flash

How do I set the "format" used for drag'n'drop on a list control?

I'm dragging from a TileList to a custom component. I want to know what is being dragged before I accept it. How do I set the "format" that is used for "event.dragSource.formats" in the DragEvent? Edit for clarification: When you set "dragEnabled=true" on the TileList, it takes care of the drag source stuff, but it uses "items" as the f...

Flash and MS Communicator

Hi, Is there a flash or Microsoft control that allows me to show MS Communicator presence within the Flash. We are using Flash CS4 using Flash Professional. Thanks. ...

Communicating to Flash via Jquery on a Smarty site (doesn't work) need help

I'm trying to start my animation from an html button via jquery, but it just refuses to work. I'm using the following jquery flash plugin: http://jquery.lukelutman.com/plugins/flash/ I've made the same function work on a non-Smarty site, so I'm thinking it has to do with that or something having to do with the all the extra markup on t...

Is there a self contained library for serializing PHP data to AMF?

My team has been asked to offer AMF output from our web service to decrease the time spent parsing XML or JSON for Flash modules on the front end. As we have an existing application architecture that we must continue to support in terms of request structure etc, I am not interested in using one of the preexisting AMF RPC frameworks (eg:...

Flash Remoting and Java

I want to use Flash Remoting in my Flash app that is backed by a Java server. I'm interested in what my options are for using Flash Remoting with Java. I know about BlazeDS but it seems to be fully geared towards Flex, not Flash (AS3). I'd like to make simple AMF calls, as like in the old days. If I can I use BlazeDS for this and if yes...

Get decoded frames in Flash (FLVplayback)

Hi, I want to know if it is possible to get the decoded frames from FLVPlayback, or if it is known another alternative to access the decoded frames from a flash player. What I want to do is to manipulate the decoded frames before they get rendered on screen. The video source could be an RTMP stream or a FLV (F4V) file. Any hint is welc...

resize flash div to full browser height and width ?

Hi Folks i have a page with swf flash flash with width 300x250 <div id="flashswf"> ...some flash </div> <div id="maxme">full screen</div> i have a link called full screen and i need to maximize the flashswf div to fit the current browser maximum height and width is this possible using jquery ? any ideas plz ...

Chart controls for ASP.NET

I am looking people's opinion and experience on using chart controls within an ASP.NET application (web forms or MVC) primarily but also in any kind of project. I am currently doing my research and I have a pretty big list of controls to evaluate. My list includes (in no particular order): ASP.NET controls: DevExpress XtraCharts (htt...

URL in URL for flashplayer

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flashapplication.swf?plan=plans/images/OBJECT_<%=iID %>_swffile.swf&data=./cgi-bin/dynamicXML.ashx&nextargument=nextvalue" /> <param name="parameter1" value="NULL" /> <param name="parameter2" value="NULL" /> </object> Now i should pass a parameter in cgi-bin/dynamicXML.ashx a parameter...

clicktag will mangle a long query string - how to work around it?

For example: http://www.mywebsite.com/redirect?data1=100&amp;data2=200&amp;data3=300"> Flash interprets the clicktag URL as: "http://www.mywebsite.com/redirect?data1=100" How do you work around this? Thanks. ...

Overwritten variable, thumbnail scroll panel

I'm building a website with several menu options. I use thumbnail panel scroll examples and modified it to achieve what I want to do. Loading dynamically each photography items. Ex: Book 1 ==> Loading 5 images Book 2 ==> Loading 2 images ... As matter of fact, when clicking Book 1 the total width is larger than Book 2. The pro...

actionscript project compiled as swf. how can i load it with flex and use the functions it provides ?

Hi. I have an ActionScript project with several classes that i compiled as an swf using Adobe Flex (by creating an actionscript project and clicking on export -> release build) Is there a way to load that swf so i'll be able to load it's classes and use them on a different swf ? i know i can use the following code to load an swf file...

Find end of FlashPlayer video using JS

Hey, I have a Flash player that I created with Moyea PlayerBox and I am trying to figure out how to find out when the video is done playing. I want to create a playlist kind of like ESPN does where you can do a check box for continuous play and if it is checked I want it to keep playing if not I want the user to be able to decide where ...

Using standard OS dialog to browse for files and directories in Action Script 3.0

Hello, I know very little about Flash so I apologize in advance for asking what is possibly a dumb question, although I did a fair bit of research before posting. Our current Flash app, written in AS3.0, is able to display a standard OS browse dialog for the purpose of allowing a user to select files. We are using http://livedocs.adobe...

cakephp requestHandler check for swf/flash

Is there a way to check if a cakePHP action is being called from an swf/flash movie like there is for Ajax using the requestHandler? ...

Possible to request gsessionid without a 302 response.

I'm writing a google gdata API client in Flash/AS2 (sadly, moving to AS3 is not an option at this time). Logging in via ClientLogin works fine but subquent requests will return a 302 redirect that includes a gsessionid I am supposed to include with future requests to avoid the 302s. Flash/AS2, AFAIK, does not allow me to actually que...

Order of items in objects in ActionScript

Try to compile: var object:Object = {}; object.one = "foo"; object.two = "foo"; object.three = "foo"; object.four = "foo"; for(var key:String in object) { trace(key); } ... you will get: one four two three Why the messed up order? ...

Flex: MX + Sparks vs. MX-only components

I'm playing with the video components of Flex. When starting a new project, I was able to choose between (MX only) and (MX + Sparks). When I set the project to (MX + Sparks), the only video component I find is called s:VideoPlayer and it comes skinned. When I start the project as (MX only), the only video component I find is mx:VideoDisp...

Flex: fx:Script vs. fx:Declarations

What is the difference between <fx:Script> and <fx:Declarations>? Do I need both, or is one the new replacement of the other? ...

Too early to move to Flex SDK 4?

I'm beginning to learn flex, and it seems that now is right around the time when the sdk is moving from v3 to v4. I'm noticing that there's not much support or tutorials for the v4 sdk, or maybe it's just me. Is it too early to use the v4 sdk? have most people not caught up with it yet? ...