flash

How can a programmatically draw a scalable, aethetically-pleasing, curved comic-book balloon tail?

As a UI specialist, I am often asked to build tool-tip displays and other sorts of popups that display text. One of styles clients seem most keen on is text in a comic-book balloon. I would like to create this balloons programmatically (as opposed to embedding or linking to rendered graphics), because these balloons will have to change s...

AS3 : Center an animation loaded in one other

Hi, I have a question to center an animation within its container. This is the container or loader: public function Main():void { trace("Constructor..."); this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, this.addEvent); } public function addEvent(e:Event):void { trace("AddedToStage"); ...

Why this rectangle is not drawn?

public class Greeter extends MovieClip { public function Greeter() { addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, go); } private function go(evt:Event):void { removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, go); var _root:MovieClip = parent.parent as MovieClip; var sp:Sprite = new Sprite(); ...

How can I find out size of a local file using flash

Hi, I am trying to create an uploader in flash, To do so I have to find out size of the file before uploading to the server, How can I find out this ? ...

How to make a P2P streaming using a web browser?

I want to create an application for P2P video transmission. In more details, I need the following: User can switch on a web camera by clicking a button in an application. Application starts to take images from the web camera and sends them to a certain location (given by a port and IP address). Application starts to accept images send ...

AS3 cross-scripting between 2 SWFs problem

Hi: I have a movie with a document class (Main.as) wich load 2 SWF: private var mainContainer:Sprite = new Sprite(); addChild(mainContainer); var loaderx:Loader = new Loader(); loaderx.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadingComplete); loaderx.load(new URLRequest("PhotoLoader.swf")); // PhotoLoader.as var viewer:Lo...

How to resize an external SWF to fit into a container?

What I want to accomplish is to resize an external SWF so that it fits into the display object that is presented as a container on the stage. For now it show up outside of the container. Important: I do not want an external SWF to occupy the whole stage; I have a special place (that container) for it on the stage. ...

flash video site problems (firefox/chrome on PC)

Hello, I'm having problems with this site - http://www.polivision.tv/test.html In firefox and chrome on my macbook the video plays full screen in the background. However, my client is complaining about it not working at all on windows computers. While I thought that most browser compatibility issues were mostly browser based and not...

Play MP3 in a loop with Mini MP3 Player

Hi, I am using a mini MP3 player to play an MP3 file. It is working fine, but I need to play the MP3 file in a loop. I have added a variable loop and set it to true but it still doesn't loop. <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("player.swf", "mp3player", "0", "0", "8", "#ffffff"); so.addVariable("file", "1-05_C...

Exporting content from Joomla as XML for Flash use.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone know how I could output content from Joomla as XML which I can then use in Flash? I would like to be able to use Joomla as the backend CMS and a Flash frontend which pulls and article's content from the CMS and outputs it as XML. Something like this: http://www.goforgold.org.za/scripts/News.php Many...

is it possiable can defult sort in datagrid with itemRender label ?

We know already Datagrid defult sorting , when we click on header of dategrid then automatically sorting records well . But how can we sort within inline itemreander linkfield label in datagrid . In project defult sorting properly work in datagrid but linked field column only not sorting ? Is it any way to sort functionality? if u know...

Playing video in html

I have different video files in my web folder.How i can play this one in flash player ...

2D graphic C++ library / Flash

ADD Here's what I really ask: I need to create complex 2d graphic and input with callbacks on pressing elements. Also it would be generated in run-time. Now try to choose: Flash (nearly all is done: net, graphic, p2p), C++ (lots of external libraries, but good for desctop). But using Flash I can't create exe file: the only way to creat...

Action script 3 - I need to know if a child object has changed it's size DYNAMICALLY ! help ?

Hi, I'm writing a sort of "dynamic gallery" in flash. The problem is that a child of the gallery can be resized in runtime, and then I have to rearrange the gallery. Now, of course, I can't overload the gallery items, since it's a display object which is unpredictable. and even if I could force overloading on the items, how will I be...

Migration from Flash CS3 to CS5: TextField rendering problem.

Hi I have an Actionscript project that was building using Flash cs3. Project have TextFields (Text engine: classic text, Text type: dynamic text). Since I upgraded to CS5 and published, I find out that my text not rendered. I use Font family Tahoma. And I just set Font family to Tahoma again and published. After that manipulations my tex...

Flash as3 spinning wheel

I am trying to create a spinning wheel with text on it. I have created the wheel and it is populating perfectly based on the colors that I supply to it. Now I am trying to add text to each of the parts of the wheel but am running into some problems. I cannot seem to get the text to display properly within each of the colors. I was hoping...

flash, javascript

I'm trying to make a flash form to freeze somewhere at the middle of the page even if the client scrolls down or up the page . Something similar with the left side "feedback" rectangle from http://uservoice.com/ . The flash form which I'm trying to integrate can also be found here http://www.macromediahelp.com/flash/php_flash_contac...

How to URL encode variable in AS3

I get following Error when trying to pass variables via URLRequestMethod.POST; Error: Error #2101: The String passed to URLVariables.decode() must be a URL-encoded query string containing name/value pairs. Is there a method for string URL Encoding? ...

Do I need to pay to create interactive flash movies?

I want to create interactive movies using flash technologies. Do I need to buy a program from adobe to be able to create my flash movies or there are some free software that I can use? I would prefer something for Linux (Ubuntu). ADDED I need to program in "actionscript" and I would like to know what programs can I use to compile my co...

flash actionscript 3.0

hi. what possibly i am doing wrong or what i can do with this code that help me to render requested page in same window instead of new one every time i hit button which i have created using actionscript 3.0 . code is import flash.events.MouseEvent; var get_page:URLRequest = new URLRequest("C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Deskt...