Flash :: Create Interactive Zoom And Pan (in Out, Left, Right)

[CS3] Interactive Map And Zoom
Hi, I am trying to imitate something like the provplan mapper http://70.168.207.20/website/mapper/viewer.htm, but I do not need all the features. I only need pan, zoom, and identify. I am working in as2. I specifically need identify to pop up a window. For example zoom in somewhere, and click on identify, then click on a plot, a bar will show up at the bottom, and then click on the link under PL_. I only need help with the pan, and zoom otherwise I am good on this but I can't find a good tutorial. I need to be able to click somewhere and zoom in there or click with the zoomout tool selected to zoom out, I also need to drag to pan.

Interactive Zoom And Pan
Hello Flash Forum,

I have been checking the forum for ideas and suggestions on how to implement an interactive zoom and pan on an image. I would like the user to be able to drag a "magnifing glass" or a circle over an image, and then zoom in (or out) on the area in the magnifing glass, using the mouse wheel. How might I go about creating this effect? Or, the easier way, steal someone's code who has implemented this kind of functionality.

Thanks

eholz1

Zoom And Pan - Interactive Map
I’ve got some continuous feedback buttons that control a movie clip (Zoom In, Zoom Out, Left, Right, Up, Down). I’d like to be able to both zoom and pan the movie without having the movie scroll off the stage. The basic problem is that when I zoom in on the movie clip I have no idea what to set the pan limits to. I’ve built my flash movie around this Internet example:

http://www.webclass.ru/eng/Tutorials/Flash/Continuous_feedback_buttons.html

In order to zoom the movie, I’ve been adjusting the x and y scale of the clip. The movie seems to get larger but the x and y values stay the same and I have no idea where the edges of the movie clip are now that they have been zoomed in.

I’ve tried all kinds of crazy formulas to manipulate the limits based on the percentage that x and y have been scaled, but so far they have all been wrong. I’ve downloaded several components, but can’t seem to get them to work. I’m new to components and I seem to be missing something. I’m not sure how to bind the component to my movie clip.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Components: Simple Effects Library: By Martijn De Visser – Can’t find any kind of tutorial on how to use. (http://www.flashcomponents.net/)

ZoomPane (TOK Components Library): By Marcos Weskamp – Looks cool not sure how to use (http://www.marcosweskamp.com/blog/archives/000028.html)

Another Interactive Map Example:

http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/flashmap/flashmap.htm

Interactive Map With Pan And Zoom Help Please
Hi I have a series of floor plans, and want to create a map movie where you can pan across and zoom a main by moving a viewer from a smaller version of the map (navigation window, how can i go about doing this, really desperate hope someone can help, an example of what i want to create is the interactive map from this page

http://www.ardennesoutlet.com/scheme.htm

All I need mine to do is zoom and pan dont need any rollovers

thanx

Interactive 3D Zoom
I'm working on an interactive zooming explorative project using z-debth, etc. This is not my original code, so I will be citing it.
I have it working for the pictures that I'm using, however, I'm stuck trying to keep the pictures as they enlarge on the screen.

Theoretically, what I want to do is be able to explore an enlarged image at any debth, but keep it so that it all you ever see is the image being explored, not the edges.

I've tried code and I've tried the whimp way of hitTest() to keep the image from going off the view screen. I know that it has to do with the ratio of the scale debth to the edge specifications. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. *This is just a prototype.
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onClipEvent (load) {
objects = 20; //number of movieclips
speed = 200;
react = 1.1;
displayratio = 0.8;
zoom = 12;
zaxis = 30000;
zaxisdef = 26000;
scaler = 10;
for (i=1; i<=objects; i++) {
set("z"+i, (4000*i)-50000);
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
newx = (newx-((_root._xmouse-this._x)/speed))/react;
newy = (newy-((_root._ymouse-this._y)/speed))/react;
if (_root.press == 1) {
newz = newz-zoom;
} else {
newz = ((newz+(zaxisdef-zaxis))/speed)/react;
}
xaxis += newx;
//trace("xaxis:");
trace(xaxis);
yaxis += newy;

