I have a flash movie that connects to xml, php etc and uses absolute path. The file works perfectly fine on any browser on my mac but doesn't work at all if I am using my windows (none of the browsers seem to be working)
This is the way I'm loading stuff:
editorXML.load"); [URL]
}
I don't know now, maybe I should use ' instead of " for this example.
I am having trouble loading an external swf on a server using the absolute path. This external swf uses webcam streams and is loaded in the original swf file using the URL request code. I can load other swfs but just not that one. I have set the permission of the external swf to allow write/read/execute
//Loads the augmented SWF into the main timeline.
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.reminisce.me/files/jz_AR.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
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I Have a quick question concerning absolute links in flash. I have a Flash gallery that is populated by php and xml. I was using relative URL's in all of my URLLoaders and everything worked fine. But when I moved my source files on to a different server and switched to absolute URLs, I got a 1010 Error. Could this be a flash player security issue?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to load a SWF movie into a target movieclip called blankmc. The SWF movie is loaded from an absolute URL (eg. [URL]/img/20042005113934movie3.swf ) My Loading Progress code fails to detect the SWF file size. However the same code works perfectly for a JPG! Essentially the .getBytesLoaded() and .getBytesTotal fail to work. Why is this and how can I get it to work for loading SWFs?
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If a drag a component from the library into a movieclip and then drag the movieclip to the stage. Now if i resize the movieclip, can I set the component with a fixed width or height?
View 1 RepliesIs there a way to load an XML file if it's on a differen server/domain than the html/swf file? I already set allowScriptAccess="all" but it didn't seem to help.
View 1 RepliesHaving done loads of it in the first few years of this century, I've not done much Flash in the past few years, been focused on PHP/MySQL Development. Anyway, I now need to use the data from a MySQL database offline in a Flash executable so I'm jumping back in with AS3. There are several tables involved and I can write a script to export the data to whatever format is best.
XML or CSV? Should I get it all into one file with all the data or is it possible to do the quivalent of joined queries once the data is in Flash? I don't need a full explanation at this stage,
I built a simple application to load XML data using a external XML file. However, the link I am using will have a different Presentation ID each time a user creates a presentation. So some how the presentation ID needs to be know before I actually load the XML file at least in my mind it does. Is there a way to load the URL dynamically or set my url loader up so it loads whatever ID there is?
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I have an external text file that will have two variables and look like this:&months=January,February,...&days=Sunday,Monday,.. .I am using loadVars to load the textfile in. When it is done loading, I want to load each of the of the 2 variables into an array so I have an array for months and array for days
View 7 RepliesOk, lets see if i can explain this right. I have been trying to make a movie that loads different information from an external file each day. I name the external files according the the date that i want it to be imported (example: 200667, for today)Ive been able to make the .getYear(), .getMonth(), .getDate() work to make the date in the above formatxmlData.load(" ");<-- now when i write in the url to load the external file is there a way that i can write it so that it will update itself to the correct date so that i dont have to update it manually myself?
View 2 RepliesI have a pretty CMS that generates an XML and I want to make part of the site loading that data (menu items, thumbs, info, and big pics) is there an way to make all that using for?here is my XML code
Code:
<albums>
<gallery id="1" name="design" path="gallery/1/">
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I have a bit of a problem finding the correct syntax. I have a whole lot text variables here. The myLV value is in a external text file. So myLV.nr1 from my external textfield is loaded in ovrnr1.text. This way I can easily change the value in my text document.
ovnr1.text = myLV.nr1;
ovnr2.text = myLV.nr2;
ovnr3.text = myLV.nr3;
ovnr4.text = myLV.nr4;
If I put it like this it works fine but I thought, hey, in stead of writing
150 of these I can put it in a for loop. So I tried this.
for (i=1; i<150; i++) {
ovnr[i].text = myLV.nr[i];
}
However, this does not seem to work ? And could I do it to a button too ? So instead of writing 150 button onrollovers I could also make a loop for it ?
Something like
for (i=1; i<150; i++) {
this.btn[i].onRollOver = function() {
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I have a listBox and I want to take data from a php file and insert it in my list box. But I am doing something wrong, because it's not working.
