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ActionScript 3 Profiler & Memory Analysis Tool

Hi guys, I'm using Adobe Flash CS 4 and would like to know are there any profiler or memory analysis tools available for it ? (actionscript 3). I know there are available tools for Flex, but are there for Flash CS 4 instead? Thanks. ...

Display Video Analytics Results into a web application

Hi all, I need to display tracking results (blobs, rectangles, trajectories) into a web application, so I was thinking about Adobe Flash. Can someone suggest a solution to draw rectangles, shapes, lines, over a live flash video? Shapes position can be embedded directly into the flash video stream by the server side streaming server (Wowz...

TextField Antialiasing in Flash CS3 / FP10 causing text to flicker and "bloom"?

Hi, I have run into a small graphics glitch in Flash. It seems to be both in FP9 - Exported via Flash CS3, and FP10 - Exported via the Flex 4 beta SDK. The glitch / problem manifests itself as embedded text at a small point size "blooming" under certian conditions. It basically looks like the antialiasing becomes fatter at some level...

How to play multiple sounds in AS2 or AS3 with a custom delay?

I need to realize a multiple-track player. The user can upload multiple tracks and mix (play them together). My problem is to allow the user to define an exact start position of each track to allow a synchronization between them, something like this: Track 1: start at [x] sec. Track 2: start at [y] sec. play/stop where the user can s...

Problem with .htaccess and Flash files

Hi, We have a website that we wish to have a "www." version of only, and have non-www. requests re-direct to it's 'www.'-prefixed counterpart. For example, http://example.com re-directs to http://www.example.com etc. This is achieved with the following .htaccess rule: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http:/...

Loading a Flash movie from a memory stream or a byte array

Hi, I want to load an SWF object from a Memory Stream or a byte array instead of a file on disk. AxShockwaveFlash class provides methods and properties to load an SWF providing its path to disk as a string but I haven't seen another way of doing it. There is an InlineData property but generally the class is undocumented and I don't kno...

Going from Flash 8 to CS3

After many years of using Flash 8, I'm moving to CS3 at work. I know I'll have to learn AS 3.0 so, does anyone have any good references or summaries of the major/most noticeable changes? Also, are there any tips/tricks for the flash environment? After spending a few minutes in CS3, I noticed that you can't directly attach actionscript...

SWF reading/rendering (outside of Flash Player)?

I would like to use SWF files as source video data within a tool chain I am developing. The problem is, I can't seem to find a consistent way to convert them, and I'm concerned about the loss of quality that the conversion will introduce. I actually even have Flash CS3, but the export process to anything other than swf is flaky at best....

URL Redirects for SEO (in Flash)?

I am creating a flash site and am trying to make it SEO. I'm thinking a possible solution would be to render html to any search engine bot, or to anyone who needs accessibility, and rendering the flash site for the rest of the users. First question is, is this acceptable for google, and SEO in general? This would mean I would redirect...

Legitimate URL Cloaking for SEO?

Hey there, I have just asked these two questions, one on flash seo url best practices and one on url redirects for seo in flash, and it got me to read more about cloaking and sneaky javascript redirects. In that cloaking and sneaky javascript redirects article, it says: "Provide the textual contents of JavaScript in a noscript tag....

Bone Tool plug-in for painless pure Actionscript animation

Some issues with the Flash Bone Tool are described very well in this YouTube tutorial video (as well as his claim that there is an Actionscript solution). If you don't want to watch the entire 10 minute video, then at least watch the important part from 1:39 to 3:05. In essence, one of the main issues with the current Flash Bone Tool i...

how can i show word doc or pdf in flash paper?

Hello I am new in Flash related application. i need to convert word or html file to PDF and show that pdf file as flashpaper [the PDF file should not be editable and downloadable]. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance ...

Using loops, arrays and IEventDispatcher with URLRequest.

So basically I have this map. On this map I have points, and when you click on these points it goes to a URL. The code setup is as follows: Arrays to define the movieclip locations and another for the urls (this one is an associative array). I then create a function loop to make an event listener for each point. When the point is clic...

get flv length before uploading to server.

I'm using the FileReference class to upload flvs to a server. Is it possible to check the flv length not size before allowing an upload? ...

Flash as3 mask size

Senario I have a movieclip ('myMask') which has 3 layers inside: 1. Mask shape (face silhouette) 2. picture (of person) 3. square shape with alpha 0% (this is slightly bigger than mask shape) 1 is in the center of 3 1 is masking 2 The picture is much bigger than 2 and 3 and is at a rotated angle + positioned off center. Problem I need...

Flash CS4 embedded font style issue

Hi der! I'm using some fonts embedded in SWF in a program I'm developing. I need to use some specific font style like '37 Thin Condensed' and '26 Ultra Light Italic' etc... how can I specify these style when using fonts? I want to set style using AS3 code... ...

Which is the best development tool for CBT (computer based training) / LMS (learning management system)

The CBT involves user interaction, like quizes, quiz progress, licensing etc. Should I go with flex, or should I go with flash? ...

Flash, JSON and special chars, how read òàùèéì on flash with JSON?

Hello, I've a problem loading a JSON with flash class com.adobe.serialization.json.JSONIt works fine with everything except I haven't found a way to load special chars, so if i have { "json_text":"Hello, goodbye! I work fine!" } but If i need a special char like àùòèéì it won't work, I've tryied with { "json_text":"òàùèéì I r...

What is the recommended scripting language for talking between Flash and facebook API?

Currently I have a flash based application (game) which I need to put on facebook, the users could save their scores and resume their game. For the task I was wondering which scripting language would be appropriate. And are there any API's available which could help me in the process. Or does one has to make all of it from scratch. ...

Does clipRect parameter of the BitmapData.draw method really clips the source?

The documentation says that clipRect parameter of the BitmapData.draw method sets clipping for the source. Reading this I wrote an AnimatedObject class for my potential flash game. This class draws a frame from a .png animation strip, and doesn't work with Flash scene hierarchy. var frame : Number; public function onDraw(backBuffer : ...