Flash :: Z-Index Positioning Flash

***. Arrarys, Finding Index, Loading Called Pic From Found Index
I am fairly new to flash, so thanks for bearing with me - here is my problem -
1. I have a bunch of associated arrays, populated from an xml file.
2. I have a dyn mc that displays thumbs, based on the info from the arrays.
3. if the user clicks on the thumb, I want the on release to trigger (among other things) a function that will find the index of, say, "houseID" so I can then apply that index in loading up a different(big) jpg , and other info pertinent to that thumb.
here is my code for the button:
on (release) {
//carry ID being the variable passed thru "oneHouse" function
CarryID=this.houseID;

trace("houseid"+houseID);
_parent.oneHouse(CarryID)
//"big" being the frame label
_parent.play("big")
}

-----------------------
here is code from a frame -

foundIndex = findByID(CarryID);
if (foundIndex != null) {
/*set dynamic textbox values from Arrays
all this stuff is not set up yet...
txtLocation = houseLocationArray[foundIndex];
txtBed = houseBedArray[foundIndex];
txtBath = houseBathArray[foundIndex];
txtPrice = housePriceArray[foundIndex];
//set dynamic jpeg clip from value of photoArray
loadMovie(houseBigpicArray[foundIndex], BigphotoClip);
*/

trace("foundIndex!=null");

}
else{
trace("foundIndex really=null");
}

function findByID(houseID) {
//loop through the IDArray
for (j=0; j<houseIDArray.length; j++) {
//if the passed argument equals an Array value...
if (houseIDArray[j] ==houseID) {
//return the index of the matching value
return j;

}
}
//if nothing is ever found, return null
trace("foundIndex2=null");
return null;
}

gotoAndStop("big");

}

thanks for anyone that can help me with this!!

Index.html Vs. Index.swf (fullscreen) Help
Hi,

I am working on a site and what I am trying to get is the flash movie to load full screen (so there is no scroll bars). How can I set it so that when they go to the website it loads the index.swf file and not the .html file

my example is www.iccimmigration.com/index.swf (this is what I want, no scroll bars)

The index.html file with all margins set to 0... but what happens is when someone views the site with a higher screen resolution the movie is only half the screen.

www.iccimmigration.com

I hope that made some sense. I want it to load the .swf file not the .html

Is There A Flash 5 Z-index
ive got one of these right?
but problems occur when the targetWidth/targetHeight get so big they overlap another MC
Code:
// function for elastic motion
// obj the value to affect
// pdst the previous distance
// trgt the value of the target
// spd the speed to do it in
// frct the friction/elasticity
function motionElastic (meObj, mePdst, meTrgt, meSpd, meFrct) {
meDist = (mePdst/meFrct)+((meTrgt-meObj))/meSpd;
meMove = meObj+meDist;
return [meMove, meDist];
}
---------------------------------------------------------------
onClipEvent (load) {
targetWidth = this._width;
targetHeight = this._height;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
thisW = _root.motionElastic(this._width, previousW, targetWidth, _root.movieSpeed, _root.movieFriction);
this._width = thisW[0];
previousW = thisW[1];
thisH = _root.motionElastic(this._height, previousH, targetHeight, _root.movieSpeed, _root.movieFriction);
this._height = thisH[0];
previousH = thisH[1];
}
so im looking for a command that will change the z-index (thats what its called in CSS) of a peticular MC so that it will be on top.

thanx

Help, Flash Has A Bad Z-index
i was trying to put an iframe "over" a flash movie so i could have my flash all the way around my ifame, but it has come to my attention..

"<Ec|ipse-away> flash has this wierd ability to have a z-index of like infinity^2."

Yeah, so im wondering if anyone has any suggestions other than, dont do it, or use flash for your content area. I would use flash for my content but the problem is i cant do some of the stuff with flash that i can with html + my server side code. Hopefully someone out there can help.

- poj

Flash Z Index
http://www.falkag.com/

This site has a swf in it and javascript dropdowns... when i try to do this the flash file is always on top. is there a work around? the link above shows a site that is doing it.

