I'm trying to write a tool in flash that lets you open and save to a xml file. Currently, I let user type in the xml url in a textfield and load it straight from that but that's un-intuitive. So I need a way to open the window/explorer that allows user to navigate to a file that he wants to save to or load from on the local hard drive just like all other software.
View 2 RepliesI'm simply trying to get Flash to display the first ten characters in a trace, but the results always come back undefined. Here is my code:
var lin = "";
var testfile = new File("test.txt");
testfile.open("text","read");
lin = testfile.read(10);
trace(lin);
The flash file is in the same directory as the text file.
i have Movie A playing. When you click PlayStep button, I want to open another window that has Movie B in it. When Movie B is done, I want to go back to where I came from (Movie A). Nothing that I have tried has worked -- like _blank or importing ExternalInterface.
View 2 Repliesim having no luck with this at all. im building a site for my company, building and selling homes. ive made a website in flash, nothing too complex, ive also made a pdf in indesing, which when published left me put a page turing feature on it, and that pdf was then published as a swf file. its put all the code in for me automatically so the people can now interact and page turn it.i simply want a button/link i can put on my site to open this swf in its own browser window or in a flash player window. this code in previous versions of flash has been easy...on release etc but now with as 3.0 i see people using child, navigatetourl, its so confusing and every example ive found just doesnt seem to work
View 14 RepliesThe code, To open a new .swf file in the same window, like on my website when u click a button I want it to load another .swf file in the same window. Its either this or to make it open a new scene.
View 1 Replieshow do i open an WINDOW without tool bar, status bar and scroll bar. from an EXE project...file in which there is a button after pressing that button a window should open with all the above specification......
It is possible through an swf in an html...but through exe file ...its difficult.
My company emails our Flash EXE files out to customers. Most of these Flash files use keyboard events to navigate through them, and they load external SWF and video files.So, obviously,I have to package all of my movie files, SWF, and the main EXE into the same folder.In the past, they have simply Zipped the file, emailed it out, and told them which file to open.
I am trying to find a way to take the entire folder and bundle it into a single EXE file.I need to find a permanent solution for opening the main Flash EXE file in a MAXIMIZED window. I don't mean fullscreen.I mean MAXIMIZED.In fullscreen, keyboard events don't work.But, they do in a Maximized window.
I have a map and when a user clicks on the different rooms on the map, i want an external swf file to open up. can this be done? I've attached the pictures of the map and the external swf file.
View 1 Repliesi want to make saving for all the time
if i set in option menu sound to "off" it should me off for all the time and not for these season as saved in action script. i need to save it somewhere else.
or i want to save some value of variable for example is there any way?
i know flash don't write in txt but it has to be some other way i know there is something
I am developing iOS app in Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash CS5.5... It's basically a huge timeline of movie clips with entrance screen. What I want to do is somehow create an external AS or TXT file, in which I got few movie clips defined as visible/hidden. I want the movie itself to change those states of the movie clips in the external file when it reaches certain frames in the main timeline, so that the next time you open the app and its entrance screen, there are buttons (movie clips) made visible there which can link/bring you to the previously reached frame.
View 4 Repliesdisplaying an error after saving data to an external file:
var variables:URLVariables;
var fLoader:URLLoader;
var fData:URLRequest;
[Code]....
Where can I post a message to display if the file has been saved or not?
Most of the time when it comes to sharing FLA files compatibility is an issue. For me I have CS3 at college, CS4 at work and CS5 at home so saving as a specific version is an issue expacially as most people seem to have CS3. Is there such thing as a converter to allow the opening or saving of different versions? CS5 cannot save as a CS3 which is the main problem for me.
View 9 RepliesI've got a few .swf files with video tutorials I've created using Captivate 4.I wanted to link them so I've created a main screen with menu with buttons in Flash.I've added AS to load the external swf files but they load in the same window. How can I load these .swf files in seperate window so that you could get back to the main window after you've finished watching?[code]...
View 8 RepliesI am trying to style the Alert window on an external file but I get the following warning and the style won't be applied, keep in mind that the Alert is being called from an external AS file as well so the code is not embedded in the MXML.
The CSS type selector 'Alert' was not processed, because the Alert was not used in the application.Type alert in CSS selector 'Alert' must be qualified with a namespace.
Alert{
color : #124332;
background-color: #ffffff;
header-colors : #243322, #243322;
[code]....
I've got a .fla file, with 3 scenes in it. In the 3rd scene, there's a button which upon clicking it, should open a new window showing a external .swf file. Both files are placed in the same folder.
Now.. I'm able to open the .swf file in a browser, but what im trying to do, is open it in flash player. How the *#@%*#@ am i supposed to that? :P
Oh yeah, i should probably mention that the external .swf file also has mulitple scenes and buttons. And both "movies" should still be interactable when i open the new window.
I can't seem to get the buttons I have created in flash to open in the same window.. I've tried
1. leaving it with no target
2. on (release) {
getURL("[URL]");
targetPath("_self")
}
3. on (release) {
getURL("[URL]", "_self");
}
I have l a flash file in my pages that links to other pages within my web site but when clicked they automatically open in another window. How can I link them without opening a new window as would happen with a normal web page link?
