Flash :: Critical Bug Found With 9r28 And Below

Critical
ok right now im in a critical position right now right now im trying to figure out how to creat a compelling and captivating festival site.
I know what your going to say is just make a great flash site but here
lies the problem:

1.I just know basic flash motion tweening and very little actionscript.

2.my boss is concerned about bandwidth problems in 3rd world poor countries who would be viewing the website.

3.I might have to do the website in just photoshop and dreamweaver.

4.how can I get or create a flash browser sniffer?

someone please help with this critical issue.

Missing Something Critical...
In a tutorial I'm doing, interactive buttons are designed, saved as movie clips, and animated. So, for example, Frame 1 is the up state, Fr. 10 is the over state, F20 is the end of the over state (with a motion tween inbetween), Frame 30 is the down state, Frame 40 is the end of the down state, etc. When all the buttons have been created, the tutorial tells me to go back to Frame 1 and create a stop action so when the movie loops back, it stops at Frame 1. Okay, fine.

But here's where I'm stumped. If there's a stop action in Frame 1, what makes the rest of the movie go? Why doesn't the movie jsut sit on Frame 1 forever? I understand that the user clicks on the button and induces the "over" state to begin. But why? (Is there something somewhere that says, "Move to the frame with the "over" label?) Seems to me there needs to be some ActionScript that says, "If in stop mode, start. If started, stop." Is there something in naming the instance in the "over" state, (for example) "_over" (as opposed to using the word without the underscore in front of it)? Does that cause something to run in the background?

Can't figure out the logic of this one. As far as I can tell, it's pure magic. Can anyone explain this to me? TIA

Critical Section In AS2
Hi,

Assume we have wellknown problem of "Consumer and Producer". How to solve this problem in AS2? Is there some kind of mutex in ActionScript2 for critical sections, i.e how to protect some section of code by overlaping with some another code that is running simultaneously. For example if we use onEnterFrame as one Thread that is Consumer and some user as another Threat that is Producer?
In Java this is solved by word "synchronized" before critical region. And if this is impossible in AS2 is it possible in AS3?

Thanks

Critical Error
hello,
i found
"Criticall error were found in setup
-session has dependencies that cannot be satisfied
please see the setup log file for details"
durring installing Flash CS Pro trial which is download from Adobe
help me

thanx
luni

Critical Bug In Actionscript *********
Incrementing a variable by 0.1, sixty times produces a result of 5.99999999
Seems to me that flash doesn't calculates floating point accurate enough.

See example
http://members.lycos.co.uk/bootlegco...flash_bug.html

Critical Issue On Php & Flash
Hello everyone ...

I've got a slight problem, but I guess it's pretty hard to do.

I need to pass values to flash movie like this

flash.swf?var1=search.php?id=2&var2=index.php?id=3

now var3=index?id=3&action=bottom

I need the variable action=bottom to be inserted as it is into var3 along with the rest, but instead it's being taken by flash as a seperate variable ...

Please help, I'm totaly stuck!

Hey Guys ..this Is Very Critical Problem I Have Ever Seen...
Hi There...
I have uploaded my FLA and TXT file with this entry.

See the code below :

This is what i hace given at first frame.

stop();
loadVariablesNum("sai.txt", 0);
attachMovie("piegraph", "pg", 2);
n=3;
pg._x = 400;
pg._y = 250;
pg._xscale = pg._yscale=scale;
pg.setRadius(rad);
// aValue = new Array();
// aLabel = new Array();
aValue = [_root.headline, _root.link, _root.blurb];
aLabel = ["sai", "tai", "rai"];
for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
pg.addSlice(aValue[i], aLabel[i]);
}

I am taking the values headline, link, blurb from the
external txt file(i.e.sai.txt) which contains code like
headline=40&link=30&blurb=30.

Here in the aValue array if i pass the hard coded
values like
aValue = [40,30,30] then it is working absolutely
fine.

But if i use the external script for variables , it is
not showing the PIE CHART.

I hope that you have understood the problem.

Thank you very much for your time and efforts.

Eagerly waiting for your reply

Saiprasad

Critical Size Of Movieclip
hi

I have attached this little game of mine. The problem is that I would like each square to terminate when it has shrunk to a certain size, then I need it to disappear or freeze or something, thus leaving the remaining squares in game.

cheers.
mathin.

Critical Drag And Drop
Hi all,

In flash script,
cut the rubber band, the edges should be dragable. We must able to drag one of the edge and make it straight.