Index In Flash?
here's the prob..

in VB, when you want to save on variable names because you have a lot of it you can just make an index.. so instead of assigning names like trevor, carrie, andy and john... i can just make an index named "people" and name the variables under it "people1,people2,people3,people4"..

is that possible in flash as well???

if yes, kindly help me out if you can.

thanks!!!

Flash - Z-index (div)
I'm using a flash movie in the body of an html page alongside a navigation menu.

One of the menu buttons produces a subMenu which is in a dynamic layer (div) with z-index = 1.

This layer when visible slightly overlaps the flash movie.

The problem is that I cannot get the sub menu to appear above the flash movie (the flash movie always cuts off some of the sub menu).

I've tried two things:

1) Putting the Flash movie directly in the body (in a table).
2) Putting the Flash movie in it's own dynamic layer (div) and setting the z-index to '0'.

Neither work - does anybody have any ideas how to solve this?

Flash And Z-Index And Layer
I have two flash movies. One is on a layer and the other is inside a table. The flash movie that is on the layer always appears behind the flash movie that is inside the table. I've try changing the z-index and still nothing. Can someone help me out?

Flash Index Page Help...
- Is there some code (whether javascript or whatever) to determine if a person is using flash or not? What is that code?

- How can I determine the size of the of the browser (800 x 600 or 640 x 480,etc) and how do I adjust the flash movie accordingly?

Is there some sort of common practice when using html files with flash embeded in it?

To this point I have only used html file in the "publish" process and all of the information (classid, object, embed) is greek. Is it common to use the published html file or do others create their own html?

Thnaks... BUbba

Tab Index In Flash Player 6
Hi there,
I've created a series of type-in exercises, however tabbing from inputtext to inputtext only works on computers with Flash player 7. I've added a tab index to the actionscript in each frame:
inputtext1.tabIndex = 1;
inputtext2.tabIndex = 2;
inputtext3.tabIndex = 3;
inputtext4.tabIndex = 4;
inputtext5.tabIndex = 5;
inputtext6.tabIndex = 6;
etc...
but this doesn't seem to help.
Is there a quick fix for this? I'm publishing these for Flash Player 6.
Thanks!!
raspie

Flash In A Z-index Layer
Im creating a drop down flash menu that is inserted into a z-index layer above the html content. The problem is that when that z-index layer is active the users cannot click on any of the html content that lies underneath it (links, buttons, words or inputs).
The flash has been published with a transparent back ground so when the menu isn't expanded then its possible for you to see the HTML content below that layer.

Does any body know have any idea's or know where I can read up about a solution to this problem? The menu must drop down over the HTML content and that content still needs to be accessible and clickable.

Here is the object tags html that Im using

<div style="z-index:25; position:absolute; margin-left:0">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="400" height="400" id="071205v14_Menu" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="/pix/inzalo/menutest/071205v14_Menu.swf?active=200000000000" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="/pix/inzalo/menutest/071205v14_Menu.swf?active=200000000000" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="ffffff" width="400" height="400" name="071205v14_Menu" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

</div>

HELP: VH1 Index Page Flash
Hi Guys,
I have a new project where the client is requesting the following

1. The flash animation that (flips) introduces the main stories on the "VH1.com" site (don't know the name of this kind of animation). I am thinking this is a DB driven dynamic load/unload animation movie.

2. The kind of flash animation used on the menu.

I kindly would like someone to tell me where I can download or buy a similar template.

Please help. Thanks in advance,
Bladeones

Flash Overlap With Z Index
Hey all,
I have a menu drop down issue that was looking to get some help with. I have a flash drop down menu that overlaps a separate flash piece in an HTML page. The example of what I am talking about can be found here: http://www.cspa.org/cleaning

When you hover over product types, you'll notice that the drop down falls under the 'water banner'. I have set the z-index of that specific banner to be lower than the flash header but it still did not work. When I change the 'water banner' to a static image instead of a flash file, the menu overlaps without a problem.

