CSS is being loaded dynamically (as a .swf), and in it, I skin some buttons like this: Button.myButton { disabledSkin: Embed(source='assets/images/chat_button_close.png'); overSkin: Embed(source='assets/images/chat_but...

AS3 Button that doesn't exist yet

When we work with buttons we set up our listener and the function it uses, but if we have the button animate in or show up elsewhere in a later frame, we will get an error saying the object doesn't exist. What would be the more common or correct approach, set up our functions on frame 1 then attach the listener on the frame the button c...

How can I reference the value (or any other property) of the selected item in a CFTREE?

I have a CFTREE (format = "Flash") used to display a hierarchy of users. For the lowest level of the hierarchy, I want to open a popUpWindow using an existing JavaScript function. I've tried adding "javascript:myPopUpFunc(...)" to the href property, but it does not work. I need to pass values in the URL based on item that was clicked (i....

JW Player "doubling" audio in IE

I have JW player installed on our site, once on the homepage, and once on our video page. All video's work on the homepage in ALL browsers. However, on the video page, when a video is played in IE, the video starts out correctly, then about 5 - 10 seconds in, the audio portion of the file starts playing a second time, over the top of eve...

Reloading flash with javascript

I have a flash file in my web page,the flash accepts a value as an argument and shows a graphics based on that. Now i want to know using javascript ,can i reload the flash ? So that when user enter a value and clicks on a button, the value will be passed to the flash file in same page and show the graphic.(without loading the page agai...

Is there a way to animate letter tracing, based on fonts in flash?

I want to create an animation in which text is written to the screen as though one were following the action of a pen, in real time. Ideally, the bezier line points of a given font would be translated on the fly and then a string could be "drawn" character by character. Has anyone done anything like this, and if so... how? ...

How to save flash-animation in .flv format in Adobe Flash CS3?

Actually I can save it in swf and in avi formats. Is there any correct way to save animation in flv format without using 3rd-party products (like different swf2flv converters)? ...

Modify a button in Action Script 3.0

I'm working on a project in Flash using Action Script 3.0. I converted a graphic to a button so that I can use it for various buttons throughout my project, but I can't figure out how to modify only the instance of the new button on the stage without modifying the whole class. For example, if my first button has a unique instance name an...

Codebase for making a Flash-based interactive map with SVG vector data?

I'm looking for a way to take SVG path info (basically a string of coordinates) and dynamically draw it with Actionscript. Icing on the cake would be if those shapes could detect mouse events to trigger JS and dynamically change their appearance (fill, stroke, etc...). I'm currently trying something similar to this (http://raphaeljs....