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Daisy chain movies together in Flash AS3

This is a 2 part question, I apologize. I know other developers must have workarounds for the 16,000 frame limit. How do I daisy chain movies together in Flash AS3? A. What is the best way to daisy chain movies together in Flash AS3. B. Can I treat it as an extended timeline beyond 16,000 frames Not by conventional thinking "Flashes ...

Uploading multiple files simultaneously with Flex

I have been working on a flex uploader, where the user can select multiple files. It works fine when the files are uploaded in a queue (one at a time), however as soon as I try to have it upload 2 files at once I run into issues. It seems that files will often lock up, and either stay at 1% until every other file is uploaded, or just n...

How to create a Flex Display component in Flash?

I have used Flash to make skins, which I import and apply to Flex components. But how can I create a component in Flash, with properties and methods. And make it able to be added to the displayList in a Flex app? I installed the Flex component kit for flash. Created my component in flash (it extends MovieClip). Did Command->Convert to ...

Log4j error when using unionserver for flash

Hey guys. I am getting the following output when i start my java union server - its a jar and i dont have access to the source code but i think this issue is a log4j properties file error as it works on windows, and not on linux. The error is: log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (net.user1.union.core.H). log4j:WARN Pleas...

Downsides to Hiding Flash under Overlaying DIVs

Does anyone know of any harm in hiding flash elements that collide with an overlaying DIV? By hiding I mean setting the css visibility to hidden. I understand that it requires a DOM traversal to look for objects and embeds which causes some overhead, but are there any other reasons why people don't do this? This is for sites that don't...

illegible font in error messages of Flash Debug Player??

Having a strange issue with the font in the DebugPlayer error messages. For some reason the error messages are in a decorative and illegible font. I have no idea how to change this. I'm in latest OSX, with the latest version of the FP10 debug player installed. ...

how to kill a setTimeout() function

I use the setTimeout() function through my application but when its time to garbage collect. the method still runs and calls on a function. How do I stop it from calling on a certain function. I tried setting it to null but it doesnt work ...

Error: Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default timeout period of 15 seconds.

I got this error and I am not sure what it's about. The last thing I remember doing is adding a clearInterval() method to clear some setTimeOut() intervals varibles. besides that I am not sure what it could be. Not asking for a solution. But if anyone know's any possibilities of what it could trigger that error, maybe that might help me ...

Default variables with multiple developers.

This may be a weird question, but I'm wondering if there's any way to efficiently (perhaps using namespaces?) have different default variables in a class per developer in an actionscript project. I ask because we're currently working on a series of Flash games: 24 in total. Each is loaded by a shell container. The shell receives a flash ...

Hidden youtube player loses its methods

I'm controlling a embedded youtube chromeless player with javascript, and I want to hide it occasionally by setting display: none. However, when I show the player again, it loses its youtube methods. For example: <script> swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/apiplayer?enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=player", "player", "425", ...

How to load specific flash while switching different lang in ASP.NET web application ?

Hi I've built a multilingual ASP.NET web app and no problem . I'm trying to put a flash header for this website so I've made couple flash in different language ( because they are different not just in language , they have tiny different because of different cultures ) . But my problem is i don't know how to load specific flash while ...

FBJS-BRIDGE , Stopped working since yesterday?

Hi, I have a facebook app, which works with fbjs/flash/python. From yesterday I have been getting the following security error. *** Security Sandbox Violation *** SecurityDomain 'http://apps.facebook.com/feline-frenzy/bridgetest/' tried to access incompatible context 'http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z71HX/hash/4h1ls3l8.swf' While...

Acoustic Echo Cancellation in Flash/Flex using native libraries

Hello, I have to implement AEC in Flex video conferencing application. I know that it can not be done directly in Flash. I'm thinking to write a native application or library that will do AEC outside Flex. As far I know Adobe Connect Pro is using some external library that do AEC. I'd like to follow this direction and do something simi...

Loading File in Flex without AIR?

i am using flexbuilder 3 now i need to load xml file from disk using flex without AIR i imported flash.filesystem.File but error occured. but AIR project,flash.filesystem.File was successfully imported. Cant i use flash.filesystem.File from flex without using AIR??? ...

Fullscreen background image with Flex

I want to load an image into the background of my Flex app. However, I am wondering about a few things, and have a few contraints. I want it to be much like the way it's done with CSS. See this example of fullscreen background images with CSS. It is very important that there is no white-space (background colour) showing behind the imag...

Flash , PHP CMS

Hi , Does any one know of an article's on the element's / structure needed to create a flash , php , MySQL cms ? I failed to mention flash would be the GUI for the CMS ...

How should I create cookie through flex/coldfusion that is readable by another template?

Inside a flex app, I have a user login. The login calls a ColdFusion function as a remote object which authenticates the user and, if applicable, returns their id and access level. This works fine, but now I'm at the point where I want to also create a cookie for another ColdFusion template (called from fileReference.upload()) to be able...

AC3 Errors 1119 1120 on my button scripting?

I'm am super new at this, and this is my first time ever using Adobe. I get the "joy" of doing a project in my school using The CS4 Suite. I was playing around and using this book to help me get a button to start an action. I have tried many different codings, but this one gets me the least amount of errors. This is what I have so far: ...

Why am I getting the "Duplicate variable definition" error here?

It think Flash is telling me that my array tabData is getting duplicated, but I only set it up once in the var section of my code: This is the line with the error: for (var i in tabData) { TabMenu class private var tabData:Array = []; // <- tabData created here public function drawTabMenu(w, h, color, videoHDiff, ypos):void {...

Flash JSFL ExternalInterface issue

I can’t get a call from JSFL to a SWFPanel to work via the ExternalInterface API. I am following the instructions here as follows: In the SWF Panel, in scene 1 action 1, I register a callback function with ExternalInterface: ExternalInterface.addCallback("appendTrace", this, appendTrace); function appendTrace(traceString:String):Voi...