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Is is possible to show a custom right-click menu in Flash

Just wondering if it is possible to show a movie clip based menu inside a Flash movie when the user "right-clicks" an item (a button or movie clip for example). ...

Handling window onclose function from flash

Hi, I have a html popup containing one flash file. Onclose of the popup I need to write some values into the socket. How can I handle the onclose event from flash ? Thanks Binoy ...

What is faster Flash or Silverlight?

What is faster Flash or Silverlight? So I mean there is working Flash quake and Silverlight quake (not totally working yet) So what is faster after all? Or Are they all same speed? really need to know to get an idea on what it’s better to start my cool programming project. ...

Can I force actionscript code to be executed lineary?

Let's say I have some code like this in AS3 for(...) thing = new Thing(...) The constructor for Thing is going to cause a swf to be rendered onto some movieclip. If the loop is run 10 times or so, most of the time I will only end up with a subset of Things showing up on the clip. I'm guessing this is a problem that flash is having ...

Reset FLVPlayback component for playback with same source

I'm using the same FLVPlayback component to play many page transition videos throughout a large flash site I'm building. On each transition, I'm setting the component's source using myFLVPlayback.source and listening for the fl.video.VideoEvent.READY event before proceeding with each page transition. This works fine as long as the tran...

Test Webcam via Flash

I am looking for a "test your webcam" flash movie like this one that is free and OK to use in a closed environment. I need the camera testing only, no server side processing of the video stream. It is thought as a small online tool for a client. Is this possible? Does anybody know a freely usable solution? ...

how to connect from Flash Media Server 3.5 to Zend_Amf

Hi. i want to be able to connect from flash media server 3.5 to Zend_Amf (latest ZendFramework version). i tried doing the following: function amfresponder ( ) { this.onResult = function (result) { trace("Success: " + String(result)); }; this.onStatus = function (fault) { trace("Error: "+ fault.description); }; }; application....

Binary search, from java to Actionscript

Hi I am trying to convert the following java binary search routine to as3. I assume that 'compareTo' is a built in java method and that '>>>' s a type of bitwise operation. Can anyone familiar with both actionscript 3 and Java help with this? package binary; public class Finder { public static int find( String[ ] keys, String targe...

ordering of EnterFrame events

If I have added Event.ENTER_FRAME listeners to different components, how can I set or know the ordering of when these events will be fired on each enterFrame? Instead of adding enterFrame listeners to individual elements, is it better practice to have one element which listens for enterFrame events, and has an array of elements needin...

Flash not connecting via open-socket, security issue

[EDITED] This issue was originally described as my having trouble with Perl's Socket, but I have moved on now to where this is clearly a Flash security thing. However, I'm still stuck. I have a flash client that attempts to connect to an open socket on the same host as the one on which it lives. I am able to connect successfully from i...

Extending BitMap class. will addChild() accept subClasses ??

I want to create a class that is interactive and can hold an image. I want it to be lighter then the Sprite class, so I was thinking about extending the bitMap class. If I extend the BitMap class. put a bitMap data in that class and at it to the stage. would it appear ??? ...

BitMap Eventlistener not working

I am trying to add an event listener to my BitMap. Tile extends gameProps, which extends BitMap. I try using addEventListener. That doesnt work. but the Adobe docs say that Bitmap has an addEventListener object. package { import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.events.*; import flash.events.Mou...

click doesn't fire when WMODE=TRANSPARENT in SWFUpload button

I have a Flash-based SWFUpload upload button in a HTML page. I am trying to style that button. SWFUpload provides a Javascript setup interface to the Flash button's settings. I don't have Flash myself, so I have to work with the pre-compiled SWF file. ..... button_width: "100", button_height: "20", button_placeholder_id: "...

Flash AS3 Game - high score with graphics not with text

Hello, is it possible to use graphics (the numbers 0-9 in one png-file) instead of a Textfield to show the high score of a game to the player? With a TextField it is easy to "refresh" the score but what can I do, if I want to use my png-files for the score? Is there a simple way to do this? How are other flash game designer do it? My cu...

debugging flash authored content with the flex debugger

I am working with a project that is developed in the flash environment, but I love the flex/eclipse debugger in that i can throw a breakpoint in and inspect the vars that are present. Is there a way that I can debug flash in the flex environment? I have (of course) googled the subject and found that there are several posts on the topic ...

Giving a Flex application the focus in browser to capture keystrokes

I've written a little video game in Flex that runs in a browser. The player moves by pushing the arrow buttons on the keyboard, so I need to capture those keystrokes. In fact, the game action starts when the player presses one of those keys. In order to capture the keystrokes, the Flash/Flex application, not just the browser, needs to...

Inverse kinematics in Flash 9 using only CS3

I was reading about the "bones" tool in Flash CS4, and the IK library that comes with it, but I don't have access to CS4...so I'm wondering if there is a smilar tool and library for CS3 users, who may want to create these effects with Actionscript. ...

How do I dispatch custom events from a created class?

I have an <mx:Application> which contains a <mx:Module>. This module has several child modules. It also has some an instance of a class I have created. I am trying to have a method of this class dispatch an event that can be "heard" by the module and handled. This isn't happening. Any ideas? To be more clear, I am using 'dispatchEvent...

my firsApp "HelloWorld" connect was rejected.

FLash cs4 output: Connecting... Error #2044: unhandled NetStatusEvent:。 level=error, code=NetConnection.Connect.Rejected at HelloWorld/connectHandler() Server log: Sat 01:54:17 PM: Core (4072) connection to admin accepted. ----------------connect again---------------------------- Sat 02:09:31 PM: Core (1196) connection to admin acc...

How can I send typed object from FMS to client.

I have following object in the FMS User = function(userName,userId) { this.userName = userName; this.userId = userId; } I need to send the list of user to the client swf. Once I initialized the User object collection to an array, array element is undefined when I read it from the client. However I can’t send the generic object too...