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Flash TextField HTML - How do I prevent the error dialogue for missing images? (Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found.)

I'm using a Flash TextField control to display some HTML content inside a Flash presentation to be shown on a large touch-screen kiosk. Unfortunately, if any image tag in the displayed HTML content points to a non-existent image, a dialogue is shown with the error message Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not ...

From AS2 to AS3 loading external images

I'm converting some Actionscript code from AS2 tp AS3, and I've eventually managed to get most of it to work again (it's allmost a totally different language, sharing just a little syntax similarity). One of the last things that still doesn't work, is the code for loading an external image. Perhaps this has changed in AS3 but I really t...

Open .fla file without using Flash Authoring tool

I have a .fla file with some text that I want to get at. Is there a free app than you can use to open .fla files, or just a tool to dump strings and pics? ...

How can I record audio using Action script then upload it to server?

First is there any technique for using Action Script for recording sound from microphone? If yes. How? Then one he record I'll upload it to server. ...

W3C Involvement In Flash & Silverlight

It seems to me that the key USP of Flash/Silverlight is the ability to provide access (albeit indirectly) to the graphics subsystem of the client, enabling video, smooth transitions and "fancy" visual effects. This sounds like a good idea, and a natural evolution/extension of HTML. But surely it would be better if someone like the W3C c...

What is the best (most productive) FLEX IDE?

Some requirements: Step-by-step debugging & Break Points View variable values while debugging I'm not concerned about cost (Ok, over $1K gets a little pricey looking :-) ...

What are the Pros/Cons of FlexBuilder vs. Flash Develop (.org) ?

I want to play around a bit with FLASH for app development. I'm looking for a good IDE for that. Someone suggested Flash Develop. ...

Serving contextual based ads on sites built entirely in Flash?

What's the status of adsense (or equivalent) being able to serve contextual based ads on sites built entirely in Flash? ...

MouseWheel not working when published movie has wmode="transparent"?

I'm experiencing a bug with a published flash movie. When I embed the movie in an HTML page (with SWFObject 2.1), and assing it the wmode param value of 'transparent', all my functions based on the MouseWheel event stop working. The movie is based on AS2. Anyone familiar with this bug? ...

How can I speed up the compile / publish time of Flash IDE projects

I'm sick of waiting hours for Flash to publish. .NET / VisualStudio projects are WAAAAY faster - is that only compiling the classes that have changed? Update: Does the Flash IDE re-encode all your sounds and images every time you publish? Can't it cache them somewhere? ...

Air application created with Flex - How do I create a fly-out window to the left/right

I have an Air application with a main window. I would like to have a new window fly out from the side of the main window when the user clicks on a button in the main window. The window that appears needs to display information based on value passed from the main form. How can I achieve this with Flex Builder 3? Target platform: any vers...

Flash Media Server/PHP Application

I need help finding resources that would help me or at least point me in the right direction in building a Flash media server/PHP application. I basically want to improve my current application by instead of progressive download using flash media server so that the videos will not only stream well but they can't be downloaded by the end ...

ASP.NET friendly image editor

I'm looking for an image editor that I can embed easily into an ASP.NET website. I need to be able to draw rectangles, lines and add some text. Additionally, images must not be uploaded to third-party servers. I've checked sites of the main ISVs that develop .NET controls but none of them provides a standalone image editor that offers a...

How to create a Flash 9/ActionScript 3.0 wizard dialog

I need to create a wizard for a Flash 9/ActionScript 3.0 application. The wizard would be a set of dialogs/windows for each step and the buttons "back/next/cancel" for navigation through the wizard. Within the Adobe CS3 authoring environment there does not seem to be a straightforward way to create a set of dialogs or windows that would...

Dynamically updated graphs on a web page - howto?

Hi all, I need to understand a good way to design a web page with dynamically updated graphs. It should be something close to what stock market graphs look like (e.g. Google Finance), although with a bit more complicated functionality, which is not the point. Naturally I am thinking of writing an ajaxy-style flash control, which would c...

Best way to embed flash in html

It exists too many method for embedding flash in html, which way is the best? Requirements are: Cross-browser support Support for alternative content (if flash is not supported by the browser) Possibility to require a specific version of the flash player I have been reading about SWFobject, anyone used/tested? ...

What's the most bullet-proof way to upload large files in a web app?

We have to accept large file uploads (video content) and want to do that in a way that works well across all standards-compliant browsers and plug-ins. Our current setup looks like this: SWFUpload input type="file" for graceful degradation On the server-side, we have nginx and the upload module streaming the uploaded files into the s...

Actionscript 3 REPL

Is there a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) available anywhere for Actionscript 3? I could not find anything on google, but it would really come in handy. ...

Serious problem with the speed of full screen textField animation

I can't find any proper way to make a long textField move fluently horizontally across the screen in full screen mode. I tried many ways but it always gets stuck from time to time for a few milliseconds and ruins the whole experience. Please, if someone can help me to find a way to best animate a large dynamic string on full screen, I wo...

Sound disappearing in Flash 9 on non-IE browsers

I'm working on a site (http://easy2speak.com) with about 10 flash SWFs on each page. Each of the SWFs are playing back a sound when clicked. Loading the sound, and playing it without any latency works fine, but in Flash player version 9 on all major browsers except IE, the sound suddenly drops out. It usually works for the first 10-20 cl...