zaxis += newz;
for (i=1; i<=objects; i++) {
set("ratio"+i, 100000/(zaxis-this["z"+i]));
set("cx"+i, (xaxis*this["ratio"+i])/100);
set("cy"+i, (yaxis*this["ratio"+i])/100);
if (this["ratio"+i]>0 && this["z"+i]<zaxis) {
_root["object"+i]._visible = 1;
_root["object"+i]._xscale = (this["ratio"+i]*displayratio)*scaler;
_root["object"+i]._yscale = (this["ratio"+i]*displayratio)*scaler;
_root["object"+i]._x = (this._x+this["cx"+i])+this["ratio"+i];
//trace((this._x+this["cx"+i])+this["ratio"+i]);
_root["object"+i]._y = (this._y+this["cy"+i])+(this["y"+i]*this["ratio"+i]);
_root["object"+i]._alpha = (100-this["ratio"+i])+10;

} else {
_root["object"+i]._visible = 0;
}
}
}

Zoom Animation (not Interactive)
Hi All,

I'm a real neophyte. Can anyone help me with this animation question?

I'd like to zoom into a part of an image without seeing the "off screen" portion spill onto the rest of my stage.

Do I do this using masks?

Thanks alot!

Interactive Map Pane & Zoom Help
I'm working on an interactive map for a client, and for the past two days I have been searching for an answer to my problems, but have been unable to find them (though I have found many people with the same problems).

stage size: 425 x 325
map size: 1260 x 966

The map can pane, but it will only stick to the boundries of the map_mc if the zoom hasent been used (100%). Once you zoom out, it will not stick to the movie clips boundires.

Pane code

Code:
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse)) {
if(this._height >= 425){
this.startDrag(false,0,0,-(this._width)*.65,-(this._height)*.65);
}
}
}
onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse)) {
this.stopDrag();
}
}
And my issue with the zoom is that, I cannot figure out how to get it to zoom to/from the center of my map, it zooms to the top left corner.
zoom in & zoom out codes

Code:
on (release) {
if(_root.scrolling._xscale < 100){
_root.scrolling._xscale += 13.2539;
_root.scrolling._yscale += 13.2539;
}
}

on (release) {
if(_root.scrolling._xscale < 100){
_root.scrolling._xscale += 13.2539;
_root.scrolling._yscale += 13.2539;
}
}
if anyone can give me some advice on how to get it to zoom to the center, and stick to the boundries that would be greatly appreciated.

my .fla is to large to attatch, but you can download it from here:

http://www.mike-miles.com/virtual_to...ng_map_old.zip

Drag And Zoom Function In Interactive Map
Dear Kirupa Members,

I had design a map that can be drag and zoom, but how do I control the drag function when I zoom in the map . I would not like the map been drag too far away until it see the untidy map at the corner. fla file had attached pls take a look. Thanks !

p/s: pls open the main_map.fla (main control interface) to start the interactive map. The rest of the swf is all diffrent map in movie clip.

pls download the attachment file here..

http://www.brandyoudesign.com/map.zip

THanks !

Regards,
Clement
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clement

Prob With Zoom And Movement On A Interactive Map
Hi,

right now im working on a project for a real estate agent selling objects all over the world. so my idea was to integrate a kind of interactive map on the country selection site. one for each country to give the user a impression where exactly the different locations in the choosen country are by rolling over the different names.

here is what i have: http://www.styled.de/flashies/resorts.html

Only the buttons: "Alcadeisa" "Marbella/Estepona" and "Nuevo Portil" work!

the different buttons just set different variables for the x an y coordinates of the map and set the Variable "rollOverZoom" to 1 or 0 to tell the map to zoom or not. as you can see the problem is the dependence of the zoom and the movement. the zoom sometimes is to fast, so that you already see details when the map is still moving. so its hard to follow where the location is. what i want is to achieve that the map centers the choosen location and zooms to it in one dependent movement. so that the location is always visible.

here the code of the map:

// Object Eigenschaften
widthObject = 150;
heightObject = 150;
widhtObjectZoom = 1000;
heightObjectZoom = 1000;
Zoom =50;
// Bewegung ------------------------------------------------
xZustand = getProperty(object, _x);
xDifference = xZustand-_root.spanien.xSoll;
xSpeed = (Math.abs(xDifference))/20;
if (xDifference == 0) {
gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
if (xDifference>0) {
setProperty(object, _x, xZustand-xSpeed);
} else {
setProperty(object, _x, xZustand+xSpeed);
}
}
yZustand = getProperty(object, _y);
yDifference = yZustand-_root.spanien.ySoll;
ySpeed = (Math.abs(yDifference))/20;
if (yDifference == 0) {
gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
if (yDifference>0) {
setProperty(object, _y, yZustand-ySpeed);
} else {
setProperty(object, _y, yZustand+ySpeed);
}
}

