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[F8] Mac Safari Wierdness

I've got a file using AS2 to load images via xml that works fine in IE, Firefox and Safari on a PC. It works fine on IE and Firefox on a Mac, but, when my client tests it using Safari 3.1.1 on a Mac, he says all the images momentarily flicker in, but disappear when they all load...I can't duplicate it, so I can't test it and I'm not sure what to do to fix it.I tried removing type="application/x-shockwave-flash" from the html and played around with the wmode, but neither seemed to change anything when he was viewing it...You can see the swf at:http://brianwpiper.com/fk/fk.htmAny ideas?? Would LOVE some help from the Mac community on this...Thanks!!edit: Oh, and I'm using swf object to display the swf...I tried using the standard embed/object as well, but that didn't work either...

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Posted on: 05-15-2008, 11:55 PM

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Font Wierdness
[CS3] Import SWF Wierdness
SetMask Wierdness
IoError Wierdness
Button Wierdness...
Pre Loader Wierdness
Variable Wierdness.
IoError Wierdness
Variable Wierdness.
_framesloaded Wierdness
As2 Code Wierdness
ComboBox Wierdness
Movie Clip Wierdness
Wierdness Loading Movies
Imported Animation Wierdness
Button Component Wierdness
Dynamic Text From A Cgi? Wierdness...
Dynamic Text From A Cgi? Wierdness...
Flv/attachAudio Scoping Wierdness
LoadVars External Txt File Wierdness
LoadClip Wierdness With Loc Of Swf And Calling Html
Swaitch/case Website Wierdness
Dynamic Text Field Wierdness
Intermittant Wierdness In Kiosk Interface
Any Ideas? Event Based Pr. Wierdness
Switch/case Website Wierdness
Re: Loading Movies From A CD Across Domains- And Win98 Wierdness
MX 2004 - Layers And Code Order Wierdness
[MX]Stage Settings For Smaller Monitors-Pixel Wierdness
_width & _height VS. _xscale & _yscale - The Wierdness Continues
Safari
Safari
Safari
Pop Up In Safari
Swf/css And Safari
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Mac/Safari Bug?
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Mac Safari Bug
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Mac Projector Wierdness
I just finished a small cd rom presentation with 4 files. I need it to run on both mac a pc, it runs fine on pc, but the mac version wants to be extracted to the HDD, instead of being run off the cdrom, (guessing because it's an hqx file). after it extracts it runs fine, but it will not load external movies correctly because it's not being run off the cd?

I'm developing on a PC. win 2000

I publshed 4 files

1: start.exe = PC projector
2: MAC.hqx = Mac Projector
3: autorun.ini = to autorun on a PC
4: video.swf = is loaded into one of the projectors using loadMovie

am I doing something wrong?

Combo Box Wierdness
Hi

I am using a combo box in MX 2004. Basically I am attaching the combo using the attachmovie method and giving it a unique instance name. I then for loop and add items to the combo box. These doesn't seem to work as the combo box seems to take a couple of millisecond to initialize

If I call the function to populate the combo using a setinterval with a small delay this seems to work. This feels very messy and I want to know if someone has a better way of solving this?

Emergency Help With Wierdness
This is wierd and I really need some help

Overnight, I've lost the ability to access files on remote servers from within .flas on my computer.

This has effected all the site files I've got. Any file requested from a server from within the .flas on my local computer (all using the absolute URLs) fail and I recieve a file cannot be found error. All these files worked fine before, but now they don't. As far as I can see, my internet connection is fine, all the live swfs are still working fine, and I can still connect to all servers with FTP and download the relevent files using their absolute URLs in a browser address bar.

For example one fla has an mp3 player in it which streams the files from the server. When I launch the site .fla on my home machine to work on the site, it is no longer able to find the mp3s, even though they are still in exactly the same place on the server. The same is true for text files and flvs.

Please Help

HELP Scrollpane Wierdness
Help,
although this seems simple to me, it has proven to be puzzling.
I dare any of you, (yes I dare you) to solve this simple question.

I have made quite a few preloaders, of different types, they all work nicely,...UNTIL... I try to load them into a Scrollpane, then the preloader refuses to play (until the bulk of the main swf loads, like at about 95%), thus rendering the preloader pretty much useless, as a person waiting for that swf to be loaded into the scrollpane will be staring into a blank scrollpane until the main swf loads.

I am baffled, as the swf, if you access it directly it starts playing the preloader almost instantly (I would expect that)
DOES ANYONE HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MAGIC OF SCROLL PANES????
I'll buy you a cup of coffee.
THANKS

IE Does Wierdness To My Flash?
I'm somewhat novice at flash programming.. having taught myself in the last few years. I keep it simple.. a few links, some dynamic stuff... nothing too complex.

