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Flash/As3 - changing color of focusRect

should be simple right? but have not found any anwsers :( ...

Trouble cloning an extended ByteArray

Hi, I've extended the ByteArray class, like this: [RemoteClass(alias="MyByteArray")] public class MyByteArray extends ByteArray {} and cloned an instance of this class using ByteArray#readObject()/writeObject(). However, for some reason, the cloned object is an instance of ByteArray rather than MyByteArray. This is illustrated in the...

How do i run adobe air application without Adobe air player?

i dowload some animation from http://www.3dfreeair.com . so how can i run without Adobe AIR ?. How can i install in linux os ?. I am beginner so don't mistake me . i dont know anything about air . plz guys tech me about this . ...

How do you disconnect from a camera using Flash AS3?

I have a flash application that connects to a users webcam using public static function getCamera(name:String = null):Camera When the application is done with the use of the webcam it needs to be disconnected since its making use of resources unnecessarily.How can I do this? Apologies for being a "micro-efficiency" freak. I am not e...

Refer the URL for Free Download Desktop Gadgets ?

I want desktop gadgets for my vista . If i go to any download gadgets site then asked cost. so tell me any free download site ? Do you know which technology based to create desktop gedgets ? . i want more information about gadets . anybody help me ...

Multiple MCs, Single Listener, AsBroadcaster

I'm currently working trying to have multiple MCs inside a container MC which when they mini MCs are clicked will broadcast a message so that I can act upon them. This would be simple in AS 3 as it would be mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, obj); however, this is AS 2 and so I am semi-forced to use the broadcastMessage('myMessage');...

Why would This Fix the Dual Monitor Issue in Flash?

The Problem: You have dual monitors set up and view a Flash video (Let's say any YouTube video) in full screen mode in one of the monitors. If you work on the other monitor, the video would exit the full screen mode. Therefore, you cannot work while watching video in fullscreen mode. The Solution: A Google search yields this brillia...

What are all the differences between the Flash Debug Player and regular Player?

Some apps and IDEs recommend installing the debug version of the Adobe Flash player. I know this allows seeing trace statements even when not running Flash via Test Movie, but what else is different? Anything? Also, how can I tell when I am looking at the debug player running and not the regular player? Thanks! ...

Speed up or down the audio speed in actionscript?

I can't find a way to speed up or down the audio speed (pitch) with actionscript (or any other way in flash). Is it possible? I want to make a small DJ game, with a control to speed up or down from 15% an uploaded mp3. Any idea on how I could implement that? ...

Dynamically Loading AS2 file in AS3 - how to tell if the file is AS2

I have a Flash program that loads AS2 and AS3 SWF files dynamically with the same function. I'm trying to convert all the AS2 files to AS3, but I don't have the FLA for some, so they will need to remain AS2. What I need to do is if the file getting loaded is AS3, I need to run an additional set of code to setup some interactive feature...

Can a Flash movie targeted for Flash 8 load in a Flash 10 movie and can the 2 pass variables and call methods?

I have existing flash 8 AS2 work that I want to update to Flash 10. Can I update only those elements i need to be Flash 10 and load them in to the Flash 8 movie as an external swf and pass variables and call methods? Is this a good option and what are the issues to be aware of? Eg will a user with player lower than 10 be able to load the...

Integrating swf in c++

Is there any way of making c++ gui applications that include .swf? The swf file are pretty small and easier to make than gif or other kind of animations so it would be nice to be able to include them. Some recommendations of a library, free or even open source... ...

How Do Pass a File Path stored in Database to Flash in ASP.NET MVC (VB.NET)

I am using JW Player in an ASP.NET MVC application and I'm trying to pass file path from database. param name="flashvars" value="file=<%ResolveUrl(item.VideoPath)%>&image=preview.jpg" I get nothing for the file path. How can I do this? Thanks ...

What does UIComponent add to DisplayObject?

I am trying to understand the interaction between Flex UIComponents and (Flash?) DisplayObjects... But it's not clear to me what the UIComponent class "adds" to DisplayObject. So, what can a UIComponent do that a DisplayObject cannot? ...

decreasing sifr render time

I'm using sifr for a few items on this page: http://blueprint.staging.dante-studios.com/public/templates/home.php unfortunately it seems that the rendering is very slow, does anyone have any idea of how to: a) speed up the rendering process b) hide all "to be sifr'd" items until all of them are ready? ...

ExternalInterface Woes

Hello all. I know there are an abundance of articles and forum post (many of them from myself) regarding ExternalInterface, I guess I'll add one more... I have a small flash app (a button) which is set up to test the availability of ExternalInterface and it works great. I also have a larger, more complex, flash mp3 player, which I am tr...

Accessing movie clip object outside the function scope

I have a movie clip that has a text field and then a button inside that. I need to be able to change the color of the text when user mouse hovers over the text. Below is the code snippet. How do I access a reference to the Text field from outside the function? Thanks in advance. private function createRows() { var containerMc:MovieC...

Avoiding lengthy Flash compilation times when only external Actionscript has changed

I'm working on a large Flash project (.fla filesize is 80MB, and it takes about 4 minutes from ctrl-enter to swf). I'm not working on the Flash side of it, only on some code in my text editor. These incredibly slow compiles are really putting a crimp in my code-test-code cycle. Is there some way to tell Flash "I didn't change anything in...

compiling actionscript from command line using MXMLC

I have a tiny actionscript "project" consisting of two files, call them foo.as and bar.as. For reasons I won't go into, I really really want to build the .SWF from the command line, without setting up a formal project of any kind. Every compiler I've ever used lets you do this, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to coerce MXML...

Any tools/libraries to convert ppt and pdf files to flash swf on server side?

Hi, I'm building a pet project which needs to convert pdf and ppt files to flash swf files on the server side. This should look similar to what Scribd, Docstoc or Slideshare these websites do. But after some googling, I couldn't find any open source tools or libraries to do this except the OpenOffice wrapper. So I'm wondering how those ...