How do I daisy chain movies together in Flash AS3?
A. What is the best way to daisy chain movies together in Flash AS3.
B. Can I treat it as an extended timeline beyond 16,000 frames
I'm trying to create dynamic flower component to depict relations between parent object and it's children.Parent object is represented by daisy center and the children are represented by petals. Each of above can have a specific fill/color and text label, moreover petals should be draggable. My question is: is that possible to do using Degrafa? Can anyone post an example of drawing flower using degrafa?
View 1 RepliesI have a video playback system that runs in a loop as it traverses the playlist of videos, doing something like this:On playback start:
-check for pre-roll ad, play ad if set to true; otherwise:
-check for branding video bumper, play bumper if set to true; otherwise:
-play video
On playback end:
-check for post-roll ad, play ad if true; otherwise:
-reset video
The way I have it coded/hacked works fine, but is less than ideal, especially as I plan to build on it. It looks something like this:[code]So, what's a better way to handle this? For an interactive timeline/map I've made in the past, there were a number events that were triggered at certain times during audio narration. Each event was unique (some were animations, others were text labels that appeared, etc), but I unified them as classes with a common 'time' property and common public go() function, and threw them into an array. As the narration played back I would check the 'time' property of the next object in the array, and once it matched I would call the go() function for that event, increment the phase position (so I know which array index to check next), and continue.
ListCollectionView is often promoted as a great way to daisy-chain different views of the same data. You have some source collection and then use ListCollectionView + filterFunction to wrap the source data and present a subset of that source collection. When the source collection changes (either adds or removals), the chained LCV gets updated automatically. However, if the filterFunction for the source collection changes, it does not appear to propagate to the chained LCV:
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At this point, I would expect justMatts to receive a CollectionChangeEvent and rerun its filter. Since all Matts have been filtered out of the source object, justMatts would be empty as well. However if you look in ListCollectionView code, they don't handle a CollectionEventKind.REFRESH which is what gets fired when source gets a new filter applied. Am I doing something wrong here (using wrong class, etc) or does nothing in Flex support the changes to source filter.
I can get this working as I expect it to by manually dispatching a CollectionEventKind.RESET on source, but I was hoping to not have to subclass anything.
Its pretty simple what im trying to achieve.I have a MC on Stage, which im trying to tween to different X coordinates.I've set up four TweenLite.to sequences, however for some weird reason only one is being triggered - what am I doing wrong?
TweenLite.to(slider.mc_slider,1,{x:_returnXPos(95), ease:menuEasing});
TweenLite.to(slider.mc_slider,1,{delay: 1, x:_returnXPos(35), ease:menuEasing});
TweenLite.to(slider.mc_slider,1,{delay: 2, x:_returnXPos(50), ease:menuEasing});
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ArrayCollection with multiple filter functions i want to do chain selection datagrid which means consider two textinput seaech name and age if i searched a name and get a result if i search a age the result in a datagrid should be respective to the searched name
View 1 RepliesI want to make a movieclip of a fly (yes, the insect) (named "flue" in norwegian) follow my mousepointer around the stage, or on top of image, either by following (which I imagine will be quite advanced) or hovering beneath the mousepointer, and would prefer it not to be necessary holding the mousebutton down, as this might be uncomfortable for some timeI've tried:
flue.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, movingFly);
function movingFly (evt:MouseEvent){ flue.x = flue.mouseX+225; flue.y = flue.mouseY+220; }
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I need to process this chain using one LoadXML method and one urlLoader object:
ResourceLoader.Instance.LoadXML("Config.xml"); ResourceLoader.Instance.LoadXML("GraphicsSet.xml");
Loader starts loading after first frameFunc iteration (why?) I want it to start immediatly.(optional)
And it starts loading only "GraphicsSet.xml"
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Is it possible in actionscript 3.0 to play chain of sounds (i.e. several mp3s)?Or should I manually start playing first sound, wait for SOUND_COMPLETE event, then start second sound and so on?
View 1 RepliesI don't think "Chain" is the right word here. But this is my problem: I have a que of 1000 items that need to be downloaded. I use a loader with an event: Event.COMPLETE calls a function. This function creates a loader with an event which on Event.COMPLETE calls that function again ... etc. This has never been an issue. I never even knew it meant that it would all be stacked up in memory.On iOS this is proving to be an issue. At a certain maximum, it just tells me I've reached the limit. So at 500 I insert a Timer so that I can start calling these functions from "level 0 " again.
View 3 RepliesIs there a way to go up the scope chain inside of a with statement? for instance I have the following pseudo code:
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Is there a way to scope "this.height" to refer to the parent object's height instead of dog's height?
