i have a fla file in Flash 8 that i use for content center...and i'm trying to load a swf (some photo and text AS3) into it... but it just doesnt want to work... i have tried loadmovie, loadmovienum, none seems to work, the swf file is just not working the content file is working, its the preview.swf that is not,
View 2 RepliesI am trying to load, unload and load again the same movie clip from library.
View 7 RepliesThe desired affect is simple: I have a single button... with each click I want it to load text into a dynamic text field and load a corresponding picture or movieclip.There are only three unique text/image combinations- after its displayed the third, with the next click I want it to just start over. All the text functions perfectly with each click.
The problem is:I use "createEmptyMovieClip" then use the resulting clip as a loader clip.. With the first click I want a movieclip from the library to load, so I use the "attachMovie" method- it displays the first library fine.With the next click I want to load an external swf- so I call the "loadMovie" method of the loaderclip... The external swf loads just fine replacing the first library clip.The third clip is where I have problems... now I want to load another library item into the loaderclip... so I tried using the attachMovie method again but the external swf remains static... then with the next click, I discover the first library item no longer loads and the external swf remains still playing- it's like once it's been loaded into the loaderclip it cant be moved...
So I tried adding the "unloadMovie" method in the code for the third click.. it successfully removed the swf... but the next line of code immediately after the unload statement, doesn't work. The line calls the attachMovie method for the loaderclip... but the library item doesnt load... Oddly enough, with the next click, the first library item now does load as if everything's fine... It seems like you cant use the unloadMovie and attachMovie on the same executing code? if that makes any sense... the basic idea was that if I couldnt get the attachmovie method to replace the loaded external swf, then I would use the unload method to remove it, then have code immediately after, to then execute the attachMovie method... but it still doesnt load the library clip. and I know it's not a type-o, because when I comment out the loadMovie and unloadMovie statements, it loads both the library items perfectly ? The code is below
var increment:Number = 1;
var verbiage1:String = "Hello World1";
var verbiage2:String = "Hello World2";[code].............
I have a textfile called link with an url-address. I want to load that textfile and have that url instead of "goal" in this code.
knapp.onRelease = function(){
getURL(goal,"_blank");
}
I have a textfile called link with an url-address.I want to load that textfile and have that url instead of "goal" in this code.
knapp.onRelease = function(){
getURL(goal,"_blank");
}
How do I do?
I'm am trying to load images from a folder into a swf. When the next button is clicked I want the next JPEG in the folder to be loaded. Something like when button "Next" is clicked, load "imagesfolder/" +NextImage+".jpg"
Does anyone know of a good tutorial or solution?[URL]...
This is my first time ever constructing a web site ONLY using Flash 8. I normally just use elements here and there, and I am totally confused. The link to the project is here: [URL] I want the site to be set up so that when I click a button (at the bottom), an external .swf file loads into that gray box in the center. How do I start? Where do I start? I should be able to figure this out, but I am stuck.
View 1 Repliesi've been reading and searching all the related articles but still in the dard...i've 2 movies m1 and m2 - in m1 there are thumbnails and in m2 i need to open the zoomed view of appropriate thumbnail - both the movies are on same page but in different cells of a table.
View 2 RepliesI have a flash file which loads a movie clip on the click of a menu item.Now I am trying to add some dynamic data (xml) within this movie clip - In short I do have a dynamic tet box, and can access it as follows:
_level0.pages1.page.forumText.text
The problem is how and where do I load my XML. This is my code to load the xml data I tried to add it in the Frame for the movie clip and it came back with the following error :
**Error** Symbol=pages1, layer=Layer 3, frame=3:Line 21: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
headlineXML.load("FlashFile.xml");
[code]....
I am reletively familiar with XML and how to load them in flash, but I have a new kind of file, XMP, and I was wondering if it could be loaded and used in flash similar to XML. My XMP's are automaticly generated by the new Adobe Lightroom software and look similar to XML's - a copy of a file below
Image002.xmp
Code:
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Toolkit 3.3-016, build -num-, -date-">
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
[Code]....
All the XMP's are created the same with just the information changed and have the same name as the image the information is about. So can flash phase this kind of file? I want to use some of the information in an XML gallery with details of the pic shown from the AutoGenerated XMP file (current relevent info highlighed). Has anyone attemped to use XMP metadata in flash?
To simplify what I said above Every pic has an xmp file of the same name in the same folder as the pic. I want to use the generated information to display details about the image in an information box I am yet to create . The highlighted information is what I need to load at the moment but other information may come in handy when i get the page developed.
I'm using a square shaped container (content_holder) to load movie clips which have a lot of animations spilling off the stage.In my container I have a mask which fixes this so all you see is the content within the square.PROBLEM: The width and height of content_holder is not accurate, as it also counts the overflowing animation which is MASKED. As a result this messes with my ability to center and manipulate the clip because its width/height is constantly changing.
QUESTION: Is there a simple way to load a movieclip into a container and LOCK its dimensions to a specific size? So the width is always fixed to the container's OR prevent the masked content from adding to the clip's width & height values?
i have a swf in my library that i want to load to a movieclip... I gave to that same swf the linkage name of: 1
[Code]...
Trying to load a movieclip from the library... BUT for some reason it just doesnt work... The linkage name that i use is "pic_1".
Code:
_root.mc_movies_area.mc_area_1.loadMovie("pic_1");
I have attached the file for reference but would like to know how to start the mc 1936 when the file is published and the swf is first opened. I can get this to do this HOWEVER I cannot get the 1936 to then respond correctly as per the actionscript IE close when 1938 is clicked? 1936 keeps opening and I cannot get this to ONLY do this ONCE when first opened.
View 4 RepliesI am working on a gallery, the contents of which is arranged into categories and sub-categories. So, each category has a folder and sub-folders.
I have an xml file in the root directory which I'm using to create a menu. When the visitor clicks a button in the menu, the relevant set of images will appear (only one set at a time).
But, the thing I'm confused with is this...
If each sub-folder contains an xml list of images, should I
a.)load all the xml files right away? Into an array, for example, which will hold all the data? If so, How can I load xml files in a loop? And is this the right approach if there are a lot of files to include? Or,
b.)Is it possible to load the xml from each button and have it override the previous xml?
The code below loads an xml when the first button is pressed, but after that it does nothing!
Code:
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
[Code].....
I'm using a square shaped container (content_holder) to load movie clips which have a lot of animations spilling off the stage.
In my container I have a mask which fixes this so all you see is the content within the square.
PROBLEM: The width and height of content_holder is not accurate, as it also counts the overflowing animation which is MASKED. As a result this messes with my ability to center and manipulate the clip because its width/height is constantly changing.
QUESTION: Is there a simple way to load a movieclip into a container and LOCK its dimensions to a specific size? So the width is always fixed to the container's OR prevent the masked content from adding to the clip's width & height values?
So the question is - can I use loadMovie(); to load movie clip in a container from library not external swf? If I can, how should I do it, but if not - how can I still load it then?
View 7 Repliesi have a flash file where i have created a text it is dynamic .i would need to get evry 10 seconds an update on this text from a file called update.txt
View 2 RepliesI'm working on a site in which I have actionscript loading a blog from a php file. It doesnt seem to want to show the or other characters with accents, even though I have embedded those characters in the dynamic text field. here is the isolated text box: [URL]
and here is the php file it is loading from: [URL] Notice the diference? I wrote Espana once and the second time Reino de Espaa, which shows up in php but not in flash. My php is using "iso-8859-1" characters and I think I need to change it to unicode? When I load the text from a unicode txt file all the special characters show up. But I'm not sure how to do this or even exactly what unicode is.
I would like to load and display an external jpg before my main preloader begins.
Basically this is for a game and I would like to display an advertisement jpg then keep this up while the game preloads.
I tried the following code on the first frame but it doesn't seem to work.
Code:
var myLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener = new Object();
myListener.onLoadInit = function () {
[Code].....
I make preloader.swf and videochat.swf I make a background for my videochat, and i cut it to 15 pieces, and make 15 .swf in my forlder /skins/ I make a .xml files called skin.xml in folder /skins/
something like this.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Skin>
<SKIN_BKGROUND>
<BKGROUND name="Standard" value="bkground.swf" />
[code].....
Now i want my preloader load skin.xml and load all the .swf in my xml and at the end it load videochat.swf I need the example to preloader everything with 1 progressbar % how i can paste the .swf background in my videochat.
I want to load data into a random textbox. Example:
though i want the text to display under a random spaceship
I want to load random movie clips into an area... kind of like ads. but each of them is a different length, so at the end of whatever clip, it has to be able to move onto another randomly loaded clip.
and for the kicker... it'd be nice to be able to add a button of some kind on the individual "ads" that will allow the user to skip to another randomly loaded ad as if that ad had reached the end of it's time.
How can I retrieve a session cookie inside Flash ? ($_SESSION['member'])
(I am using Flash 8 and ActionScript 2.0)
setting up an RSS feed into my flash site. I've been trying to work with the code below, but when it displays the code includes all the HTML code of the RSS feed (ie image and link tags). I'd also like it to scroll.
Code (AS2):
Code:
// create a new XML object
var feed:XML = new XML();
[Code].....
I have one swf with a button which, when clicked, needs to go to another swf in a different php page but to a specific frame, not the start of the movie.In the first swf I have:
register_btn.onRelease = function() {
getURL("http://www.myurl.co.uk?f=register");
}
[code].....
I was wondering how I make my buttons go to the next slide in a flash presentation Only know the code to do it to the next scene in a regular flash project.
View 1 RepliesHow to randomize them but with only selected frames For example i only want frame 2-9 to be randomize can i do such things?
View 2 RepliesDo you think that flash mx and flash 8 are outdated to learn for beginners? What do you suggest to a beginner entirely new to flash, the new ones like flash CS4 or begin with older ones like flash 8 and slowly build up?
View 2 RepliesI am in the middle of creating a Flash website for our baseball association. It will probably be below 2 megs in size. for a low-cost or free web hosting site? I do not know where to start.
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