I'm starting a project that will build a flash file with quite complex capabilities. I expect the size of the swf/swc files will be quite big. In order not to slow down the page download, can I build the swf file so only immediately needed components are loaded with the page and other later-stage components can be silently loaded in the background?
View 1 RepliesI have a Flash application that exchanges data with php scripts. Problem is, I can SEND updates, not receive.Example:
- user drags an object to another area
- flash sends this action to a php script using URLLoader
- the server acknowledges the action and returns an "ok" message with the same URLLoader
Now if the server wants to send a message, like "there's an update available", or "your friend has logged in", how is this supposed to happen?I believe an always-open socket is out of question, because the server will have to handle too many users at once and the section might be indefinitely long. I'm not so sure about the Flash client constantly pinging the server.So, what's the best way to send data from PHP to Flash asynchronously?
I have a flex application that repeatedly polls a remote XML file to detect changes, but I've found that once the file hits a certain size, the poll blocks the UI and makes the page unresponsive for a short time.
Is there any way to ensure that the call made to the server or the event from the flash.utils.Timer class runs asynchronously to the main UI thread?
I am trying to write a class, which loads multiple images asynchronously. Can anyone help me to write a image loader class which loads multiple images. My doubt is that do i need to create different instances for Loader and URLRequest for each images? How this is managing efficiently.
View 3 RepliesI have a flex application that shows information gathered from different external services by using rest api. Some of them are resource intensive, take longer to response.
View 1 RepliesI have made an application which loads large pictures and videos (1920*1080 px).
- Picture component is a swf movie that I load with a Loader and feed him with the path of the picture I need
- Video component is a custom actionscript class that uses Video class.
Before to create any of these components, I display an animated sprite (a wheel to suggest a current loading). Then I create this component and load the content. When the content is loaded, then I add it to the display list and remove the wheel sprite.As these actions take a while, the wheel is visible for 1 to 2 seconds. My problem is that during this loading operation (by a Loader or Instantiation), the animated Sprite is not running properly and smoothly, like if Flash was loading the pictures and videos synchronously.Is there a way to make an animated sprite running properly while I am loading a swf or loading a video through the instantiation of a class, means running something asynchronously?
I downloaded Flash, extracted it, and open the folder. However,when i click on setup.exe, nothing pops up. I looked inside task manager and see that the setup is using up 50% cpu but nothing pops up.I am using vista home premium sp2.
View 1 RepliesI am developing a elearning site and we have developed our courses in Flash. I want to know how we can prevent our courses from getting download from our site. Technology used for developing website is ASP.NET with C#.
View 2 RepliesI wanted to know if there is a way to embed a pdf file into a flash document to be downloaded by the customer. I want them to be able to click on the thumbnail version of the file to start the download of the high res version of that file. I am making an interactive cd so the files would be stored on the cd itself. I know I could do it by storing the files on the internet but I would like to keep everything local
View 2 RepliesHow would you be able to stop people from downloading flash video from your site instead of viewing it in a flash player. I would like to prevent people from downloading the flash video by ripping the stream. I am not looking for 100% prevention but ways to make this difficult and annoying.
View 4 RepliesI'm working on implementing communication between an Adobe AIR app and a browser Flash object, and the LocalConnection documentation mentions an asyncError as a potential event:
asyncError: Dispatched when an exception is thrown asynchronously — that is, from native asynchronous code.
However, that's the only documentation I can find on it. Does anyone know what this error actually means? I've searched around but couldn't find any reference -- most sample code I found does an addEventListener() for the asyncError but doesn't give any clue as to what it means or when it could occur (i.e. if it could occur when sending or when recieving).The Adobe documentation page also lists potential events for each method, but asyncError isn't listed under any specific method, only for the general class.
I am adding data inside a VGroup dynamically using Action Script. Each data is an instance of a custom component. So when the number of item is more, It take time to load, which look bad.
Is there any way, we can load data to it, asynchronously or is there any way, so that more data can be added inside a scroller only when the scroll bar reaches to the end ( as it happens in Android or IPhone).?
How can I find the total time of an mp3 before it is fully downloaded? I have this function which is called on TimerEvent.TIMER
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The problem is tha the totalTime is correct only when the mp3 is fully downloaded..
I was wondering if there is a script so that when a flash file is no longer on a specific server it stops working. So basically if it is on a specific website it will work but once its downloaded, or even uploaded to another site it doesn't work any more?
