See below my display list pseudo root.instance178 is a swf loaded w/
vCtlrsLdr.load(reqst);
vidCtrls = MovieClip(vCtlrsLdr.content);
addChildAt(vidCtrls,2);
it is a transport control for video though the transport buttons work as a stand alone swf when the swf is loaded into the host swf they fail to respond to mouse over or clicks
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if I go to transport and keep interchanging between the two options the buttons for scrolling or forward keep freezing up after some time...not immediately, I am going nuts trying to solve this can someone tell me where I am going wrong, all the files source, text and html are (in two zipped folders)
View 14 RepliesI have a huge problem. I have a menu in Flash MX (AS2), it's pretty straightforward: It's a list of links but each time you mouseover one several related ones highlight (the client really wanted this). The code on each button is:
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This works fine in IE8, it works fine in the preview in flash, but in FF/Chrome the rollovers work but the link is not clickable. Nothing happens on click. I thought this was perhaps a plug in issue, but when I loaded the movie in FF but not embeded into html it worked fine, it's only when it's embedded into html that the links won't click. The movie is here and the movie in a plain html page is here.[URL]..
I'm working on a childrens game (flash as3) in which stories, poems, songs, etc are read to the child. There's a voice recording reading/singing the text, the text highlights as the words are spoken/sung. The child may toggle on and off the voice and word highlighting independantly. The child may also opt to make their own recording. Now said recording works fine. I'm able to capture it from the mic and the child may play it back no problem. The issue lies in that the client wants the child to be able to save this recording to a web server.
I thought I had the issue solved by using a URLRequest and URLLoader object. The mp3 was showing up in the specified folder on the webserver. I played it with a media player and it worked. The child could also load said file no problem. THEN, when I tried it via browser(instead of flash player) I got the dreaded sandbox error. The only way such an operation with said objects can occur in a browser environment is if it's user initiated via a dialogue window. This is children were talking about and we're not saving locally anyway.
The child is provided 3 save slots which they click on (WSprites). Which technically is user initiated, but flash has no way of knowing that. The 3 save slots hold the sounds in memory and only change when the user records or loads. When the user saves, they get sent off to php to save. Now I did try using js as a middleman, but I ended up losing my bytes in the process and my js and php are probly the weakest areas of all my programming skills.
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I have a movie clip with 15 frames. Each frame has buttons on it (mc's)... I was going to put the actions on the main timeline/stage and navigate within the MC from the main timeline. Is that possible? I can get the buttons on the first frame of the MC to work, but I can't seem to figure out how to target/make the buttons on the other frames work? I was thinking I could identify the path of the MC with the frame labels, but that doesn't seem to work. like: _root.RMChanger.(frame label).buttonOnFrame = function
I have to move a text box in and out over the MC backgrounds on the main stage... which is why I was thinking to do it this way? I've been switching back and forth bwtween AS2.0 and 3.0
I am having trouble with a job I am doing at the moment which has an mc with buttons within it. I want it so that when I roll over the mc it tweens from a small version to a larger version, and on this mc there are some buttons. At the moment I can get the mc to move but the buttons remain inactive and also the rollover states on the buttons don't work. I have attached a simpler version of what I am trying to do to this post.
View 3 RepliesI'm having problems with the flash buttons on the flash website i made for a client. or some reason the buttons in the top and bottom menu work on some people's computers but on some they don't. I don't know what to do, i had this code for all the buttons,
on (release) {
getURL("http://legaldepartment.ca/","_self");
}
and they worked on my computer but on others the buttons didn't work at all so i added this code to each button also
on(press) {
_root.getURL("http://legaldepartment.ca/","self");
}
and they still work on my computer and some other people's computers but still some they don't work on some people's computers.
I am using Flash CS4 with actionscript 2 to create an interacitve portfolio.I have 2 text buttons that work when I test them with "enable simple buttons." When I publish to IE these buttons won't work. I have created over 50 buttons using the same methods, they all work.
View 8 RepliesI'm making a game and I want the character to respawn on a separate movieclip when he dies, but I can't figure out what code to use.
I was thinking of using something like this:
_root.player._x
_root.player._y
but instead of coordinates, I want to use the instance of the movieclip (spawn) so how would I do that?
i've got Flash installed and i use it to create a fancy thing. a .swf. A regular swf.When i open the swf straight from a folder, it opens in "Flash Player".not in any browser.When I send the swf to my boss, or anyone that does not have the Flash Application installed, it doesn't quite work right.They DO have the latest browser flash player plugins installed and it works if they drag the swf into the browser.BUT how can we get it to play stand alone, the same as I can do. It seems you could download the Flash Player for the desktop.
