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Encrypt parameters passed to a swf

Hi, does anyone know how to encrypt the parameters that are passed to a flash movie? The case is, that the user should not be able to read the parameters in the source code in plaintext. And of course, I have to able to decrypt the parameter in actionscript 3 ;-) thx, tux ...

Flash CS4 AS3 Security Sandbox Violation

Hi, I have build my entire website with flash and embedded several swf objects (slideshows) into it. everything always worked fine when I published it as swf movie. but now that I want to upload my website an error message occurs saying: Error #2044: Unhandled SecurityErrorEvent:. text=Error #2140: Security sandbox violation: file:///m...

Stop all sounds permanently in AS3

Hi, I have a main swf which has sound on/off buttons. It has many SWF's which are loaded into different placeholders at different time. All of them have different sounds in them. In addition to that there is a music loop going on in the background. Now, this perticular swf lets call it Father will be placed in some swf later on. What I...

Flash Builder keeps losing my imported classes...arghh

I've been having this really annoying thing happen the past few days, that has happened before but not as frequently. I create a project in Flash Builder, import some classes, and then on occasion it keeps erasing those classes. So then I get errors in a lot of my datatypes, have to go back through my document and retype the datatype so ...

Loop through children and display each, as3

How do I loop through all of my children, and display each? I would like to know the best way to do this. my children and containerfive children, one plays every sec, 1,2,3, etc. var square1:Square1 = new Square1; var square2:Square2 = new Square2; var square3:Square3 = new Square3; var square4:Square4 = new Square4; var square5:S...

How to detect in a Flex app if a camera is already in use by another application?

I am making an application that plays the video stream from the user's local system (both Windows and Mac). I use the Camera.getCamera() method and in turn Camera.names to get a list of camera attached with the system. Unfortunately, if the camera is already in use by another application, say a desktop application on user's system, the...

Finding the closest object in proxmity to the mouse Coordinates

Hey there, i've been working on a problem for a while now, which involves targeting the closest movieClip in relation to the x y coords of the mouse, I've attached a nice little acompanying graphic. Each mc added to the stage has it's own sub-class (HotSpots) which uses Pythag to measure distance from mouse. At this stage i can determi...

disable radio button group in flash

hey all, im trying to disable a radio button group in flash, so users cant change the selected item. im using the following code to create the radio button var rbuttongroup:RadioButtonGroup=new RadioButtonGroup("radioGroup"); then adding radio buttons to it on the fly, my question is how do i go about disabling the radio buttons ? ...

How to suppress Flash migration warnings (1090)

In Flash Professional CS4, I get "migration issue" warnings when I use mouse/keyboard input handler names such as onMouseDown, onKeyUp, etc., even though I have added event listeners for them. These names are perfectly legal for functions, but since these were automatically fired in ActionScript 2.0, we are now (albeit sensibly) warned t...

Can I make online multiplayer games using flash?

I want to make a simple game so that I can play against my friends at school. The school uses macs. Also if you can't make online games with flash what can I use. Also can they be 3-d if I eventually get good at making games? ...

How does Flash store integers internally? Why does it seem like all values are multiplied by 8 when viewing flash memory values?

I've been messing with reverse engineering and flash games. All tutorials that show how to memory edit flash games state that when searching for a target value, you must multiply it by 8. Here is a video example. So, if you have 350 coins in some game, and you want to use a program such as Ollydbg or CheatEngine to find that value, yo...

Uploadify (flash file upload) & Integrated Windows Authentication

Hi guys I'm running into an issue with Uploadify and I hope someone can help. I have put Uploadify into my app and all works fine in dev (using the VS web server). All worked fine and checked until I deployed the app into my test environment which uses Integrated Windows Authentication. When I actually go to upload the file, the brows...

Legal to decompile an SWF licensed under Apache 2.0

Is it legal to decompile an SWF that is licensed under Apache 2.0 with no additional terms? I'm also planning on modifying and using for commercial purposes. My understanding is that Apache License 2.0 allows for modification of source and object, but I'm not sure if I can convert from object to source. Thanks. ...

How does Nike's website do this Flash effect when the user selects a choice.

I was wondering how does Nike website make the change you can see when selecting a color or a sole. At first I thought they were only using images and when the user picked a color you just replaced that part, but when I selected a different sole I noticed it didn't changed like an image it looked a bit more as if it was being rendered. D...

Settings for RTMP and AS 3.0

Hi, Is there any extra code need for using rtmp with AS3. I have the code like this. Is that enough for rtmp or any other code needed? var strSource:String = "rtmp://myserver.com/file.flv"; var ncConnection = new NetConnection(); var nsStream = new NetStream(ncConnection); nsStream.play(strSource); ...

Is it possible to resize a SpriteAsset without adding it to the display list?

Hi guys, I have an embedded image asset (with a scale9 grid), and I'm trying to get the bitmapdata when it's resized, but I can't seem to do this without adding it to the display list. I try this: spriteAsset.setActualSize(w,h); spriteAsset.width = w; bmd.draw(spriteAsset); But when I then draw out the bitmapdata with graphics.begin...

How to draw a triangle in a math graph?

How to draw a triangle in a math graph which displays X and Y axis. ...

Choosing random action, Flash AS3

I have 2 actions in a Flash file that I would like to test for conversion. One is opening a link in a tab/window, the other loading the content in a Colorbox iframe over the page. How do I randomly choose one of the following actions? I currently listen for a click on a button: clickJoin.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,toJoin); My...

Disable browser scrolling with the middle mouse scroll button

I have a flash element on my page that you interact with by using the middle mouse scroll wheel. The page is long. So when scrolling with the mouse wheel it interacts with the Flash element AND scrolls the browser window. Is there a way to disable browser scrolling while the Flash element is active? ...

Label along the line in Flex LineChart

I'd like to put a label to each LineSeries on my Flex LineChart so it will be shown next to the line (along it). Any relatively easy way to archieve that? ...