Professional :: Using External Reference Png Files
Aug 23, 2011
I've been requested to create a flash project in which all images are external references.Images (mostly png) are created and can be modified anytime by artists, fla files and actionscript are created by developers. When opening a fla file, images should be automatically updated with the latest ones on the server and be visible in the fla file.Technical requirements are as follow : Actionscript 2.0 and Flash player 9 max.I tried to use the Loader component, it seems to be what I want (with Autoload function enabled), but unfortunately ActionScript 2.0 component doesn't allow png files, and doesn't work anymore when embedded inside a movieclip or a button (image became totally invisible).A simpler solution should be to automatically run the "Update" button on every image in the library but I don't think Flash to be able to do such a thing.
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Jan 21, 2011
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Feb 26, 2011
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Jul 7, 2011
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Feb 26, 2010
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Apr 11, 2010
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Jan 5, 2011
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Feb 17, 2011
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Apr 20, 2011
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Oct 9, 2011
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Jun 21, 2010
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Jan 10, 2010
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Jul 19, 2011
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May 28, 2007
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Feb 23, 2011
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Mar 20, 2010
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Mar 27, 2011
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Apr 24, 2010
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May 3, 2009
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Oct 10, 2011
I have no experience with Adobe Flash because others have done this out of house in the past. (time has come for me to learn - quickly)
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