"you should create a fla, drag an flvplayback component to the stage, create an array of your flvs, initialize an index at zero, assign the flv to start playing your first flv and increment the index in a function that executes when an flv complete and play that array element until all are played. you'll publish your html and swf from that fla." And he gave me a code sample which is below... modified to show my "instance" name as FlvChainand my flv file names... vid1.flv, vid2.flv, and vid3.flv...
My code...
import fl.video.VideoEvent;
var flvA:Array=["vid1.flv","vid2.flv","vid3.flv"];
var index:uint=0;
FlvChain.source=flvA[index];
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When I attempt to Debug I get this message...
"1087: Syntax error: extra characters found after end of program."
I draw a designed chain in the middle of my stage (the width of designed chain is exactly the same of my stage width). I want this designed chain to be moved continuously (From right to left) as long as the .swf file is playing.
I am using Actionscript 3. The designed chain movie name is Chain_mc.
Lets say I have the following inheritance hierarchy:
Code:
Select allpackage {
public class ClassA {
protected function foo():void {
// do something
}}} package {
public class ClassB extends ClassA {
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Now this is all well and good, as the call to ClassC.foo() will propogate through the inheritance chain; C > B > A. But what if I want ClassC.foo() to call foo() that is in ClassA and bypass the method call in ClassB? I have tried the following:
* Cast the method to the super-class type I want to execute, but this does not work as intended.
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override protected function foo():void {
// do something related to Class C
// call ClassA.foo
ClassA(this).foo();
}
I am using E4X to bind some values from xml in flex 3.There is a problem when xml tag's (or attribute's) name has special character in it: having xml content
var xml:XML = <tag>
<special-name att="val" />
</tag>
special-name could not be accessed using xml.special-name.@att because it is interpreted as subtraction, on the other hand using square bracket notation xml['special-name'].@att breaks binding chain.
I have an intro.swf file that is basically a movie with sound that is exported for actionscript but not exported in the first frame. I just stuck it in a movie on my timeline and it works great and the preloader works because it doesn't load the sound before the preloader. I use :
musicSound = new Sound();
musicSound.attachSound("music");
musicSound.start();
to play the sound in intro.swf.
However, now this intro.swf gets loaded into an index.swf and everything works fine and the sound plays as long as I have the sound included in BOTH the intro.swf and the index.swf and the sound is exported on the first frame in the index.swf. I was hoping I could remove the sound entirely from my index.swf since it already loads into the intro but so far
I have been having trouble creating a movie clip with a reverse rollover effect within a movie which has a reverse rollover effect. that sounds confusing
In essence I wish to create a panel that rolls out on rollover and rolls back in reverse when the you rollout. I have done this using this script
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However I wish to make movies within this movie that have the same effect on them. But when I create another movie or button within this movie it is not registering on rollover. I guess because the script on the main movie overrides it?
I am creating a calendar and only one part isnt work. That part is the movie (mc_nav). I have the mc_nav movie on each month's stage. The buttons are named correctly since I used normal modes reference thingy to double check the references. I am trying to have it move to the next frame in the movie, or back, or to the 3rd frame etc. The first section (NAVIGATION BUTTON LINKS) works fine. It is just when I try to navigate on the Scene 1 stage, from a movie within a movie, that the trouble arises. Each of the month movies (mc_sep, mc_oct, etc) have mc_nav placed on them. Then the month movies are placed in Scene 1 on each of their respective frames (mc_sep = 4, mc_oct = 5, etc). When testing the movie and I am sent to any month page, the navigation (mc_nav) wont work. The syntax according to the flash debugger is correct. The action script goes all the way through to the last frame (13) and the stop(); command is set to stop the movie at frame 3 (the splash page).
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i'm currently working on packaging air application to iPhone with ADT (air 2.7). i get the key.p12 and .mobileprovision file in the IOS provisionning portal and i did this operation from a MacOS (keychain software). When i run the adt command, i get the following error : "could not retreive certificate chain from keystore". I notice a curious thing in the Provisioning Portal. In Certificates section, the name which appears in the list is different than the name i have entered in keychain. For information, i have a professionnal account and not create by me.
View 1 RepliesWe want to "chain" multiple FLV video's on the same web page. We can combine them in my video editor but the resulting file is over 30 minutes long. But, I'm hopeful that we can do this using code in the web page so...
1 - We convert each AVI video to FLV video and then "publish" it locally to get the associated files.
2 - Then combine the HTML as necessary to have one video play right after the other.
Can I just... - copy the javascript AC_FL_RunContent code and change the 'name' and 'movie to be the name of the next video. - and then do the same thing for the object code?
or is there a shorter or more easy way to do this?
Finally, is this the best forum for Flash FLV questions?
