I've made some games using Adobe Director and I would like to open them in a separate projector window.I tried attaching this code to my button.[code]I placed my .exe file in a folder named 'fscommand', that folder is in the same folder as my .fla and .swf files.It doesn't work, unfortunately. : When I click, nothing happens.
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I am using AS3 on a website. Part of the AS has been setup by an external source and I ma now updating and adapting it. My knowledge of AS is limited but slowly expanding.
Currently the site is a main flash file with all the content delivered via a main.as file and then populated via images and videos held in folders on the web.
In one section we have an email link.
I was using Email[url]... and it worked fine. It launched the email program and put the email address in ready to go.
When I added the subject element as below[url]...
it now does what it should with the email program but it also opens a blank webpage.
What can I do to get rid of the blank web page opening?
I want to open a pdf/excel/doc using flex, as all know we can use navigateToUrl(URL) method to open a file from the server. But my problem is those files are encrypted in the server, so I load the files as follows
ByteLoader = new URLLoader();
ByteLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY;
ByteLoader.load(new URLRequest (constructedURL));
so that I can manipulate them and can get the decrypted file. Now my question is, my data already got downloaded from the server, so how will I launch the files(pdf/doc/excel) with the binary content which I had got?
Is there anyway i can launch those files like we do it in navigateToURL()?
Is there a way to launch a pop-up window from a transparent Flash file, without it getting blocked by the pop-up blocker? I know it's a security issue with the different browsers not to let you pop-up a window from a transparent .swf, but is there anyway around it? Like tricking the browser in anyway? I've tried everything I can think of, passing stuff to the html page with Javascript and then having the HTML page call the pop-up but that means that the page has to refresh then call the pop-up.
View 1 Repliesi am having a problem launching a local html file from my swf. i have a button called print that when clicked it is supposed to open the local html file and print out the content. this is the code i used on the button
on (release){
getURL("folder/folder/file.htm","_self");
}
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How to control de timeline of a director movie thru a Flash movie imported to it.The buttons of my flash movie must control the director movie.is that popssible?
View 2 RepliesI am planning a complex system where eventually users will need to do immersion into 3rd dimension and also play lots of flash quizz. I know director can load flash which makes it obvious choice for development but coding in lingo (a non POO language) maybe a little bit of regression looking the average age of the development team that I am building. So looking forward, i wonder if it's possible to make flash load director levels.
View 3 RepliesI have couple of interactive media pieces created in Director MX 2004. I would like to know if the latest Flash CS5 can handleDirector Movies. st way to creat a portfolio (consisting of Dorector and Flash Movies) that can be showcased in a websiteas well as in a CD-R.Also, a tutorial or direction to creating an Adobe Director website whereby the swf movies can be integrated would be useful.
View 1 RepliesThere is a known problem with swf's with nested mc's embedded in a director projector when used on a touchscreen (with dragmode enabled). Basically, the problem is that flash requires a mouseRollOver event to give the focus to the mc, before it registers an onPress. With a touchscreen, where the cursor is disabled, the first click and release on the swf (or nested mc's) reads as an onRollOver event, and the user must click again to register an onPress and onRelease. This leads to very confusing behaviours in my application where I have dots (embedded mc's) being created when an image is touched, then the dots can be clicked and dragged, or double tapped to be removed.
All works fine when the mouse and cursor is used, but I can't get it to work using a single tap on the touchscreen. In some cases I can get away with using onRollOver but when used with startDrag I can't think of a way of stopping the drag when the user lifts their finger. (which doesn't register as an event). What I need is an AS2 script that forces a click event (onPress) when the user taps the button once. Unfortunately I only know AS2 so can't use mouseEvents from AS3.
I'm trying to use some functions in Director by wrapping a Flash movie in a Director movie, both running locally as a projector. I need to pass a string variable from the Flash movie into the Director instance. Here's what Macromedia has to say on the subject: Using GetURL: (any string) Requires the Director movie to have a behavior called 'on GetURL me, stringVariable'
When using a movie script instead of a behavior the 'me' is not needed in the above handler. The 'stringVariable' value will be the holder for the passed value from Flash (i.e. stringVariable = <any string>). This method is executed every time a 'GetURL' event is issued in the Flash movie.
I'm trying to use some functions in Director by wrapping a Flash movie in a Director movie, both running locally as a projector. I need to pass a string variable from the Flash movie into the Director instance. Here's what Macromedia has to say on the subject:
Using GetURL: (any string)
Requires the Director movie to have a behavior called 'on GetURL me, stringVariable'. When using a movie script instead of a behavior the 'me' is not needed in the above handler. The 'stringVariable' value will be the holder for the passed value from Flash
(i.e. stringVariable = <any string>).
This method is executed every time a 'GetURL' event is issued in the Flash movie. What the syntax would need to look like in the Flash movie?
How to control de timeline of a director movie thru a Flash movie imported to it. The buttons of my flash movie must control the director movie.
View 2 RepliesWould Director be an option for creating a socket client? My client needs to accept server commands; frame rate, start etc.Director seems like it was made for controlling movies. I've got Director 11.5 at the office.
