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Transistions In Transistions
Hello guys,

I have stumbled up on a problem again and need some advice.
I have made a flash project with transitions (playing intro's and outro's) based on the famous website:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm.

This is all working fine and dandy. :D
Now for my problem..
My buttons are made in a movieclip, and everytime you click on a button and a external flash movie loads, I want the movieclip off buttons to move. (for example to the top of my screen) so everytime I click on another button I want the buttons/movieclip off buttons to move.

Hope someone can make some sense out of this.
But I will appreciate any ideas or help.

Thanks a lot.

Greets,

Jef.

Flash MX: Transistions?
I've seen several Flash sites since I started learning it, most of the sites I've visited I use as inspiration. On many of the sites they have great transistions into the area that you picked i.e. About Us, Contact, etc. how are they doing this, are they using tellTargets to movies or .swf files. Are they using actions script to control the scenes? Basically, what is the best method to use for transistioning in Flash MX. I hope my questions was clear, thank you.

-S

Transistions Between Photos
I am making a movie with music using digital photos.

I am using Flash MX Professional 2004.

I need 600 photos for the music to work out to the end of the music.

Am I understanding my tutorial correctly that I need to add a new layer to make a transistion between each photo? (One transistion per layer)

Or is there away to batch process the same transistion to every photo?

I am using the new Document option. I don't know how to use the Flash Slide Presentatin.

Menu Transistions?
hello kirupaforum,

I'm new to the forum!

I've seen the site below and I think the transistions are fantastic!merkdesign.com

How has he done it so that the box expands and contracts depending on which buttons pressed...

Does anyone know how to do it or where I can find a tutorial??

pixemisfit

Transistions To Each 5 Seconds?How
I already have certainty that he gives to make random, I looked for in the search of the forum, what I found, I was half lost, example, I have 4 mcs of transistions, that go to be random, alone that almost mine mcs of the transistions is all inside of the flash, as I make each one to appear to each 5 seconds?
as I make they to be random?

sorry about my English.

Flex 2 Transistions?
does anybody know why it does not perform the effect when i press te login button to go back to the base state?

loginForm.mxml

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:states>
<mx:State name="registerForm">
<mx:AddChild relativeTo="{form1}" position="lastChild">
<mx:FormItem label="Email:" required="true">
<mx:TextInput id="emailInput" displayAsPassword="true"/>
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:AddChild>
<mx:SetProperty target="{registerButton}" name="label" value="Register"/>
<mx:SetProperty target="{loginPanel}" name="title" value="Register"/>
<mx:AddChild relativeTo="{controlbar1}" position="lastChild">
<mx:LinkButton label="Login" click="currentState=''"/>
</mx:AddChild>
<mx:RemoveChild target="{linkbutton1}"/>
<mx:AddChild relativeTo="{form1}" position="lastChild">
<mx:FormItem label="Firstname:" required="true">
<mx:TextInput id="firstnameInput" displayAsPassword="true"/>
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:AddChild>
<mx:AddChild relativeTo="{form1}" position="lastChild">
<mx:FormItem label="Lastname:" required="true">
<mx:TextInput id="lastnameInput" displayAsPassword="true"/>
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:AddChild>
</mx:State>
</mx:states>
<mx:transitions>
<mx:Transition toState="registerForm">
<mx:Resize duration="500" target="{this}"/>
</mx:Transition>
<mx:Transition toState="">
<mx:Resize duration="500" target="{this}"/>
</mx:Transition>
</mx:transitions>
<mx:StringValidator id="userValidator" property="text" source="{usernameInput}"/>
<mx:Panel title="Login" id="loginPanel">
<mx:Form id="form1">
<mx:FormItem label="User name:" required="true">
<mx:TextInput id="usernameInput"/>
</mx:FormItem>
<mx:FormItem label="Password:" required="true">
<mx:TextInput id="passwordInput" displayAsPassword="true"/>
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:Form>
<mx:ControlBar id="controlbar1">
<mx:Button label="Submit" click="mx.controls.Alert.show('You clicked','Click')" id="registerButton"/>
<mx:Spacer width="100%" />
<mx:LinkButton label="Register" id="linkbutton1" click="currentState='registerForm'"/>
</mx:ControlBar>
</mx:Panel>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
]]>
</mx:Script>
</mx:Canvas>
main.mxml

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" xmlns:forms="forms.*">
<forms:loginForm id="loginComponent"/>
</mx:Application>

Page Transistions / Masking?
Hey everyone....I know this has to be motion or shape tweens but I can't get it to look clean. Here is what I mean. If you navigate into this site

http://www.loganwatts.com/

when you click a link, some lines come in; then a solid color comes in, and then you see the content. In the main content area, not the navigation. Its just a transition effect that I see everywhere on the web. I just can't seem to do it.

