I'm trying to pull an URL from a txt file, but apparently the URL itself contains several "&" signs which are used to separate variables, so now when I click on the link I'll only get the first segment of the link. Is there a way to go around it?
View 1 RepliesHere's my problem. I currently have a Flash banner on my website that displays artwork I have made. However, it currently just shows jpegs that are embedded into the Flash file. Is there a way that I can set up a directory in my domain and just have the flash file pull these external images, at random to display? Also, it should be noted that it shouldn't pull the same image twice. That would look silly I would make the files all the correct resolution and size, so resizing is not an issue. I know you can do this sort of thing with javascript, but I want more control and a more stylish appearance.
View 1 RepliesI made web banners with the intent that the shell being the initial swf, could pull an external swf file from a remote site. View here: [URL]. The main .swf file has to be under 30k, which it is. now the other .swf files load when you rollover the buttons. this method fulfills the 30k requirement on the advertisers side - also allows the creative to have higher res images/swf files hosted on our site/side. In testing it locally, it all works great. But when I moved the .swf file to [URL] to test it - the files hang up when you mouse over the buttons - is there a chance you could check out my source? Here: [URL]. I checked out the security settings.
security.allowDomain,
not sure if I'm using it correctly?
I have created a flash header that is pulling some external sound from a server and am running into an interesting issue. Here is the code that I am using.
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And here is what is happening: I have a preloader on the first frame and after everything is loaded it goes to the second frame and begins playing. If I just preview the movie in flash (Ctrl + Enter) then everything works fine; the music plays my text field is created (the time counts correctly), and the start/stop button works fine. If I then go up to "Simulate Download" to test the preloader and everything, when it loads and goes to the second frame, the music will sometimes play (and cut out), the text field isn't created, the start/stop button doesn't work, and I don't know what the problem is.
I think I have pinned it down to my my_sound.onLoad() function (that I don't think is getting run in the simulated download), but I can't figure out why it would work with a live preview, and not a simulated download.
I'm currently looking to use Flash to pull in two separate media files and to play them at the same time. From what I know about Flash, it's certainly possible to play two files, but is it possible to play files without embedding them in the Flash file?
View 3 RepliesI'm developping a FMS 4 application that read an external stream, and then, republish it in multicast:
1.- So, first of all I open a NetConnection to the remote application. And I associate it to a new Stream created in the application. Then I have the stream available in my application.
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(REMOTE_APPLICATION);
nc.onStatus = function(info)
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But, I don't know who would be the client in the registerStream method. Which reference should I add there? Is it possible in this way?
I made another different script that republish that stream in localhost using NetConnection.publish(localhost/sameapplication). It works properly. But I would like to be able of managing it in the other way.
I'm going to be creating a kind of fake RSS feed scrolling on the bottom of my webpage, and I want to be able to have it read data from a .txt file, so I don't constantly have to go into the flash file on a daily basis and make new swfs :P
View 3 RepliesIs there a method to pull the value of the current swf file's name? For instance, if I have a movie called 1.swf open is there something I can do like myMovie.name and have the return value be 1.swf?
Problem: I have 24 flash movies. Each movie has different text that needs to be displayed, so what I did was created an HTML file with vars on it like &1=Hello &2=World. Now in my flash movies I load that HTML file, and have a dynamic text box that pulls in the values. This all works, but as it stands I have to change the var the text boxes pull in, and recompile, so instead I was wanting to set the variable to pull in based on the .swf file name, like 1.swf, pulls in the var &1 and 2.swf pulls in the var &2, this way I don't have to keep recompiling, I could just copy the movie 24 times and rename the movies accordingly.
