Flash :: Combobox With World Countries

8 Designers / Scripters 8 Different Countries
I think its time for a little experiment. My idea is that one person starts to build a website then when he has added his bit he/she e-mails it to someone else, who then adds his bit to it then he/she mails it to someone else...... you get the picture.

It may end up a very interesting website or just a mess, we wont know unless we try it will we.

When we have got enough people interested I shall pick a starting person and then the experiment shall begin.

P.S. There are only 3 rules
1. You are only allowed to work on the .fla for no more than a week (plenty of time for you to add your bit).
2. You can not remove anything that anyone has done, you may alter its appearance slightly.
3. You must add your name somewhere to the bit that you have done (so we can keep track of who did what)
4. When you mail it to someone somehow lit me know who is currently working on it.

Lets see what we can produce.

EVY

Countries Pulldown Menu
Hey
does anyone know how to realize this pulldown list that display all the countries in flash??
you know, when you have to give your personal datas and you've got this standard object that let you choose your country in a standard list??

thanxz

List Of Countries Array
Yo!

...was wondering if anyone knew of where to source a list of countries i could put in an array for a drop down...thanks!

Flash Dev For Developing Countries
Hello Forum

A client of mine is looking to have a website built for his company. They have clients in both Europe / USA as well as developing countries in South Southamerica and South East Asia. He would love to have the site built in flash, since he is a very design sensitive person, but he's concerned about viewers with slow modem connections.

I'm used to building flash sites with little or no animation. Most of the animation is created with code. I try using the flash app simply as a shell and load all content only when requested to keep initial loading time at a minimum. Still the main app with all the main graphics and fonts ends up being in the 80-250k range (that's not including any photos or xml files loaded on top of that). I also started using SWFObject and SWFAddress javascript files to accommodate deeplinking at enable the backbutton.

I guess we can always build 2 sites with different bandwidths... but I'd rather just build one site that works for everyone, mainly also to accomodate the budget.

I have a few specific questions,but I'm certainly open to any advice regarding this problem.
1) Are there country specific flash penetration statistics?
2) Any opinions out there regarding flash vs regular HTML for this case?
3) if we do offer 2 separate sites, are there ways to determine where people are logging in from (what country or continent) through the IP I'm guessing... or what their connection speed is like and then depending on that auto refresh them to the higher or lower bandwidth version of the site?
4) Would it make sense to get a serverspace in Asia and one in America, we had other sites hosted in the past in Thailand or SouthAfrika for example and they show up extremely slow here in the US but acceptably fast their respective countries.
5) anyone know of any guidelines or stats in terms of bandwidth / loading time for different countries?

Any insight or advice regarding this topic is very much appreciated! We want to create something beautiful, engaging and appealing but at the same time we want everyone to have access to it...

Thank you very much.

Regards

Stephank

Digital Clock For More Countries
Hello all,

I want to know about digital clock for more countries. when i mouseOver to a country then it should show the time of that that country.

How I can do this.

Please suggest me.

Pull-down Menus: Countries/states
Friends,

Don't know about y'all but I've been using text boxes for countries and states too long.... are there ready-made Flash MX pull-down menus (preferably free) out there for this? Kinda wish McMedia would bundles some more basics....

Thanks for the tip,

J.

Date/Time In Specific Countries
Hi...

I Have 3 analogue clocks which work fine Displaying the correct time depending on the computers clock, however I need the 3 clocks to show the correct time in 3 diferent countries.

I can ofcourse simply find out the time diference and then add that to original clock calculation... however this will only show the correct time when viewed from my part of the world. If the clocks were viewed from another timezone.. they would show the incorrect time.

Do you know how I can do this?... I'm guessing there must be variables hosted on other websites that I tap into?

Any ideas?

Dropdown Combo Box To Display Countries
I am trying to find the code I need to display all the Countries in a combo box component that I need for a form for when you "Select your Country". I want to try and save time and not have to insert all of them into the Parameters of the component. Is there code out there or a source file I can grab to quickly create this selection box.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

Locating Countries Using Flash Scripts
Am familiar with flash even though am still beginner in flash action script.I wan to know how i can make flash application. just like this url

http://www.geodiswilson.com/en/About_Us/Locations/

If any one know how to do this please help me..

prinujith k

ComboBox Doesn't Use ComboBox Assets
I've been customizing some components, and discovered that the ComboBox doesn't actually use the ComboBox Assets, but instead uses the ScrollBar Assets. I need to have a slightly different design for the ComboBox down button. Does anyone know how to make the ComboBox use it's own assets, perhaps by editting the ComboBox.as or ComboBase.as file?