Am I making sense?

Thanks to anyone who can decypher what I'm asking, and then provide an answer. Maybe even an example? But that might be asking much....

Snehal

Smooth Transistions Tut- Need Sub-Sections Help
I fully understood the smooth transitions tut but I also need to make sub-sections within each section. Do I need to to make a new container mc on the section to pull up the subsection? Must I remove the (_root) to place it on a level? I have the source files to demonstrate what I tried doing. Section 1 has a button that needs to go to "sub_section1.swf".

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm

Ekoik.com Graphic Transistions
Hi all, how in gods name did andyMah do those graphic transistions for when a button is pressed, they look so very very nice....can it be done in flash or this work of someone sort of devil....

well played to andyMah for it......But now please share your skills....and dont say after effects, i've seen it, it scared me, i ran away....

Stephen

Events With Mx.transistions.Tween
Hello,

Does anyone know if it is possible to use event handlers from mr. Penner’s Tween class, while inside a class?

For example:

ActionScript Code:
Import mx.transistions.*;
Class moveabox extends MovieClip
{
var box_twn:mx.transistions.Tween
function moveabox() {
this.onRelease = moveBox;
}
public function moveBox() {
box_twn = new Tween(this,”_x”, easing.Regular.easeInOut, this._x, 200, 15);
box_twn.onMotionFinished = function() {
trace(“box is done moving”);
}
}
}

I can’t figure out how to do this. Or even If I should do this. When I try it says there is no method onMotionFinished for box_twn

And it’s right, cause in the Tween class onMotionFinshed is a broadcast event..

Any ideas? Am I totally doing this all wrong?

Thanks,

Terry May

Televideo Studios – Troy, Michigan

Sliding Image Transistions
Does anyoen know where I can find a tutorial on creating a similar nav transition?

Example here:
www.bsfllp.com

Thanks

Transistions Between .swfs Code Problem
This is the code I am using for a transistion from a .swf file when you click the button "contact":

on (release) {

if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {

_root.currMovie = "contact";
container.loadMovie("contact.swf");
} else if (_root.currMovie != "contact") {
if (container._currentframe >= container.midframe) {

_root.currMovie = "contact";
container.play();

}

}

}

Alright this works fine but the problem is, when you click this button, it works, but then you click any other button and it brings up the contact swf file again. Is there any way I can fix or change this code so it will work?

Thanks!

I'm An Action Script Idiot. Transistions Between SWF's
Fact is, I think this is where I should post. What I'm trying to do is this. I have a basic flash page with three images that are buttons. Should load an SWF into the background. The loaded SWF only consists of an image and text.

Well, I would love to have the loaded SWF fade in, then when a user clicks on a different button, the swf FADES OUT While the new SWF FADES in.

I think I remember some actionscripting that contol the alpha of a loaded swf, but I'm not sure. Any help?

Repurposing Photo Gallery Code For Page Transistions?
Hi,
I am using Flash MX and was wondering if anyone knew how I could use portions of the code from the Kirupa Photo Gallery tutorial (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/photogallery.htm) for page transistions?

The specific script that I was looking at from the photo gallery tutorial is this:

MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadPhoto();
}
};

I am designing a website that has 7 pages of content each designed on 7 seperate individual frames and the the static background/navigation is layered at the bottom (7 frames long). Any ideas how to implement this code to make transitions between those frames/pages? I would need the movie clip to transition to black when the navigation button is released and then gotoandPlay the next designated frame (which could have a manual movie clip animation fade in). The tricky part for me is the fade out and then navigating to the right page.
Thanks for your help.

ScrollPane In Flash8 Not Working Quite Right Flash8
http://www.karaedwardsvo.com

When you click on either "about" or "clients" it takes you down the timeline to a ScollPane that is set to load an external swf (with a tranparent background if that makes a difference). This works fine for me 100% of the time on my Mac but have had a couple, including the client, who say the in IE on a PC the scroll bar doesn't appear and the swf shows up low on the screen. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

"Page" Transistions
http://mattbro.com/html/index.htm

There are thousands of sites that do this, but the above is just one example of what I'm looking for. I want to transition between two pages. If I have a navigation bar in my main movie how do I go about transitioning. Do I have to keep one movie or do I need to make a movie clip for each page and a movie clip of each transition?
I don't want to fade in and out...that I can do. I want to make the elements move like the above example.