I'm using an old open-source mp3 player (musicplayer.sourceforge.net) on my site because the visual design does not clash with existing colors, etc.The author provides two versions of the player. (ea also has the fla file in case I want to modify it for a different swf) One allows the user to pick from several songs stored in a simple text playlist, and the appropriate album cover is displayed during playback. The other is a "slim" version that is just for playing one song at a time. In the first player,the artist's name (pulled from the playlist) is displayed and then the song title scrolls across while in play. Some additional basic text is stored in an accompanying actionscript 2 file. I have no trouble with this version. The slim version is supposed to do the same thing. However, it continues to marquee text of the player author's name regardless of what I change. I replaced text strings in both the actionscript file and the playlist but the player doesn't seem to extract them.
View 1 RepliesI am currently trying to modify a hangman game I found on here (URL...). I'm not very good at actionscript and hopefully this will be a good exercise to learn more - I really want to learn how to make games. I have seen hangman games that include clues for words, but the only games I can find that I can read the source in don't have a clue field, and pull the words from an external .txt file. Is there a way of also pulling phrases to be as clues from these files? I could just create another .txt file and make it a new variable, but of course I would have the problem of it not matching the word. I hope i made sense.
View 6 RepliesI'm having trouble pulling & updating information based on an XML file.Each node contains a couple text items and a date. When the date arrives and gets to 00:00:00:00, the next XML node should be called.What would be the best way to store each node so that based on a timer reset (or something to that effect), it would pull the next node until that specified date and then pull the next set of info until the end of the nodes?
View 2 RepliesI have a CD and have all my files in it and I want to load them into my flash file, how can I do it?
View 7 RepliesIt has been a while since I have used flash, but I am getting a werid error when trying to make external links.
in my action script on my button, I'm putting the script
on (release) {
getURL("www.google.ca", "_blank");
}
which I have always done in the past, but when I upload it and test it, when I click on the link it just add's it to the end of the current URL eg.
[URL]
I am pulling external images, I have my main image, and five small images, I have that to make the small images when click to appear in the place of the main image, but I am not obtaining to make they to click, I am placing my archive who to want to make download
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to implement swf address with my website that uses external swfs as the 'pages'.
[URL]
But I haven't been able to find an example file with example code that I can ferret out how to apply this to my website. I've also checked the swfaddress and while there is a link to this:[URL].Also... is it unwise to retroactively work in swfaddress to an already compiled as or should i be starting fresh, knowing that I am going to give unique urls to various buttons, that when clicked, bring up a certain 'page' or external swf?
(1120: Access of undefined property images) For an image gallery I also do have a few text sprites which may have to much text for one side to display. Therefore I do have a scrollbar placed next to the text which should be able to move my text sprite within its mask. My .fla at one point adds an InfoText (InfoText.as, extends Sprite) to an already existing sprite "images". imageHolderArray[i]=new InfoText (xmlName) images.addChild(imageHolderArray[i]) imageHolderArray[i].name=xmlName; The InfoText get's the name of an xml file, then starts to load this xml file, populates text fields with it, etc. Work fine! If the heigth of my textContainer sprite (create in InfoText.as) is taller than the display height, InfoText.as adds a scrollbar (Scrollbar.as, extends) var scrollbar = new Scrollbar (xmlName,size,height) addChild(scrollbar) scrollbar.name="scrollbarClass" I pass on the xmlName to be able to address the correct sprite.
The scrollbar itself work fine (moving the slider), too, BUT I'm not able to move my text container. I tried stuff like Sprite(images.getChildByName(xmlName).textContainer).y=posY and so on. But even images.visible=fasle won't work from within Scrollbar.as. Usually it is a 1120: Access of undefined property images. The target path displayed when I list all objects is as follows: image=0 target="_level0.portfolio.images.EXHIBITIONS.scrollbarClass.scrollbar and for the textContainer image=0 target="_level0.portfolio.images.EXHIBITIONS.textContainer Exhibitions is an example of what may be the content of the xmlName. So, how do I point my line of code responsible for moving the textContainer from within Scrollbar.as at the textContainer sprite? Running against a wall since the last 6 hours and couldn't find any proper tips on the web.
