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Custom Flash ActiveX Host - Relative paths

OK, getting this to work properly was a nightmare, so I decided to put this up for others. Hosting the flash activex requires that you call OleCreate with an IStorage that implements SetClass (can be no-op), and a IOleClientSite that implements: IOleInPlaceSiteEx: OnInPlaceActivateEx() (no-op) GetWindow() GetWindowContext()...

How can I implement adobe stratus client in C#?

In actionscript3 I am able to create a p2p network and send arbitary text data around. While this works fine in a network of flash clients I would like to connect a non flash client written instead in c# to the same p2p network. Is anybody working on such a thing already? Are there any articles on how to do it? ...

How to maintain size of SWF files in a HTML page?

I have many SWF file those I have included in my web page using the HTML Object tag. Its working fine but, I am not able to maintain the size of my SWF files. I have following code for SWF files. <object id="example_flashGame" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/c...

Flash under SSL

I have a difficulty to display Flash contents under SSL only by IE. Is this simply IE's bug? Firefox can display the Flash. ...

How to use display none and block for a flash object?

Hi, I have embedded some flash like this: <div id="id" style="display:none;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="392" height="321" id="logo" align="middle" style="display:none"> <param name="allowS...

How can I prevent/make it hard to download my flash video?

I want to at least prevent normal users to download my flash video. What's the best way to do it? Create a httphandler, add a token (e.g. timeid), set the cache control to no-cache so that only the users with correct token can view the correct video. Is that feasible? It is the requirement from client that the video should not be down...

Basic jQuery plugin for flash-based single file upload?

Hello, I'm looking for a simple jquery plugin to upload a file via flash. What I want: ability for the script to interpret an XML response from the server What I don't want: multiple file upload progress indicator and all the bells & whistles ...

Video Streaming & Flash Embedding

What do I need to know in order to arrange video streaming from a web cam to a website where visitors can watch this video? ...

What tools, IDE, languages do you recommend for 2D game development?

Hi, I like programming but I also like to draw and design nice-looking things, so I thought it will be nice to mix this two things developing some simple 2d games... I've tried Flash but I don't liked it a lot from the programmer point of view, I like easy programming languages, like PHP (dinamic typing, etc.) or the old days of Visual ...

Opening SWFUpload dialog w/o using a flash button?

SWFUpload has a parameter where you specify the button to be clicked to open a dialog. Is there a simple way to manually open the dialog box without the use of the SWFUpload-provided button? Main thing is I have multiple places on my page where I want an image to be replaced via SWFUpload and I don't really want to instantiate a new SW...

Display of special characters in a flash movie, ie: Ó

I've gotta flash movie that refuses to display the character: Ó Does anyone out there have an idea why this may be happening? I know this is a vague question but i really can't explain it any better than that. ...

Flex HTTPService in Flash

Is there a standard equivalent to the Flex HTTPService class in Flash CS4? ...

How to set a cookie with a php script thats executed by Flash?

I have a flash upload script, that uses a .php file as the processor. I need the processor file to set a cookie with a gallery ID that was created by php script, and pass it on to the confirmation page. Except when Flash runs the php file... it doesnt set the cookie. It does set the session variable, which was good enough, but now Im usi...

Making a video sharing site, need a videoplayer

I want a videoplayer like youtube's on my site. What should I look for? I'm making a videosharing site in PHP with MySQL. Should I look into flash? Maybe you know some good video players that are easy to implement on a site. // Mariusz ...

Google login from flash Actionscript 2.0 in GAE

I want to implement Google authentication in Flash (actionscript 2) in Google appengine. After pressing the login button it will redirect to the Google login page and will come back to the site after successful authentication. Also, it can logout in same way. I am not good with actionscript and used "loadvers()" for action handling "on...

HTML page embedded in Flash Movie

Normally in an HTML page we embed a flash movie now that's a know concept, is it possible to embed an external HTML file into a flash movie? For eg: If i build a website completely in flash, can i load an external HTML file inside the swf ...

in flex, is it possible to embed speex files?

Flash 10 supposedly has support for the Speex audio format. I'd like to embed some Speex files in my SWF: [Embed(source='assets/test.spx',mimeType='audio/x-speex')] private static const SpeexSound:Class; However, I get the error: no transcoder registered for mimeType 'audio/x-speex' Any ideas? ...

What are the best practices for large scale flash production?

I am talking about several thousands of flash animations etc. Naturally there is lot of file management. How do people manage these kind of assets like DAM, CMS? Best practices for swfs, images, fonts to keep the size to minimum. Compression scheme? What about delivery? What kind of servers are needed for this scale? ...

Is uploading an image from local HD to remote AMFPHP method possible?

Can any AMFPHP experts tell me if it's possible to upload a file I select from my local HD using FileReference to an AMFPHP method? I must target FP9, though I know FP10 has a FileReference.data method. ...

Supressing browser's authentication dialog.

I apologize that there is a similar question already but I'd like to ask it more broadly. Is there any way at all to determine on the client side of a web application if requesting a resource will return a 401 status code and cause the browser to display an ugly authentication dialog? Or, is there any way at all to load an mp3 audio r...