Here is my current Action Script code: index.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,indexbuttondown);
function indexbuttondown(event:MouseEvent):void {
var bbcURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("index.html");
navigateToURL(bbcURL);
}
I'm primarily an HTML/CSS girl. I'm pretty new to Flash, and until recently have only worked from the timeline without using any action script other than stop(); and simple goto commands like gotoAndPlay(49);
This week, I needed a nav button to take the user into the site from the Flash intro; it's live at [URL]
Flash CS4, Action Script 3. Since I don't write Action Script - yet - and needed the link in a hurry, I Googled for the code. As you can see, it works fine, but the site opens in a new window, and I don't want it to do that, I want it in the same window.
The code is as follows:
clickToEnter.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.deppimpersonator.com/cms"));
}
I thought it might be the use of "new" in front of URLRequest, but of course when I took that out the link didn't work at all.
Blind experimentation produced two attempts that simply broke the link (don't laugh ):
[Code]...
What do I need to add (or remove) from this code? And is this the most efficient way to code an internal link?
In case this is browser-specific: I've only tested this in the latest versions of Firefox and Safari for Mac, OS X 10.6.2 (Snowleopard). It's the same in both browsers.
I'm working on a portfolio in Flash CS3 and AS3. I'm trying to avoid doing the whole thing in Flash, so the home page is a CSS/HTML header page that will house a looping flash piece underneath the header, and the inner portfolio will be flash pieces brought into the same CSS header framework.I'd like to know what kind of code I need to use in the portolio flash navigation so that the "home" link will open the CSS/HTML home page in its same window, rather than launching another window. Is this something that can be done using AS3, or do I need javascrpt as well?
View 4 Repliesusing the following action script on buttons to open links:URL...Trouble is they all just open new windows and not the link in the current window!
View 3 RepliesI have a button called bt07 and I would like when you click down this button to open an url in a blank_window (for exemple [URL]) I wrote this code below but I don t know how writting the code to open the url?
//mouse downbt07.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,auSurvolSurbt07);function auSurvolSurbt07(e:Event){bt01.gotoAndStop(1);bt02.gotoAndStop(1);bt03.gotoAndStop(1);bt04.gotoAndStop(1);bt05.gotoAndStop(1);bt06.gotoAndStop(1);bt07.gotoAndStop(2);
[Code].....
Is it possible to open a custom IE window (i.e no status bar or address bar etc) from within flex? Or if I call a php file or html file can the page customize itself when loaded?
View 2 RepliesAll I need to open a new IE Window from within Flex code on click of a link.P.S I dont want to open a new Browser. I want to open a browser window only that can open a new URL.Something like clicking on a link in Flex and then openin a Pop up window.
View 2 RepliesI've been trying to find the Migration from AS2 to AS3,for the following code:
ActionScript Code:
on (release) {
getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('main.htm l','ssWin','width=990,height=600,left=0,top=0,tool bar=N0,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizab le=No,fullscreen=No');NewWindow.focus();");
}
the code I've got so far is:
ActionScript Code:
if (mcUrl == i)
{
[code]....
But I'm not sure how to implement JavaScript in it.
I have this thing that sends variables to a php-file. The code snippet looks like this:
Code:
var myURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("kampanjerbjudande/process_variables.php");
myURLRequest.data = myVariables;
navigateToURL(myURLRequest, '_blank');
Now, the thing is this opens the process_variables.php in a new window/tab. I want to send the variables to the file to be processed without "visibly" opening the file in a window. Do you know what I mean?
I am trying to open up my site in a pop up window, and to be self contained in the window itself. This involves javascript and the code must be entered in the index.html page of the site, after the head tag, but why wont it work?! Does anyone know what to do?
View 14 Repliesis there any way to use the getURL command without it actually opening a new page? What I'm really doing is sending variables to a php page and inserting data into a database, but when i use LoadVars and LoadVars.send it's not workin for some reason. So I tried a simple getURL and that also sends the variables to the page and that works for me, but I don't want the users to see a new window popup or for the one theyre in to go to a new URL...? Maybe I'll post my LoadVars code too just to make sure I did that correctly... but I copied and pasted it from another LoadVars object in the same flash program that is working correctly (both sending AND loading variables)...
View 6 RepliesHow to open a website page (anysite.com/whatever) inside a box/window of designated size and position inside a flash swf? I am an Actionscript newbie and can't deal with "snippets" of info as well.
View 3 RepliesI followed this tutorial [URL] put the proper actions on my button, the button calls the window in a blank page but it does not have the settings in the javascript no scroll, no resize and a preset window size.
The tut is from Flash 5 and that was before the "ACruncontent" file flash uses now in cs3. window opening the way I need it is critical for a client.
I want to open a new window with let's say height 500 and width 600 could i use this in flash so i can open such an window with an html -file in it, i have made a javascript to do this, but could i use this in my actionscript or do I have to work with getURL somehow.
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