Needless to say I'm not a moron.

So I have a wierd problem.... the best way to describe it is this...

USING FIREFOX or SAFARI

Go to http://joecolelights.googlepages.com look under "design" and try browsing through my portfolio... it's not a finished product but that's kind of the road I'm going towards....

Now fire up your old dusty IE... look at the same part of the same page....

What the Hell? I don't get it. IE resizes my thumbnails and stacks them on top of each other.... I can't figure out why I only have this problem in IE. Furthermore it's only some versions of IE..... I've seen it show up right in some older IE versions.

Anyone?

Buller?

Buller?

Font Wierdness
I have developed a site on a PC that uses “Open Office” a freeware type of MS Word.

Now the fonts that this app uses are different to those on Word so to get the wording in my site to show up on all systems I choose the “_sans” option to, as I understand it, use a generic “_sans” font on ALL systems.

Now although I have view the site on other systems & the client has not mentioned any problems with it, when I recently tried to view it on another system I have running XP the letters did not show up?

I have got round this by changing all the text the Dynamic & embededing the font which works. The only thing I can think of that might be throwing things out is the fact that the text is rotated in the movie – I could understand how this could be the case but still don't get how I was able to view it ok on other systems?

[CS3] Import SWF Wierdness
Hi all,

I'm working on a project to be delivered in flash. I'm creating an animation in a 3d package, exporting as a layered illustrator file and exporting an SWF from Illustrator. Now, this SWF when played standalone is fine, looks great, but when I import, either into the library or direct to stage into Flash CS3, the final frame is duplicated in all frames in the timeline. If the animation was to be short I'd bite the bullet and manually remove the offending frame content. However, this is going to be a long animation and I'm at 550 odd frames as of now.

I'm pretty sure the issue lies with the final import into Flash, but I just do not know why.

Heres links to the relevant files, the initial ai file direct from the 3d package, the exported swf from Illustrator and the fla.

http://www.thepixelforge.net/clients/FlashKitRefs.rar (2.2mb)

http://www.thepixelforge.net/clients/FlashKitRefs.zip (3.3mb)

Thanks in advance - I hope with your help I can get this sorted

SetMask Wierdness
I'm having a slight problem with a setMask that I was wondering if anyone else has run across this before. Basically I creating thumbnail images that have a mask applied to them to give the illusion of perspective.

The masking looks great and works like a charm. There is a slight flicker but otherwise masking happens.

However, when I load this clip into a container movie the masking action is no longer working. i see the actual area of the mask drawn on the screen.

any ideas of where to start here?

IoError Wierdness
Hi
I Have a RssLoader class, using URLLoader to load a Rss feed to my app.
When compiling through Flash IDE or Flex SDK the feed loads, all lovely.
BUT trying to play the copiled SWF in a stand alone player, or debugginng via IDE throws an IoError.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time.

Button Wierdness...
Here's some code:

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import fl.controls.*;

public class Controller extends MovieClip {
public function Controller():void {
playPauseBtn.enabled = false;
}
}
}

My problem:

I put a button on the stage, set instance name to playPauseBtn, change it's label to anything but "Label" in the Parameters panel, and for some reason the button cannot be disabled with code above.

Not a critical problem because I can set playPauseBtn.label = ''; and it works, but why would the button require a label of "Label" in the parameter panel to allow disabling?

playPauseBtn.mouseEnable also wont work under the same circumstances.

Pre Loader Wierdness
Hi all,

I have pre loader script attached to a movieClip in the first frame of the my movie. The whole of the _root timeline is only 2 frames long, I use attachMovie and LoadMovie to build the site. But I cant get the loader to work. Its really odd as i use it all the time and its great, nice and simple. But for some reason everything stays blank and then the movie appears...

Any ideas as to why?

Here's my code;

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
percent = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded())/Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal())*100;
_root.percentDisplay = Math.round(percent)+"%";
this._xscale = percent;
if (percent == 100) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}

The text and loader bar appear for a flash when its 100% but its like its not looping...??? So I know all instances are connected and var work...
Flash 8, Mac OSX
Thanks for your ideas in advance...

