flash

Writing simple flash plugin for flowplayer

Hello all, I'm trying to write a simple plugin for the flash player flowplayer (documentation for writing a plugin for flowplayer can be found here). I'm new to flash and I think I'm having a problem connecting the .fla file to the .as file when compiling into a .swf. As it is, when I include the plugin, the player doesn't show up. ...

Actionscript package naming and directory structure

Hello all, I've got some actionscript which begins with: package obfus_plugin{ import org.flowplayer.model.Plugin; import org.flowplayer.util.Arrange; import org.flowplayer.model.PluginModel; import org.flowplayer.view.Flowplayer; public class obfus extends Sprite implements Plugin { and when I try to p...

Is it reasonable to start using Google Maps for Flash rather than Javascript version?

I am planning to build a web application highly based on Google Maps API. I am considering either using the Javascript version, or the Flash version. I would like to create an interface which will be quite rich. Should I go for JS version of the API or Flash one? Also I do not plan to purchase Flex Builder, so ideally I would like to use...

hide XML element from appearing in browser

HI, I have a website which I am setting up. However, I want the first page (Home) not to have any sub menu. When I change the value of true to false all the other pages where I want the drop down to appear also disappear. I want other pages to have sub menu but not the home page. I have tried to change the xml path etc, but nothing see...

AJAX Loader/Progress Bar for Flash File

Hi, I want to implement a progress par using AJAX for a flash file. Please see the demo here http://www.freeplaynow.com/online-games/play/1729/park-my-plane.html Tried to debug their page but the javascript is obfuscated and im not so good in js. Any ideas ? Thanks ...

Away3d materials

how i can delete this wire lines that devide my prism on triangles? http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1535/31477485.jpg ...

Chrome: Flash Video Player doesn't work

hi, could you explain me why my flash video player doesn't work in Chrome while it perfectly works in other browsers ? (Firefox and IE) You'll see it flickering... thanks ...

How to best manage multi-frame MovieClips with classes?

After switching to AS3, I've been having a hell of a time figuring out the best way to manage MovieClips that have UI elements spread across multiple frames with a single class. An example that I am working on now is a simple email form. I have a MovieClip with two frames: the 1st frame has the form elements (text inputs, submit but...

Export images from flash

First of all let my clarify that I am a flash noob, this is a freelance job I am doing for someone. I have a flash files with symbols I need to export as PNG images, for some reason the exported images have different width and height than indicated in the flash file. After checking I found out that the new dimensions don't even keep the...

Flash function overloading in haXe

I am having some trouble figuring out how to overload a function in Flash using haXe. I know that Flash does not allow overloads but can accept function parameters without a type declared, but I am unsure as how to replicate this trick in haXe. EDIT: Since this does not appear to be possible, are there any known tricks that can be used ...

How to Load a VRML model on PaperVision3d?

Hello, im very new at papervision3d, i know in order to display a .DAE model i use this import flash.events.Event; import org.papervision3d.objects.parsers.DAE; [SWF(width=640, height=480, backgroundColor=0x808080, frameRate=30)] public class Earth extends PV3DARApp { private var _earth:DAE; public function Earth() { ...

Security / Protecting code in JavaScript

With all the recent hype about JavaScript and HTML5 replacing Flash, I wanted to know - How would it be possible to protect client-side js code? Of course, it is possible to obfuscate it, but that would only make it a little harder. Also, for games which submit high scores to the server, wouldn't it be incredibly easy to modify those sco...

WCF service is not responding

Hi A Flash program is connecting to WCF web service hosted on a server without anti-virus and without firewall and windows server 2003 64 bit environment. The flash return Connection failed message When I sniffer it I found that the Flash program cannot find these requests, http://IP:2805/BLL.svc?xsd=xsd1 http://IP:2805/BLL.svc?xsd=xs...

Selenium IDE and telling it to record actions

I am trying to make a little application to allow to record actions within a Flash and Silverlight application. In such manner that you can compile your interactive application in test-mode and then be able to click on elements which then passed the action to Selenium IDE which then adds this command to the testcase. I am curious if thi...

embedding a slideshow photo gallery with Picasa that autorepeats?

how can I modify the embedded photo gallery slideshow from Google's Picasa to auto repeat the pictures, i.e. play them over and over again? This is the code Picasa gives me for embedding in a website: <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="...

Loading var from PHP script using flash

Hi All, I am trying to get a var from a PHP script running on my web server and from every forum post I have read, what I am doing should be working. I have the following: var lvContent = new LoadVars(); lvContent.load("http://{MY_DOMAIN}/Includes/getID.php"); trace("ID: " + lvContent.pageID); The problem is th...

Can I distort a bitmap image in Flash?

Hi, what I would like to do is to take a loaded GIF file as a Bitmap, and then distort it by stretching and shrinking parts of it, so it would look like it got squished up against the screen. I'm pretty sure that there's no easy way in Flash to go beyond scaling and shearing, but I wonder if there might be some simple techniques to acc...

Sending time with timezone from PHP to flash

I am trying to send the time to flash but set to the currently timezone. When you view the below even though the echo date, looks like its working the $time is the same. When i test in flash I get the extra hour added. Any help tips welcome on this one... $format = "d/m/Y H:m:s"; $timezone = "Europe/Amsterdam"; date_default_timezon...

Can I make a web based video recording?

I want to have a web site which switches the web camera of users, makes a video recording and send results to my web server. Is it possible to do that? I think it should be. For example such sites as chatroulette.com starts web camera. Should it be done with the Adobe Flash technologies? Is it hard to do that? ...

AS3 Preloader not working in browser, but does in Flash Professional

Hi guys. I've got a SWF to which I added a Preloader scene. The preloader works fine when I hit Ctrl+Enter in Flash CS4, and select View > Simulate Download. The preloader displays, and when full, the movie continues as expected. However, the moment I embed the SWF into some HTML, and load from localhost in any browser, the movie does...