This is the style that I have applied to the navigation bar
#flash_piece {
z-index: 1;
position:relative;
top:0px;
}

I made another div for the banner and set the z-index to 0. Any help with this would be most appreciated. Thanks!
Vation

Flash Overlays And Div With Z Index
Is there anyway to do the following?

I have a static webpage that I am trying to load a Flash file on top of using a div and setting the Z Index. The problem being that when I do this the flash cancels all of the functionality (buttons, etc) behind it do to the overlap.

My site is 720 wide so I made my flash that same width. However, my button/animation that is contained in the flash is smaller (40x60). When the user rolls over the button an animation plays over the top of my site. But like I mentioned before anything behind the flash won't work.

Any help is much appreciated.

Having SEs Index Flash Content
Hello all,
What are the best methods for getting flash content indexed by the search engines?

Thanks!
J

Z-index And Flash Over HTML
ive got some flash over HTML using z-index and div tags, only problem is the flash overlaps some of the html buttons
so i kind of want it to play an animation, then unload itself

is there a way of doing this?

Flash Form Tab Index
I have a form that works fine except that when trying to navigate through input text fields with tab it would skip the last input text field and go to the submit button.

So I used this to fix the problem:

name.tabIndex = 1;

and so forth. Now that problem is fix but I have a new problem. When I test the movie the input fields are populated with this:

_level0.instance1.name

Does anyone know the reason for the? Any help would be much appreciated

Flash Content And Z-index
Hi everyone.

I am trying to design a page with a flash movie in a div with another div with html content sat on top of it like this:

I have done lots of research on this but it seems that flash always sits on top of everything. I found this tech note on Adobe it, http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_15523 so all seems lost as I cant really use the solution of a transparent movie...

I am guessing this is currently a unsolvable issue.. But I wanted to post on here just in case someone knows something I dont.

Many thanks in advance.

Using Flash 5 On Index Page
I used Flash 5 to make a movie (intro) to our Rotary District web site. The address is http://www.rotarydistrict6710.org. In Flash 5 the movie-graphics etc-are crisp and clean but on the web site and in Microsoft FrontPage 2002 the edges of the graphics are "fuzzy", runs fine but could be a whole lot cleaner looking. I am on an earthlink server. It is just something stupid I am overlooking?

I hope someone can help me before I am thrown out of Rotary!!!!!!!!

Larry

On Going Tab Index Issue Flash Mx
I have form page with a bunch of input text boxes... check it out at ..

http://www.editundo.to and click on contact.

If you tab down.. you will see that the button "about" becomes highlighted after name. This movie (navbar) is loaded into a seperate level from the contact movie. I have the tab index set in the contact movie. I also put the below code on both levels after doing some reading about tab index issues, but no luck.

_level2.navigation.navigationmoves.aboutmc._focusrect = false;

I have set the tab index as follows...

Selection.setFocus("name");
name.tabIndex = 1;
organization.tabIndex = 2;
telephone.tabIndex = 3;
email.tabIndex = 4;
inquiry.tabIndex = 5;

Create Java Pop Up From Flash Index Site To Standalone Flash Popup
Want bad help to create a javapop up link from index.htm flash movie with a enter button that leads to the other .swf that is a popup window with another .swf. How do I do that.

One more thing is there a real good downloadable on how to make "news" scrolls in flash the ones I have seen did not please me.

And is there a way to connect that "news" feed scroller to a text dokument for easier updates instead of having to redo the thing in the .fla file

Hope you understand my problems and I would really appreciate all help I can get.

Cheers

Best regards

/s

Z-index On Html Layers And Flash....
I have html layers (part of a navigation) that are activited by mouseovers. I have these html layers z-index set at 5.

I have a swf in a different html layer which has a z-index set to 0.

Why does my swf still appear on top over my html layers that have a higher z-index.

