Flash :: Converting An .fla File Into A Scene?

Converting A PDF To A Flash FLA File Without Converting To An Image First?
Basically, I'm building a digital catalogue that runs off a CD and uses a Flash 'page turning component' to display the pages. Certain pages will have links that use Flash's Fscommand call to open Word and Excel documents.

Has anyone got any bright ideas of how to Convert a PDF to a Flash FLA file without converting to an image first?

I know I can open a PDF in Photoshop, save as a PNG or JPG and then import this into Flash, however the quality isn't brilliant. If you use a hi-res image, then you get a hi-res file size...

Currently, the best way I have found, is to open the PDF in Illustrator, then export it as a SWF. Illustrator converts all text to shapes and you end up with a small SWF, yet great quality when displayed in larger sizes. As I'm currently using a page turning flash component that loads SWF files, I need the quality to be good for the 'Zoom' function.

I've found an Illustrator script that will do the hard work via a 'batch' process, so I can take a 100 page PDF and convert the whole lot to 100 SWF files while I drink tea and 'look busy' and read a magazine, but the problem I have is that I need to add a layer of buttons to several of the SWF files to add a little functionality....

I do have a SWF to FLA decompiler which does a good job, however because Illustrator turns everything into shapes, the decompiler does the same and you end up with thousands of files in the library.... Plus there are a lot of error messages when the file is first loaded...

Many layers are masked, (for some reason without a fill), so if you publish the decompiled file straight away, you just get a blank file. Once you go through and fill the masks needed, it shows when you publish, but this really is a lot of work and I've had a few pages that show when you open the SWF file, but don't show when the SWF is called into the page turning file.... Hmmm....

So in short, I'd like to take a PDF and convert it to a FLA file, add a layer of buttons and publish as a SWF file....

Anyone got any 'Pearls of Wisdom'?

Clere
Clere Print

Converting MC Into Scene - How?
well subject says it

thanks

Converting Scene To A Video Clip, How?
Converting scene to a video clip, how? Is it possible? I have this scene in one .fla that i want to use as a video clip in another, any ideas?

thanks

Converting Scene Into Movie Clip
Hi There,
I want to convert a whole bunch of scenes into movie clips so I can create 1 Master scene and add Frame Labels for linking.
Stupid question? Probably

Can anyone shed some light on how to convert my scenes to movie clips?

Thanks,
Jimmy

Converting Scene To Movie Clip
i created a scene with individaul movies, action script and buttons and i am trying to call it as a movie clip in another scene. i have tried copying the frames and pasting them into a blank movie clip- the movie loads and plays with no trouble but i get script errors when i try to trigger the embedded movies.

Converting A Quiz Into A Scene Or A Movie For Export
I just built a little quiz using one of the Quiz templates. Now that I am done, I need to bring (import)it into another Flash Project. How do I save the quiz as a Movie or a scene so I can export it into another document?

Converting An .exe Flash File Back To Edible .fla File?
Does any one know if there are ways to convert an .exe flash file back to ediable .fla file?

Converting Swf File To Broadcast Quality Movie File
I'm using a Patrick Jansen effect in flash and if I try to export it the way I usually do for movie credits - ie export to quicktime - all I get is a grey box. The only way I can get the movie into a quicktime file correctly is to save the file as an swf then use "swf and flv player" to export each frame as a tif then recompile in quicktime.
Is there a program that will convert the SWF to quicktime in one go and keep the quality? It's for a movie, so I need it very high res.
thanks in advance,

(mac os x 10.4.9 G5 dual 2ghz, internal 250 and 350hd, external 500gb, 4gb ram)

Converting Midi File Into Wave File
Hey folks. Is there a program that I can use that will convert midi sound files to wave files to use in flash?

Any URL or workaround would be helpful.

Problem Converting An MPEG File Into .FLV File
HI

I want to convert an video file into .FLV. I have imported an .MPEG file into the flash and i am trying to export as .Flv file but i culdnt find any option how to do that in flash mx 2004. Please can any one can help me in this concern....

Thanks in Advance
Ashirwad

Converting File
Ok I know I ask alot of questions. Thx for Helping me.

Ok I made my site on word ( for my first site) Now im told i need a converter to put it into the internet??? Um how can I put my word website/file into the internet. Thx

Jake

Converting Web/File
Ok I know I ask alot of questions. Thx for Helping me.

Ok I made my site on word ( for my first site) Now im told i need a converter to put it into the internet??? Um how can I put my word website/file into the internet. Thx

Jake

Converting Swf Into Exe File
hi;
I am new user of flashkit .I have a question ?
how can I convert a swf file into an exe file.

