flash

How can I bend a a display object ?

I want to make collage, Example : http://www.as3.ro/p1%5Fanim4.swf (1.4 mb); I want to bend images using as3. ...

Flash image rotator - does it cache xml?

I'm planning to use flash image rotator based on xml where are defined paths from all images that will be rotated. What I wanted to do is to use this rotator for random images rotating. Each time page is refreshed new xml file is created (existing one is replaced with new one). Well, I was thinking and came to this: - user A visits page,...

jquery hide a div that contains flash without resetting it

Greetings, I have written a modal using jquery UI and it appears at the front of a flash movie thus the html inside the modal becomes corrupt, I tried to hide the movie right before modal gets triggered and reappears after closing the modal, works well but each .hide() and .show() the flash movie gets resetted while all I want is to hide...

Embed Flash Transparent FLV

Hi, I am trying to embed a flash movie (.flv) into a webpage with a transparent background. Requirements: - Flv runs in transparent mode - I must be able to view html contents below. - Movie does not auto play - Movie is contained in a div and positionend absolutely using CSS - No video controls or overlays, you shouldn't know it's an ...

flash/shockwave audio&video player which lets a user record start and end points

We have a bunch of audio and video assets on our site. Currently we play audio with a little shockwave mp3 player and video (flvs) with flvplayer. I have a requirement to record a 'usage' of a particular resource whereby the user selects a video or sound clip, then sets a start point and an end point in it, to select a ten second snipp...

how to show mysql field data inside flash php+mysql+flash

hello everyone i want to save my data to get copied from others so only option left to me is to show data inside flash i never done something this b4 if anyone guide me that will be great. i want to pass one mysql field inside flash tht contain text. so it wont be get copied. thanks ...

Examples of Native Apps Using Flash as the UI?

I'm considering using Flash as the UI of a native Windows app, for several reasons, but before I dive in and start building, I figured I'd poll the community to find out whether anyone's got any good examples of this particular approach out there today, just to prove the concept satisfactorily. So I guess that's pretty much the question...

Pages with Flash won't load until user clicks the X (stop) button on IE

I am building a flash application using flex. From time to time, I see an issue in IE 7 and 8 where the user logs into the site and the browser content pane is completely grey and the entire page (html, javascript and flash) won't load until the user clicks the X (Stop) button next the address bar. As soon as the X is clicked, the html l...

SSH Through Telnet Connection

Is it possible to connect to an SSH server through a Telnet connection? I am trying to connect to an SSH server from Flash, but there is no OpenSSH implementation available in ActionScript. I can successfully connect to a Telnet server and execute commands. I am not able to make any changes on the machine with the SSH server. The machi...

How to make the browser back button work for a Flash-based Website?

Is it possible to make the flash content go back to some previous frame when the user clicks on the back button in the browser? Similarly, can the the refresh button be used to refresh to the same frame and not go back to the starting frame? ...

How can I get Arial, helvetica and sans-serif working for CSS styled dynamic HTML Textfields in a Flash 9 swf on MacOSX?

How can I get Arial, helvetica and sans-serif working for CSS styled dynamic HTML Textfields in a Flash 9 swf on MacOSX? I'm generating a number of Textfields problematically and I use CSS to style their content. It works just fine when the swf's are viewed in a browser on Windows, but neither in Safari nor Mozilla on MacOSX. I've tri...

Are Socket's events queued in Flash?

I'm trying to implement a binary protocol between a flash application and a Custom Java Server using TCP/IP sockets, the protocol's messages are of variable length, so my idea is to add a field indicating the number of bytes I have to read before parsing a complete message, something like this: bytesToRead = socket.readInteger(); var bf...

Flex SWF assets loaded into Flash SWF at runtime within same ApplicationDomain

I'm trying to load a swf compiled by the Flex SDK into a swf exported by the Flash IDE and instantiate the assets by way of getDefinition(). Normally this works fine with assets exported from the Flash IDE then loaded into another swf also from Flash IDE. This is how I could normally do this using only the Flash IDE: Loader - > Using sa...

How to work with buttons in an extended movieclip class

Say I make a class that extends the movieclip class and this class has a number of buttons in it. This movie clip exists in an .fla and is linked to the class definition. How can I control the events from within the class? The following does not work: class newMovie extends MovieClip { var test_btn:Button; function newMovie() {...

Flash Combo Box... set the text field to selected value?

Hey everyone.. I'm really new to flash. I have a combo box and I am using the 'selectedIndex' property to give it a default value (a value that is at the first(0) index). Setting this property in my ActionScript does select the value in the dropdown but it does not add the selected value to the combo box's text area. How do you do this? ...

applying a ColorTransform stops MovieClip from playing

I have a MovieClip that consists of multiple layers, one of those layers is an animated background Shape. let's call this MyMovieClip with the background shape have the instance name "mcBackground"; I'm adding the MovieClip to the stage from ActionScript by: var myMovieClip = new MyMovieClip(); addChild(myMovieClip); This works fine ...

Implementing Undo/Redo within a TextArea

Hi Im wondering how to implement undo redo functionality with a TextArea. I already have an undoredo framework functionality working, now I have two questions. When do I start/stop a new undo/redo command, eg when a user hits undo, how far back do I go. How do I implement this(1.) in a normal TextArea My thinking: I thinking that ...

Flash/silverlight and multiplayer games

Hello, I wonder if it is possible to build a game with flash/silverlight that has multiplayer (let's say 2 players) features with lots of realtime interactivity between players. Dofus (Ankhama Games) uses flash. In this interview, the developer says : "Pourquoi Dofus est un jeu au tour par tour ? J'aimerais pouvoir dire que c'est ...

coloring product images in flash/flex approach?

Hi, I will redesign a product page that contains products like Vase, Ceramic Plates and more, Customers can customize the colors of the product. Now I need some advice what approach would best fit, I am planning to use Flash/Flex/Actionscript in implementing this; That way I can minimize loading to many jpegs for the product and at the...

flash and jquery menu problem

i am using jquery drop down menu and under the menu i am using flash banner, i am using flash with swfobject_2_2 my code is like this <ul id="jsddm"> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="profile.html">Profile</a></li> <li><a href="#">products</a> <ul><li><a href="1.html">product 1</a></li> <li><a href="2.html">p...