Martin

Variable Wierdness.
Hi, I am going nuts over this. I will explain what I have. I really do hope someone could help me on this one.

in the main swf, i load an external swf to it.

loadMovie(externalfile.swf, _root.content);
------------------------------------------------

And then in the external swf, I have a varible named

frametogo = new String(none);

------------------------------------------------

In the external swf I have a button that does this.

on (release) {
frametogo = 3;
this.textFade.gotoAndPlay(2);
this.anim.gotoAndPlay(36);

}

------------------------------------------------

So it tells the textfade to go forward and in the middle of the textfade I have this action

this._parent.gotoAndStop(_root.frametogo);

------------------------------------------------

All this works nicely when its played alone. but when its loaded to the main swf, the frametogo variable is not read in the textfade movie clip? I'm using Flash 6 on this.

all so on the first frame of the external and the main swf i have a action that goes like this

this._lockroot = true;

Can anyone get any sense of this?

Thank you, and I really appriciate if anyone can check what i have written here and maybe give it an anwser of some sort.

IoError Wierdness
Hi
I am getting a an #2032 stream error when loading an corssdomain open Rss feed in to my app. The weird bit is that i get it only when i play the SWF in a stand alone player or try to debug it in the IDE, it works fine when compiled or in a browser.
The only info i could find on this http://www.judahfrangipane.com/blog/?p=87
and couple of threads
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...ght=error+2032
Any one?
Thanks for your time.

_framesloaded Wierdness
Hi all.

Here's a bit of weirdness:

I was playing around with _framesloaded and _currentframe, and noticed that if I am streaming a SWF file, _framesloaded mostly seems to equal _currentframe-1... mostly... <said with a Newt-type-voice from Aliens "they mostly come out at night... mostly..." >

Here's what I did (see attached ZIP for the FLA):

Create a FLA with 7 frames and 7 layers, each frame is keyframed on its own layer

Each frame has a text object on it containing the frame number (so that I know that _currentframe is giving me the correct number)

Each frame also has some additional junk text on it (to get the number of bytes per frame up a bit)

Add a stop on the last frame to prevent looping

I created a dummy MC on the first frame that lasts for all 7 frames

I put this code on the dummy MC (so I could watch these values change as the movie clip plays from 1 to 7):

Code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
trace("framesloaded " + _parent._framesloaded + " currentframe " + _parent._currentframe);
}
I then tested the movie using "Show Streaming" with a bandwidth of 200B/s. Heres the trace:

framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 0 currentframe 1
framesloaded 1 currentframe 2
framesloaded 1 currentframe 2
framesloaded 1 currentframe 2
framesloaded 1 currentframe 2
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 2 currentframe 3
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 3 currentframe 4
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 4 currentframe 5
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 5 currentframe 6
framesloaded 6 currentframe 7
framesloaded 6 currentframe 7
framesloaded 7 currentframe 7
framesloaded 7 currentframe 7
framesloaded 7 currentframe 7

The movie animates 1 through to 7 (agreeing with the _parent._currentframe value), but _parent._framesloaded seems to be one less than the current frame. Right up until it is displaying the last frame. Then Flash seems to work out that something is wrong and adjusts _framesloaded to _totalframes

At first I thought that Flash was just doing the old zero based array thing for _framesloaded and using a one based array for _currentframe, but when it catches up at the end... I dunno!

Any ideas? I've attached the FLA I used to test this.

Excuse me, I've got to go get a life now

PS. It does this in MX and MX04

As2 Code Wierdness
Hi there guys...

I have this piece of code on an mc acting as a button

ActionScript Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
this.onRollOver = function() {
this.blurTo(3, 2, 2);
};
this.onRollOut = function() {
this.blurTo(0, undefined, 2);
};
this.onRelease = function() {
//
this.createEmptyMovieClip("interview_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
   interview_mc.loadMovie("interview.swf", "this.interviewcontainer");
   interview_mc._x = 50;
   interview_mc._y = 150;

   this.button_btn.onRelease = function () {
   this.removeMovieClip(this.interview_mc);
}
//
};
}

The effect seems to be acting on the loaded MC and its buttons and the swap depth isn't working either, although if I use a button it seems to work. I'm sure its something pathetically simple, p p please heylp...

ComboBox Wierdness
So I'm making a little fake "find" dialog box. It's got a comboBox, which displays a list of possible text strings to search for (which comes from an array). And then there's the "Find Next" button, which starts the search. So everything works, kinda.

The first thing the "Find Next" button's onRelease function does is trace("findNext") right? get this: If you click repeatedly at a reasonable pace it traces "findNext" around every 4th time - If you click really quick it seems to work every time, and if you wait for 10 secs or so between clicks it seems to work every time. What the f***? I commented out all sorts of stuff trying to find the source of the bug and nothing helped untill I tried deleting the comboBox, then everything works fine. What i can't understand is how the comboBox prevents the button from resistering its onRelease function - it's not like there's a problem with this function itself - the function isn't even being started (I know this 'cause it doesn't trace "findNext")

Any suggestions (or moral support) would be most appreciated.

