flash-cs5

Switching flash scenes within a MovieClip

For the downrankers: I have searched this question in the internet and found countless posts. But neither worked because of a small problem here or there, and when I though of posting my problems in the same thread I realized its a month/year/millennium old. So I'm gonna ask here. For other people: How do I switch scenes within a flas...

Arching text in Flash CS5

Hey, I noticed the hype around Flash CS5's TFL text engine, I played with it a bit and indeed it is a powerful tool but can I used it to bend, arch text? I've searched for it and I couldn't find anything similar, except from character rotation - but that is not what I need. So, is there a way to bend, arch a line of text in CS5? ...

How do i remove anti-alias (bitmap font) in cs5 TLF text

How can i use a bitmap text (no anti-alias at all), i can't find that option , the same option that exists in the classic text field. ...

Is it possible to embed flv file in to flash?

Is it possible to embed the flv file in to the flash like other files(images, swf), so that i can handle this in as3 as programmaticaly in the same way as FLVPlayback component? I know the way to add flv file by creating FLVPlayback component. But in this case we always need to depend on the source path of corresponding file. I am not ab...

Is there a format specification for XML files from FLA import in CS5?

CS5 allows you to save FLA project as a bunch of XML files that encode vector graphics in some format, like: <Edge cubics="!8809 4331(;8821,4327 8849,4316 8865,4311q8809 4331 8865 4311);" /> Is there a format specification somewhere explaining what those entries mean? ...

Flash AS2 Transitioning Buttons of External Swfs

Hello world, I'm relatively new to Action Scripting and I'm working in Flash to learn. I know Stack Overflow isn't really for the inexperienced, but maybe you guys can help anyway? Problem 1 I would like to play out a movie that has been loaded (if it has been loaded) when another button is clicked. It is my understanding, I can do ...

flash cs5 output

The new output panel for flash cs5 is making me nuts. It's showing way too much information.. how to change to the old style output where it shows only the trace statements... I use mac osx... Thanks, Rex ...

Aligning to Stage top-left with JSFL in Flash IDE CS5

See Title. I'd do it by hand but there are 200+ .fla files that have been centered in the middle of the stage that I then load into AS3 (Flash Builder 4). Thanks for the help. Jono ...

How can i resubmit CS5 ipa on AppStore?

Now that Apple has unbanned the use of 3rd party dev tools, how can I resubmit my ipa file on the AppStore? ...

AMFPHP: Can't map PHP class to AS3 class

Hi, I'm using AMFPHP 1.9, ActionScript 3 and Adobe Flash Pro CS5 with Flash player 10x. I was trying to get data by calling amfphp serices. I'm running the app from within the Flash IDE. For primitive types like string or integer it's working fine. But when trying to get a custom object it shows the following error: SecurityError: Erro...

Limitation of developing Android application with Adobe Flash CS5

What is the limitation of developing Android application with Adobe Flash CS5? ...

Change the position of the registration point in Flash CS5

Is there a way to change the position of the registration point inside a Movie Clip using Flash5 ? I've found stuff online for older Flash versions but not CS5. ...

Can I send a variable to my flash movie after it has been loaded on the page?

Like the title say's, is it possible to send data to my flash movie after it has been loaded? More specific: I have a flash-movie with an image in it, and from the outside I would like to be able to alter it by sending fe. '?color=FF00FF' to the movie. Is there a way to catch this variable in flash? ...

How do you stop Flash Builder 4 Actionscript project launching Flash IDE?

I am trying to create an Actionscript project in Flash Builder 4. However when I debug or run it always runs in the Flash IDE. I want it to run in the standalone flash debugger without the Flash IDE! This is driving me crazy. Please someone let me know how I change this. I'm on Mac if that makes a difference. Much thanks! ...

How to use transparent BitmapData as a mask

I have a BitmapData object created dynamically that contains user-drawn shapes. I then attach that BitmapData object to a MovieClip via a Bitmap object and set that MovieClip as a mask to another MovieClip. The mask works but the whole bounding rectangle of the BitmapData is acting as the mask. But I want to exclude the transparent porti...

Passing a font from one class to another

I loaded a font.swf (in Flash CS5) and it works in the class I loaded the font into, but if I want to pass it to another class, how do I do that? I tried passing it as a TextFormat instance (with the format.font = my_loaded_font) but that doesn't appear to work... ...

Is there an easy way to convert Flash ActionScript from version 1-3?

Have one. Fla (Flash) file that uses ActionScript 1.0. Need to have it in version 3.0 and was wondering if there is any easy way to convert it? My knowledge of ActionScript is basically nonexistent. Have access to Adobe Flash CS5. ...

Flash dynamic transitions

Just wanted to know what the best way of transitioning between pages in flash. Basically i have 5 pages, each of them have an intro animation (slide in, slide out). I know how to make them transition IN but say they click on some random page out of the 5 how do i transition out of the current page then somehow tell it to go to the one th...

ColorPicker in AS3

import fl.controls.ColorPicker; import fl.events.ColorPickerEvent; var myColorPicker:ColorPicker = new ColorPicker(); myColorPicker.addEventListener(ColorPickerEvent.CHANGE, changeHandler); myColorPicker.move(10, 10); addChild(myColorPicker); function changeHandler(event:ColorPickerEvent) { trace("color changed:", event.color, "(#"...

suppressing font mapping window in Flash CS5

I have what is essentially the same font but but it's otf instead of ttf or something similar. Is there a way to suppress the font mapping dialog that pops up that doesn't include switching the fonts or installing the other font format? ...