flash

Does anyone else use the Flare toolkit? I need some help!

I am trying out the fantastic Flare toolkit, but following the tutorial almost out the gate, I got stuck. I am using Flex builder and there seems to be an error in one of the included library files (Visualization.as), and there isn't anything I can do to fix it -- I can't even debug the error, as I already wrote in this post, because Fl...

Substituting flash in a iphone app

I have some .swf files I want to use in an iphone app for menu changes etc. I have tried to loop through the images(200) to get the same effect, but it doesnt seem to be to my benefit. What are the best ways to achieve this? Edit I currently use the following code [A1 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"m1.10001.png"] forState:UICont...

JW Player Shows Blank Video In Explorer After Hiding and Showing

In Internet Explorer 7 and 8 (WinXP/Flash 10), if I play my videos using the JW Player in the slider they work. However if I move to the next slide and then return to the original slide the video is no longer displayed - the audio is still audible and the video can be played and paused, but there is no image. I've asked this question on...

Is there a "special" URL param to force SWFObject to show alt content?

I remember doing this years ago, but can't remember if it was with SWFObject. Anyone herd of this before? I guess it would basicly disable SWFObject from switching the altContent for the SWF. I though it was something like: www.mysite.com?noflash=true But can't remember the real one (if it exists). Thanks ...

how to remove the right click menu in swf file ?

how to remove the right click menu in swf file ? ...

Flash AS3 Error Stack Path

Not sure how to phrase this but I'm wondering if I can create a catchall error handler that umbrellas the entirety of the code, to send to a custom handler that outputs the info graphically within the program. Something along the lines of: root.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, this.customHandler); I'm hoping to stop any and all fr...

Adobe TLF and HTML

Hi, What is the best way to convert a tlf markup to HTML? I want only standar HTML without the old font tag. I think I saw a utility created by someone for this, but I can remember where it is. any ideas? Tks. ...

Flash AS3 - Events from Child to Parent Timelines

What it is I would like to do seems simple enough, but is confounded by the fact that I want to work within Flash's timelines, as opposed to within custom classes, .as files, flex, etc. I am an artist, and code is only as reusable as my assets (created/animated in Flash), so I tend to work in the timeline. I want to have a script at th...

changing path of flvplayer from timeline in as3?

I can get the videos to play using the flvplauer component, but im having a little trouble figuring out if and how to dynamically change the path of the flvplayer while running through a timeline. If I can do something like mc.changeFLVPath that would be awesome! Any and all help appriciated. ...

Is HTML5 canvas capable of rich complex games like Flash?

Also, since it takes so long for a standard to come out for things like HTML, is it possible that the <canvas> in HTML5, though it may not be replaced in specs, will be updated often in the browser so that it can get better and better like Flash did/does in its various iterations? In other words, we may have <canvas> ten years from no...

Flash Player Problem

I have a flash application which Flash player gets slow down at full screen mode.but at the normal mode works good.I found mostly in windows 7 and Vista OS. ANY solutions?? ...

I put a TLFTextField in the stage but cannot access it through code

Hi, I tried to give a try to the TLF Text, because it's the default in Flash CS 5, but I can't accomplish the simplest task, change its value. This works with a classic textbox, but not with TLF: import flash.display.MovieClip; public class CumpleTiempos extends MovieClip { public var t:TLFTextField; public function CumpleTiem...

firefox + flash disabled the ALT GR key : how to solve that ?

I am facing a big problem in firefox: the ALT GR key is disabled on some simple pages: (try to type in an email) This simple page DISABLES the ALT GR key <html> <body> <iframe src="http://www.dialogoo.com/vdialogoo.php?id=2" width="100%" height="100%"></iframe> </body> but if you open http://www.dialogoo.com/vdialogoo.php?id=2 ALT ...

Flash, Facebook & permissions - JS, PHP or AS3 SDK

Setting out to develop a Flash quiz application for Facebook, which SDK (JS/PHP/AS3) and Facebook API (Graph/old rest) should I choose? Please also answer how the following would be accomplished using the preferred solution above and why this simplifies the development of the app: Authenticating user on app page Requesting permission ...

Font Embedding german characters( "ü") problems

hi all, i am facing one font problem, my website is to operate in five languages, one of them is german, so few characters like ü etc.are not getting displayed properly. so for example, in english, i have one word "unhappy", in german it has to be displayed as "unglücklich", actually i m still using Flex3.0, so when i receive this va...

Export SWC makes big .swc and .swf files

Using Flash CS5, when activating Export SWC in the Flash Publish Settings, I end up with a much bigger file (500 ko) than when the SWC is not activated (around 100 ko). Why is the SWC 5 times bigger ? ...

Error accessing List control within a movie clip

I receive the 1120 Access of undefined property myList. Background: I'm writing the program in Flash cs5. I'm trying to create an application with multiple screens. I'm using movie clips as screens (a la Jody Hall's tutorial "Better Flash Navigation using AS3 Classes"). Specifically I am trying to create an AIR application in which I ...

Is there a Loader.loadBytes() equivalent or solution for AS2?

If I have a handcrafted sequence of bytes, can I load them an AVM1 (flash8) swf using AS2, as I could do with Loader.loadBytes() in AS3? (Without roundtripping it to a server and loading it remotely). ...

Connecting Flash to PHPMyAdmin Database to DISPLAY Data

Hi All, I have a website in which the content on the index page is controlled by a PHPMyAdmin database. I want a a flash "movie" at the top, that can take the data from the site, and slide-show it until a user clicks on a specific link, in which the movie will direct itself to the clicked event. The page is for a booking/promotion conce...

Drag control over flash movie issue???

Hi All I'm using jquery to drag popup control around the page ,every things work fine but when the page has flash movie the popup doesn't appear over flash also when set z-index to 100 . is there any work around this issue??? $('.modalPopup').ready(function() { $('.modalPopup').draggable({ zIndex: 2700 }); }); ...