I know Flash can do some wierd things sometimes but this is a little much. Does anyone know of a 3rd party comboBox like component that is perhaps a little easier to work with?

Movie Clip Wierdness
this really has me stumped.

I have an mc (Var) that checks a bunch of varibles are set to one. If they are all set to one it tells another mc (end) on the stage to gotoAndPlay(2). but what happens is the the 'end' clip just goes to frame (2) and stops.

the clip 'end' is on the stage all the time, the 'Var' clip is working caus 'end' goes to frame 2.

any ideas?
thanks

Wierdness Loading Movies
Hello flashers! I am having problems when loading movies. If I open my projector and click on a button that opens a new swf, The new swf starts playing....then all of the sudden it goes to another swf and plays that. I do not get it. Here is the very simple action script from the projector: loadMovieNum("REPSH.swf", 0);

Now, all of the swf's are in the same folder as the projector. I was setting the level to 1 on all of the buttons. At that time, what I mentioned above would happen. I then changed it to 0 and now it stays on the right swf but I hear both the swf that I wanted to load and sound from another swf that I did not tell to load. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Imported Animation Wierdness
I made an animated image in Fireworks and in FW the image does just what I want with the animated layer going from 0 - 100 in opacity.
I imported it into the library in Flash and the opacity is all at 100. If I double click the symbol and go into its timeline the opacity is back to the correct 0 - 100 fade.
Why does it do this?

Button Component Wierdness
Player.fla and Controller.as are in the same folder.

Player.fla:
Button component in the library (with its assets). Document Class = "Controller". 1 layer, 1 frame. No code in timeline.

Controller.as:
(see attached code)

My problem:
I put a button on the stage, set instance name to playPauseBtn, change it's label to anything but "Label" in the Parameters panel, and for some reason the button cannot be disabled with code I attached.

Not a critical problem because I can set playPauseBtn.label = '' in my class file and it will work, but why would the button component require a label of "Label" in the parameter panel to allow disabling?

I can place the playPauseBtn.enabled = false in the time and it will work without any issues, but that's not what I want.

Posted this issue at actionscript.org and other people are having the same problem... Is this a component bug?

Attach Code

package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import fl.controls.*;
public class Controller extends MovieClip {
public function Controller():void {
playPauseBtn.enabled = false;
}
}
}

Dynamic Text From A Cgi? Wierdness...
ok - i'm completely bamfoozled here - in the past, we've loaded our dynamic text into our sites through a text file stored in the same local folder - but now we're getting set up to load everything from a database... and i know it's obviously possible - but we're getting some strange results...

so, we've got "getPage.cgi" located on our server, in an aliased cgi-bin folder (for security reasons) - and in flash, i'm calling to it like this:
------------------------------------------------------
LoadText = new LoadVars();
LoadText.load("http://***IPaddress***/cgi-bin/getPage.cgi?domain=guillaumegarrigue.com?Ran="+ran dom(999))
------------------------------------------------------

now - if i run the file locally (open the html file on my machine), it works fine, and all the text values are populated correctly...

but as soon as we put the flash file on the internet (www.guillaumegarrigue.com/test.html), it doesn't work - no text...

AND, even stranger - when we look at the logs on the server, we can see the call to the cgi when it's run locally, but when we look at the site online, the call is never made...

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated...

Flv/attachAudio Scoping Wierdness
Howdy,

Encountered something odd when using attachAudio to control the volume of a netstream from within a class.

Using the following code:
Code:

private function init():Void{
   netCon = new NetConnection();
   netCon.connect(null);
   netStr = new NetStream(netCon);
   netStr.setBufferTime(buffer);
   container.screen_mc.attachVideo(netStr);
   setAudio();
}

private function setAudio():Void{
   var myClip:MovieClip =
container.createEmptyMovieClip("audio_mc", container.getNextHighestDepth());
   myClip.attachAudio(netStr);
   audio:Sound = new Sound(myClip);
   audio.setVolume(0);
}

The audio var is declared before the constructor, and it doesn't allow me to control the audio UNLESS I declare the audio var within the setAudio method as a local var. I need it to be accessable from other methods so this is no good to me.

Anyone have any ideas?

LoadVars External Txt File Wierdness
I've got this on a button in an attempt to update a dynamic text field (scroller) with the HTML formatted content of a text file (using myhtml=) (other stuff here: storyLoad is a variable. storyArray contains the names of the textfiles e.g. text1.txt.)

code:
if (_root.storyLoad<=32) {
_root.storyLoad++;
loadVarsText.load(_root.storyArray[_root.storyLoad]);
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
//trace("done loading");
scroller.htmlText = "loadVarsText.myhtml";
} else {
//trace("not loaded");
}

I've got the same action (without the incrementation of storyload) on the frame on which this appears.
when the frame loads. it displays the text from the first one in the array. but my button (above) doesn't seem to do anything.!

am I just being stupid here? or should this work?