The php file retrives data in the following format:
echo "nrsongs=" . $nr_songs;
$i=0;
foreach($song_ids as $song_id){
$i++;
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I am trying to load dynamic data into text fields with in flash (.swf) the system is a closed circuit (no internet & web access) basically there are about 10 standalone computers connect through a network and one central computer i created a flash which will be downloaded to all the computers at once and each computer has a unique (name).My goal is to load the different data into the text field for each computer:Computer 1 would have winner 1 Computer 2 would have winner 2and so one........Steps the code should do..1. call function and load the "unique (name)."of the computer by going to("c:/myharddrive/local.ini"); flash will reconize the "ini file to say "this is computer 12. then have the txt request come from("c:/CMS/MediaFiles/Data2.txt");when i publish the file out there is no errors-When I view the files on each computer there is no data (blank screen")so my guess it is not seeing the path for newURLRequest("c:/myharddrive/local.ini");r new URLRequest("c:/CMS/MediaFiles/Data2.txt");can anyone breakdown the code and let me know how flash can go to those specific areas on each individual computer and pull the data into flash
View 1 Replies[URL]when i test the site on my computer with flash it works. when i upload to the internet the xml data is not picked up. when i had the xml data in the same subdomain it worked both on my computer and in the internet...but i need the data to be accessible...
i have tried adding cross domain "policy files" for permission, but either they are not working, or i am doing it incorrectly...
i have been given two sources for a weather data feed:
[URL]
i would like to 'load' the text similar to loading xml i have seen several articles on reading variables from .txt but they all suggest the .txt file needs more formatting - whilst this one is just seperated by lines.
I am having a problem with loadMovie(); I have a button that loads external SWF into a container, but when another button is released loading a different SWF into same container, that SWF twitches and doesn't load properly.Is there a way to cancel an external SWF from loading during the load process? Or is there an easier way to prevent this using onLoadProgress(); with a while loop?And I am some what new to listeners and loadProgress(); programming
View 4 Repliesit took me so long to write this tutorial Well, here I go... Section 1: Introduction So you want dynamic content on your Flash movie. Sounds simple, right? Well let me tell it is, and well, it isn't. This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of Actionscript, PHP and MySQL. If you have that, it's time to move on. Otherwise, I recommend you do some reading on the subjects... Section 2: Setting up your SWF to receive external data Loading external data into an SWF is a fairly simple task. Although the external text file method is probably the most widely known, it is by far the clumsiest way to get data into your SWF. Of course, this may be your only option of your server doesn't support MySQL/PHP! But for those of us who are fortunate to have these privileges, let me show you how Flash can get external data without having to create additional text files.
Dynamic text fields In order for Flash to get data from an external source, you need to make use of dynamic text fields. Simply place a blank dynamic text field on the stage and make sure you give it a variable name (NB: dynamic text fields have both an instance AND a variable names. In this case we want to focus on the variable name). Note the name you give to the field's variable name, as we'll need it when we write our PHP script. Once you have a text field setup, convert it to a movie clip symbol. Attach the following code to the resulting movie clip:
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When retrieving external variables from the server URLVariables my Flash get stuck on first compilation values. Whenever I update server values flash compiles the first old values. Only after i restart CS4 IDE values are updated. Is there an internal cache?
There is nothing wrong with my code, because it works fine on my mac, but not on pc.
as i understood, external data loads with async mode. Please, suggest me good way to get sync mode
View 9 RepliesWhat is the best way to work large amounts of external data in Flash? XML, remoting,something else??I'm looking into a project that has a lot and I'm not sure what the best way to handle it would be
View 1 Repliesspot the error here that is giving me a TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.The text field captions are in a file named captions.txt in the same root folder.
Code:
var myURLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var myURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("captions_tuesday.txt");
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Possible to load an array from a external data source. I.e. like from a .txt file? I tried putting this in the external text file:
mytest = new Array("dadada")
It loaded, but not as a array, just as text. I am using LoadVars.
