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Trigger flash events using the default browser scrollbar

I'm not sure if this is possible but I want to achieve the following. Using the default browser scrollbars, I would like to either control a timeline in flash or send _global variables into flash. I also need to detect if the scrollbar is going up or down. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks ...

If Flash downloads a file, is it cached?

Does Flash use the browser cache when plugin content downloads files? ...

Need button to control nested MC timeline.

Flaah CS4, AS2 I am making an interactive tour. On the main timeline I have two movieclip, "ABOUT" and "RENTALS". I would like a button, "btnFLRcafe" in the "ABOUT" movieclip to connect to "RENTALS" and start playing on the timeline at a frame named "CAFE". This is the code that I have on "btnFLRcafe": on(release){ _root.gotoAndStop(...

Firefox hide embeded object bug workaround?

Hi there is a well documented bug in firefox(since version 0.9!) where hidding a flash, java applet, quicktime... really anything you can put in a "embed" or "object" tag makes the embeded content be restarted/reloaded when shown back again. It seems to occur when modifying any display related attribute on css. Normally this wouldn't be...

Uploadify won't upload files to my php script!

I'm trying to get uploadify to send it's files to a php script but it comes back blank every time... i'm totally confused as sometimes it won't even attempt to upload the files. Form: <form action="upload.php?1" method="post" id="uploadForm" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type='file' name='uploadBox' id='uploadBox' /><br/> <inpu...

Previewing PDF and PowerPoint files with Silverlight/Flash

I'm looking for code or a good control to preview PDFs and PPTs with Silverlight or Flash. It would be great if it has nice page-curl functionality. We want our customers to be able to have a look at their reports in a spiffy way. ...

Flash AS3 - textInput box @ " keyboard character issue

Hi folks, this q has already come up before but the answers given didn't help me. I have text input boxes which display the " symbol in place of the @ and vice-versa. when i test locally my @ and " are appearing correctly only when i upload to the server does the problem arise. I read that you can have "Use device fonts" set for text...

sIFR v2.0.7 + Flash Bug

I have a few websites that use the awesome sIFR v2.0.7 and they've developed a nasty 'green background' bug. I've been reading documentation on http://novemberborn.net/sifr/2.0.7 and it seems the fix is to upgrade to sIFR v2.0.7 - which I am already using.. Test Case > http://prettypollution.com.au/test/index.html ^ 'Welcome to Pretty ...

How do select all checkbox within iteam renderer data grid using flex?

In my project i used one select all button for select all checkbox at click event . But i used datagrid ,iteam renderer within checkbox so no id of checkbox then how to select/unselect all checkbox ? <mx:DataGrid id=newdatagrid> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="1" rendererIsEditor="true" editorDataField="selected"> ...

Passing one variable from one SWF to Another?

Now I understand this has been asked to go from Parent to Child before, which is all well and good, but what I want to know is, how do I go about passing from a Child SWF back to the Parent? The way I do it for Parent to Child is: In your parent swf you’d put _global.myvariable = blah; In your child swf you’d put this. myvariable =...

Flashing Button with Flex/Action Script

I want to make a button flash red in response to an event, and then stop flashing whenever the button is pressed. This would be much like the master alarm button in an aircraft. So the flashing effect needs to be something that I can programmatically stop. I saw one example using a timer, but I want to avoid using a timer because I do...

Prefered method for looping sound flash as3

Hi there, I'm having some issues with looping a sound in flash AS3, in that when I tell the sound to loop I get a slight delay at the end/beginning of the audio. The audio is clipped correctly and will play without a gap on garage band. I know that there are issues with sound in general in flash, bugs with encodings and the inaccuracie...

Interactive webcam

Hey all, I want to move objects in Flash with my hands via the webcam. How can I do this? ...

Why does JQuery not fade a flash object properly?

I am trying to fade out a Flash embed object and fade in regular Html. For some reason the callback of the fadeout method gets fired multiple times, before the fade out has finished. The result is that the Html gets appended multiple times in the callback function and it blinks an extra time. This doesn't happen when I try fading regu...

Workarounds for setting the size of an empty display object?

I want to create an invisible drawing surface that sits over top of an image. This drawing surface would be in charge of taking mouse input and passing the coordinates along to a sprite that sits on the layer between the drawing surface and the image. The drawing surface is an empty Sprite. According to the docs, a display object that...

Object doesn't look up scope tree for variables

I have a simple object defined by an object literal, and have a couple functions assigned to this object. Inside the functions, I try to access global variables, and it only gets undefined. The Flex debugger tells me the variables are just right up the scope tree. Yes, I know I can access Thing by using 'this', that doesn't solve my s...

javascript drop down menu and flash conflict

Hi - I've got a problem where the javascript drop down menu I've added to my html page either appears behind a flash image or it interferes with the thumb nails in my flash pic. The problem is different for different browsers and mac / PC. ...

Umap (AS3) Feedlayer URL on GoDaddy.com is not working?

I have created a Umap AS3 (AfComponents) map on my client's site and creating a FeedLayer which calls a KML file which client generates via a CMS. Everything was working fine until I discovered that .kml is not reading. I checked on firebug and found that the URL http://www.domainname.com/myReal.kml is not directly accessible. I don't k...

Dot Net : Wrapper class to create image from SWF file

Is there any wrapper class available in DOT NET so that i can create an image from a flash movie(swf file). I know there is something called FFMPEG.But its an exe.Since i am not going to deploy my application on a dedicated server,I cant put an exe file in the server.Is there any classes available which embed the functionality of this F...

flash.net.NetStream is not receiving onMetaData

I have gotten a NetConnection and NetStream set up and the streaming mp3 is playing fine. The only problem is the metadata is not received even though NetStream's client has been set. Any idea what could have caused this? Code snippet: // set up NetConnection ... private function netStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void { if (e....