Help With Converting File
Could someone convert this file to Flash MX? Not Flash MX2004.

Thanks
Ecinele

Converting An AS2.0 File To AS3.0?
Hey everyone,

I have a CS3 file that was given to me to make some changes to.
It was written in AS2.0, but I would like to implement some new AS3.0 classes.
Is there any way to convert this file to an AS3.0 file? I'd really like to avoid re-creating the entire .fla.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

Help Converting File
I hope I can get some help here.

In a nutshell, I've made a 15-minute flash video for a friend's wedding. Basically it's a glorified slideshow, but several people asked for a copy. I'd like to provide copies as DVDs people can just stick in and play, particularly since many of them are blue-haired great aunts that won't necessarily have the latest and greatest computers, or any computer for that matter.

Does anyone out there have an angle on how to convert a Flash video into a straightforward movie format? I'm not a developer, so basically, I'm looking to pay someone to just take care of it for me.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Converting A File Too Use In Flash
Was wondering if anyone here can tell me how too convert a DEM file from Half-life into a movie so that i can make a flash intro too there site?

Converting .txt File To Array
Hi,

I have a text file, which has large arrays in it of this format,

&Array1 = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, etc etc etc ];
&Array2 = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, etc etc etc ];

I need these loaded in at the begining of my movie (before any other actionscript can run), and converted to arrays in my Flash movie. When I do loadvariables, it just loads the text file in as a string, but I need it as a array.

How would I do that?

thanks for any help.

phil.

Converting SWF To Gif Animation File
Is that possible? I notice that under "Publish", it gives me the option to publish the file to Gif, but it only shows up the background image. Please help.

Converting To QuickTime File
Hello
I have a problem converting Flash 8 movie to Quick Time movie
I am using Export Movie command: selecting Quick Time file type, choosing needed options (kipping file flatten), setting Flash version to Flash Player 5, as asked.
I have a .mov file as a result, but it plays only in my computer; if I send this file to somebody else via email, it does not work anymore.
I tried to publish the movie as QuickTime – still the same result.
The size of that .mov file is equal to the size of the original .fla file, which is not right at all.
I remember, when I had Flash 5, there were no problems converting Flash movies to QuickTime movies, but now I spoke with several people, it seems like everybody have the same problem.
I would very appreciate, if somebody could help me
Thank you

Converting A MX 2004 File To MX
Hi,
I've been having trouble converting a .fla file from MX 2004 to MX.
I tried Save As Flash MX Document but when I openned it with MX it gave an error, Unexpected File Format.
I searched the forums but didn't have much success.
Does anyone know how can I convert it?
My main traget is to use Symbols I've created, I do have AS code but it's less important.
Thanks!

WMV File Not Converting To FLV Properly
I am trying to use the Flash Video Encoder to convert a WMV file that a client provided to me into an FLV file. The audio works fine in the FLV, but the image stays stuck on the first frame through the whole movie.

This file needs to be uploaded by tomorrow. I've tried compressing with about 6 different compression settings (both in Sorenson and the newer On2 VP6 codecs).

I'm about to rip my hair out.

I even downloaded a trial version of Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 to export it and it's taking an hour to do so. My suspision is that it wont work in there either.

Edited: 09/08/2007 at 08:51:28 PM by ThinkSeed

Converting Flash File To Gif?
Is there a way to export or convert a flash file to a picture file? Even if I go through fireworks? How would I get my flash animation imported into Fireworks???

Thanks,
vv

How To Link A Scene In A .swf To Another Scene In Another .swf File.
Hi,
My version is Flash 8 pro. I have created a .swf file that contains up to 10 scenes, and realized that it takes far too long to publish, or even to test movie. So now I've decided to create a new .swf for my other webpages. How do I use the
on(release) command on my buttons in my first .swf file to link to a specific scene in my second .swf file?
Example. I have 2 files <first.swf> and <second.swf>.
I want a button in <first.swf> to link to the third scene in <second.swf>.
Thank you so much!!!!
-Wei-Chuan

Converting A Simple AS2 File To AS3. Pic Loop Bar.
Hi everyone. I'm no expert on Actionscript 3.0. I'm wondering if someone had a suggestion on how to fix my AS3 code.

Here's the AS2 loop picture bar code. Works perfect.

_root.pics.onEnterFrame=function(){
_root.pics._x+=(86-_root._xmouse)/33.3;

if(this._x>0){
this._x=-300;
}
if(this._x<-300){
this._x=0;
}
}

Then I was trying to update to AS3. There's something obvious I'm missing, no?

pics.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);

pics.x+=(86-mouseX)/33.3;

if(this.x>0){
this.x=-300;
}
if(this.x<-300){
this.x=0;
}

thanks kindly for any suggestions!