Thanks.

How In The World Can I Do This?
ok i made my little tank game moves perfect hittests work perfect tank shoots heres my problem!!yeah the tank shoots but when you hit the left or righ arrow and the tank faces that direction you press, and then shoot it comes out the side of the tank! my question is how in the world and i going to make the tank shoot in the direction your facing??
thanks

How In The World Can I Do It?
How can I make a button open an application like Powerpoint (yuk) from a Flash button. I would need to open the presentation not from within a browser but from the applcation itself. Please help.!!

World Map
My name is Raghu Raman. I am given an assignment by my boss to develop a world map in flash and color the countries in the map according to the database values. For example if population is the area of interest and green is the chosen color, I need to show the most populous countries in darkest green and least ones with lightest green. How shall i proceed. Please do help me.

How In The World? Never Seen This Before
If you go to http://devlab.swift3d.com ... and click on one of the navigation links, it will pop up a window, click again and it does this cool "SHAKE RESIZE WINDOW" thingy.
How was that possible?

What In The World?
Hi all,
I apologize if this post is in the wrong place. I took a guess as to where to put it.
Here's the deal:
I created a site for my employer:

http://www.demonstratives.com

If you can see all the text, and all the files, load/play GREAT!
(you can tell if they don't)
There is a person @ work who can't see the text. It's like it doesn't load. Some of the swf files don't load in either.
If it matters, the text (on the left) is dynamic and read in from external txt files.
This person is running XP/I.E.6/ and has the flash 6 plugin.
Has anyone ever heard of this? I have no idea what is going on.

Thank you for your time!

How In The World Can I
how in the world can i make one of those audio things that show the diffrent pitches of sound. like the thing to the left of the jupiter plugin text. i dont know what its called, but i want to know how i can go about learning how to make 1

Pan The World
I am in need of some code that will move a movieClip up and down smoothly, with the use of a up, down, and slider button. The catch is it needs to work with a flash 5 Player. I have been looking for a tutorial all day and have become extremly pist. I recall my teacher showing me a way to use a percentage of the slider bar and the sliders Y value, but that was 2 years ago and my examples are long gone.

If anyone knows were a tutorial is or has an example file I could use the help.

Thank You
gartmann

Around The World
Hi folks

Just joined - great site.

Brief background: After a life in printing both traditional and dtp am making the logical step into web design (silly bugger aren't I). Anyway to cut a long story short, have been asked to do a revolving world with the company's name appearing to revolve anti-clockwise around the equator. Does anybody know the best way to do this. I can't believe it hasn't been done before so before I spend ages on laborious animation is there a quick way to do this. Don't be afraid to call me a lazy sod.

Yours in anticipation
Gary

I Beg You For The World
yo i hope your going good

if im gonna make a maze i want the walls so you cant go through them, im using the script to move the thing (ball tihng that shows you were you are in the maze) im using [code]onClipEvent (load) {
// Choose a movespeed
moveSpeed = 20;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
if (_root.Walls.hitTest(getBounds(_root).xMax, _y, true)) {
} else {
this._x += moveSpeed;
}
// Move Right
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {
if (_root.Walls.hitTest(_x, getBounds(_root).yMin, true)) {
} else {
this._y -= moveSpeed;
}
// Move Up
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) {
if (_root.Walls.hitTest(_x, getBounds(_root).yMax, true)) {
} else {
this._y += moveSpeed;
}
// Move Down
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
if (_root.Walls.hitTest(getBounds(_root).xMin, _y, true)) {
} else {
this._x -= moveSpeed;
}
// Move Left
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.player._x > 500) {
this._x -= 10;
tellTarget ("_root.walls") {
_x -= 10;
}
}
if (_root.player._x < 50) {
this._x += 10;
tellTarget ("_root.walls") {
_x += 10;
}
}
if (_root.player._y > 350) {
this._y -= 10;
tellTarget ("_root.walls") {
_y -= 10;
}
}
if (_root.player._y < 50) {
this._y += 10;
tellTarget ("_root.walls") {
_y += 10;
}
}
}[code]

so if i want the walls so you cant move through them what code should i use on the walls of the maze?

