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my flash site often doesn't render until I refresh

http://randomdorm.com Our client communicates with a Rails backend to get login details and then logs into an Adobe LCCS server. We have been cruising right along but around noon yesterday we developed a bug that causes the swf to not render until you refresh the page. On subsequent refreshes it pops up right away. The problem happen...

how do I find the number of xml children in AS3

so live docs says this for calling .lenght() on an XML object For XML objects, this method always returns the integer 1. The length() method of the XMLList class returns a value of 1 for an XMLList object that contains only one value. i called it on an xml that looked like this: <xml> <picture>1</picture> <picture>2</pictu...

strings and textfields, AS3

How do I get my text fields to populate correctly and show single digits? Description Each textfield receives a substring. This doesn't limit it's input, because the text fields shows extra numbers. See illustration. Ex A //Tweening method 'could substitute code with Tweener' import fl.transitions.Tween; import fl.transitions.easing.*...

Face Recognition in AS3

Hey all, I have been working on a project which involves Marilena(project that ports Face Detection part of OPENCV to ActionScript3). Right now I can take the faces and keep them as byteArrays. I am working on Flash Builder 4. I want to add Face Recognition part either. I will identify the faces by connecting to a database but I couldn...

Can ActionScript tell when a SWF was published?

I'd like to write a little class that adds a Day/Month box showing the date a SWF was published from Flash. The company I work for regularly produces many, many SWFs and many versions of each, iterating over the course of months. A version-tracking system we've been using to communicate with our clients is a Day/Month date-box that give...

Code Own Socket Server or Use Red5/ElectroServer on Amazon EC2?

I've been thinking for a long time about working on a multiplayer game in Flash. I need updates frequently enough that ajax requests won't work so I need to use a socket server. The system will eventually have enough objects/players that I would consider it an MMO. I would like to set up a scalable system on Amazon's EC2. (Which prob...

How to place embedded video player so that it displays under pop out menu?

I have big element at the top of the webpage that sides down with jQuery when a button is clicked. However, if the first post on the blog is a flash video, it shows up on top of the menu. Z-index doesn't help in this instance. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks. ...

Invalid Argument IE 8 jQuery

Hi, I have this particular script that runs so that the flash elements don't show up on top of my slide out navigation. This redraws that flash element with wmode as opaque and so it shows up under the navigation. Works perfectly with Chrome and FireFox but not with IE. In IE I get an Invalid Argument in jquery.min.js code 0 Line 103 cha...

Slow motion tween text isn't smooth

Hi! i have to create a movie where a text string move in horizontal. the problem is that in the movie (800px wide) the text should go from right to left in about 7 seconds (so it have to go about 400px to the left in 7 sec). i created a motion-tween with ease for my "text" and the tween is long (at 30fps) 30*7=210 frames. the result i...

anyone know how do i add a iframe inside the flash?

anyone know how do i add a iframe inside the flash? the html is <iframe width="100%" height="768" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" src="http://www.yoursite.com"&gt; </iframe> ...

(C# ) Reloading flash files inside a windows form

Using visual C# express 2008. I have a app which shows load a flash movie in form, using this code axShockwaveFlash1 = new AxShockwaveFlashObjects.AxShockwaveFlash() axShockwaveFlash1.LoadMovie(0, Form1.currentGame); The problem is that when the Loadmovie method is called to load another flash file, without closing the form , the n...

How to make flash video show up under navigation element?

I know that the wmode needs to be either transparent or opaque for the video to show up under other elements on the page. I've added the wmode to the element and param in object, I still have no luck with it. <object width="400" height="225"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param na...

Open source web cam conference software

Quick question, has anyone ever come across either a web cam API or an open source alternative that can be easily integrated to a site without having any Flash or ActionScript experience. I should probably say what I'm trying to do.... The idea is to create a Facebook app that lets friends communicate (and meet new people too) in real t...

Video Upload Applet

i am working on a small project that i need the ability to let users upload a video to my website or use a webcam to record a video and then upload it. i have seen this done on several sites (youtube,facebook etc) so i know that there is a java or flash applet that supports this. however i have not been able to find one. can anyone reco...

Open a web page in the browser using flash

Am using this AS 2.0 Code on a button in flash CS3 : on(press, release) { getURL("http://somethinghere...","_top"); } unfortunately, it doesnt work. However, when i Ctrl+Enter in flash and click the button, it does. it doesnt work after embedding the SWF movie in the webpage/browser. any ideas? ...

youtube video on Mac os?

I have inserted a video from youtube into a DIV tag, used the actual "embed" code found on youtube site. and used jquery to show/hide the div. when activated, the flash video shows perfectly in the div, when clicked it plays as usual the only problem i have is when someone using a Mac, and clicks on play, the flash video disappears. thi...

communication between 2 programs written in different language - Serialization ?

when is serialization,marshaling etc required during communication between programs residing across 2 different machines /network/Internet? Suppose I have a client program in java/flash and a server program in C. Can't I implement communication using a custom protocol of my own ? I guess so. When is serialization etc needed?I am aware J...

how can i make a link in XML

I have this flash website that comes with XML. The website is predefined in such a way that when I hoover the mouse cursor over some pictures or text, it will show the pointing hand, thus meaning it's a clickable link. Originally, it would look like so: <image imageUrl="_pic2.png" link="asfunction:link"/> After I changed the link par...

Activate "Caps lock" key for different languages

I want to write a program that can turn on Caps lock key without having the user to press the physical key on his keyboard. Is there a way to do so in Flash, Javascript - if not, any other languages ? ...

How can I modify objects inside frames with AS3 in a permanent way?

I have a MovieClip symbol created with flash in a fla file library. There is a textfield in frame one of this movieclip's timeline . There is another frame in the movieclip timeline. There is a custon class definition for this symbol. It is a flipping card in a memory game. I access the textfield by going to frame 2 (gotoAndStop(2)) and...