PS - I know some will want to know why we want to chain short videos instead of just making one long video but the explination is long and will bog down the discussion.
I have a small FLA file i created myself. its just a simple mp3 player, pause and stop and a volume slider, thats it.I want to import three instances of this into a bigger movie and have them all available to run at the same time.I need them to be all on the screen at one time (same frames) and I need them each to be able to play a different mp3 The user will not be able to decide which mp3, this is all 'hard coded' into the fla file.So how can I do this and get access to each individual movie's controls?
For example when I use the slider on the first player, I only want the volume to change on the first mp3.Would I even have to worry about this in the big file that has all three movies in it?I mean could I just code the volume slider to work right in the mp3 player file and then the bigger movie file will automatically know that when the volume slider is moved, only to affect the voume of the first mp3?if i do it that way, would I have to save out 3 different versions of the mp3 player file. one with '1.mp3', say, hard coded into it, another with '2.mp3' hard coded into it, etc?
I'm having a bit of problem with some people (claiming to have flash on their comptuer) not being able to open my website. I'm guessing it might be a version problem because they can open youtube and other sites alright. It's written with AS3 on CS4.
View 2 RepliesI own CS4 design premium and very familiar with Photoshop and illustrator but NOT flash Pro. I want to make a HD 1080i HDTV 2-d technical video animation and wish to know if Flash is a good tool for this. This video would be used for corporate tradeshows on an hdtv. Specifically I want to combine pictures and overlay 2-d animated arrows, text balloons etc to make a 2-d technical animation of how a product line works. I need to have keyframed pans and zooms with this also. All this needs to be converted to 1920x1080P 29fps HDTV MP4. I own and proficient at Vegas Video 9 PRO NLE which can convert a variety of avi to mp4. My questions are.. Is adobe cs4 flash PRO able to do this with my other software?
View 2 RepliesDoes anyone know of a DAM (Digital Asset Management) solution, preferably ASP.net that can handle storage of both common movie types and flash movies?
View 2 RepliesI am trying to create a flash viewer, which will load various other flash movies. The viewer will be in the root directory, but the flash movies it will load are a few directories deep. Those movies access various sound clips that are in an audio directory relative to each swf I want to load.[code]It seems that when I load one of these movies into my viewer, the loaded movie is looking for the sounds in an audio folder in the root directory, and not relative to the swf I loaded. Is there a way to set this? I would rather not have to make the changes in each of my other movies to use the absolute path.[code]
View 2 RepliesSo I'm making a flash slideshow of baby pictures for my wedding, and I made 3 separate files, however I would like them all to play one after the other without any interruptionsIs there a way to link them or should I just try to rebuild the 2nd and 3rd files into the 1st
View 1 RepliesI have obtained the Free Video to Flash Converter v 4.7.25 build 602 from www.dvdvideosoft.com, and find it creates flash movies from my .wmv files fine.
I selected the 'New Maxi' player and after converting a file, sample HTML script is provided to put onto a web page. Also, it directs copying the contents of the folder in which the movie is created into the folder that contains the web page.
I've done this OK, as can be seen on [URL] where there are four movies selectable amongst the 'still' pictures (e.g. 9th row, first column).
Each uses a hyperlink to a separate page for each movie containing the script provided above in its own folder with the copied contents mentioned above. This all works OK, and enables a full-screen view of the movies if required.
My query concerns the fact that I duplicate most of the files and folders for each movie page, when only the actual .flv and preview .jpg are different.
I've tried putting the 'common' files into a separate folder ( fl ) and only keeping the html page and settings.xml in each movie page folder. I put all four flv files in the fl.videos folder.
I amend the references to swfobject and videoPlayer in the individual four movie html pages by putting ../fl/ in front, and similarly with the videos location in settings.xml
When I do this, I get a black rectangle, but no controls, no start picture and no video.
Any movie whatsover (i.e. any file in any location on my drive) cannot be published (including test movie via Command-Enter) because I get this error:
"Error creating SWF movie file. Be sure the destination file is not locked or on a locked drive. Also, check that the file name is not too long."
The file name isn't too long, and I am logged in as an administrator on the machine. All folders I have tried to publish to are unlocked and I have read/write priveliges to them. This is a new install of CS4 and has been updated to the very latest version (and it didn't work before the update, not does it work after). This is NOT to do with my specific permissions. This is a clean install of Flash CS4 Professional on a very new Macbook Pro running OS 10.5.7.
When I test a movie in Flash CS5, it usually crashes. The output panel scrollbars flicker and sometimes show the following output[code]...
View 3 RepliesI'm running Flash CS5 on a Mac (yes I've got Adobe running). However, when I press Cmd and Rtn I get the followng error message: "Error opening URL [URL] how I can run movies in Flash?
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