I have created movieClips instead of buttons called again "button_1" through "button_7". The issue I'm having is that the movieclips that I want to load XML data into are within a movieclip called movie1_mc. How to load XML data into a movieclip within a movieclip?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to load data from an external text file into an array. I created an array and am able to load the data into an array if I explicitly say something like
ActionScript Code:
array[0] = event.target.data.uid1_name;
I can then do a trace statement on array[0] and it will output the correct name from the file. My problem is I'm trying to iterate through the variable names in the text file in the file by using an index variable. This is the code I'm using after doing all the URLloader, URLRequest, and so forth stuff:
ActionScript Code:
for(var i = 0; i<20;i++){
fArray
= event.target.data.uid_name;
}
This produces a syntax error. I've tried several other syntax variations but haven't been able to figure it out. I've also tried the following:
fArray
= event.target.data["uid"+i+"_name"];
fArray = event.target.data.["uid"+i+"_name"];
fArray
= event.target.data."uid"+i+"_name";
All three of those also give me errors. For the first one the trace statement outputs "undefinded" instead of "Doug". For the second I get "syntax error. Expecting identifier before left bracket". And for the third I get "syntax error, expecting identifer before uid.":
syntax to iterate the number after uid(uid1_name, uid2_name, uid3_name, etc)?
I'm trying to load data from an external text file into an array. I created an array and am able to load the data into an array if I explicitly say something like:
ActionScript Code:
array[0] = event.target.data.uid1_name;
I can then do a trace statement on array[0] and it will output the correct name from the file. My problem is I'm trying to iterate through the variable names in the text file in the file by using an index variable. This is the code I'm using after doing all the URLloader, URLRequest, and so forth stuff:
ActionScript Code:
for(var i = 0; i<20;i++){
fArray[i] = event.target.data.uid[i]_name;
}
This produces a syntax error. I've tried several other syntax variations but haven't been able to figure it out. Why syntax iterate the number after uid (uid1_name, uid2_name, uid3_name, etc)?
I'm creating an XML MP3 player in Flash 8. I have more tracks than I have room to list them, so I would like to include a scroll bar to allow for users to scroll through the tracks and choose the one they want to listen to. The player works great, but once I try to load the XML data for the song names into a movice clip that's 1 level deep into the main timeline, it no longer works. I've tried using _root. and _level0. but these don't seem to work. I've perused a few forums and it seems like this is a common problem. What is the solution to loading XML data into movie clips one level or more deeper than the original timeline?
View 7 RepliesI am a new forum user and new AS programmer (but an experienced OOP in C++/Java/.NET),now using Flash CS4 on a Windows XP Pro machine.Using pre-loader demos from the web I coded my first AS3 program, it actually works as expected with some SWF movies; but with others it fails to operate properly.What I wanted to do is to create classes for each type of movieclip I have (the movieclips are all 100 frames animations) and when I create the instances with "new" the classes would just load its corresponding movieclip content (A SWF file containing the 100 frames).
Well the first problem I ran into was that if the SWF file is from previous versions (AS2 say) it does not work. Just to let you know because that is not the prolem now.All the program is doing now is loading the external swf into a movieclip instance at the time the class is created, this part works fine always, and then listening to EVERYFRAME events just calls moveNext going from frame 1 to 100, and when I reaches frame 100 it plays backwards by calling movePrevious.
The program works fine with a SWF file I downloaded from the web, but because I am having a hard time finding long animations built with the current version of Flash I tried to create my own SWF files to test, etc... Now the problems:I have 100 frames that I import to the stage into a new movieclip, then I right click on that movieclip in the library and export this movieclip as SWF using Flash S4...which creates the SWF fine and which I can play in a player fine too.However the program fails with this Flash CS4 movieclip ! , for some reason it does not seem to react to the moveNext and movePrevious calls, it just plays from 1 to 100 and them jumps back to 1 again.
I have built a horizontal scroller, you can see images there that go from left to rigth, what I wanted to do is when a user clicks on a thumbnail:
1)go to full screen mode
2)create an empty movie clip and load a jpg into it
I did it, but when I go back to the normal screen the empty movie clip is still there. How can I get rid of it when the user goes to the normal screen? it seems to be that when I load the jpg into the emptymovieclip the empty movie clip doesn't have the click property is that true?
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I'm loading external swfs into instance "Frame01" which is a MovieClip, the MovieClip is nested within instance"FrameLoader" (MovieClip) Which moves (elastic effect) when a button is pressed. Im looking to get the loaded swf to be inside "Frame01" while its sliding.
//Elasticity Effect:
var xVel:Number=535.0;
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