LoadClip Wierdness With Loc Of Swf And Calling Html
Hi,

I seem to be having some prolems using Movie Clip loaders to load a child movie clip when the calling HTML file and the parent movie clip are not in the same folder. The parent clip loads fine, but will not load any child clips even if I use absolute paths in loadClip.

The loadClip works fine when the HTML and calling parent movie are in the same folder.

I can't seem to find any documentation on this at all. Anyone else having problems?

My temp fix was to do a JS redirect from the original HTML file to the HTML file that is in the same folder with the parent clip. This fixes the problem, but I would really like to be able to not have to resort to JS.

Thanks in advance.

Using MX2004
Problem in both, firefox and IE

Swaitch/case Website Wierdness
Hello, all!

I´m workig on this website and everything is working wonderfully, but I´ve got one problem!

I have a switch/case type website, so when I click home the menuId = 0; and so on. But the problem is that when I enter the site, no matter which button I press, it goes to the next page which is profile, instead of for example gallery. After that I can press abseloutely any button I want and it works!

If someone knows why this only happens the first time when I have just entered the site, or has a way to solve this I would be very grateful!

Fekke

Dynamic Text Field Wierdness
Ok,
First let me start out by saying that I am by no means a master of flash, actionscript or anything in the middle. However I know enough of php and the above listed, macromedia endorsed, junk to think that i could, maybe, possibly, put together an online store.

Well I still think I can, BUT this little problem is really starting to get to me.

For those of you who are interested here is a basic version of where I am now with the whole thing: www.xplusplus.com/chop.fla

(file is 147k) just barely too big to attatch.

It should run correctly when you test it as I have left the paths to the database scripts intact.

Basically this is what I have so far:

Store moves on and off screen

Store Loads Product List/Prices into a Dynamic (HTML) Text Field

Each product is clickable, and when clicked will pull up product information (also in dynamic text fields, though not html).

It's not much but im happy with how its comming.

The problem arrises when I try to move the dynamic html product list off the screen.

I have it setup so that when you click a product, an animation is initiated which (containing the dynamic text field which houses the product list) moves off to the right of the visible screen and fades to alpha 0.

This works fine.
HOWEVER, even though all of the items have VISIBLY moved off the screen, you can still click on some of the text links as though they had only moved HALF off the screen (roughly half is still selectable) and gone to alpha 0.

I found this very odd, and have tried all manner of things to just get around the problem, but nothing seems to work. No matter how far OFF the visible work area I move the end point its still clickable as though it were half off screen and half on screen, though invisible.

Hopefully you guys can help since basically everything in there came out of tutorials from your site (which, i might add I have recommended to absolutely everyone who wants to learn flash).

Email me if you have any suggestions: scott@originalskateboards.com

Thanks!
-Scott-

Also if you are viewing the file, excuse the slop.

Intermittant Wierdness In Kiosk Interface
I made a kiosk for our sports museum. It runs across 2 screens and is fed data from an XML file generated by FileMaker Pro. Everything works perfectly on my Mac. Problem is that although it works fine on the Windows machine that runs it for the kiosk in the museum (standalone .exe file), after a while it starts acting crazy. Not sure if this only happens after the computer goes to sleep and the screensaver comes on or if it happens sooner than that. I haven't been able to spend enough time with it to know for sure. I just can't figure out how it can act so strangely. One of the things it does is that it will suddenly scroll to the bottom of a window that holds all the names and won't let you scroll back up. Other times it gets the names and links screwed up. I've tested this like crazy and can't get the same results on my computer. It's running on a brand new Dell that's well equipped to handle such a file (or at least we thought). Here is a link to a web version so you can see how it works:
Sports Museum Kiosk (click on Print, then scroll to the B's to see some names that scroll)
Just remember that this stretches across 1600 pixels wide over 2 large monitors, so it looks a lot better in the kiosk. :-)
Is there a good way to narrow down what is causing this behavior?

I've included the code for one of the alphabet letters. The first line was a failed attempt to prevent the scrolling from occurring by clearing the interval as soon as it got to that frame, because as soon as you moved to the B's, for example, it would scroll to the bottom without even hitting the scroll down arrow.