// Zoom ----------------------------------------------------

// Zustandsabfrage
widthZustand = getProperty(object, _width);
heightZustand = getProperty(object, _height);

// Neuwertsetzung
if (_root.spanien.rollOverZoom == 1) {
if (widthZustand < widhtObjectZoom) {
setProperty(object, _width, widthZustand + Zoom);
}
}
if (_root.spanien.rollOverZoom == 0) {
if (widthZustand > widthObject) {
setProperty(object, _width, widthZustand - Zoom)
}
}
if (_root.spanien.rollOverZoom == 1) {
if (heightZustand < heightObjectZoom) {
setProperty(object, _height, heightZustand + Zoom);
}
}
if (_root.spanien.rollOverZoom == 0) {
if (heightZustand > heightObject) {
setProperty(object, _height, heightZustand - Zoom)
}
}

object is the map graphic

any ideas?

Interactive Flash Maps With Zoom And Streaming
Hi.

Will try and make this as short and understandeble as I can.

I am planing to make some very large custom made maps, which are bitmaps (jpg's).

Here is what the final product should be able to do.

1. Need to stream the maps, since they are VERY large in k/bit size (about 4-5 mb each).

2. Need to be able to zoom and still have an overview on where you are zoomed in.

3. Need to be able to click on some text, to go directly to a y / x coord zoomed in.

4. Need to be able to be interactive, in every stage of the zoom level.

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I found a free script that take care of 1 and 2. But I dont know how to make a connection from some text (clean html) to the map. So if I click on "visit town 1 click here" then the map will zoom in on the flash x / y where Town 1 is.

Also I cannot modify anything in the script since its already compiled and a free script. But it does the thing I need.

An example can be found here: http://www.questkeep.com/flashmaps/kalimdor.html

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Now if its any easier, I can make all the info on the bitmap picture, so its not interactive, you can press on anything on the map. But I still need a connection from the html text (or flash) to the map.

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Im totally lost. It might be a too big project. I would rather NOT make it so difficult I need to code 10 hours a day in Action Script to make it work or update it.

Help? Thanks in advance.

Help For Making A Zoom In/out Button In Interactive Apn And Tilt
hi is there any one who can help me out in making 2 button for zoom in and zoom out seperately in the interective image pan and tilt file which i ve taken from the link given below

http://flash.creatify.com/experiments/McSlider.html

if so see thread: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227359

and the zoom level should increment or decrement till the mouse button is pressed on the image after choosing the zoom in or out button

Interactive Map: Zoom + Drag + Pop-up (w/ Pop-up Window NOT To Be Zoomed And Dragged)
Interactive map: zoom and drag and pop-up (with pop-up window NOT to be zoomed and dragged!)

Okay, this is a huge challenge for me and I need help solving it. I am building an interactive map that can be dragged up/down and left/right within a window.
I learned how to do that.

Additionally there is a zoom slider to enlarge/reduce the map. I learned how to do that. (Thanks to senocular!)

The map has buttons that move along when the map is dragged and scaled. So I placed them within the mc before applying the two action scripts.

BUT. Now the challenge: Each button should trigger a pop-up window that is always the same size and position. So it can't be within the mc because I don't want the pop-up window to be scaled and dragged along.
HELP!
I need the button to be within the mc, to trigger a pop-up window that is not within the mc.

Can someone help?
Thanks!

How To Create An Interactive Image With Many Interactive Parts In The Same Image?
Does anybody know how to create an interactive image with many interactive parts in the same image?
To be more specific i would like to create an interactive image of a hotel where every floor will change color when we rollover it.
I am no flash programmer but if there is a tutorial out there can someone please point me in the right direction? Are there any flash software tools to do this or it has to be done from scratch using flash?
Has kirupa ever had a tutorial for something like this?

Please let me know.