Interaction with client
SERVER==>XML PACKET==>CLIENT==>swf plays on given frame and duration
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I'm trying to use some functions in Director by wrapping a Flash movie in a Director movie, both running locally as a projector. I need to pass a string variable from the Flash movie into the Director instance. Here's what Macromedia has to say on the subject:Using GetURL: (any string)Requires the Director movie to have a behavior called 'on GetURL me, stringVariableWhen using a movie script instead of a behavior the 'me' is not needed in the above handlerThe 'stringVariable' value will be the holder for the passed value from Flash (i.e. stringVariable = <any string>). This method is executed every time a 'GetURL' event is issued in the Flash movie
View 2 RepliesI'd like to replace my current functionality of just launching a new url in a new window to loading a .swf in lightwindow. I've seen a previous post on this but I was having trouble following it.
My current function looks like this:
protected function clickHandler(me:MouseEvent):void {
trace("PortfolioItem::click ");
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://" + _url);
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I think I am supposed to add the ExternalInterface class to help adapt the lightwindow javascript to work within flash.
why the below line of code launches notepad.exe twice?
fscommand("execfile", '"C:\Windows\Notepad.exe"'); //opens notepad 2x - path in double quotes
verses this line of code which opens it only once?
fscommand("execfile", "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe"); //opens notepad once
I'm working on a FP10 .exe projector project and noticed this odd behavior.If I had spaces in my file path, I'd want to surround it in double quotes, but that has the undesired effect of opening the app 2x.Since I don't have full control over all the elements in the project, I'm forced to use fscommand in this scenario.
Need to launch an external program through Flash AIR. Tried reading up but are unable to get it working. Think there is something else I need to perform before launching my external file (exe). It is a exercise that is like a game.
var myApp:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("Hazards.exe"); var myAppProcessStartupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo(); var myAppProcess = new NativeProcess();
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Launching EXE'S from within flash?
View 5 RepliesI am using Flash CS3 and am attempting to simply launch a new window from a .swf ad when clicked. For the publisher I have to use the clickTAG property to track the ad. I have made an invisible button (just the hit state the same size as my stage) and am placing this code on my button on the timeline:
on (release) {
if (clickTAG.substr(0,5) == "[URL]") {
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}}
There are 2 problems. Firstly, the debugger generates errors:
1087: Syntax error: extra characters found after end of program.
I have a project where a swf is going to call another swf via a url and the calling swf needs to detect when the child swf is done. The child will not have any means of communicating with the calling swf so the calling swf will need some means of launching the child and detecting when the child is exited (either by ending or the user closing it).
Below is the current code. flashThickBox throws an error because it apparently doesn't understand the format of the data passed to it.
flash.net.naviagetourl launches the child correctly but does not provide any means for detecting when the child is exited.
The url is [URL] which is a simple html page that loads player.swf. It has to be done in this format as we currently have older authorware files that need to be launched via this same method.
I have setup a Flash viewer in a HTML Div container. In the Flash I have put a button which, when clicked, launches a new browser window with another site I've done to appear in. When I test this in Flash its working fine and launches the new window as it should. But when I go into Dreamweaver where I have placed the Swf. in the Div container, I test it locally in a Firefox browser window. The viewer appears and it works correctly, but when I click the button to launch the new browser window it just opens a window with an error msg 'unable to connect, etc'.
View 1 RepliesI downloded and installed Trial version of Adobe Flash CS5 but when I try to launch it, it just does not launch. I don't get any error messages or any pop up.
View 1 RepliesI have a preloader that measures the size of the external swf, then goes to a frame with a 'launch site' button on it. When the button is clicked, I'd like a popup window to open that is the exact size of the swf file (1100x800), but I can't figure out how to do that. I know there is some combination of AS3 and javascript required. Has anyone done this? I cannot attach the preloader file that launches the external swf since this is my first post, but have it available if anyone wants it. I have the site online for viewing as it is currently (just loads then opens in same window): [URL]
View 4 RepliesI am working on integrating an air application with a web application and for the most part it works.The only issue that I am having is that when I attempt to pass variables from my launching badge, the application does not load and I get no errors from my swf.
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I'm developping an mobile program with the Flex 4.5 SDK, this for my thesis for school. I have a bug in my program that I can't fix. I have a view where I have 2 states. When I change from state my program doesn't listen to the backKey event anymore.
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I was following the tutorial on this site for the pop up window and was having some problems. When I click on my link to open the pop up window I also get another window that says [object]. The pop up window also pops up behind my original window.I launching the pop up window from a swf loaded into another swf.
View 2 RepliesHello Every Body. I have a problem launching flash cs5 and cs5.5 on windows vista home premium edition. When i launch it, the register screen appears(the one that tells the trial time left) but the flash main window always stays black (or white)and is not responding. I had it working about one week ago and i can't figure out what is the problem .It tried reinstalling couple of times without succes. I also tried deleting the left flash cs5 program files after uninstall but it didn't work . I would need your advice. Here is the screen as it appears:
View 1 RepliesI've got a strange situation; when I run a Flex app from Eclipse (i.e. click run as web app), my remote calls always hang. In Firefox, they return as failed. But when I open up a browser and browse to my .html file in the bin-debug folder, the remote calls work.
View 2 Replieslaunching word docs, powerpoints and pdfs from flash projectors on a CD. I've tried using -
fscommand("launch","mydoc.doc");
which does nothing. I've also tried as someone recommended, putting the files into a subfolder called "fscommand", that doesnt work either. Then I tried -
getURL("mydoc.doc");
which simply opens a web browser window then opens the folder where the file is stored rather than opening it. So to sum up, I want to make a flash projector on a CD which will launch those 3 file types with the click of a button.
I have a huge XML with many nodes and childnodes. Example of a node in the XML:
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I'm trying to find all Nodes (<item>) that contain: <subtitle title="Director"> How can i do this? I've been trying for hours.