View 1 RepliesI have recently been having problems with my swf file. When i export it by hitting "command enter" it seems to export fine. But then I realized that when i exit flash and click to view the swf it opens up in flash instead of the flash player as it normally does. The other implications of this is that when I send the swf file to someone who doesn't have flash (but is able to play swf files) they are not able to open the files because it wants to open up in flash.The file is a simple web banner that is limited to 40kb.
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"Postby Haungo on Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:28 pm
OK.. so, i've got Flash installed and i use it to create a fancy thing. a .swf A regular swf. When i open the swf straight from a folder, it opens in "Flash Player".. .. not in any browser.When I send the swf to my boss, or anyone that does not have the Flash Application installed, it doesn't quite work right. They DO have the latest browser flash player plugins installed.. . and it works if they drag the swf into the browser. BUT how can we get it to play stand alone, the same as I can do.
It seems you could download the Flash Player for the desktop.. but where? how ?
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"Postby Eye for Video on Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:23 pm
Look into creating a Flash "Projector" file. It's an exe, executable file and can self-contain the player you need to play the Flash without opening the browser.In the "Publish" setings, check the projector box. Here's a link to one tutorial but their are lots more, Google "Flash Projector files"[URL]
I have a stick figure fighting game I'm currently working on. I've animated the moves and the walking, ect. But now I wanna make it so the players can only stand on one mc, GameArea.I tried the script that came with part of the tutorial, but nothing happen:[code]If this way isn't a possible, then I'd just like to limit the players on how high/low they can move.
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to create an informative flash program on Mt. St. Helens about the dust cloud it created when it errupted. I have everything ready to go including the buttons and the pages the screen or next image it should take you to. I'm just stuck on how I get the buttons to actually take you to the next frame.
View 24 Repliesif i'm on the home page of this flash site, a button on the nav menu loads the correct scene the first time it's clicked, but if you nav to another scene and click the first one agin to return to it, nothing happens. why would a button behave one way on a scene and another way on another scene?
View 1 RepliesI'm a bit frustrated as I've created a Flash movie with an embedded video.The SWF file works fine when I play it as a stand alone file but when I use the file inside my website, the video portion does not play.I have placed the video file and the Flash file in the correct folder on my site.
View 1 RepliesI have in a previous project published a game as a standalone app and run it full screen. It would allow users to put their info in for high scores.
Now i am working on another game that will be published as a standalone app. It will need to be full screen and have an entry form at the end for high scores. It does not seem to allow the keyboard to enter text in an input box. Is this true?
Note, this is not an swf played through a browser, but an actual .exe generated from Flash CS5. If this is true, is there a workaround. I need if full screen with keyboard input.
I've created a very large scale Flash game and have apparently had a massive oversight - the flash portal websites wishing to host my game need it in one stand alone .swf. However, the problem is I load everything externally. I load the level data from .plist files, the images from .png and the sound from .wav, all located in folders in the .swf directory. They're loaded through Loader's and URLRequest.
Is there any way I can embed these so it will run as a stand alone? Preferably an easier way than individually writing embed lines, as there are 1000s of files.
Does Adobe offer a flash stand-alone player that does not require a browser to play swf files ?
View 1 RepliesI've looked online at different quiz-building tutorials, but almost all of them are for stand-alone quizzes. I am adding the quiz as part of a whole interface design. When you click on one of the sign buttons I have on it, a mask will appear and the first four quiz questions will appear. Once those are answered, the next four will appear (probably when they click "next" or something). When I get to the end, I want the results of their quiz to appear.I want to try to use the code my teacher wrote for me so I don't have to build anything extra.if that doesn't work, can I embed a .swf into the file I'm working on? I need this quiz; everything else in my project is done (aside from some tweaking) and I need this finished AND working by Dec. 17.[code]
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to load this captcha image inside Flash:It loads OK when I run the swf inside Flash CS5 Editor, but when I open the swf with stand-alone Flash player, I get this error:IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2035: URL Not Found. URL:Challenge.aspx?cid=385809c9-d89b-4f01-9e8c-b9e5f9c4dc71&w=200"]
View 0 RepliesIs it possible to generate an executable file from a flash executable file? A client has requested a quote from that will allow them to do the following: This whole thing needs to reside on a CD/DVD.
There is a bank of 10 images. The user selects any 5 images they want. The user saves those 5 images as a slideshow / powerpoint / executable file?