Thanks

How To Create An Interactive Map
Hi

I'm new with using Flash and could use some advice. I'm playing around a bit at work, but would like to create an interactive map in Flash. What I need to do is to display a map that highlights towns or areas on the map when the user moves across it, and displays some data in a separate area or box when that area is hit (either mouseover or mouse-click). I have seen several examples of something like this on the internet (eg. ski maps) but have not been able to get to any code or downloads. Can anyone help guide me as to where I start or something that I can download to look at? It's hard to know where to start!

Thanks.....

I Am Trying To Create An Interactive Map
I am trying to create an interactive map...this is what i have so far. I have created a map that when you mouse over, it will highlight the avail countries. I'd like to be able to add some additional layers, so that when each coutry is clicked on, it would enlarge the selected country and possibly fade out the others if possible do it again to select states or regions...any help or suggestions would be awesome.
Thanks

Interactive Cd Rom. How To Create.
I need to make an interactive cd rom. I have all my flash movies finished , but don't know how to go from here. Can anybody help me or is there some great tutorials out there I could take a look at? I'll need to know how to autolaunch the files aswell.
Help!!

Wanting To Create An Interactive Map
I am new to Flash. I have MX 2004.

I need to make an interactive map of a building. The top would display the map and people can click on an area and below the map it would show more about the area.

And example of what I want is here:

http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/i...p=media/flash#

It's the first flash item: GS Interactive Map

What would be the best way to go about learning how to do this?

Thanks!

How To Create An Interactive Slideshow?
Hey guys,
trying to create a slideshow for a furniture catalog. The furniture pieces are to fade in and out of the 'gallery space' in white silhoette form, one after the other. Then, when the user rolls over the image (no matter where the piece is during it's fade) the photograph of the piece should appear (clicking on that will take you to a dedicated info page, but maybe i can figure that part out).

any tips would be hugely appreciated!

stevie

How To Create An Interactive Photo
I have been requested to update the staff profile page of a companies website.

What they would like is for the visitor to the site, draw or paint over it, glasses, beard, moustache etc.
or if simpler, to drag and drop potato head like toy elements over the photo. This won't be saved on the site but would be available for the visitor to save into their directory.

Is any of this possible? If so what is the process?

thanks - Jules

How Do I Create An Interactive DVD Movie Using Flash?
I'm trying to create a DVD movie that would allow users the ability to go from sceen to sceen. I know ho to import the movies into Flash. The problem is burning it to the CD-R. It on't accept the .exe. format. And when I save the program as a movie it doesn't add the interactive functions into the file. Is there some ay to turn the .exe file into a .mov formatso that it can be read?

Thanks for your help.

How To Create Interactive Software Tutorial?
Has anyone seen these Flash files that teach you step-by-step how to use a piece of software (Word, for example).

They actually have a screenshot of the software on the screen, and you can point / click and interact w/ the program's interface while you are being taught.

What is the easiest way to do this? Is there some software that can aid in the rapid development of something like this, or is it all just screenshots pasted into Flash? That seems like an awful lot of work.

How To Create Interactive Moving Background?
Hi,

How do you create something similar to http://www.boconcept.co.uk/Default.aspx?ID=72329? I am looking to create something very similar with the mouse moving the whole background swf with smooth movement.

Looking to code in AS3

Anything will help,

Cheers

n

How Would I Create An Interactive Form In Flash?
Hey All,

I'm trying to create a form box in flash, where I could create a list of states -- if a user types in one of the states on the list, he or she will see information about that state, if he or she types in a state or anything that isn't on the list -- he or she would see a 'information coming soon' default.

Is that possible within flash?

Thanks for any help, pointers or direction!

Help Need To Create Interactive Maps (XML, ActionScript)
Hallo,

I need advice please, I'm in the process of creating a map similar to the following http://www.lizardpoint.co.za/SiteMap.htm

The thing is my flash knowledge is very limited, however i know the basics and willing to read and learn more as i work on the project.

Looking at the map i can only imaging that XML and a lot of ActionScript will be used.

Can anyone please direct in the right path, what do i do first and what would be the easiest way to get started.

References of articles would also be appreciated.

Thank you

Trying To Create A Fairly Simple Menu Of Text Buttons On The Left Of The Screen
Calling anyone who thinks they can help, urgently please!!

