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How can I expand' a Flash Movie to Move Other Objects out of it's way on the HTML Page

I have a question regarding flash. I am an intermediate flash user. Basically, I want a flash movie to expand like this homepage video, when the user clicks on the go button: http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb Is it possible to "expand" the borders of a flash animation in such a way, and if so, how do I set this up in flash? Is it possible to...

Why does the following flash not initially load in firefox, but works in chrome and IE

The following flash does not initially load in firefox, but if I click the second tab on the right, and then go back to the first, it loads. This works in Chrome and IE. Here is the webpage. ...

Flash Menu into HTML

Hi Folks, i got this requirement, i need to show my Flash Menu into the index page and i want to change to other pages without refreshing my flash movie. its possible do that ? i tried to use frameset html tag. but want to have a unique scroll bar. Can you please give me some tip in order to solve this. Thanks in advance, ...

How can I seek to an exact point in a Flash video without a Flash Media Server?

Is the Flash Video (or Flex VideoDisplay) component capable of seeking to an exact moment in a video? It seems to always 'snap' to keyframes (which is understandable). I'm just wondering if there are any mechanisms in the video classes for seeking to exact frames, ie it should do the translation from keyframe to specific frame in the ...

making a swf a clickable link with the pointer icon

I have a swf embedded into a site, and I want the swf to be clickable so when you click on it it goes to another page. I tried wrapping the whole flash object in tags, and that makes it clickable but the biggest problem I'm having is when you roll over it with the mouse the pointer icon doesn't come up, it just looks like the regular ar...

AS3 - Manually created MovieClips and 'Convert into compiled clip' trouble

Hi I want to use compiled clips to speed up compilation. But I've found following problem: I've got Foo class, which extends MovieClip and is set as 'Class' to one of library's symbol (this symbol is also called Foo). This symbol (Foo) has a MovieClip child, whose instance name is FOO_CHILD. I'm referencing this child inside Foo clas...

MovieClip inheritance error in flash

I have a class named Level which inherits MovieClip. Level has a child in the designer with the name gridView and the gridView is used in Level constructor. I have also class named Level1 which inherits Level. when I try something like addChild(new Level1()) I get error in Level constructor saying gridView is null. What am I doing wrong?...

Play list image as "like" play video?

Hi, I build webcam remote application, user install my-cam-application and set webcam and ftp account to my-remote-cam-site, Video of preview convert to image and upload to the web using ftp. Now, i want to play again image like video, how is it? Thank you ...

Can I SEND messages via the underlying NetConnection of a receiving (playing) NetStream object?

Here's my problem: I have a NetConnection object connected to a server. On top I create a NetStream object and it started to play a file from the server. Classic so far. What I need now, is to be able to send some (short) messages back to the server, at various moments during playtime but, clearly, using the existing TCP connection. Fr...

How to return a value from a function in AS3? Then store than value in a variable to pass it to another function?

I am trying to have the function toggleClick return powerData. I need to store powerData in a variable and have it passed to another function to do calculations. Inside the function toggleClick, I am assigning powerData to houseArray[e.currentTarget.name.toLowerCase()]; var powerData:int = houseArray[e.currentTarget.name.toLowerCas...

How to create a "meter bar" in Flash?

I am trying to create a "meter bar" in Flash. I am creating an interactive house in Flash. Inside the house are objects that consume power. (ie. light bulb, computer, stove, etc...) Those objects are toggle buttons (created using MovieClips). (The objects can be toggled ON/OFF.) When ON--there is a "power value" associated with each hous...

In ActionScript, what character does "\t" represent?

In ActionScript, what character does "\t" represent? I can see it in some ActionScript And was wondering what character it really was. ...

Flash photo album on website?

I'm designing my own website where I want to quickly organize photos into categories. Any recommendation on flash-based photo album (better free) that I can effortlessly insert into my website? ...

Set flash values in Mac app?

Hello I am loading a SWF file in a UIWebView and need to communicate with the Flash file and set its flash values. How would I do this? Thanks ...

Some code not working in Flash 10

Why does this code not work for Flash 10?: onClipEvent(load){ //Import the classes needed to transform the color import flash.geom.ColorTransform; import flash.geom.Transform; //A starting amount to tint the image redamount = 0; //Is the image getting more red or more blue? goingred = true; } //Run at the sta...

Problem controlling SWF from javascript

Hi Quite simply, I have a SWF embedded in an HTML web page and want to move to a specific frame when a trigger is clicked. But nothing happens when I click the trigger, as though the js just doesnt communicate at all with the swf. SWF is written in flash cs4 (a3) The link to the website is http://simplywebdzine.com/test.html. I have read...

How to pause in the middle of the function?

How to pause in the middle of the function? ...

Specify embeded flash object directory?

How should I change the following code if I want to put my flash object into a directory named "flash/", I tried changing the value to "flash/photo.swf" but it didn't work. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="...

Export Flash Builder Project with Images

I will not be hosting the .swf file and I would like to include images using Flash Builder 4. The images appear in a folder in the exported version and I'm not sure how to "embed" them into the .swf (so that I can deploy the file to sites like Kongregate, etc.) Seems like it should be simple, but my Google fu is currently poor. Edit: ...

In AS3, how to obtain visible size of loaded SWF that contains a mask?

I'm using UILoader to load SWF files which I have no source for. These SWF files were created in AS2. They use masks. Width and height return unmasked values. I'm trying to find the visible width and height of the clip so I can scale it properly. For example I want a SWF to fit within a 50x50 space. The visible SWF is 65x65 (but I don...