Transistions From Frame To Frame
Any hints on software or action scripting that provides a way to affect a transition from one screen or frame to another. I see many special effects that are similar to the transitions from slide to slide in PowerPoint. Screens fading to black, then returning to the next frame, screens sliding to the right or left with the next screen following, screens disintegrating and returning.

I can think of ways to do this in Flash but want to save time with effects already prepared.

Any suggestions.

Flash8 And Cgi
Hi,
anyone know how to connect a flash movie to a cgi script?
I tried to use sendAndLoad but when i check with the onLoad function it
gives me an unsuccess...

Thanks,Riccardo

Mx Or Flash8?
I want to learn actionscripts 2.0 and I have flash8, but most tutorials and books are for flash mx 2004.
Will this cause major problems or am i better off getting flash mx 2004 instead . I would rather learn with something with plenty of information rather then the latest and greatest.

Can I Use .MOV With QT API's In Flash8 Or CS3?
Hi All,

I need to use .MOV files in my flash application. Converting it to .FLV, I can use the FLV components and control the videos. If I need the videos in .MOV only, do I have QT API's in flash which can help me do the stuff like the FLV component?

Another Issue is that, I have a .mov file. When I use the CS3 and Flash 8 video encoders, the converted file plays ok till 30 seconds and then just gets stopped. If i grag the nav bar, it shows the remaining video but doesnt play. The video stops half way. why is this happening?

Regards
Roshan

(FLash8) Anyone Know How To Get Around This ?
I was wondering two things:

Is there any way at all to bypass the fact that this.removeMovieClip(); doesnt work on non duplicated clips ? Im making a game that really needs to be acle to remove the main clip from the screen.

Also, is their anyway to make an actual movie clip a global variable in itself ?
For instance, so that this.hittest code inside one movie clip would be able to call a differant movie clip ( which would be the movie clip I want globalized ) ?

THanks for any help in advance .

Flash8 AS2.0
I have a site that is 100% flash. On a page of the site I have a graphic window set to Alpha 0%. Inside that graphic are icons. When you click on the icon a new custom window opens using this script:
on (release) {
getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('http://www.broadbuiltkennels.com/stormypedigree.htm','snc','left=0,top=0,toolbar=No ,location=No,scrollbars=Yes,status=No,resizable=Ye s,fullscreen=Yes'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
}

It works fine on my desk set that I am designing it on and on other computers that I have tested it on. But it will not work from my laptop. I don't get a popup blocker message or anything else, nothing happens at all like there is no link there or something. I tried removing the graphic window on top, and still no luck. If there is something missing on the java level, I'm worried that others that may have the same setup may have the same problem with no message.
Any ideas what could be the problem?

Trying To Use Flash8...... [please Help]
Hi all,
I am not able to use flash in my browser for some strange reason all of a sudden.
When i goto the adobe site to download flash8 it says that it is installed but when i goto to a site that tries to display flash video i get a message saying that i need to install flash again?....
PLEASE HELP....
thx

Flash8 Help
Hey ya'll!

I'm really new to flash and actionscript, so here's a simple question. I'm trying to externally load a swf at a certain time on the timeline. Right now I am loading it by using an on(release) with buttons, but I need the first to load as the timeline reaches the certain number. I'm using this code for the buttons.

on (release) {
_root.empty.loadMovie("externalloader1.swf");
}

I'm not sure if I should use a Load action or what? Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks for your time!

- Erik

[Flash8]
Hi, can someone give me an example of how to check if a cell in a database contains data that would be loaded into it via flash remoting? and if there is no data then the whole row should be disabled or made invisible as i have on column with checkboxes and would like those checkboxes in the rows without data to be unaccessible.

e.g.

if (datagrid cell at index i contains no data){
datagrid row[i]._enabled = false;
}

hope that gives someone some idea as to what I want to do

New Using Flash8
Hi folks,

Recently I've updated myself to Flash 8 and am having some issues from my menu btn to open local files:

about_btn should load player.html which is local file an d normally I do:

on (release) {
getURL("c:press/player.html", "_blank");
}

There is no errors just in my web browser i got page cannot be display it and this path:

file:///f:press/player.html

Someone told me with Flash 8 the way to make links to files in multimedia presentations has change to a .BAT file!!! any ideas....

So far no luck for me, error remains!!! please help!

Thank you

[FLASH8 AS] Xml Or Php
hi there,

this is going to sound really stupid...

what's best? using xml to load dynamic content into flash or to connect directly to a php script (if that's possible).

so is it (a):
database > php > xml > flash8

or (b):
database > php > flash8

thanks!