Trying to create a fairly simple menu of text buttons on the left of the screen (see screenshot) which each link to an external swf that loads into the large white box.

After trying many ways, when you click on any of the buttons...

on(release){
gotoAndStop("4");
}

It takes you to a certain instance label in the timeline....then the following coding loads the external .swf.....

this.createEmptyMovieClip("empty_mc", 1);
empty_mc.loadMovie("SCJ ASDA Aircare.swf");
empty_mc._x = 20;
empty_mc._y = -6;

This gets the mc's loading where i want but NOT when i want...they just load in sequence one after the other on every mouse click.

I need each external clip to load when its respective text button is pressed. Why isn't the timeline moving to the points i'm telling it to??

I.e. When the button is pressed and it reaches the following coding...

on(release){
gotoAndStop("4");
}

Why is the timeline just moving in order to the next frame and playing mc "1" instead of jumping to "4"??

Any help is really, REALLY, REALLY appreciated folks!!

Need To Create Interactive Pumpkin Carving Game
Hi all,

I need to create an interactive pumpkin carving game and I'm not exactly sure where to start. Does anyone have any pointers or can you direct me to a tutorial?

Create A Zoom Tool
If i have say a Lage image on a swf file and would like to let the viewer zoom into areas he wants - is it possible to embedd a zoom tool (like in the tool bar) into the flash file?

Thanks

Looking To Create Dynamic Zoom Map
I'm trying to create a map that has locations on it, when the mouse is close to one of those locations, the map re-centers and the closer you get to the location the more zoomed in the map goes.

I found a similar map here
http://www.lovesac.com/retail/map.php

I'm not sure where to start building something like this. I know how to create the motion and zoom, but the part where I'm fuzzy is the interaction with the mouse position. Any help?

Best Way To Create A Zoom Effect
Hi

I have some button on a flash that I want to create a effect that if someone push a button the flash zoom in to just that flash.

Like a nice effect that make the visitor feel that it just fly in to the button.

but what is the best to make a such affect?
Can someone give me a code or a link to a tutorial

How To Create This Zoom Effect?
How is this done? also, how do you keep a raster image so it looks so smooth when zooming in? i thought raster images cannot be enlarged because they get jagged edges:
http://www.fujifilm.es/microsite_fujifilm/s5_pro/s5pro.html

Create Zoom Tool For User?
Is there a way to create a zoom tool for a user to grab (say a magnifying glass icon) that they can then use to move over an area of a graphic and have that area zoom in?

Not sure if I explained it well but basicaly I have a photo of something but it is too small to see details on when I size it to fit the project so I was thinking that maybe there is some way to create a zoom tool so the user can zoom in on areas of the picture to be able to see the details.

Thanks for the help

I'm Trying To Create A Cool Zoom Effect, With A 3d
I have a main page with a bunch of images of different people. When you click a person, I want to zoom in on that person, and have the other people fly off as if they are on different layers.........so that it looks a bit 3d.

Is there any examples of this, and or flas, and or secrets to making this a believable effect?

Thanks,

Can Anyone Help Me Create A Zoom Feature Like The One At This Link
I want to create a flash file similar to the one found on this site, any help would be great!

http://www.koetsergallery.com/Deskto...objectid=15791

How To Create User-controlled Zoom?
Hi all,
glad i joined in, some very helpful posts here!:)
I want to create a flash movie where the end-user actually has zoom control over an object (movieclip?) on the stage. Ideally, this will be a slider which enlarges the mc and shrinks it down, with maybe different sliders for corresponding objects. Does anyone know how I can achieve this? A downloadable sample swf would be perfect.
Thanks for your help!
Flashaddict

Need To Create Optimised,totall Flash,interactive Website From Scratch (help)
Help pple.I have a project whose deadline is like almost yesterday,and I understand the Flash interface,and most of the basics ONLY!
I need to know how to integrate all that stuff and more,which I know you guyz can offer,to come up with an almost if not brilliant Flash website.
I need to know:

-how to link between movies/frames(if that's the proper term),in the same way one would link a normal HTML page to another page............in short:FOR NAVIGATIOM

-how do I add sounds to the over event(eg like at 2advanced.com)where a sound is made by just hovering the mouse over the button/link/ something

-how do I optimize the Flash content for quick loading(eg 2advanced.com...................u guessed it!!!).