Anybody can tell some solutions for my problem

Flash CS3 Critical Errors
I am trying to now uninstall Flash CS3 and I receive the following error.

"Critical errors were found in setup
- Unsupported payload versions included
- The installer database is invalid: please reinstall the product from the original media.
Please see Setup log file for details."

Any help please.now

Pixel Font Help - Critical
Hi everyone!

I'm having a serious problem with pixel fonts and maybe you can help me!

What's happening is that I go into Photoshop to design a layout (I usually use it as a sketch and then start building it in Flash) and paste the text I want to use inside it, until this point all is fine. The problem is, when I go into Flash and paste the exact same text a lot of characters (I think this is the expression) just don't appear, for example - "ç ã õ ó" and etc. -

I would accept the fact that the Font didn't have these characters but in this case I know it does because they appear correctly in Photoshop, although Flash doesn't seem to recognize them.

Is there something I'm missing? Is there some keyboard input specific panel in Flash that I don't know about?

I need tilde and other Latin characters to be available and no pixel font is able to display them in Flash... btw, the font I'm using is XG Pixo.

Thx for your help

Flash And Mission Critical Applications
VB, FOxPRo, they've ll proven themselves..

Hi,

Building Intranet Corporate applications (Complex Accounting systems, etc) using Flash/php/apache and mysql is my next target window. I've done a few Applications using the above setup with a mix of 3rd party Flash tools.. (Small inventory systems, Basic accounting, etc.) But what im about to do next is for a mission critical company.. although the operations are quite simple; one country sends an order form to another country, it's processed then sent back... this is done in a rapid rate a day.

My question now is... can flash be considered a 'professional' GUI for REAL business applications? Have people used flash for any critical corporate applications? IS IT REALLY ACCEPTABLE?
although i've kinda proven to myself with my previous apps that flash - php can do most of the things VB can do (morethan enough to execute a business task), i kinda went here to get a sort of "boost" of confidence..

Please enlighten me.

Tea

Animation Loop Problem I Think It Is Critical
Hi

i have done the following program.a,b,c,d are movieClips on the stage.Why only 4th mc is animating.I want to animate all the movieClips and one after one.I mean each "mc" anim start 50 milli Seconds time interval.Can any one help.Thanks in advance.

This is my code.

ActionScript Code:
//
function obj() {
myArray = [a, b, c, d];
//animation(myArray[1], 0, 0);
for (var i = 0; i<4; i++) {
animation(myArray[i]);
}
}
//
function animation(mc) {
trace("mc : "+mc)
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
mc._alpha -= 5;
trace("fun calling");
if (mc._alpha<=0) {
mc._alpha = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
trace("fun calling stopped");
}
};
}
//*/
obj();

Please Check Out My Site And Be REALLY CRITICAL (but Dont Make Me Cry) Lol
Hi Everyone I just finsihed my first flash site www.blackoutdesigns.ca and I need people to give me some feedback. Also My jpegs are blurry how do I fix that? Also what do you think of the blackout Im not 100% in love with it but when I did a fade to black it went to greay and I didnt like it anyway please check it out and let me kknow what you think!!!
Thanks in advance!!
P.S. This site really hellped me!!

Critical Delay In Loading Variables From A Text File
Hello all,

I have a flash menu system in which I am trying to change variables by loading them from separate text files. I have a large gap in my understanding why the loadvariable command does not load the variables completely before it continues to the next line of script. In my file the variables are not even able to be accessed by the following frame. I can use them on the third frame from the frame in which the Loadvariable command is used.
Does it need time to be loaded? and if so does this mean that if loaded from the web it will take longer as this delay exists locally on my machine. Then if this is so how can I fix it elegantly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Will

Ive Found
Ive found a website host that suports .php and custom .cgi and get this they offer free web space and free domain name hosting. I created a e-mail form in flash for my site yesterday only to find out my host didn't suport any of the above files and whats better when i upload my files now to the new host i don't have to be connected with them. So no more premium call cost like i use to have. Im so happy i thought i would share it with you guys.

Check them out for yourself http://www.portland.co.uk

All the best

bainsk8

Oh, i don't work for them :-)

I Have Found The UK Map Fla .......
Hello,
I have finally found the link I was looking for, it is at http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Inter...6394/index.php
Could anyone please tell me how to add html files to the counties buttons. For example have the button for London launch London.html when it is clicked, and still highlight when the mouse it over it. I can only seem to make it launch an html file by changing the button to a graphic file and adding an action to it, it doesnt let me add actions to buttons???