Converting Video File In FLV In Runtime
Hi,
I am working on a site where user can upload his video files like mpeg,avi,mov etc and i have to display that file in flash in FLV format so that its size will be minimum.
Is it possible ?
thanks for any help.

Converting An Number In A Text File To A Variable
I'm tried this a hundred ways, and can't seem to get it to work. I'm trying to get my flash file to read a number from an external text file (in form: &var0100=4&) and have the flash file go to a specific frame number based on this variable. This code works if I import it into a text file, but I can't get it to take what's in the text file and convert it to a variable. Here's my following code:

totalprojects = new LoadVars();
totalprojects.load("rmptext.txt");
totalprojects.onLoad = function(right) {
if (right) {
trace("done loading");
total.Number = this.var0100
if (Number(total) < 5) {
projectmovie.gotoAndStop(2);
}
else {
projectmovie.gotoAndStop(3);
}
}
else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};
stop();

Converting A Slide Show Into A Movie File
How can I take a slide show (with several frames) and convert it into a movie?

Problem Converting Flash File To Animated .Gif
I've never made an animated gif from a flash file but the flash help says to simply do the following:

Flash exports the first frame in the movie as a GIF, unless you mark a different keyframe for export by entering the frame label
#Static. Flash exports all the frames in the current movie to an animated GIF unless you specify a range of frames for export by
entering the frame labels #First and #Last in the appropriate keyframes.

No matter what I try, when I export to an animated gif, the image that shows up is not animated but I only get the first frame. What could be missing and what areas should I check? Thanks in advance.

Importing Strings Into A Text File And Converting Them In The Movie For Use.
I have a text file, in that text file there are several strings that look like this.

&&S1=[room,250,1]&&
&&S2=[room,252,1]&&
&&totalRooms =2&&

Any they go on like that. Now what I am wanting to do is to load this text file and convert the strings into items that can be used in the movie.

The code I have tried using for this is

code:
function buildInfo() {
for (i=1; i<=totalrooms; ++i) {
foo = "T"+i;
foo2 = "S" + i;
foo = foo2.split(",");
trace("foo:"+foo[0]);
}
}

Now I was expecting this to make the S1 into T1 with the information from text file. This is not working, when I run the movie the trace("foo:"+foo[0]); returns the actual name of the S1 file and that is it. I am just not sure what I am doing wrong. Thank you for any help. I f I have not made myself clear enough, please let me know.

Need A Quick Favour - Converting Old Flash File Into MX Format
File is here :

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...E0GKFTFIC7KQ2K

Thankyou!

~angrymice

Converting Flash Scripts Inside .fla Into External .as File?
Hi, I have a client that for some reason they are wanting to convert their .fla project and break up the 8 script layers of their game, and put it in an external .as file for the Flash project.

I was just wondering if this could be done could someone show me a link, tutorial or anything on how I would go about doing this, and why this needs to be done this way?

Easy implementation for future games of the same kind?

Retriveing Date Variables From Text File/ Converting Strings To Dates
Hi,

I'm trying to read date variables from an external text file. I'm using the LoadVars method and it is working fine for regular string variables. I'm running into trouble trying to convert some of those strings into date variables so I can compare the current date to the targetDateX variable from the text file. I'm working on a countdown timer for a list of different times/dates. It will display the time left until the first event, then after that event the time left until the second event. I'm running the code in a for loop and everything is working except being able to convert the string with format (yyyy,mm,dd,hh,mm) into a date variable- I've attached a sample of where I'm having trouble.

Thanks in advance for any help! :)

Attach Code

var targetDateX:String = "targetDate" + i;
//sets a variable targetDateX equal to the variable targetDate(i) so that you can read it from the text file
var targetDateA:Date = new Date (this[targetDateX]);
//attempting to set it into a date format
trace (this[targetDateX]);
//returns the variable stored with the name targetDate(i) in the text file
trace (targetDateA);
// returns 'Invalid Date'

Edited: 11/09/2008 at 12:45:04 PM by wyattr1

Converting And .swf File Into A .fla File
Sorry if this topic has already been posted (the search feature wasn't working).
I was just wondering if there was any way to convert an .swf file into a .fla file. I have been doing some flash work on two computers and was copying the files to just one of them. Unfortunately I only copied an .swf file of one of them and deleted the .fla file. So I was just wondering whether there's any way to convert it into the .fla file.

