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Creating loading messages with swfobject

I am loading a flash file via swfobject. As the file is large, I want to show a "please wait while loading" message while the flash is loading. How can I do it with swfobject. ...

how to duplicate a Sound object in flash

I need to duplicate / clone a sound object in flash. I tried using various clone methods such as this one here http://blog.another-d-mention.ro/programming/how-to-clone-duplicate-an-object-in-actionscript-3/ var snd:Sound= UtilFunctions.clone(e.sound) as Sound But my cloned sound object comes back with zero bytes loaded and zero byt...

Links to control Flash Navigation

I am trying to create a link on a page that mimicks the existing flash navigation and get it to work as expected, meaning that when you click the link, the site navigation reflects the change. The problem I'm having is that I don't understand the hierarchy since I'm working from outside the navigation system itself. I can get the anima...

Capturing mouse events in flash outside of stage doesn't work in IE

I am trying to capture mouse events in flash while the mouse is being held down. The intention is to keep reciving events as long as the mouse is pressed, even if the cursor leaves the flash element. That's the behavior I get on all browsers other than IE, which only fires events while the cursor is inside the stage. I'm pretty sure I'v...

1180 and 1060 Migration, scrolling gallery, As3

Hi, I've got a scrolling gallery in AS2, I'm converting to AS3. I changed the noticable AS2 stuff. I don't know how to replace getProperty and setProperty. How do I migrate this code? Thanks in advance, /* 1180 and 1060 Migration Issue getProperty and setProperty no longer used */ //SCROLLING GALLERY addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, ...

Internationalization for Flex/Flash Apps

What options are there for storing and accessing translated strings in a Flex/Flash application? Ideally, I would like to share translation data with my Django website's internationalization data. This leads me to believe that some version of gettext would be best. But what is the industry standard, and the best implementation and docume...

Live Audio Streaming to a browser methods, must be very simple.

I'm recording a mono audio stream using a PIC at 8-bit 8Khz and streaming it raw to another microprocessor that houses a web server. I'm currently buffering the data and turning it into a wav file that gets played in the browser. What I'd like to be able to do is continuously stream the audio as it's being recorded without putting a lo...

Recording video with flash and send videofile to server.

Everyone knows that recording a video with the user's webcam is possible with flash in the browser - but all the solutions I found until now involve a rmtp server that accepts a stream from the flash app. Is there a way to use webcam recording without such an extra media server? The usecase I want to implement is the following: Show ...

AS3, scroller #1137 error

Hello, This is an AS3 scroller I've been trying to convert from AS2. I appreciate the help, but I'm still getting '#error 1137 incorrect number of arguments'. How do I get this scroller to work? Thanks, //SCROLLING GALLERY addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, masterLoop); function masterLoop(e:Event){ var mouseMin:int = 0; var ...

IE cannot interpret my flash player because of a question mark, but every other browser can

Hey guys, I have another really annoying problem in IE. I am using a php mp3 handler script that I use as a parameter, but it seems to mess everything up just because there is a question mark after .php for my get variables. If I remove the question mark (mp3_handler.php?), the player appears, but with the question mark, it shows up as a...

Button Class by instance name, Actionscript-3

Hey I'm so use to timeline code, that this baffles me. How do I get a button class to recognize a button instance on stage? Please help. ...Just revised Buttons.fla Class: 'Buttons' Button with instance name placed on stage Buttons.as package { import flash.display.MovieClip; public class Buttons extends MovieClip { ...

Telling the browser I'm done, but continue loading data

I have a php api that is being accessed via Flash. It grabs some content for flash and then does some book keeping. The problem is, the book keeping can take several seconds, and the php api can be accessed in the same manner anywhere from 10-500 times before the Flash App has loaded everything from it. Sense I'm using flash to access ...

FLVPlayback Resizing?

Alright, so I'm playing several different videos at different sizes with the FLVPlayback component and something odd is happening that I don't remember happening before... Now, when I switch from video to video, the FLVPlayback physically resizes to match the height of the video... I don't remember this happening before. Before, the FLV...

Simple drag`n`drop in Flash Builder 4

I have a very simple question, but I can not find solutions to it. I need to add multiple images that can be moved with the mouse. This components NumericStapper must be in the group with the image and move together. http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9341/323.jpg ...

search flash/swf files in google best way

Just wondering if there is a way to search flash files in google just like images can be searched. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks ...

call shell command inside of a flash file

Hi! I want to create a basic GUI for a touchscreen panel running linux grml with fluxbox so I'm very restricted. The Gnash player is also available. Is there a way to call shell/bash commands inside a Flash file (swf)? I want to create a GUI to control the mplayer and volume with the touchscreen... If it's not possible with Flash, what ...

flash message grails

How to hold a flash message even after 2 consecutive redirects? I set my flash message in my controller and there are 2 redirects happening because of a plugin which i cannot control.But still I want the flash message to be retained. I can only think of populating the message in the session.Any new ideas? help needed ...

How to consume nusoap webservice from Flash

Hello, i'm trying to invoke a webservice written in nuSoap from a AS3 Flash app; i've read that, starting from AS3, webservice support has been removed in Flash (really don't understand why...); i've tried thid party solutions (be.wellconsidered, carlo alducente) but they don't work with the wsdl that nusoap generates. I'm really worried...

flash cs5 print

I have a flash cs5 project that will be compiled as either a projector or an air runtime. It is running as a kisk program on an exhibition stand and has a need to print some details. How can I do this without the print dialog appearing? Many thanks ...

flash and htaccess issue?

I have a flash swf application and the swf need the support of the .php files to get data. But my server folder is protected with htaccess and htpasswd. So the access from flash is not possible. How can I overcome this situtation? ...