Attach Code

clearInterval(scroll_interval);

slot1_name = "";
slot2_name = "";
slot3_name = "";
slot4_name = "";
slot5_name = "";
slot6_name = "";
slot7_name = "";

sliderKnob._x = 8; ///////////

A_Array = new Array();
images = new Array();
PersonName = new Array();
PersonBio = new Array();
movies = new Array();
audio = new Array();
ProgName = new Array();
ProgPhoto = new Array();
ProgDesc = new Array();
NewsRole = new Array();
NewsRag = new Array();
NewsDates = new Array();

counter = 0;
link = counter;

letter = "B"; ///////////////////

slider.gotoAndStop(2); ////////////////

sports_xml = new XML();
sports_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
sports_xml.onLoad = function(sucess) {
if (sucess) {
//trace("loaded");
processXML(sports_xml);
}
};

sports_xml.load('xml/media.xml');

function processXML(xmlDoc_xml) {

//trace("length = " + xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes.length);
for (var n = 0; n<xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes.length; n++) {

//Get radio people only
if ((xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[12].firstChild.firstChild) eq "Y") {

if ((xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[2].firstChild.firstChild) eq letter) {
PersonBio.push(xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[5].firstChild.firstChild);
if (PersonBio[n] eq null) { PersonBio[n] = ""; }
// trace("PersonBio = " + PersonBio[n]);
FirstName = xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild;
// trace("FirstName = " + FirstName);
LastName = xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[4].firstChild.firstChild;
// trace("LastName = " + LastName);
A_Array.push(LastName + ", " + FirstName);
// trace("Last name, First name = " + A_Array[n]);
NumNames = A_Array.length;
PersonName.push(FirstName + " " + LastName);
// trace("PersonName = " + PersonName[n]);
images.push(xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[6].firstChild.firstChild);
// trace("image = " + images[n]);

if ((xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[13].firstChild.firstChild eq "Y") && (xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[14].firstChild.firstChild ne "Y")) {
NewsRole.push("Writer");

} else if ((xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[14].firstChild.firstChild eq "Y") && (xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[13].firstChild.firstChild ne "Y")) {
NewsRole.push("Photographer");

} else {
NewsRole.push("Writer/Photographer");

}

NewsRag.push(xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[15].firstChild.firstChild);

NewsDates.push(xmlDoc_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].childNodes[n].childNodes[16].firstChild.firstChild);

} //end if sequence

} //end radio people only

} // end for loop

slot1_name = A_Array[counter];
slot2_name = A_Array[counter+1];
slot3_name = A_Array[counter+2];
slot4_name = A_Array[counter+3];
slot5_name = A_Array[counter+4];
slot6_name = A_Array[counter+5];
slot7_name = A_Array[counter+6];

if (slot1_name==undefined) {
slot1_name = "";
}if (slot2_name==undefined) {
slot2_name = "";
}if (slot3_name==undefined) {
slot3_name = "";
}if (slot4_name==undefined) {
slot4_name = "";
}if (slot5_name==undefined) {
slot5_name = "";
}if (slot6_name==undefined) {
slot6_name = "";
}if (slot7_name==undefined) {
slot7_name = "";
}

currentNum1 = slot1_name;
currentNum2 = slot2_name;
currentNum3 = slot3_name;
currentNum4 = slot4_name;
currentNum5 = slot5_name;
currentNum6 = slot6_name;
currentNum7 = slot7_name;

if (slot1_name eq A_Array[0]) { navUp._visible = false; } else { navUp._visible = true; }
if (slot7_name eq "") { navDown._visible = false; } else { navDown._visible = true; }
}

stop();

Any Ideas? Event Based Pr. Wierdness
http://www.nebulouscore.com/examples...on_class2b.swf

I am working on some event based stuffed which is kinda new to me so maybe someone knows why the bug in this thing happens. The fla is there to if you want to see the code.

When you click the pointer springs to the mc you clicked and calls the next function for all the mc's between the two you click... giving it a sort of traveling effect. BUT it has a tendency to almost randomly highlight an mc as though one of the events got lost on the heap.

That text at the bottom is a sema4 I put in to keep track of the queued tweens and it always returns to 0.

If nothing else, the fit-to-n thing I have going on with the Build_mc_Collection() might be worth borrowing.

Anyway.. I hope you guys might have a clue why this wierdness happens.

Switch/case Website Wierdness
Hello, all!

Im workig on this website and everything is working wonderfully, but Ive got one problem!

I have a switch/case type website, so when I click home the menuId = 0; and so on. But the problem is that when I enter the site, no matter which button I press, it goes to the next page which is profile, instead of for example gallery. After that I can press abseloutely any button I want and it works!

If someone knows why this only happens the first time when I have just entered the site, or has a way to solve this I would be very grateful!