I usually work with many AS files in the same folder and it is easy to address those files to each other. But I now have a sub folder inside the name folder which stores most of my files; and there is another as file inside that sub folder. How can I change variables of the AS file(inside the sub folder) from the AS files from the main folder and vice verses.
View 1 Replieshow to get your logo to appear next to the address of your web site when your website address is typed in,
for example if you look at the website address at the top of the screen you see (logo) [URL]
My .swf file is not working on localhost. But when we try to run it directly from the file location then it is running.
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to add timestamp to the xml file address if the swf wil be loaded from the web server but it gives me a null object reference error depending on if there is timestamp() function call or not.
Here's my code that doesn't work as I was expecting:
ActionScript Code:
//...
public function init():void {
try {
xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
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When I load just addresses without the timestamp xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(address)); it outputs everything I was already expecting when the timsetamp function call where involved, (as I was testing some considerable errors).
Code:
Class LoadXML/ address: start.xml
Class LoadXML/ address: play.xml
Class LoadXML/ address: end.xml
Class LoadXML/ io error: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: file:///E|/flash/as3/projectName/lib/work/end.xml"]
I am building an e-learning module and including a movie. I have uploaded the move to an FTP site, and am now trying to find the URL of the file, but I cant. I am new to this so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but I cant figure out what it is I am trying to use [URL] I can go to the file via the FTP address and access it that way, but not via the HTTP rout
View 3 RepliesI'm a newbie in actionscript and I'm developing a flash game for facebook. The issue is that I want to save the e-mail address introduced by the player to a txt file.
View 0 RepliesHow do I check if email address is a legitimate email address? Is there any possibility in that?
View 7 RepliesI have a movieclip instance named 'placeholder' on the canvas, and I want to change the alpha of the named movieclip from it's class without effecting the alpha of all the movieclips of the same type. How would I specifically target the named movieclip instance that is on the canvas?
View 3 RepliesI can't seem to remove / unload the external swf files e.g when the carousel.swf (portfolio) is displayed and I press the about button the about content is overlapping the carousel (portfolio) . How can I remove / unload an external swf file from the main flash file and load a new swf file, while at the same time removing garbage collection from memory?
View 15 RepliesHow can I replace text loaded from an external file with text from another external file? Using setInterval and calling the .load from a function or something? In the example below I'm calling an external text file, could this also work with an .xml file with cycling through the children?
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I am using in AS3 "External Interface ". When I call the JS function that is on the same page as swf everything works fine.
I added a link in the html page to an external JS file, when I move the JS function to the external JS file the website crushes.
I would prefer to have all my JS functions on an external file so I can use them in the future in other project and it also makes it easier for me to update the site.
how to call a JS function that is on an external file from AS3?
Structure: There is 1 main file that loads external SWF files depending on what is clicked on.One of the external SWF files loads its text from external text files. This works fine when viewing the SWF applet on its own. But when viewing as a whole site, the text doesnt appear. Very annoying.I made that particular SWF on my mums computer running Flash MX 2004The flash file itself uses the Scrollbar component from MX.Could someone tell me why the text doesnt load in this scenario? It runs fine on its own, just not as an external SWF.
View 4 RepliesI have a list of items in a database as well as images in a directory folder. I am looking for a flash app that can pull from the database to display the info and also the images and scroll this info vertically with associated links. I need to change this for each client by adding their unique "ID" in the code so their information pulls in correctly.
View 1 RepliesI have an HTML page called "mypage.html" with a form on it. The form contains a text field called "FName" and when submitted, it loads "mypage2.html" with a Flash file embedded within it.Using actionscript is it possible to pull the passed value "FName" to an actionscript variable. Previous threads mentioned the GetURL parameter but CS4 kicks it back saying it is no longer supported.I'm also a bit confused on whether actionscript can pull variables directly from the browser URL. I found a reference to the variables being placed in the HTML code that embeds the SWF file:<param name="movie" value="mySWFmovie.swf?myvar=heyyou" />'Why would this be the location to configure the passed parameters and not directly from the browser URL?
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