-how to come up with corodinated background sound(no breaks)

-how to create A 3D wireframe of a rotating globe(Earth) and add it to my Flash movie

If you can help with pdf files/links/tutorials/files/examples and anything within your means,I would really appreciate it.

Thanx 4 the tym

I'm Trying To Create A Cool Zoom Effect, With A 3d Feel
I have a main page with a bunch of images of different people. When you click a person, I want to zoom in on that person, and have the other people fly off as if they are on different layers.........so that it looks a bit 3d.

Is there any examples of this, and or flas, and or secrets to making this a believable effect?

Thanks,

[F8] Script To Create A Zoom Effect In A Menu
Hello, I'm trying to find the right script to create a cool menu effect like the effect you have on the MAC menu i.e. when you pass on rollover the icon or text gets bigger and the others beside follow consequently (say the icon you pass on is at 200% the two beside will automatically be at 150%).
Hope I explained clear enough.
Looking forward to receiving some assistance!!!
Thanks!

Wanting To Create A Button Controlled Map With Zoom
Flash newbie here (bet you've heard that before!) and all I am looking to do is create a simple map (IE just a background image...no interaction at this point) that you can move around via directional arrows. The map will be bigger than the Flash movie area and I'd also like to be able to zoom. There was a tutorial on this site that I was following that seemed to be more or less what I wanted but when I finished, it didn't work and for the life of me no matter how many times I went through those steps, I couldn't get it to work. It looked pretty! But it didn't work hehe.

If anyone has any tips or links to tutorials that would be great. My own attempts at searching are mostly fruitless probably due to my lack of Flash vernacular (for example, when I try looking up "map" I get LOADS of "bitmap" search returns hehe).

Any help would be awesome...I am learning and many tutorials assume I know a certain amount (which I do...but only to a certain point LOL).

ActionScripts/Codes Needed To Create Image That Zoom In
I need some code that will make an Image Zoom in to scene after the Proloader finish Loading.

You can check www.pellepiano.com to see some thing like that almost in all the page...

FlashFile

Flash Player 9 (CS3) Arabic Right-to-left (right To Left) Typing In Input Fields
Any input field (when typing arabic) should type right ot left rather than left to right.
Does ANY version of flash/flash player support right-to-left typing in arabic or any other right-to-left language.

I really urgently need an official answer saying yes or no.
I can see that flash supports arabic characters etc but as far as I can see it does not support the right-to-left typing.

Disabling Left Right Navigation Btn On Photogallery When No Image Left
hi flashers,

i hav a left right moving thumbnail gallery from xml, i need that on the last image image come on focus from the left side so automatically the left button will be disable or opacity goes 0 anything and same thing from right side also.

can anybody help me in that
or any related example to help me out.

regards
neeraj

How Can I Create A "mouse Interactive" Animation?
I'm trying to create an animation that would be linked to the position of the mouse on the flash window. so if you start the mouse at the left and strart draging right it will advance the animation as you move the mouse, if you go the opposite direction it will reverse the animation. I've seen many animations using this, but I'm not sure how to do it.

any help would be greatly appricited.

Left-to-right Word Order In Right-to-left Languages
Does anyone produce flash movies in rtl languages, i.e. Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, etc.?

Have you ever come across a problem of reverse word order?

Embedding the font does not work in languages where characters need to be joined up to form words, i.e. Arabic, Persian, Urdu...

The only way to make these languages work in Flash is to use system fonts.

Normally, you would have two options for this: First, setting the font to a default font such as "_sans", "_serif" or "_typewriter" (why macromedia chooses not to use the correct term for this, which is "monospace", is another matter!), or second, setting the font to a commonly available font such as "Times New Roman" or "Verdana".

Both these options work for these languages on the Mac.
However on the PC, well, XP SP1, if you specify the font, as in set it to "Times New Roman" or "Verdana" or anything other than "_sans" or "_serif" for that matter, the space character is not recognised as a rtl character but as a ltr character and gets inserted to the right of the word rather than to the left and consequently reverses the word order!

In the case of Persian, and I think Urdu as well, the character "ی" (which is not used in Arabic) has the same effect as well. But because it can appear anywhere inside a word, it messes up the word it features in completely!

Is this problem familiar to anyone? And have you found a way around it?