I have a movie clip with 25 different frames on it. On each frame I have the usual XML loadin information pointing to different XML files on my computer. When I click one of the 25 content buttons I have told the movieclip to go to a particular frame to load a particular xml file. The problem is it won't unload the first XML file so keeps displaying that data over and over again.Does anyone know of any simple (only just getting to grips with AS) coding I can place on another button to unload the XML data?
I have created a site using the most basic amount of AS possible because i am new to it and am just finding my feet, i thought i might be able to get away with using just button links and slideshows but now my site is getting very big and is taking a while to load, i have added a preloader to the beginning of the site in a different scene.On my second frame i have a external .SWF file being loaded, it loads just fine but when i navigate away from the frame it is still there on every frame.
here is my code for the frame;
////// var SlideshowURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Slideshow.swf"); var SlideshowLoader:Loader = new Loader(); SlideshowLoader.load(SlideshowURL);
From my main file I'm loading an external swf file. This file overlaps the original file so I began looking for a way to unload the original file. I've not been too successful. Right now, I've created a background layer which allows the loaded file to cover the original file without bleed through. I'd rather have the original file unload before the newly called file is loaded.
Here's the code I've found so far: //Declare Variablesvar Xpos = 0; var Ypos = 0; var loader:Loader = new Loader(); var swfFileToLoad:URLRequest = new URLRequest("holdHumans.swf"); //Go to CreationremoveChild(loader); loader.load(swfFileToLoad); loader.x = Xpos; loader.y = Ypos;addChild(loader);
This code is normally associated with a button event but I have to be able to use it from within a timer function in the original file. When the function is called, I get this message: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller. I get this message too when I try using it from the externally loaded swf file.
At the moment, the Main.swf loads perfectly and works fine. But when I click the gallery button, it jumps to frame 76, and plays the Main.swf. It doesn't load the ZenGalleryDemo.swf file.....
I am trying to load external swf files for each page of my website. I load the home right off the bat, then when I click on a different page, the content only loads on top of the previous loaded swf without getting rid of the previous page. I could be doing it wrong, but I use unload and removeChild before reloading the new page in the button function and it still stays on the stage.I could go back into my external swf files and add a white background underneath the content in order to mask out the swf that stays behind. But even if I do that it still would be loading multiple copies of each swf gradually slowing the whole site down.
So I posted a few days ago about having problems unloadins SWFs. Pretty much I load one for each page in my website into a content_mc. When you click back and forth between the pages, the previous page doesn't disappear, but just gets pushed behind the new page. I've tried unload and remove child and nothing happens. The goal would be able to unload the previous page and load the new page to replace the old one.
I am able to successfully load two of the swf game files (Shooting.swf and Butterfly.swf). I will be playing this game swf in full screen mode. As in it will Occupy the entire area. I want this swf file to be unloaded upon clicking "homeShoot" which is in the library. Thus, when loading the swf files, at the same time I will addChild this button "homeShoot" from the library. So that when I press this "homeShoot" it will unload the swf file. But i am having problem with this part. The following is my code.
ActionScript Code: var Xpos:Number = 0; var Ypos:Number = 0; var swf:MovieClip; var loaderShoot:Loader = new Loader(); var loaderButterfly:Loader = new Loader(); [Code] .....
I am making my portfolio website and I am loading the images, description, etc. from a xml file. This all works fine. but when i go back to another section of my site (i.e. contact or about) the xml data stays. Is there a way to unload the data when going to a different frame?
wherever I look for scripts is either AS 1.0 or 3.0... I used to work as a cartoon animator (didn't need AS at all) now I'm trying to build up my own site to show my portfolio. I'm having difficulties loading and unloading external swf files. Basically I'm a total newbie, I managed to figure out that you need an empty movie clip where it will be played, and the buttons themselves...
I have an accordion style btn that expands and contracts base on the user's cursor. When the btn expands it loads an external XML file. The problem I'm having is that after the btn contracts the loaded XML content is still in place. Is there a way to unload this XML content after it has loaded?
I spent almost a week trying to figure out how to unload a currently loaded swf using its button and loading a new swf... I have three files, a main.fla, file1.fla and file2.fla. In my main.fla, I have a code which loads the other two files. If i will click the "unload" button in the file1.swf, I would like the main.fla to unload the file1.swf and load the other file, file2.swf. Here is the code to load the file1.swf:
I am developing a VB.NET Windows application that plays SWF and FLV files in popup windows.
The user presses a button on the main application form, a window pops up, and the Flash media will then play (in theory).
I was successful in getting SWF files to play. First, I added the Shockwave Flash Object AciveX control to my toolbox (VB.NET named it AxShockwaveFlash1), and then double clicked it to add it to my popup form. Then, in the startup routine for my popup, I added the following lines to play my SWF:
I attempted exactly the same approach using a separate form for an FLV file, this time of course setting the Movie property of the Shockwave Flash Object to "path/filename.flv". In this case, the FLV file did not play. There were no error messages, but just a popup screen with nothing on it.