Flash8+IE+
ive got a strange problem when i try to pass a varible using php over ssl.
Now when im using firefox i dont get any problems and the varible value is apssed over php easily. But when im using Internet Explorer the whole thing behaves quite strange as it sometimes does pass the varible over the php and sometimes it simply doesnt.
Though im just using a very basic scenario, im having a flash files which sends a varible over php and then retrieves the same varible back with the same value.

Id appreciate if anyone can help me sort this out or gimme some information regarding all that.

Thanks
Awais

Bug With Flash8
has anyone noticed that you cant copy/paste more layers at once? it only lets me copy one layer at a time. is it only me or has the universe gone wrong?

FF And IE And Flash8?
Hey I just found out that Flash does not work the same in IE and FF. My button works in IE but not in FF.

Does anyone else have these kind of things?

http://www.mtb-vacations.com/ is the site im talking about (press "Nederlands" in the right low corner).

Quality In Flash8
In flashplayer 7 the action
_quality="BEST"
was used to set the movie to very high rendering quality, which made all the jpegs, dynamically imported or not, look very smooth.
As far as imported to library images are concerned, the allow smoothing option is enough. But what about the dynamically loaded (external files)?
According to flash8 help Bitmaps are smoothed based on the smoothing parameter used in MovieClip.attachBitmap(). But, attachBitmap is only used for images with linkage in the library.
What about the external ones?
This is necessary if I have to resize the loaded images, since they become pixelated, in contrast with flashplayer7, where _quality="BEST" was enough.
Any suggestions?

Eh... Why Is This Not Working In Flash8?
Hi,

can sombody please tell me why this

nice elastic buttons

is not working in flash 8?
i don't get it

thnx in advance

Dick

Flash8 Buttons
guys help me please
i am not a flash pro however i got i bit of idea how to use it, i download a template flash, im trying to add 1 more page to the site , but every time i try to link a button to the page will not work.
any help?

Flash8 Scripting
I have a site that is 100% flash. On a page of the site I have a graphic window set to Alpha 0%. Inside that graphic are icons. When you click on the icon a new custom window opens using this script:
on (release) {
getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('http://www.broadbuiltkennels.com/stormypedigree.htm','snc','left=0,top=0,toolbar=No ,location=No,scrollbars=Yes,status=No,resizable=Ye s,fullscreen=Yes'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
}

It works fine on my desk set that I am designing it on and on other computers that I have tested it on. But it will not work from my laptop. I don't get a popup blocker message or anything else, nothing happens at all like there is no link there or something. I tried removing the graphic window on top, and still no luck. If there is something missing on the java level, I'm worried that others that may have the same setup may have the same problem with no message.
Any ideas what could be the problem?

[CS3] Weaker Than Flash8?
Firstly a warm hello to all, been getting minor help from this site for quite some time, and finally decided to join.

Here's my question.
I recently had to make a sort of quiz with random questions etc for a rather dumb university project. It was done in Flash CS3, and I've made a couple different scenes for each question, each with its own layout, effects, and other simplicities the professor made me do. Upon selection of an answer, a button will take the user to a random one of three scenes.
It had a total of 15 questions, with 3 different versions of each. Now, as I tested and published it, after question 5, the movie went berserk - it either skipped from 5 to 7, then 10, then 13 and ended, or it went from 6 to 8, and then 11, 14 and ended. I was staring at the code for hours, looking at what I might have done wrong, rewritten it all over and tried again, compared with the 1-5 questions, everything seemed in order.

I finally had a friend try, who has Flash 8. It required saving as Flash 8 format, and as he tested it, it worked like a charm. To this day, it only works in Flash 8 while 9 goes crazy and skips 3 questions at a time. There is exactly NO difference in code, and both are Actionscript 2.

Can anyone clarify on this issue? I hope I made myself clear enough...

P.S. Here is the simplistic code for the "Next question" button, don't laugh at the poor coding, I'm rather new at all this..:

------------
on (release) {
_global.ukupnih += 1;
switch (_global.correctQ7) {
case true :
_global.tocnih += 1;
break;
case false :
_global.netocnih += 1;
break;
default :
break;
}

// This takes the random number into account, and jumps to one of the three below mentioned scenes. Only, in Flash 9, it doesn't. It jumps to scene "Question10a/b/c" instead. Flash 8 works well, though."//

switch (question {
case 1 :
gotoAndStop("Question8a", 1);
break;
case 2 :
gotoAndStop("Question8b", 1);
break;
case 3 :
gotoAndStop("Question8c", 1);
break;
default :
break;
}
}
------------

If anyone is extremely interested in seeing this, let me know and I'll attach the files here, from their early no-effect no-animation version, while I was still testing the layout in text-only, so to say...