Fekke

Re: Loading Movies From A CD Across Domains- And Win98 Wierdness
Hello Everyone,
I have a swf which acts as an interface and I am attempting to load movies into it using loadmovie from a CD.

I have used the command:

System.security.allowDomain(_root.CDStatus+":");

CDStatus is the CDRom drive letter.

This works in win2000 and XP, but I recently downloaded the latest flash player update and I get a message saying there has been a security sandbox violation. But it still works.

I have tried it on win98 and it doesn't load anything!

Is this a problem encounterd by anyone or is there something wrong with my code?

TIA

prac2

MX 2004 - Layers And Code Order Wierdness
Perhaps someone with more experience or understanding can help me out with this.

In the new version of Flash (regular, not pro), I have broken up code on different layers for illustration purposes similar to the way I used to in older versions of Flash (5, MX). In other words, I have a functions layer, a variables layer, etc.

Apparently, if the layers are not in the proper order, the code fails to execute. So, if I have a functions layer and an actions layer that calls those functions, the actions layer has to be below the functions layer in order for them to execute properly.

I am using a movie clip lockroot, but I don't think that this is an issue, since I commented it out and got the same problem.

Is this some sort of strange legacy conflict with layers and the way AS2 compiles?

Logically, despite being on different layers, all of the code should be seen as though it is on the main timeline, no?

[MX]Stage Settings For Smaller Monitors-Pixel Wierdness
I was doing some work testing out how different monitor resolutions play on different size monitors.

A movie that i had set the stage at 1260x862 played as you might expect on my 17” (1280 x 1024) no over lap, no problem. The same movie on my 14” monitor using the same browser settings (1280 x 1024) needed scroll bars up & side?

I thought the whole idea of pixels is that they size up or down to fit the screen size of the monitor – how come they end up scaling up so large on my 14” that they need scroll bars?

_width & _height VS. _xscale & _yscale - The Wierdness Continues
Hi,

I had a problem which I've just "fixed" (quotes used for emphasis as I have NO idea why the "fix" works!).
I found a whole bunch of similar threads but none exactly like the issue I was facing.

I'm working on a class which creates a TextField within a container MovieClip. The class has an Object called destination which store's "destination" properties of the MovieClip - _x, _y, _height, _width, _rotation etc.
The class also has a function called resetState() which copies all the properties in the destination object to the MovieClip (thus reseting the MovieClip's state to that of the destination object).

Everything worked fine. I'd set destination._x to 200, call resetState() and as expected the MovieClip's _x property would be set to 200.
However, if I set destination._height or destination._width and call resetState() nothing happens!?!
After much hair pulling I tried destination._yscale = 200 and magically the MovieClip's _yscale property changed to 200!

Now, here's the really strange part. Below is the code for resetState() all pretty simple stuff:

Code:
public function resetCurrentState() {
for( var prop in _dest)
_mc[prop] = _dest[prop];
}
And here is how I got resetState() to change the MovieClip's _width and _height:

Code:
public function resetCurrentState() {
for( var prop in _dest)
_mc[prop] = _dest[prop];

_mc._width = _dest._width;
_mc._height = _dest._height;
}

I understand that loading dynamic data (images/MovieClips etc.) can cause a similar problem if time is not allowed for the data to be fully loaded, however this is a simple MovieClip with no external data used - hell I'm not even trying to access the _width and _height property's until some time after the MovieClip has been created!?

If anyone has any idea's as to why the _width and _height propertys have to be implicitly set I'd really like know!

:theory

Safari
Has anyone noticed that Flash doesn't always work using Apple's beta version of Safari, their new browser? I've seen pages just not work correctly or a lot slower than before when using it.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Safari
no onKeyUp event can be detected by an embedded Flash movie in Safari... except for the Apple key!

does anyone have a sneaky way round this? or any suggestions?

It's very annoying

Thanks

Pop Up In Safari
I'm doing this Flash site where a button opens another pop-up window with a jpg file. I'm a beginner so I went for help to Macromedia site:

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...25&mode=simple

I used the get URL javascript method, but when i test my Flash site my internet browser (safari) says that it doesn't allow Javascript to be used in this way. Just look at the picture beyond.

What does that mean? Please help!

Swf/css And Safari
I'm just starting to use CSS with Flash, but for some reason, when I compare the styling in the swf to that in a div they aren't really displaying the same in Safari (it looks more jagged in the swf). Looks pretty much the same on all other browsers/platforms.

www.junction36.com/cli...

Is this a general issue with safari/swf/css or am I missing something?

Thanks.

