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Passing Captivate Parameters

I want to track when users have viewed a Captivate (Flash 10.0) video tutorial. In order to do this I need to pass two parameters (employee ID and which tutorial) and have the video call a url with the passed values when it's done. I think I can pass the parameters to the turorial when it starts but I'm not sure how to get them back out ...

Flash CS4 3D Sprite Rotation Z Order Problem

I suspect this is a maths issue rather than a flash one. In a nutshell, I have two cubes that rotate around their common center point. So far so good. Using the appendTranslation and appendRotation matrix functions, I've managed to get the two cubes to rotate ok. The problem is the drawing order seems to have little effect on the Z Buf...

How can I turn off all formatting symbol and dots inside Flash IDE?

In my flash IDE, somehow I hit a hot key and turned on all the formatting symbols (paragraphs and dots). I cannot figure out how to turn them off, can anyone help me? I search the web and SO without any results. Here is a picture of what is happening. ¿Any clue? Thanks a lot ...

Playing .rm video files in flash

Hello I know how to play .flv video files in flash. And can I play .rm video file? For example this: http://mfile.akamai.com/7870/rm/mitstorage.download.akamai.com/7870/11/11.309/s06/lecturenotes/ocw-11.309j-06mar2006-56k.rm best Vladimir ...

Loading Flash when debugging AIR

I'm trying to create an Adobe AIR widget with a Flash menu. The Flash menu was created in SWiSH Max2, exported as SWF9 with SWF6 properties exposed. The menu works, FSCommand works, and the attached JavaScript work (at least in Firefox). However, when I try to test this in the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL), nothing happens. I've used SWFO...

What types of SVG gradient fills are supported when using the Embed meta tag in ActionScript3

I've been trying to embed some svg files into an AS3 project using the Embed meta tag. For example: [Embed(source = "assets/image.svg")] private var Image : Class; However when displaying these files as Sprites only some of the gradients are surviving the embeding process. From what I've found simple (2 step) horizontal gradients se...

Pass JSON to a Flash movie

What is the best way to pass JSON to and from a Flash movie? Currently to communicate between javascript and Flash : I'm using 'flashvars' to pass data to the flash movie when it initially loads I'm using 'ExternalInterface' at runtime to transfer single values, such as booleans at runtime I want to move to the next level and do th...

Access Modules in Flex

Hello Community, I have build a module in Flex that I call myModule, this module has a method myMethod. Now I use the ModuleManager to load this module. mod = ModuleManager.getModule("myModule.swf"); mod.addEventListener(ModuleEvent.READY, modEventHandler); mod.load(); now I want to access the method (customComp as myModule).myMeth...

Import Flash CS4 Project to Flex Builder 3

I'm fairly deep with Flash CS4 project. I've got Flex Builder now, and I want to use it. I have .fla file and couple of Classes. .fla file is actually one ActionScript Frame document with Library items with linkages. I want to do .fla file skinning in Flash later, but develop with Flex. Can you help me with importing. I've never used Fl...

Caching in Flex

Hello Community, I have the following problem, I have a flex application that works as a frontend in a client-server-application. In my application I have two sliders and a chart that moves when I drag the sliders, now when I have the following positions slider 1: 10 slider 2: 20 a request is sent to the server and the response back ...

AS3:How to change a colored Bitmap's BitmapData to black and white ?

How can I change the bitmapdata of a coloured Bitmap to Black and White in AS3 ? I'm developing a simple image editor tool for a CMS in flash. People should be able to switch the colour of the uploaded Bitmap to black and white. I want the bitmapdata itself to change So I can write it to a ByteArray with Adobe's JPGEncoder Class after...

Create a Flash Equalizer (modify output sound)

Hi it'd like to know if it's at all possible create a "parametric" equalizer in flash. Not just the usual graphic effects but a tool to modify the output of the sound that pass trough the application. Any reference, tips idea welcomed. Thanks ...

Where can I find good Introductory Adobe Flash CS3 tutorials and documentation for a beginner?

I'm writing my first interactive animation in Flash CS3 and I'm having trouble locating some good references to teach me how to do it. Any ideas? ...

AS3: Tweensy's remove function pauses the tween of the tween's target's children

See title. Using Tweensy 0.2.2, Flex4Beta1, and FP10.0.22.87, is there a workaround, or something I'm just not getting? EDIT: Using stop, doesn't cause this problem, but I'm still curious as to why this is happening. ...

dropdown Menu behind flash

Hey guys, I've got a neat dropdown menu and also a flashfile in my webpage. Now when I hover the menu and it expands. It's behind the flash... The problem is only in IE 7 Here's my code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> <meta ...

F4V Player Works on Every Site But One

I almost don't even know how to begin describing this question - I am completely baffled. Basically, I have a custom-built F4V video player that grabs an F4V via an HTTP request, then plays the video with some standard AS3. Now, I have three sites on identical SliceHost slices, running the same OS, same PHP version, built on the same ...

Flash AS3 - Access external swf on the same domain

Hi, I ran into this problem and could not solve it, so I have a swf file that loads assets from another swf file, everything's fine, until I put them on the server, they are under the same domain, relative path doesnt work nor does absolute path. This is not even a cross domain problem, since both files are on the same server. Did an...

AS3: streamlining a 'universal loader'

In Flash Actionscript 3, when you need to load text, you use a class called 'URLLoader', and when you need to load an image (or .swf) you use a class called 'Loader.' As far as I know, loading a .bmp with URLLoader is as useless as loading an .xml into a Loader - it doesn't compute. I'm making a class that handles a queue of external as...

How to completely remove a movieclip in AS3

I want the mc to be removed with All its timers, events,... Is there a simple way to do this? ...

AS3 Loader ignoring .png transparency

In Flash CS4, open a new document, change the background colour to something recognizeable (like magenta) and add the following code: var loader:Loader = new Loader(); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(e:Event){addChild(e.target.content);}); loader.load(new URLRequest('newsnakelub8.png')); ... replacin...