Are there other utilities that can do this kind of thing? Is flash the wrong development tool? Are there other tools out there that perform this type of function?
Google has provided no results for me. I've often lurked through the forums here and I thought that maybe the community here may have some answers as I can't seem to find them anywhere.
i posted up lookin for flash tutes to make my game in flash 4 but i guess it's virtually impossible to do so..... well, now i decided to do it in flash 5. here's my concept >
it's basically a game controllling a character to move in grid filled with objects like so >
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
where 0 (path) is passable n 1 (objects)not....
n i want d character to stand still when not moving and get to an animated frame of it moving when moved in whichever direction. i guess dat's all i need for now. please help me with this as like i've said, i kinda new to actionscripting.
I've used flash like twice in my life, but I think I know how to make a button. I'm working on my artists portfolio online and I'm making it in flash. Basically it has buttons which link to photos and videos. There are 5 videos and 5 photographs. Now the problem is when you click on a button and watch a video buttons 1-3 of photos don't work. But the 4 and 5 buttons for photos work. It seems to only happen after you watch a video. The same actionscript is on all of them GotoandStop is the command I'm using for the photos and GotoandPlay for the videos.
View 3 RepliesI had all of my code working, then I moved all of my main movie timeline into a movie clip (body_mc)Main movie now has 1 frame.My body_mc has a navigation menu, one button is portfolio_bttn which takes you to that frame label. It persists through all frames of body_mc. This button works fine.I seem to have everything working except 4 buttons on the first frame of body_mc. They should all perform exactly the same function as portfolio_bttn. They exist only in frame 1.They work the first time you click one (any one).Navigate back to frame one of body_mc and all 4 buttons will no longer work. What am I doing wrong??here is my code which is in frame 1 of the main timeline
Code:
body_mc.portfolio_bttn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickPortfolio);
function clickPortfolio(event:MouseEvent):void {
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[URL] the above site has small animated buttons that run through a sequence continuously until the user positions their mouse over the button then it launches into a 2nd sequence (all in the same movieclip). inside each movieclip there is the entire sequence and the first half is the bit that runs continuously - the second half is the mouse 'overstate'. the top layer has an invisible button and the action script:
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I am a new comer to flash and I have been teaching myself actionscript 2.0 and I am now trying to move to action script 3.0 this seems a dumb question but for the life of me i can't figure out how to make my buttons work.i am trying to have the user click at button that connects to a movie clips and plays the movie, the movie stops then goes to the next frame of animation.
View 1 RepliesI am new to Flash and am having an issue with a project I'm working on. I have buttons that are in frame 1-150. I wrote the code in frame 1, but expanded the box to frame 150 so they will work. However latter in the project I want to be able to gotoAndStop frame 150, but when I do the buttons no longer work. I changed it to gotoAndStop frame 1 and they work. Can you not link to buttons in the middle of the "timeline".
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to convert an AS2 file over to AS3 and I can't get the buttons to work. They do not want to gotoAndStop at certain frames in specific scenes. In the following code, if you click on a button it works fine, but when you attemp to change to a new Scene, it breaks and both buttons won't work thereafter. I've tried everything for almost a day now and cannot get this to work and cannot find any reference to the problem. Is AS3 buttons not able to go to a new scene as it suggests in the Help files?:
View 17 Repliesi'm just learning Flash at a local college and my instruction is not being very helpful, so i'm hoping someone can help me. I need to insert a "start" button that will start the movie. I have the button on a layer called "startButton". I inserted another layer and called it "stopMovie" - this is where I add a keyframe on the 1st from and the last frame and then add a actionscript to stopmovie on both frames.
The problem I'm having is when I select the 1st frame of the layer where the button is localed, I go to the actionscript window/global fuction/timeline and then I want to select "play" but the system has it grayed out so I can't select it. My only option is "goto". But that doesn't work. All I want the funtion to do is start playing when I click on the start button.
I have a cascading/collapse flash menu.There are about 7 layers, each one of them a different page that slides and covers the other layers.for some reason, all the buttons on the bottom layer (layer 1 for instance) can be clicked on even when the 6 other layers are ontop of it with their own links and buttons. How can I make it so all my buttons don't shine through all the other layers. I can't slide the layer away to get ride of the buttons because it is still partially viewed when the other layers are ontop of it. I can't figure out why the buttons in layer one can be clicked in layer 2 when its on top of layer 1, or layer 3,4,5,6,7 when they are on top of layer 1-i assumed these layers would block out the buttons and links in the first layer(which is on the way bottom)
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