The Huge Flash Toturials Index
hello to you all
i have been thinking... why do i have to look in every site of flash cos maybe just maybe i will found good tutorials for flash .
so , why dont we do just one page with links to all the working best sites of flash? we put him in the favorites and thats it?
why the hell not?! this topic is about this
you can put here all the tutorials you know , portfolios and other good stuff in flash
please check if someone put each of yours links in this topic before you put them
have fun
p. c. i put this topic in my favorites in anyway ^^

Deconcept Flash Code + Z Index
My problem lies on http://www.doubledub.net/globalmessenger

I have this nifty flash globe and navigation spheres that should be positioned on layers above. I had the navigation working just peachy until I looked at the site in IE and noticed the activation error on the flash that was solved by including the js code from deconcept. Now the IE error is gone, but the navigation spheres are positioned back below the flash again. Before, I had solved this with the following code:

<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<EMBED src="earthglobefinal.swf" quality=best bgcolor=#333333 wmode="transparent" WIDTH="400" etc...

Now I don't know how to edit the java from deconcept to allow a fix for this. Can anyone help? Many thanks...
-kw

Reading This Variable In Flash: Index.php?id=3
Hej everyone

How do I get e.g. this endvariable in the URl into flash:

http://www.site.com/index.php?id=5

How can I in my flashmovie in my index.php find the id number 5 from the URL?

thanks - Ronze

Two Flash Movies Index Problem While In Different Div
hi,
i have created a page and i use peelawayad file which is in flash. i was already using two div on home page which contains flash movies. but now when i placed peelawayad flash movie on home page. it appears on bottom of both div layers. i tired my best with stylesheet. z-index and many other tricks which i know best. but still not able to sucess. can someone help me to getride of this issue. help would be appriciated. thanks

here is the current site link which has the flash movies embeded.

http://www.visionetsystems.com/test/

for movies already in home page has following tags and script.

<script type="text/javascript">
var FO = { movie:"visionet/visionetindexbuttn2.swf", width:"764", height:"41", majorversion:"8", build:"0", id:"flashmovie", menu:"0", flashvars:"rootPath=/"};
UFO.create(FO, "quicklinks01");
</script>
<div id="quicklinks01" style="z-index:4;"><img src="images/visionetindexbuttn2.jpg" width="764" height="41" border="0" usemap="#Map3"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var FO = { movie:"swf/vsi_technology.swf", width:"764", height:"229", majorversion:"8", build:"0", id:"flashmovie", menu:"0", flashvars:"rootPath=/"};
UFO.create(FO, "casestudy");
</script>
<div id="casestudy" style="z-index:3;"><img src="images/vsihome.jpg" width="764" height="229" border="0" usemap="#Map2"></div>

and peelaway ad has the following JS file which create the peelawayad on right top corner.

/*
Das Copyright dieses Scriptes liegt beim Autor.
Bitte die Lizenzbedingungen beachten, und ausgefÃ¼llt zurÃ¼cksenden.
*/

var esel = new Object();
// --------------------------------------------------------- MODIFY TARGET URL
esel.ad_url = escape('http://events.mortgagebankers.org/servicing2008/register'); // Change URL to be redirected to when clicking Peel Away Ad
// --------------------------------------------------------- END TARGET URL

esel.small_path = 'swf/esel_s.swf'; // Enter the URL of the Peel Away Corner Flash
esel.small_image = escape('images/expo100.jpg'); // URL of the Image behind the Peel
esel.big_path = 'swf/esel_b.swf'; // Enter the URL of the Large Peel Away Corner
esel.big_image = escape('images/expo.jpg'); // URL of the Big Image Behind the Peel

// Do NOT Change anything under this line---------------FINISHED----STOP----------------------------------------------------------

esel.small_width = '100';
esel.small_height = '100';
esel.small_params = 'ico=' + esel.small_image;
esel.big_width = '650';
esel.big_height = '650';
esel.big_params = 'big=' + esel.big_image + '&ad_url=' + esel.ad_url;
function sizeup987(){
document.getElementById('eselcornerBig').style.top = '0px';
document.getElementById('eselcornerSmall').style.t op = '-1000px';
}
function sizedown987(){
document.getElementById("eselcornerSmall").style.t op = "0px";
document.getElementById("eselcornerBig").style.top = "-1000px";
}
esel.putObjects = function () {
document.write('<div id="eselcornerSmall" style="position:absolute;width:'+ esel.small_width +'px;height:'+ esel.small_height +'px;z-index:5;right:0px;top:0px;">');
document.write('<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"');
document.write('codebase="

Folder Index In Flash With Icons
Hey people,
I have a problem:
I want to create an online work environment for my project group in Flash.

One part of this application should allow people to upload files and check out files other people uploaded to the server.
My problem is how can I let Flash display an index of a folder on the server (you should also be able to open folders, execute/download files and maybe create folders).

I also want the application to detect the files extensions and then give it an image as icon (like Windows does).

Can anyone help me? The tools I can use for this project are:
- Flash MX
- PHP
- MySQL

Thanks in advance...

Flash In A Layer - Z-index - And A Form
Hi All

I have 2 layers... one for my content and one for my flash:

HTML Code:
.pagecontent {
z-index: 1;
width: 910px;
height: 100%;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
}

#videohelp {
width: 930px;
height: 440px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 0;
vertical-align: top;
padding: 0 0 0 0;
}
The flash is video help that takes up the whole page when activated.

It all works fine until I get to a form.

I can't click on the form to add info to the fields as the flash is in the way.

Any ideas how to get around this?

Thanks

mrmbarnes

Adjusting The 'z' Index Of A Flash Movie
I've noticed that on an html page containing a Fireworks fly-out menu, any Flash movies that are temporarily overlapped by the menu on mouse-over - still run on top - whereas other page elements run behind.

Is it possible to get it to run behind, and if so, is it an export setting in Flash or on the html page itself?

FLash Detection On Index Page
There is probably a very simple explanation, but why is it convention to inform browsers that a site contains Flash content, and therefore requires the relevant player. Why not just test the browser for the relevant software on index.htm and then launch either static content, or flash content immediately??

Many thanks for opinions, thoughts and facts.

Can Google Index Flash Files Yet?
Does any one know if google can index flash files yet?
Gracias!

Flash Masthead Not Showing On Index
Hi

I need help with a 'Flash' masthead on web site.,

If you go to this web link http://www.rodgerdodger.com.au/
at the top of the page above menu items is where the Flash Masthead is supposed to be , but the page just 'hangs' and nothing shows.

I have gone Insert - Media - Flash in dreamweaver with appropriate file. Then uploaded Flash folder with Flash items in etc to the server. Nothing is showing?

Any help would be appreciated

Thank you

MDS

How Can I Load Another Movie Into My Index Page From Another Movie I Have In My Index
Need help:

How to load a movie into my original index. I have an index and i need to load the locacion into the same index, from a link from clicking another movie i have in the index. plz help hope u undeztood

How Do I Set My Flash To Play Only On First Visit To Index.html? :
Is there a way that once a movie has played and unloaded that if you bounce to a non-flash page (i.e. HTML (.htm/.asp) page) that when you back to the page it won't play that movie again.

I know it would be easier remaining in flash the entire time.
The movie I've loaded is an intro that I don't want played everytime a user hits the index.php again. Only the first time.

Thanx.

Does Using The Css Z-index Property For Flash In Html Work?
i'm putting together a hybrid html/flash site and i want some html text to be above a flash file but it appears to go behind the flash file. i've set the flash file to be z-index 1 and the text to be z-index 2. i've solved it by making the flash transparent but does anyone know why the z-index solution isn't working? thanks.

Inserting A Flash Menu Into The Index File
I have an existing website that I have now created a Flash movie for to act as the menu. I inserted the flash movie into the index but whenever I try to load the page to test it the whole page flickers and the status bar loops between done and downloading page. Any ideas on what may be causing this and how I can fix it. I would REALLY like to avoid frames if at all possible.

I have attached the file so that you can see what I have done. The only button that has a URL attached right now is A-Z while I am trying to figure this out. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks for your time!

My Flash Template Index.fla Invokes Home.fla WHERE/HOW?
I purchased a flash template that includes several pages. index.fla calls home.fla somehow. I need to change from absolute to relative path name. How do I find where the pathname is located?

Flash Index Page Goes Blank After Link
Just curious why the index page goes blank when I open a new window via link on the index page?

