flash

How to enable html content on top of flash content without using the "transparent" wmode parameter or how to optimize framerate when using the "transparent" wmode parameter for a flash object?

I'm developing a Flash application which is communicating with Javascript to allow more features such as custom html input etc., by placing an absolute positioned div on top of the flash application and controlling it's position etc. with Flash & Javascript. Because these html elements have to appear above the flash content, I figured ...

Problems with playing a sound in AS3 from a page that is not in the same directory as the SWF?

Hey Overflow. Long time listener, first time caller. So here's what I've got: I'm trying to create a sound player in Flash/AS3 that will take an external MP3, load it in, and play it with Sound(). Your typical music player, nothing super fancy. The problem is that it works and everything, just fine, throws no errors... until I link it ...

I need a flash effect like this http://www.contempo.org.mo/Online%20magazine/ISSUE21/index.htm

Please refer to http://www.contempo.org.mo/Online%20magazine/ISSUE21/index.htm Is there any open source or other tools can accomplish this ? If I need to develop it by our own, what technology can we use? please give me more details. ...

Where we can get Adobe® Stratus 2 examples on "Swarming", Live Application-Level Multicast, Distributed Data Storage?

When and where will see (ore already can get) Adobe® Stratus 2 examples (with source) on "Swarming", Live Application-Level Multicast, Distributed Data Storage? ...

How Microsoft makes money out of silverlight? How Adobe makes money out of Flash? c#

I am just wondering how companies make money by offering free RIA application development platforms.They invested lot of money & human resources to create & improve those platforms. Of course no commercial company does that for free, there will be some sort of strategy. But How Microsoft makes money out of silverlight? How Adobe makes mo...

XML Loading in flash not working on facebook.

Hi, I have a flash file which calls up a url say http://test.com/createXML/ which is caught and used up by a python/django code and it creates and redirects to an XML. which is loaded by flash, to get values from the database. The setup works fine when outside facebook, but as soon as I put the setup in facebook, it stops loading the X...

IE7: Flash playing in hidden divs :(

Hi all, The scenario is a bunch of divs with flash content inside; clicking on a menu will show / hide these flash-filled divs. Problem is IE7 plays these divs before I "show" them. How can I make sure that IE7 doesn't start the Flash movie until after the div has been "shown"? Much thanks in advance, LNV. ...

want to display flash object in smooth box?

hi i want ot display flash content in smooth box right now it totally disabled tags for flash content,no code at that place instead of flash object code. ...

Flash banner, crossdomain and XML loading

Hi, I want to create flash banner with XML content, and host it on my site with crossdomain.xml, and then share banner code with other sites for banner exchange. So, everything is on my server. Will loading banner, on other sites, load XML from my server, if both banner and XML resides on the same server, but banner is loaded on the o...

Best way of generating revenue from a flex application?

Hi all, I'm currently in the planning stages of an app which I'm leaning towards Flex to build. I've looked at the market for the software, and am fairly convinced that in its niche, it should do well (potentially large market, and nothing really of note that compares with what I have planned). rWhat I'd like to know, as this would ...

Cross domain requests: Javascript vs Flash

As you might know, browser's security model does not allow a script loaded in a page from http://www.example.com to make cross-domain requests (no AJAX calls to any other domain other than www.example.com). The Javascript file itself could have been served from a different domain altogether (www.javascript.com/myscript.js) and that is ir...

Multiple file upload (even folder)

I'm looking for an easy to use (free) "module" that can upload multiple files / folders. It must: Support image files be user-friendly be customizable It may be written in: RoR (Ruby On Rails) Java Flash Thanks in advance. ...

Flash - Using a mask that is bigger than the 'maskee' layer

Hi, I am seeing some weird behavior from flash. I created a test symbol ('SquareMask') of a square with a mask layer above it. The mask layer exceeds its size like so: (green: object, yellow: mask) next object: Duplicate as the previous one, deleted the mask layer. After that I dragged both symbols into the main scene, Now inside ...

Flash browser app ActionScript: how to extract a subset of objects from a sorted array *efficiently*?

I have a browser-deployed Flash app (not an AIR app with access to SQLConnection) and it fetches JSON results from a remote server via HTTPService. I need to extract subsets from the returned resultset, an array of objects, efficiently. Mutltiple calls through the cloud to the back-end won't do. It all has to happen client-side. Is t...

Is there a way to get the file path of a live preview in cs4?

I have a component that is supposed to load in an xml file and display it. I have that working however now I need the live preview to work as well. Is it possible to load a file into the livepreview? It seems the breakdown is that the live preview can not see it's file location, so it can not path to the files to load. Thanks! ...

Facebook Policy File error

By now, I'm really sick and tired of facebook's crossdomain.xml , finally got it working for loading pictures from the server. Now I need to load variables from my app using flash. I'm getting this error. Error: [strict] Ignoring policy file at http://apps.facebook.com/crossdomain.xml due to incorrect syntax. See http://www.adobe.com...

as3, flash fl tween transitions freezing

Hey, I have a bunch of different tweens going on in different movie clips but it seems that sometimes the tweens will freeze halfway through during my transitions. This guy is having the same problem and his question was answered but I'm not too sure exactly what they meant when they told him what to do: http://www.actionscript.org/for...

XML links not working inside Flash

Hello, I have an XML which should display a simple link inside of my Flash site: <U><a href='http://dat.erobertparker.com/WAStore/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=1&amp;cat=Books'&gt;Purchase Here</a></U> I am leaving the link as it may be relevant; it is not a simple path i.e. www.google.com. Anyway, you can check the problem by going to h...

Anyone run into this bug? RTMP streaming videos ending 3-4 secs too early?

I've created a player for a client in the past using their LimeLight server to stream videos and not had an issue before, however for a new client using different LimeLight server, the videos seem to be ending 3-4 secs too early. My traces on 3 vastly different videos I tested: metadata duration = 32 // 32 secs long, ends at 27 ...

Get list of running processes, get active process (and it's application) Flex/AIR

Hello, just a quickie (or maybe not:] ): Is it possible to get somehow list of running applications/processes and, while running in background, check which process is active? Additionally - if somehow, the answer was yes, is it possible to react for change of active window / application react just as if it was Event, or bind to it cust...