Scene File Size Huge Compared To Seperate Movie File Size?
I have a flash movie with multiple swf files imported into different movieclips throughout. Each of the imported movieclips is a seperate scene of the original movie. The thing I found out is that if I copy all the frames of scene 2 for example, and paste them into a new movie. Then publish the new movie as a swf. The file size is much smaller than the scene 2 swf when published from the original movie. Does anyone know why?

File Won't Go To Scene 2?
I have a navigation menu named "nav_bar". Inside of that I have a mc named "shirts", and inside of the "shirts" mc is a button named "shirts_button". I can't seem to get the button to take me to Scene 2 when clicked. Simple enough actionscript:

on (release) {
nextScene();
}

Am I missing something? Please help.

Thanks

Adam

Scene And File Size ?
Why everytime i create a new scene in my movie, it is as big as 64 k, event if there is nothing on it ?? is there a way to fix this ??

Thx a lot !!

Use A Flash File As A Scene?
I have a flash project with several scenes and created a seperate flash file indepently and now I want to use that particular flash file into the multi-scene flash project. Is there any way to do this without saving as .swf format? I want to be able to see as part of my scene inspector is this possible? thank you in advance

How To Import A Swf File Into A Scene?
hi all! its me again.. sorry to be a pain but i hope u guys can help me..

im creating a site in flash mx and im trying to put an animation/swf file that ive created onto a scene which is one of my pages.. i tried to import it into my library and i put it on the stage as a movie clip, but it doesnt really play properly like the original animation.. i was wondering if its possible or if there were any other alternatives..

thankyou guys so much!

Add Scene In Flash After .wmv File
I'm using Flash 8. I have a .wmv file that I want to link to. So I imported the file into flash. It encoded fine and will now play correctly when I test the scene.

Now for my question, I want to add a scene after the video finishes playing that displays a link to another page. And I don't know how to add anything to the timeline that knows when the video is done. I have a single keyframe on a layer that the whole movie is contained in and I can't figure out how to add anything to the timeline that plays after the video.

How To Call A Scene Is Another File?
hi all ! I have this situation. I have 2 swi files, one for the intro and another for the site itself.

The problem is that I need to add some links to the site from the intro page and I dont know how to link a scene that is in another file.

Is there a way to do it?

If not wich is the best way?

Thanks!

PD: Im doing the website using swishmax2.

I Imported A Raw Fireworks Png File And Now Flash Is Auto Converting Every Thing I Draw Into A "Drawing Object"
I imported a raw fireworks png file and now Flash is auto converting every thing I draw into a "Drawing Object" How do I get rid of it? Please help!

How Do I Play A Swf File Within A Scene Page?
First let me just say that if there was a group below a NEWBIE, that is where I belong. I suck at this stuff and I know that already. Now, here is my question. I am making a web site. I am creating a scene (page) and I have the regular standared links listed on there like (home, pics, sound clips, etc.)Heres what I would like to do but I don't know how to do it. Lets take the sound clip link for example. It is located all the way to the left side of the page, along with all the other links. I want to add swf file that will appear in the middle of the page when I click this link. So, you are looking at my site and you click on the sound clip link. Instead of going to another site, a swf file appears in the middle and you can click on tracks and stuff. Basically, once the links appear, I want the person to be able to stay on that same page and be able to view everything there without having to go to other pages. Then, if I click pictures, the picture swf file will appear and the previous swf file (sound) will disappear. Is this possible? I think I need a frame or something huh?
-Robert

Copying Scene From One Flash File To Another?
Hi again and again and again....

I want to copy an entire scene from one flash file to another one...is this possible? if yes, how? if no, is there another way i can go about doing this????/

thx, tammy.

Load Movie At Scene 2 From Another Swf File... MX
Hey!

I have created a gv.swf file that contains 10 scenes, which stays on the home page. The first scene is the resting scene. The others are the text that will appear when buttons are rolled over. The buttons are separate swf files(9) not contained within the gv.swf. They are also on the home page off to the side of the gv.swf file.

My question is:
How do I get button 1 to load scene 2, button 2 to load scene 3 and so on. I want the buttons' mouse over state to load the text scene that will describe more information of what is coming up on the page the button represents.

I am working in Flash MX.

Thank you for you Help!

Converting An .fla File Into A Scene?

Hi there,I hoping this is possible. I have a flash file I want to convert into a scene in a different fla file. Is there an easy way to do this?

Hi there,

I hoping this is possible. I have a flash file I want to convert into a scene in a different fla file. Is there an easy way to do this?