[F8] Flash Page Index Issue - Im Stuck
Im making a flash website, the site is a gaming clan for a james bond theme.

http://mi6-licensedtokill.com

site info :
heads = are links to member page
content (to be added) = inside the golden border on the dossier material
right side (to be added) = other links to be placed there.

as you see its got animation to it, the title brightens and stuff, on a loop in main scene, and so far the gun keeps firing every double loop of the scene. (its imbedded movie is double the frames of the main scene 1)

The issue is, i want the gun to only animate once every time a person enters the site (and on refreshes), but i dont want to stop the main scene, coz then it would stop the title effect. - note every time the movie plays through it has 2 text effect and 1 gun animation.

so once again

I want to be able to stop the gun animation from appearing on the second and consequent scene loops til a refresh or they re-enter the index. ... how do i go about this?

.....................
other issue :

I want a music file to then play the second the glass shatters in the first and only planned gun animation, and then that file of music would continue to loop.

.......

thanks if you understand and have some help

-nick

Flash Menus - Problem For Search Index?
So I have a flash main menu on the site

http://www.enhancedwireless.net/index.html

Question is - can search engines index the pages as I have it now?

Thanks

KB

How To Center Flash Movie In Index.html
I dont know why my movie isnt auto centering in the browser. Even when i edit the publishing settings!!!!!!

Hello, I am having a lot of trouble figuring out which publish settings will allow my site to automatically center in the browser window. What i did for a while was in Publish Settings>Dimensions> I set it to pixels and made it 1000*500. That did not work even when i used the other settings to center it in the html. The size of my acctually movie is 800*550. I dont know why my movie isnt auto centering in the browser. Any help would be appreciated.

Can Flash Movies Be Controlled Via Z-index? (i.e., Layered?)
Hey there - I'm wondering if Flash movies can be controlled via CSS using z-index? In other words, can you layer them? It seems like you cannot and Flash is always on top. What if there are two flash movies on a page - which is on top?

What if you wanted to put an absolute positioned DIV on top of a flash movie - can you do that? Again, seems like not, but I want to be sure.

Thanks

Tab Index - Flash Form - Not Able To Disable For Some Elements.
Hello,

I am stuck.

I have a movieclip on the main timeline, which holds the scrollpane component, and that loads a form to be scrolled...

My prob is this:

I have set up the tab indexing for the form via actionscript, that works good, exept that I have four buttons on the main timeline that are next to the form, so when I tab through the form and reach the top-level of one of the four buttons, it highlights them, and then the tab continues down the form.

I have tried turning-off tab indexing for the four buttons... and I have even tried giving them the index value higher than the highest index # of the last element of the form... nothing seems to work!

Any suggestions?

THanks in advance.
Cheers
Micky

Index Text Files For Search In Flash
Is there a way to index txt, xml, etc. files and make the contents of those file searchable from flash? Basically we have to build a cd rom application that loads a ton of pdf files and make them keyword searchable from within the flash application. We can take all of the pdf files and extract the text from within and save out as any file that we need to.

So from within the projector file there will be a search feature when the keyword is entered flash will crawl these text files or xml files and send back results of the files that have the keywords within them and display links to the appropriate pdf files.

Is this possible without database connectivity or flashcomserver? ----------------------------------------
Online Marketing - deÂ·ciÂ·phered
Always Learning...

Index.htm With Flash Will Not Work On Mozilla, Mac, Linux
I am not fluent at all with Flash and I have a new webmaster who is just now learning Flash and HTML. He is also using FrontPage... (oh well, if it helps right now, what the heck!)

We have a Flash "movie" in our start-up web page that shows up great on any version of Windows Internet Explorer. Only the jpg in the HTML shows up if you are running Mozilla or anything under Linux and the Flash will not show up on Mac OSX. The Flash Plugins are installed on our Mozilla test and on the person's (who notified us of this problem) Mac.

The link ->

http://www.hon-dah.com

If someone knowledgable with Mac web browsers and Mozilla could look at it (view source) and give me some pointers, I would be indebted.

Thanks a bunch for any and all help!