How In The World?
This is an incredible site. Does anyone know how they do this? Got to http://xenao.com/
Click on contact. Type in "a/any"name in the name field and click submit. It checks for blank fields then goes back to the form and retains your name. Also, how do they do the word wrap in the "message" section? Whew. Thanks alot...

What In The World?
Alright this is really weird. I have a site I'm working on (before you ask, I'm sorry but no, I'm not able to allow you to see it) and there's a bunch of pages, each of which has the same preloader. And by same I mean a direct copy and paste from one to the next.

On every page but one it works exactly like you would expect. The code is:

(frame 1)

Code:
percent = Math.floor((this.getBytesLoaded() / this.getBytesTotal())*100);
percentText = percent + "%";
totalStuff = this.getBytesTotal();

(frame 5)

Code:
if(percent < 100)
gotoAndPlay(1);

percentText and totalStuff feed in to a dynamic textbox on the stage.

Same with every file, mind you. What happens is all the other pages show whatever they have loaded. But, on one of the pages it stays blank for a few minutes (the page is 4ish mb... the others rang from a couple hundred kilobytes to more than 9mb) then quickly jumps to 90 some then to 100.

I do not believe it is the code or the preloader, but actually something with Flash. There are a bunch of .jpgs and .pngs that I imported in to the errorenous file.

Ive also put a distinguishing mark on the first frame on the stage so that I know if it's actually there. This mark, like the rest of the file, does not appear on the stage until it's 90% loaded.

It's like the preloader isn't being loaded first, so the user waits with no indication of what is happening. There's nothing but 2 text fields to load on the preloader... so its not like there is an enormous background image to load or anything. The preloader is definately the first scene, and I have the load order the same for each file (bottom up... although top down didnt make any difference for me).

I'm completely out of ideas. I must somehow be able to tell it to load the preloader first. Any clue what's going on here?

The Whole World Is Mad About XML, Why?
Hi,

I've created a simple database program that stores the data in a .txt file. It works well and loads/saves fast. I'm thinking of expanding this program, but whats holding me up is that i'm not sure if I should convert everything over to use XML.

So my question is, should I do that? what are the advantages over using a .txt file for a database. Is using XML just a fashion?

thanks for any advice.
boombanguk

The Whole World Is Mad About XML, Why?
Hi,

I've created a simple database program that stores the data in a .txt file. It works well and loads/saves fast. I'm thinking of expanding this program, but whats holding me up is that i'm not sure if I should convert everything over to use XML.

So my question is, should I do that? what are the advantages over using a .txt file for a database?. Is using XML just a fashion?

thanks for any advice. (sorry about re posting this!, but I need to start!)

World Map
Hi there,

does anybody have template *swf of world map with country borders? If yes send please to my email bigmad@bigmad.net .

How In The World Do I Do This?
Hi,

I'm having trouble figuring out how to do something. I have a main swf file with multiple layers. One has a container movieclip called "bgContainer" (that's the instance name) and another layer has a container movieclip called "playerContainer".

Then I load another swf, background.swf, into bgContainer.

Now the problem. background.swf has movieclips in the library (e.g. "tree" (that's the linkage identifier for exporting)). I want to attach "tree"s to the main movie's playerContainer. Because I want the player to be able to walk in front of or behind the trees (depending on the depth of a tree vs. the depth of the player's image).

Unfortunately, someone told me that you cannot attach library items to a .swf movie other than the .swf that includes the library items. Meaning I can't attach the background library trees to the main movie. Is this so? Why would Flash be so stupid? And if true, then how could I simulate what I want to do above?

Thanks for any ideas.

Cfc Hello World ;;
Hi.. ive done some small apps with flash mx 2004 using cfcs to update/delete/edit dbs.. and ive just recently got flash 8.. im trying to just get a hello world to work and i cant even manage that.. ive looked around for nearly week for tutorials/working exmaples.. and i cant find anything ;;

the best ive found has been in the help files.. so ive tried to alter it.. But im not the best at programming by any means and i dont understand the help info they give

i have the feeling that im completely wrong.. if anyone could help i would be eternally gratefuly..

can someone tell me point me the right direction..

cfc :