Im making a three related VB program and i want to integrate them into one package, for the easier access and navigation on those program, I make a flash file which serves as interface or menu for the navigation. My problem is how to call or run on those program in just one click of a flash button, i want to run the exe program not the installer. I mean if I install the program that I made in the VB on my PC, there must a menu to choose on the three program. I try to use the geturl and it works but there is prompt(popup message for to choose run and save. I want if i click the button, it will go directly on the application.
I'm trying to make a flash dictionary reader, based on the stardict dictionaries, but there seems to be a major problem : is it possible to laod raw data from files, as one can do in c++? what I want to load is "32-bits unsigned number in network byte order", that are along with utf8 strings in a file.
Maybe convert the whole file to get string whith numbers instead of the number itself? But this would also be problematic, as these number indicates the postion of some text (the definition) in a file, giving the offset. And as the codage is UTF8, there is no direct relation between the offset and the position of the caracter.....
If i load an external mp3 file from either the internet or a user's computer, can i use the file's details (artist, album, etc).I don't know how to explain it, i think you can set the file's details in windows media player or winamp, and it gets stored with the file.
So, what i need to do is to load multiple data from a .txt file or .xml file... what i am trying to do is a password thingie + user. so i will need 2 collums or something, one that has all the users in it and one that has the password associated to a specific user.i can make this work for single user, but it seems that i'm having problems with more then 1 user...
I've written an app that parses Atom and RSS feeds from a few popular sites, and reacts to this data. Everything works fine when I run the .swf locally, but fails when uploaded. Is there a security setting I should be aware of?
I have a swf which it receives it's content from xml files. It displayes jpg's and mp3's by getting their paths from xmls. (also I must note that these jpegs and mp3s are uploaded from an asp.net form)
My problem is some jpgs are not being displayed & some mp3s are not played at macintoshs. I've tested with almost all mac browsers and flash plug-ins. It's all same. While some files are being displayed some do not. I see blank the area where the jpgs should be shown.
I have a project where I need to use XML to dynamically load PNG and GIF files not just JPEGs. I have found forums and information from 2004 of users complaining about the capability not being available but since then we now have Flash 8.
I started to develop my first flash web site. I use to import pictures into the stage, so far I only use jpegs. I am wondering, after I will have finished my fla and export to swf, will these source picture still be useful when I will upload the site to my ftp? Or will they be part of the swf?
Is it possible to make such a thing: When Button_btn is clicked (onRelease), var( var Name:String = new String("Flash MX|) ) is send to file (File.txt) and saved there.
I want to load data into a flash movie from two or more different XML files.I loaded first file with xml.load("myxml.xml")when i added other xml as same directive as above, it didn't worked.
I've run into some problems trying to handle large text files in AIR (300+ MB in size). I can open a filestream and read the file just fine and even store it into a string variable. the problem occurs when i try to manipulate this data. Im trying to get each line as an element in an array so i can manipulate this data.Here's what i've tried:1. read the file into a string variable and perform a split looking for the newline character ). this freezes the program2. i've tried reading the file in one byte at a time and putting each line into an array AS it is being read from the filestream. This not only takes long but eventually freezes.
3. i've tried splitting the final string variable which contains the entire text file into chunks to process it separately.4. i've even tried putting the file contents into a sqlite database, but this also freezes.At this point, im not sure what my options are. Is AIR even equipped to manipulate data at this level? I could use a point in the right direction
i'm remodeling a website i've done ([URL]). i want to exchange information between XML and Flash files. i almost did it, but where shoul display information about one item, the whole content of this 'field' is shown. i'll explain better. this swf displays works of an artist. but the field 'date' (or any other text field) display the content of all works (separated by commas). i'll post the xml code and the actionscript code.
I had to manipulate a large number of XML and GIF files. In this case I will need to use a compressed file, like zip. if the flash can access this type of data like the Java do.
I've got several archived text files - 040107.txt,040207.txt, 040307.txt, for example - and I want to be able to build a dynamic link which loads whichever file is selected intothe Flash movie. This list needs to be able to build itself as Iwrite new files every day and add the old ones to the archive.
We are mainly developing On-line web application works on Flash Movie remixer which remixes more than two flash movies (Picture In picture), SWF layers, Run-time special effects (Chroma-key, fire filter, etc.) and sound layers.This site is similar to the [url].... Recently we were having an issue that user should render the remixed movies and layers to one flash movie file (FLV format).
I'm working in AS3 using Flash CS3 in the Mac OSX Leopard environment and would like to save data, to be later retrieved, in text files (probably xml). The data will be the result of the user interaction with the swf and the ideal location will be the directory (local or website) in which the swf file is located.
I know I could achieve the same effect using a database backend but want to make the swf file more portable, and don't really want to dedicate a database to this function. I've read a bundle of website comments on this but none seem to tidily do what I want, and I am not a whole lot wiser on the subject. The data will be user details and variables (e.g. scores) to carryover to when the user next accesses the game. What are my options (FileReference.save, SharedObjects, URLLoader, other )