Safari Only
I prepared my video to play from the VOD folder in FMS3 and I just figured out that the problem is the browser. For some reason it only plays in Safari. I created the files on a mac. I will re-export and see if I have more luck but if anyone knows the specific error that I made please let me know! Thanks

Mac/Safari Bug?
I've recently developed a website and after getting through that whole "browser slowdown" bug in Firefox/IE on Windows. I'm experiencing yet another bug (I should've stayed developing in MX)..

On the MAC using Safari, It seems that no buttons work. I roll over, attempt to click, but nothing happens. Why is this?

IE, Safari, FF, Whatever Else...
Question:
Has anyone ever experianced any browser issues where button events such as;

onRollOver
onRelease
onRollOut

dont fire like they should?

MT

Mac Safari Bug
I've got a file using AS2 to load images via xml that works fine in IE, Firefox and Safari on a PC. It works fine on IE and Firefox on a Mac, but, when my client tests it using Safari 3.1.1 on a Mac, he says all the images momentarily flicker in, but disappear when they all load...I can't duplicate it, so I can't test it and I'm not sure what to do to fix it.

I tried removing type="application/x-shockwave-flash" from the html and played around with the wmode, but neither seemed to change anything when he was viewing it...

You can see the swf at:
http://brianwpiper.com/fk/fk.htm

Any ideas?? Would LOVE some help from the Mac community on this...

Thanks!!

edit: Oh, and I'm using swf object to display the swf...I tried using the standard embed/object as well, but that didn't work either...

XML In Safari On Mac
I have an XML gallery application online which runs fine in Firefox but when run on Safari it tends to crash as if it couldn't locate/open/read(?) the XML file that is supplying it with the urls and titles of thumbnails that the program is to load.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance or if anyone else has had a XML problem in Safari.

You can visit the site at http://www.charlesrozierphotographs.com

Swf Ok In IE But No Go In Safari ?
I'm sure this is a rookie error and would really appreciate some help:

The 2 .swf anims work fine on the index page to www.sittercafe.com when viewed on a PC (IE, FireFox) but do not show at all when viewed on a MAC with Safari or Firefox.

What can I add or change to to make sure that these display on a MAC?

Here's the embedding code for the first one:

Code:
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=105>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="https://www.sittercafe.com/images/sc_flash.swf">
<PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false>
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME=wmode VALUE=transparent>
<PARAM NAME=scale VALUE=noscale>
<EMBED src=sc_flash.swf menu=false quality=high wmode=transparent scale=noscale WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=105 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="https://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>
Thanks for any help!

Safari Compatibility?
Something I made in Flash MX works in all platforms but doesn't work in Safari 1.0 (the new browser for Macs). Does anybody know of any known bugs between Flash and Safari?

If you want to know the details, here they are:

I load variables into flash through an ASP page.. the code is something like this...

ActiveClient = _level0.ActiveClient;
loadVariables ("casebyclientp.asp", varHolder, "POST");

And in the casebyclientp.asp file the code looks something like this:

clientStr = Request.Form("ActiveClient")
' (do computation here)
Response.Write retval

The result is that none of the variables get loaded when I'm running it in Safari. In all other browsers it works fine. However, when I change first line of the ASP code to read as follows:

clientStr = "MyClient"

It works! However, I really need to get the clientStr from the Flash app because it can't be statically set to MyClient every time.. I have several different clients.

So the problem seems to be Flash passing variables using POST to an ASP document in Safari 1.0. I'm not SURE this is the problem, but it looks that way. Does anybody have any idea how I can fix this, or how I can work around it?

Thanks,

~jimmy.

Flash And Safari Bug
In a recent project ive discovered a bug between Flash and Safari.

i have a movie with a login and password input text fields.

If you have more than 1 Safari window open, one or more of the text fields becomes unusable.

any one come across this problem? or have a workaround for it?

ive found a few reports on the net of people experiencing the same thing

Safari But Not Explorer?
Greetings,

I have a quick question. I added the following script to my index.swf (all on one line):

on (release) {
getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('http://www.dorishenson.com/navigation.html','LOOBA LOOBA','width=800,height=600,left=50,top=50,toolba r=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizable =No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); screen_height = window.screen.availHeight; screen_width = window.screen.availWidth; left_point = parseInt(screen_width/2)-(800/2); top_point = parseInt(screen_height/2)-(600/2); setTimeout('NewWindow.moveTo(left_point,top_point) ',100); void(0);");
}

The script seems to work fine when I use Safari, but Explorer keeps telling me I have some kind of "type mismatch" script error. I have enclosed the source code that the error brought up. But if you want to take a look for yourself, the URL is
www.DorisHenson.com

btw- I am using MX 2004 Pro on a Mac.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike