I'm at the end of finishing this application and am completely stumped as to why ampersands (&) are displaying like, &. The app is a greeting card. The text field it is displaying incorrectly in is a dynamic text field that is pulling the data from an XML file. The XML file is being generated dynamically via PHP which is pulling the data from a database
View 13 RepliesI was trying to create a online greeting card generator.
View 2 RepliesBefore I jump in at the very deep end and try to make my own version of Moon Pig (url...) I would like to know what (if any) software/ platforms currently exist that allow for visitors to personalise cards with text and uploaded photos and then purchase printed versions all via a single e-Commerce style platform.I have Googled till my fingers bled and I cannot find anything that matches my needs, which are:admin can provide templates (backgrounds) for the cards..users can customise the card with text (font style and colour)users can upload their own photos (minor editing e.g. crop) to insert into the cards user can purchase a printed card via credit card payment.Seeing as this kind of e-Commerce has been around for a while now, I would have thought there were some systems to purchase that can provide this functionality?
View 2 RepliesI have this PHP page that lists several people. When someone clicks on one of the people they are sent to another PHP page that has their video greeting in a .swf embedded into the page. This works by the php writing the path to the greeting video to the xml file that the .swf loads and plays.
Well in firefox it works perfect, but in IE when they try to click on another greeting the original greeting still plays. Its like the swf is caching the first greeting and refresh of the page does nothing to alleviate this. Is this a problem with the swf caching? or XML caching? or am I totally clueless?
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printing directly to a Photo ID Card printer in a web browser?I have a web application that manages user data, photo, and so forth. I'd like to add a Print ID Card feature to it. The web application is a single page javascript application that talks to a RESTful web service via JSON. I'd like to display what the printed card will look like on both the front and back for approval before the user clicks the print button.
Generate front and back JPG or PNG images to print on the server, send them to the client for display and approval, and then somehow send the images to the printer.Use javascript with SVG or Canvas to display the card to print in the UI for approval, then somehow send the SVG/canvas data to the printer.Generate a PDF and print the PDF to the printer.Use Flash to display and print Use a Java applet to display and print Something else?
I am having trouble getting my time to display correctly. Everything works great apart from 12pm display as 12am.this is my function that runs in a setinterval.
PHP Code:
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ve attached 2 screenshots. The first shows the flash stage at its default size - as you can see my font is all distorted and weird looking but when you zoom in (image 2) it's exactly like it should be. What would make it look like this when the stage hasn't been zoomed out or anything, it's just from pressing cmd and enter from flash?I embedded it by putting it into the fla's library.
View 2 RepliesI am aligning my display objects in the middle. stage.stageWidth/2. for some reason, they are aligning further off to the right of the screen. I haven't altered anything but the stage width in flash. Has anyone heard of this problem? Again, I haven't done anything except widen the screen and adjust the height.
My focus point on the display object is top left. So it aligns perfectly when set to 0,0
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
stage.stageWidth = 300;
I have tried to develop my first flash project using Actionscript 3.0. When I "Publish Preview" (HTML - Default, Flash and HTML) in Flash CS5 Pro, the project seems to work just fine. However, when I actually publish the project the html with the swf file does not display correctly. The flash file is suppose to show a video with a video control skin (play, pause etc.) beneath the video. On the video I have tried to embed a button at the bottom of the display that, when clicked, takes the user to a webpage.
The flash file is suppose to look like the one at: [URL]. This is just an image of the "Publish Preview" output.
What I get with the published html and swf file is at: [URL]. Just the button displays???
My fla file is at: [URL]
i dont want to use XML object for this. Is there anyway at all to make my xml format come back correctly. the ampersand seems to be calling loadvars to think its a different variable obviously.
any way aroun dit? my simple php script is:
PHP Code:
<? $firstName = $_GET['firstName']; $lastName = $_GET['lastName']; print "&returnFirst=". $firstName . "
"; print "<xmltype>
"; print "<one>http://www.fakesite.com?returnMe=fuzz&returnResult=boom</one>
"; print "</xmltype>
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I am using flash CS3 and the flash scroll bar components to display scrolling text. This feature uses the dynamic text box. Well I have several pop up windows. A few of them need dynamic text so they can be scrollable because it is a lot of text. The issue that I am having is that in comparison to the static text...the text looks different but it is the same font?
View 0 RepliesI've attached 2 screenshots. The first shows the flash stage at its default size - as you can see my font is all distorted and weird looking but when you zoom in (image 2) it's exactly like it should be. What would make it look like this when the stage hasn't been zoomed out or anything, it's just from pressing cmd and enter from flash?
View 8 RepliesWe can pass arguments to flash from javascript like this
fc.callFunction("_root","js_playSong",["Path=songs/song1.mp3 &Album=Jazz"])
where fc is a JSFCommunicator.
But how to pass argument like this
fc.callFunction("_root","js_playSong",["Path=songs/song1.mp3&ArtistPath=http://sample.php?artist_id=24&name=kamal"])
In the above argument the red colored ampersand should not be considered as separator between two variables.
I'm learning AS3 with Flex Builder 2, and have run into all sorts of difficulties when trying to embed a font so that a group of textfields will display correctly when they are tweened. There are a number of examples posted across the web which apparently work fine for other people, but I've tried them unsuccessfully. Perhaps this is because other people are using the Flash 9 alpha and it works differently in Flex, though I don't know why that should be. For example, with this code I receive an error that says "Unable to resolve "C:WindowsFontsARIAL.TTF for transcoding" even though the file exists in that location.
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I have a Flash movie that loads variables from an external plain text file, that a client updates themselves (from a web site which generates the file). A problem occurred when they used an ampersand symbol in the text field. Is there a way around this? I haven't seen a way to escape it that works.
View 4 RepliesI am designing a fairly simple site made up of a swf (AS3) in an html page. I'm relatively new to it all, but was doing ok until recently! The problem I have is this: The swf within the html loads perfectly from my local drive in all browsers, but when published to the remote server does not display correctly in Safari or Chrome... It is fine in Firefox.
To see it correctly, use Firefox and the link below. To see it fail at the preloader (in fact, it distorts the design of the pre-loader and goes no further) use Chrome or Safari. [URL] The site is unfinished, so there are other issues you may find which I am solving, but this is the one of concern.
I want to learn how to make a web site that has greeting cards? I can make the flash movie, and I can add the dynamic text, but how does the user save the text in my web space? How do I send a message to receiver about greeting card?
View 1 RepliesI have created a drag and drop greeting along with the ability to drag multiple copies of the same movie clip onto the stage. Things are working great. I'd like to be able to somehow add parameters or script that would allow me to capture the completed greeting - after the user has stopped dragging movie clips onto the artwork - and have the ability to email the decorated greeting to someone. I am using AS2 for this. Working in Flash CS4.
View 3 RepliesI just made my first flash game. A memory game, But I cant figure out how to put some graphics on the front of the card. And make it take the pictures from a image folder. and make it look ok ?
View 1 RepliesI'm having difficulty getting a scoring system on a card game to work properly.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to make a basic card game where I can flip the cards and also drag them around. Here's the code for card.as, the file that's controlling my cards.
package{ import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public class Card extends MovieClip { private var _type:*;
public function Card() { this.buttonMode = true;
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
} private function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void { this.play();
} public function setType(type:*):void { _type = type;
loader_mc.addChild(_type); }}}
I've been trying to add draggability to the card, but I'm not sure how to do it. Do I need a separate ".as" file to control it? Or, do I build it right into this file? If so, how would I do that? I tried making a separate ".as" file but then my basic card flipping code doesn't work.
There's something I'm trying to make but I just can't seem to figure it out. I want to make something that allows a person to build a deck of cards from multiple sets of cards. I also want a button that can be clicked to randomly choose a card from the created deck. For example: lets say there are four sets of thirteen cards (hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs). The user can select which of the four sets will be included in the deck. Once the sets are chosen the user can click a button and one card will be chosen from the selected sets. What is the best way to handle something like this? Is there a tutorial that explains how to do something like this?
View 3 RepliesIn my AS2 Flash game, I play a number of sound files and wait for the "onSoundComplete" message/function before proceeding.The problem is if there is no sound card in the system (or it is disabled in device manager) - everything acts like it is working (no errors, onLoad handler gets "true") - but the sound never actually gets played, and as such, my event never gets triggered.I had planned on dealing with this by hooking into my sound code, and if I detect no sound card, just kick off a timer to wait a few seconds before manually firing the "onSoundComplete" function.The only problem is that I can't reliably find a way to determine if there is a sound card in the system! AS3 seems to handle this quite nicely by passing back a NULL soundchannel - unfortunately I am stuck in AS2.0
View 1 RepliesI would like to do some video capture through flash. Is there a good video capture card I should use? Or will any do?
View 1 RepliesI need get the details from card using Flash action script ..
For example :
ATM process. i am insert the card and display the card details ( Name , account number).
How can I simulate turn over a card? I want to simulate that user laid the cards face up.
View 4 RepliesThis is what I need to do, I need to design an access card where the user would type his/her name in the textbox, press a submit button, and then have their name on the card so that the card can be printed with their name on it.
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to code a card game in AS3 for a class project. There are three computer players and one human player. The code to run the overall game is something like this:
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I'm trying deploy a test Air app (Authored Flash CS5.5 IDE) onto a Sony Andriod Tablet. Running Andriod 3.1.I'm not having much luck. My only way of connecting to the tablet is through an SD Card. I've tried opening the files directly of the SD card, no joy.I've also tried opening the SWF through the web browser but that didn't work either.URL...
View 4 RepliesI am trying to make a graphic of a card slide down with actionscript, I don't want to use the time line.
Code:
// Get the card top pos
var card_y = getProperty ( _root.Aladdin.Card, _y );
// Move down
for ( var i = card_y; i <= 0; i++ ) {
setProperty ( _root.Aladdin.Card, _y, i );
}
Obviously this makes the car animate way to fast and cannot be seen by the user. So how exactly in actionscript would I put a 0.1 second pause between each loop iteration?