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Flash Tab Order changes

Hi, I'm trying to add some accessibility for screen readers into a Flash application, and am running up against a sticky point. The order for tabbing through elements is set by those elements' tabIndex property. The difficulty is, the tab list constructed from these seems to be permanent, but the content of the application is dynamic (b...

Flash dynamic input box @ and " symbol issue

Hello, Having a very strange issue with a few creative banners. On some computers when you type in an input box for an email field instead of the @ symbol you get the " symbol. It is almost as though the keyboard has the wrong language set. This isn't the case though, they are all se to UK. I'm thinking it could be an issue with embedd...

How to go to URL once button bitmap img on Flash is clicked - Action Script

Good day. I have little usage of Flash CS4, however i have to build a small animation. It as six different bitmap images, each one with a effect on rollover. However i want to each one of them to open a URL in a new Tab/Window when clicked. And if someone know how to load each one of those URLs from a textfile. I would be very than...

Target flash version with the compiler (mxmlc)

When I run mxmlc with the -target-player attribute, it reports, "unknown configuration variable 'target-player'", can anyone help me with specifying the target player? ...

Detecting adobe flash version on IE7 - vista

It appears I'm not able to detect the installed version of flash on Vista/IE7. The following code fails: var x = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash'); The error I'm getting is: automation server cannot create object Looking at the Adobe Flash Detection Kit (from adobe), it looks like that's failing as well. I only h...

How can I float a movieclip over a textarea to make it appear like it's part of the text?

Take a look at this demo, how do they accomplish the Inline Changes feature? To me it looks like they are floating a movieclip over the textarea. What I can't figure out is how they anchored the movieclip to stay in the correct position. If you type something before the movieclip it moves position along with the text, the movieclips ev...

Open Source Flash Streaming Server

Does anyone know of an open source flash streaming server besides Red5? Mammoth server looks promising but is in Apha. Specifically I need to encapsulate mpeg4 in the stream, that is why I cannot use Red5. ...

How to fill Web Form from Flash or Javascript?

I am looking for a solution to fill web forms from flash or javascript. The "filling" should be done non-visually. The "filling" should be initiated from user computer, because I need to access local network resource. Just by looking at Selenium and iMacros I can tell that creating player that is smart enough is a pretty big project. I ...

Zipping and Unzipping tool for Flash

Are you aware of any zip/unzip component or script for flash / actionscript 2 ? I'm aware of this library for flex / AS3, but is there one for AS2 that will save me a long conversion attempt? Is there such a library that supports creating/parsing password protected zip files? ...

flash event listener for global events

I have a series of MovieClips, held within several MovieClips, that dispatch a custom move event that I would like the stage to listen for and interact with. Is there a way to add to the stage (or any Object) an event listener for any event of one type, regardless of where it was dispatched from? For instance, could I add to the stage a...

Pass Image from Flash to ASP.NET

Quick version: How do I get an image that was generated on the users browser back to the server? The current plan is this: 1.) The Flash developer will convert the bitmap to JPEG 2.) He will then POST the JPEG to a page on the site. 3.) I'm thinking I can create a WebService which will use a StreamReader to read the post and save it off...

move data from progress event to another class

in Flex if i have a loader class (i.e., XMLLoader) and a document class (document.as) and in document.as I'm instantiating XMLLoader var ldr:XMLLoader = new XMLLoader(url); ... and on the document.as class I have a text box, which I would like updated with the progress from that XMLLoader is making by using URLLoaders progress event, ...

Convert video format to Flash Video automatically

I need to allow web site users to upload videos to my web site in various common formats. From these I need to convert them to Flash video, and also limit their lengths and size. I need to do this automatically as part of the web site processing. Is there some simple tool that will allow me to do this? If not, can you point me in a dire...

Control an embedded into website flash player with Python?

Hello, I am trying to write few simple python scripts, which will allow me to control one of the Internet radio (which I listen) with an keybinded python scripts. I am now able to connect and log into the website, I am able to get out the song data ( that is - all the data which are passed to the player). I noticed, that the player is...

Create XMLfile and save to directory And Update and Delete particular node.

Hi, I need to create a xml file and save in my project directory, add a node to that file, find and update or delete a particular node. I need sample code for this..pls help me to overcome from this . Thanks in advance. ...

Flash 10: How to stream data to a local file?

I need something like FileStream class in Adobe AIR, but needs to work in Flash Player. I know there is FileReference#save(), but it can only save the whole file at once, which does not work if the size of the data to be saved is larger than the available memory... Is it really not possible to stream data to a local file to avoid keeping...

How to build only upon saving in FDT?

Is it possible to set up FDT so that it only builds the workspace when I save (as opposed to constantly or manually) like it does in Flash Builder (previously Flex Builder) and if so, how? ...

Program Director file with actionscript?

I am taking a class on Director. I have no interest in learning director or lingo, but its a required course, I would much rather be learning something relevant like silverlight. I have been programming flash/actionscript for a number of years though. So I was wondering if there was a way I could make a Flash/AS3 project and export it as...

Flash Bug - Force screen repaint

I have a Flash project that is a little unique in that it's an AS3 project that loads AS2 SWF files. I used the JumpEye bridge to make it all play together, but I'm experiencing a weird bug. The bridge file has two locations to load a SWF file. The main section and the preview section. The first time I load a preview, it loads and cl...

Using FlashVars with Flex 3

I'm trying to pass parameters from HTML-land to Flex-3 Flash-land, and can't seem to get it to work. Here's what I've got (basically the default template, modified with FlashVars): <noscript> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="${application}" width="${width}" height="${height}" codebase="http://fpdownlo...