</cffunction>

<cffunction name="sayHello" access="remote">
<cfreturn "Hello World">
</cffunction>

flash 8 : edited from help files

import mx.remoting.Service;
// import Service class
import mx.rpc.FaultEvent;
// import FaultEvent class
import mx.remoting.PendingCall;
// import PendingCall clsas
import mx.rpc.ResultEvent;
// import ResultEvent class
import mx.rpc.RelayResponder;
// import RelayResponder class
mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug.initialize();
custService = new Service("http://localhost:8300/flashservices/gateway", null, "survey", null, null);
// connect to remote service
var pc:PendingCall = myService.sayHello();
// call service method
pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this, "getData_Result", "getData_Fault");
trace("no response from server yet.");
function getData_Result(re:ResultEvent):Void {
// receive result
trace(result);
}
function getData_Fault(fe:FaultEvent):Void {
// receive fault
trace("got the response");
}

thanks for any help

Stephen

World Map - How'd They Do That?
Can someone give me tips on how to create something like this:

http://www.china-airlines.com/cinfs/eroutec.htm

Thanks!

How In The World Do You Do This?
I'm trying to bring in external text in the form of paragraphs and titles. I want to create text boxes for the paragraphs that fit exactly to the number of lines the paragraph will require. I want to do this so when I place them in a vertical line I can space them evenly.

If I just create a text box a certain size and the text only ends up being 1 line and the text box I created allows for 3 lines then the space between the paragraphs with less than 3 lines is much greater. Is there a way to create a text box based on your text and not size?

Thanks

Hello World
I am very new to Flash. I have about a week of experience. I would like to know how to create a function library.

I put the following code into a standard text file named mylib.as

function helloworld()
{
trace("hello world");
}

created a new flash project named test.fla

code in frame 1 layer 1
#include "mylib.as"
helloworld();

wow. it works. However, what is the preferred method of sharing code across flash .fla and .swf files?? How do I create my own function libraries and include them in my .fla projects??

Thanks

Hello World Help
I am a newbie to Flash Media Development Server 3, on Vista, trying to get the Hello World sample to work.
When I follow the instructions and place the Hello World folder in the applications folder and try to test the movie, I get a "read only" error. I have used the publish settings to make sure the default paths are used. I read about MS file folder permissions using cmd prompt ATTRIB, but discovered if I place the Hello World folder on my desktop I don't get the "read only" error.

I'm seeing the connect button, when I publish to html, but when I hit the button I just get the disconnect button, and no "Hello World".

I have the .as, .fla, .swf files on my desktop Hello World folder, and the .asc in the applications/Hello World folder.

Could someone give me some advice on how to get Hello World working?

Thank You.

HOW IN THE WORLD?
http://firstbornmultimedia.com click portfolio.... how the heck is this done. Can someone please expain? thanks

World Map
started making this for the fx comp but realised it is too processor intensive.
started with a bitmap of the world and then used the commented out code to generate the arrays.
http://www.fmx6.com/teststuff/worldmap.html

How In The World Is This Done?
http://www.asymptote.net/

I'd love to know where to start looking so I can reproduce this menu system? any pointers much appreciated!!

How In The World Do They Do This?
http://www.asymptote.net/

I'd love to know where to start looking so I can reproduce this menu system? any pointers much appreciated!!

How In The World?
Ok, I am getting pretty good at flash (at least I think) however how do you make a flash site like this? Where would one even start? There has to be somekind of reading I could do to accomplish this. Please advise smart flash people. Thank you

http://www.templatehelp.com/preset/p...54x7lHg265esQR

Thanks again

How In The WORLD
How in the world is this done. Someone please give advice. Thank you.

http://www.cpluv.com/www/creativenetwork

World Map
Hi All,

Does anyone know how to create a world map in Flash? I have an example if you go to "montblanc.com" and click on the "Boutique Locator" link on the bottom left corner.

Play around with it because it can get pretty detailed. Anyway, I am creating a "Distribution" page for my website and am looking to create a really cool world map in Flash.

Thanks!

World Map
Hello,

I have drawn out this world map and wanted to show all the places I have visited, and places I will be going to visit. I'm not really sure the best way of doing this though.

so each dot is placed where the city is, as you hover over the dot, the city name appears (it's just a button). is there an efficent way of doing this through script? I can easily place the dots, but the naming of each city im not sure how to do.

cheers

Combobox With World Countries

Hi all.I need a combobox pre-populated with world countries for a flash application. Anyone know if already exist and where can i download it?Thanks to all

Hi all.

I need a combobox pre-populated with world countries for a flash application. Anyone know if already exist and where can i download it?

Thanks to all