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How to do the auto update of Flash player version through actionscript 3

package { import flash.system.Capabilities; import flash.display.MovieClip; public class VersionCheck extends MovieClip{ public function VersionCheck():void { var versionNumber:String=Capabilities.version; trace("versionNumber: "+versionNumber); trace("-----"); // The ...

Flash Bitmap Vs MovieClip

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages over the Bitmap and MovieClip in Flash. Give me your thoughts. Thank you ...

moving object when mouse move in as3

Hi, i made a flash application but my problem is as follow i have a movie clip and i want to show it when user mouse over to any image of background and also i want same clip follow the mouse cursor.how to do so. Thank you ...

flvplayer.swf player to play the video?

Hi, I am using flvplayer.swf player, it is playing the videos,but before playing the video the player has black screen and a play button. When I click the play button the video plays. Is it possible to show a screen-shot of the video with the play button on top, instead of the blank screen? This is the code of my player: <embed i...

Error 2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller

Hi, sorry, new to actionscript 3. I have a display() function for an object rotator(image based like a QT object movie). It first saves the current image in a helper variable and then allocates a new image, from the library, beneath the old one. To get a nice crossfade effect, the old image's alpha is looped down via enter_frame and t...

Shared library to minimise size of FLA file

In a project we use large flash FLA file with lots of graphic assets, but the actual data that is changed is just in a few symbols. Sometimes it is not very efficient to transfer the whole FLA file that comes up to 20MB now. I was thinking about using Shared Libraries, but it seems that, even if you import external library, it still cop...

RTMPT and NetConnection.

How i can connect to FluorineFx RTMPT server? And how can i configure FluorineFx RTMPT server? Can i start FluorineFx RTMPT server without IIS installed? Is there any tutorial? ...

Exit browser full screen mode when F11 is hit while Flash object is active?

Hey, I have a 100% width and height flash object in my site. Activating and exiting browser full screen mode with F11 only works as long the user didn't click the Flash movie. And I doubt many users know they have to click the address bar to enable F11 after using a (browser) full screen Flash movie. Is there any way I can enable F11 t...

What technology for a rich UI desktop application ?

For an internship, I'm gonna have to develop a desktop application. The focus is creating a rich UI ( cool effects, sound etc ). Which tech should I go with ? - Flash ? ( in this case, shoud I go with a flex project ? AIR ? what is the gain between this and a simple raw flash project ) - C#/Silverlight ? Any other possibility ? If expe...

Flash ActionScript 3 runtime SecurityError

I have swf that loads swf, which loads another swf(video player). Is there a trick in publish settings? everything works fine on my local machine, when I upload it on the sever error happen and video doesnt load SecurityError: Error #2148: SWF file http:// (URL where Site is hosted)/video.swf cannot access local resource f...

what would be the best approach in creating a full flash website

I see all this heavy Flash/3D websites and it's making me wonder how do they build it having to load it so fast. Let me know your thoughts on what/how would be the best practice or approach on this. ...

What do we need for flash 10 development?

Hi, I'm looking to do some development in flash 10, specifically for the new file api (reading/writing files on the user's local machine). What do I need to develop for flash 10, just Flash cs4?: http://tryit.adobe.com/us/cs4/flash/c/?sdid=ETJMX&amp; or is there some other ide? All I'm really interested in doing is: Make a small swf...

maya export to flash 10

Adobe released flash 10 with 3d support but I can't seem to find any good information on how best to export a model from Maya to Flash. Is there a tutorial on how to do this? thanks! ...

Creating text file from as2

I'm trying to find a way to write to a text file from as2. I don't want to use any php or asp because my app needs to run without an internet connection. As3 has FileReference.save() and judging by the amount of searching I've done, as2 doesn't have that simple of a solution. Does anyone have a way even if its hacky to write to a txt fil...

jQuery oembed plugin z-index problem

I'm using the jQuery oembed plugin to display videos from a Vimeo feed. The only problem is they display over the top of my navigation menu. I have tried setting the z-index of the menu but this makes no difference. A common suggestion seems to be to set the wmode parameter to transparent or opaque. However, passing this as a parameter...

how to turn off fb_noscript?

in my facebook FBML app, I have the flash connecting to the js (in FBJS) . I have set up the stuffs like that and working. However, sometimes, the bridge connection fails and I see thatin the URL, facebook attach the fb_noscript=1 parameter there. e.g. apps.facebook.com/myapp/?fb_noscript=1 when I remove it, and reload the apps, it i...

White space on top of flash movie within table cell

I have a flash movie, height = 151px width = 228, this is placed within a table cell ( cellpadding = 0 cellspacing = 0 vertical-align = top), but when it displays within the explorer windows there is a white space about 20px above the flash movie. I want the flash movie to appear directly under the grey lines. Here is a screen shot of t...

FMS NetConnection.Connect.Close happening when starts and even in the middle of video in Flash with FMS 3.5

Hi I have developed a Flash Video player in Flash CS3 with Action Script 2.0 to play video from Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5. To play video from FMS 3.5, first I have to verify my swf file on FMS 3.5 server console so that it can be ensure that RTMP video URL only be play in verified SWF file. Right now I am facing problem of "NetCon...

set movie clip "on-top"

I want to do a effect like the switching windows from Win 7 [Win]+[Tab] keys pressed. I created two "windows" (movie clips) and when I click on the 1st it displays on top of the other, but the problem is when I click on the 2nd I can see the 1st one displayed in it. Is there any way that i put a movie clip on top of the other. Thanks ...

Flash Builder 4: mx:Button baseColor doesnt exist

Just wanted to add this here in case you are migrating your project from Flash Builder 4 Beta to Flash Builder 4 release. I used a lot of mx:Buttons with the baseColor property, which now seems to be called chromeColor. ...