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special characters embedd in flash new TextField(); method in action script 3.0

How to enable special characters in var txt:TextField = new TextField(); in action script 3.0. var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); tf.font = "Verdana"; tf.size = 12; tf.bold = true; tf.align = "left"; var txt:TextField = new TextField(); txt.text = _label; txt.embedFonts = tr...

flash player: usage

i use Adobe flash player in my site, and now i need to increment some filed in database, when user click on player. here is the script <div id="conteiner" style="text-align: center;" ></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var s1 = new SWFObject("player.swf","ply","420","380","9","#FFFFFF"); s1.addParam("allowful...

Need to dynamically-generate a "sticky note" text

Working on a website that has an image of a sticky note which will change text somewhat frequently (every month or so) as new "todo" items are created on it. Font I'm currently using is not Web Safe and the text is slightly angled to match the skew of the sticky note as well. Now I'm a pragmatist, and in situations like this I would no...

ActionScript - how to traverse objects?

Hey i wanna do something like this: i=2; _root.("process" + i)._x = var_Process_Pos_x; how it is possible?, correct syntax please. ...

Multiple flash video players on w3c-valid page is slow

I have a web site that displays a column of flash videos. The page is w3c-valid. The problem is that the page loads very slowly and sometimes crashes my web browser. Until the page is fully loaded, the videos are slow to respond and play. Is there a way to make these videos load their preview images only? What should I do to speed the p...

Movie clip does not play in preview, does play in test mode.

I have movie clip that i added to the main scene. If i open the clip itself i can play it in preview. However if i want to play the entire scene, it is not played. If i test the movie then its fine. Is this a bug or what? ...

Actionscript 2.0 mx.managers.CreatePopUp dialog triggers onRollOver for events underneath it

All, On the main stage I have a button that is highlighted on rollover. I am using mx.managers.CreatePopUp to create a dialog box that pops up and takes user information. When the dialog box appears above the button, mousing over the dialog box triggers the highlight for the button beneath it. Can you provide some suggestions as to wha...

How do I insert a new frame into existing flv files when playing?

This is quite often seen on video sites(to insert some advertisements), the newly inserted frames should be dynamically generated from the web server, how to implement it myself? ...

How can i implement AJAX functionality in Flex

Hi, I have a requirement like when I type 2 characters in email field if that email id exists in DB then I need to show remaining emails starting with those characters needs to display in dropdown list. Like Tags part in stackoverflow.com site, Is it possible in flex this functionality? Please suggest me thanks in advance ...

Architecture of chatroulette

Could somebody explain to me the architecture behind chatroulette? I was thinking about a similar project that would only implement Audio support (for starters). Is the best way to set this up a flash server? If so, how should I go about getting into flash, will I need flex 4? I have some beginner experience with c++, c# and java but I h...

should web developers learn flash

and is flash being replaced by another standard like html 5 completely? ...

flash image-scroller with buttons

Anyone know this kind of tutorial or examples, which is flash image-scroller with buttons and click image get lightwindow efect ? ...

How to prevent button/movieclip from interfering with mouse events

I have a few swf's that are loaded into a base file using levels. These clips can be cycled through by means of a setInterval function or when the user clicks the next or previous button. However, when the user hovers over a defined 'hit' area which is ultimately a blank movie clip, the setTimeout call is then canceled. This works fine, ...

Get shortest number Algorithm, in actionscript syntax

I want to put shortest int in shortest: shortest = 500; for(i = 1; i <= _global.var_process_count; i++) { if(_root["process" + i].process_time_original.text < shortest) shortest = _root["process" + i].process_time_original.text ; } what's wrong with above lines of code? ...

SWF Object embedding not working

I'm using the SWFOBJECT 2 Generator. But the swf just never gets loaded. In the folder I have swfobject.js bridge.swf expressinstall.swf bridge.html This is the code in bridge.html <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtm...

How to create an image from array of pixel colors? (Flash, Actionscript 3)

I have a Width and Height parametr. I have been given an array of colors in such format: [r, g, b, a, r, g, b, a, r, g, b, a... etc] Data can be acsessed by something like this for(var y = 0; y < height; y++) { for(var x = 0; x < width; x++) { r = data[y*width + x + 0] g = data[y*width + x + 1] b = data[y*width...

Flash/Javascript communication error

I'm using the following code. It works fine with getElementByID but if I use a OS detection function it stops working. function getFlashMovie(movieName) { var isIE = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1; return (isIE) ? window[movieName] : document[movieName]; } getFlashMovie('myId').sendToActionsript(str); The above...

How to build a Video Broadcaster, which can handle more than 20,000 viewers

I want to broadcast Video from a web cam, over internet. The problem is, the Video will be viewed live by more than 20,000 people (expected). I have a very little experience with Red5 Broadcasting. I did some broadcasting using Red5 and Flash. It works fine for 1 or 2 viewers i.e. it is great for personal chatting/ video conferencing app...

ExternalInterface.addCallback doesn't work on firefox??

i'm trying to call a method inside a flash movie from js, every time the mouse leaves the "div". It works on Internet Explorer, but not in firefox. any ideas? here is the html script: <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function(e){ init(); } function init(){ document.getElementById('div').on...

How to create picture slideshows in a rails project? Flash or otherwise

In a rails project how would I create a picture slideshow? It could be generated as flash or use prototype or something else. I just want a series of images (as a sub-part of a web page, not be the whole page) to fade into each other, and to advance manually if clicked. It would be nice if I could do things like slowly zoom into the ima...