View 3 RepliesIs it possible to delegate heavy computations to be handled asynchronously (on the user's machine)? When it's done, I could just fire an event, catch the new data, and update. I have played with this for lesser operations, by just setting up a que and only handle a few operations per frame; but is there another method? That feels like a heavy handed workaround, and it won't scale with faster/slower machines. IE: 12 operations per frame works fine on the test machine, but my machine can handle more, but won't do it because it's hard coded.
View 2 RepliesDoes anyone know why Flash videos do not cache when Initially downloaded.
If you wait for a flash video to download filly then refresh the browser the video shows the download bar loading again. Unlike images where the download bar only appears when you first load the image after that its cached in the browser.[url]...
I've noticed something weird at IE. When i have a flash object (.swf) inside a page, then any action/function inside $(document).ready starts after the swf object has been fully loaded. (While in firefox, it doesn't need the swf to be fully loaded)
View 1 RepliesI have a problem to open a file after it is downloaded with flash player 8 by using the FileReference.download method. after the file is downloaded from the server on my computer this can't be opened. So,
Adobe Reader shows the following error:
Abobe Reader couldn't open "Unidad1.pdf" because it is either not a supported file type or 'coz the file's been damaged(for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decode).
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I save alot of web pages while surfing the web , but when opening them I always get the annoying "Adobe has stopped a potential unsafe operation" security warning. Most times this is from a little flash banner, ect.Is there anyway to disable this warning? The computer doesn't even have internet access.
View 10 RepliesI downloaded the trial version of Adobe Flash CS4 last night and I'm having problems with starting the setup.exe. I looked at the Setup Log File and got this problem.[code].....
View 1 RepliesI have a page that has a table with each row corresponding to an audio file. The last cell in each row embeds a simple flash audio player. The problem is that the flash file for the player is being downloaded for each row separately and as soon as rows go beyond 40-50 it crashes the browser.
I tried using different players (1pixelout, flash-mp3-player) and the problem is still there, so its not a player specific issue.
Is there any way to cache the player so that it is only downloaded once?
I'm developing a downloadable flash application that I want to include an image associated w/ a specific user w/ the download.Basically, I want the user's website image to be pulled down or pointed to when the .swf or .exe file is downloaded to a user's computer
View 1 RepliesWe are looking to use flash to create iOS apps, so we have downloaded the latest version of flash, but when testing on the iPad we see pixalation, is there a later version of cs5.5 or an update that will fix this issue?
Or is there a setting beside the setting Resolution set to High...
I did read somewhere about AIR3 is going to better renderring for 3D, but will it be for the iPad and also what about 2D rendering, I mean it is vectors aand I thought they did not pixelate.
I want an air application to be able to update the assets it uses, but minimizing the download needed, so only downloading files added since it last updated.I'm thinking this would include a server portion which would zip the needed files based on a version number? Has anyone implemented anything similar / got any thoughts on the best approach to building this sort of system?
View 1 RepliesI'm a teacher and I have some animations made in flash language (swf). I would like to publish these animations on my web site so my students could see, but I wonder if there is any way to prevent these animations being downloaded.
Example: when I see an animation published on my web site, this animation is stored in Internet Temporary Files and I can save this animation anywhere. How can I prevent an animation is stored in the temporary folder? In other words, this animation can only be seen if the user is logged on the site.
I have a question how can I secure my flash website (*swf) for being Downloaded??
View 2 Replies All I want to do is to preload an flv in a similar way a regular preloader works with the first frame having a clip that displays "LOADING" when the correct amount of the flv is loaded it moves to frame 2 and plays.I have looked at the Flash docs for this and all the codes are based on using a component, my flv's are being streamed and downloaded from a regular server and I need to have the playback based on the buffer time. So figure if 50% of the flv is downloaded then play the flv.
im using flash cs3, i have downloaded swf and used decompiler to generate fla...now there is coming one error in script.[URL]..
View 2 RepliesI need to create a progress bar for my streaming video to let the user know how much of the video has already been downloaded/streamed. Making a progress bar for a progressive download is easy, just check the bytesLoaded vs the bytesTotal. But apparently with a streaming video those do not work. What exactly do I need to check in order to create a progress bar for a streaming video. Here is my sample code that doesn't work for the progress bar.
View 9 RepliesI would like to develop a package made in Flash, if I put it on the internet as such and have downloads etc, is there a way to generate a password (or activation key and a password) that can then be embedded with the download so it can be used offline. If I can automate the process so I do not need to make individual packages but can control their use... this would be good. I don't have a problem if they also have internet connection, but the package needs to function off line. I guess I could use a batch passwords then selectively send out passwords in that batch, but this seems heavy.
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