Yours Sincerely
Joe

I Think I Found What I Need
I'm having a problem opening this attachment.
any help?
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...nderlined+text

thanks
rdee

Found It
i think i found it, i need 200 mhz, i have 75

Anybody Could Said Me Where I Can Found This Example
Hi, sometime ago I get this tutorial here, I'm trying to found it but I don't have good luck, this is the link of the example, Anybody knows where is this tutorial?

http://www.yomesubo.com/ddbsite.swf

I Really Think I Found A Bug Is It?
FLASH 8
Okay, I'm doing this project and trying to make it as dynamic as possible when I run into a problem I'm using the Tween class and I'm using numbers out of an array read from xml as the start and end points in the tween. All of a sudden the text starts to blink while going across the screen. So I start boiling down the code to get to the problem. Problem is, Tween blinks when you give it the values stored in an array. Try out the code below. Am I crazy or is this a bug?

In order to use this you have to have a font in the library with a linkage of VERDANA

PHP Code:

import mx.transitions.Tween;var txt:TextField = this.createTextField("my_txt", 2, 25, 25, 250, 100);txt.multiline = false;txt.wordWrap = false;txt.embedFonts = true;txt.selectable = false;var fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();fmt.font = "VERDANA";fmt.color = 0xFFFFFF;fmt.size = 24;txt.text = 'this is sample text';txt.setTextFormat(fmt);var arr:Array = ['0','500'];var tw:Tween = new Tween(txt,'_x',Ease.easeNone,arr[0],arr[1],5,true);

I'm going to try it now without using a texfield made in actionscript, but I don't know if that will help. If it doesn't, I'll use tweener, a more awesome tween engine than Tween anyway. Please post back and let me know if it glitches for you.

Flv Not Found..
Hi,

I have a xml driven video player. When you load a flv into it, it plays fine, then if I load another in, it works great.
The problem is , that if one link is wrong, if i try to go back and load a working link in, it sticks and wont load it.

Url Not Found As Well
ok i have a folder called "main" that contains the file "MainLoader.as", I want to load another .swf file located here main/gallery/Gallery.swf, why I try to load this swf with this url: gallery/Gallery.as, it says url not found, however if i move the Gallery.swf into the same directory as MainLoader.as and try this url Gallery.swf, it loads it fine, why won't it load Gallery.swf when inside a different directory than the loader

FOUND BUG : WATCH THIS
Okay let me tell you the BUG i found (Lot's of hours wondering where this mysterious MC's came from!!!):

Flash internally names Buttons a "instanceXX"
XX would be a free Number avaible to Flash...
This 'instance' has got one real BUG .. it points to the MC it is contained in... so be carefull on recursiv walk...
this will crash the projector (endless loop).

EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE
(put this in a MC that contains other MC's and Buttons)

Code:
for (var found in this) {
if( this == this[found]) {
trace(found+" is a Button that points to:"+this[found]);
}
}
please respond so this thread keeps ontop!
This code will point you out the buttons you got in your MC...

My idear why this is so:
I think macromedia did this to use a standard MC and tweak it to the Button-functionality we know...
So know they tweaked the standard MC they want to keep us out... they reference to the _parent!!!!

regards

Target Not Found
How can I use "Target Not Found" in Flash 5?

I've got a large site that is dynamically loading smaller .swfs, .xml documents, etc. I'm building pre-loaders for these files and am trying to deal with the possibility that a file I'm trying to load may not be found (perish the thought!) I know that Flash knows immediately when the file isn't found, because (when testing my movie) I can see the error message displayed in my Output window. Only problem is, I can't seem to find any documentation for using this information in a meaningful way.

Right now, the best I can think of is a timed loop (i.e. if it's been five seconds and percentage loaded <= 1, goTo...)

Oh, as a sidebar, Flash seems to return a value of 4 bytes loaded even when no file is found (which is why I'm setting my loop above to "<=1" instead of zero). Any idea why?

Flash Bug Found...
why do moveClip _name's change when i change the _root frame number???

best thing to do to quickly understand this problem is to look at the .fla and check the instance names on both frames, then check the .swf, and check what names you get in the textfields... it is weird alright...

http://www.cullomptonpress.com/temp/nigeProb_02.fla

http://www.cullomptonpress.com/temp/nigeProb_02.swf

thanks!

Jon

Target Not Found?
ok im using this button to geth this movie clip to play, which has a stop action in frame one so i used the following code on the button

on (release) {
tellTarget ("pictures") {
gotoAndPlay (2);
}
}

but that gives me the error

Target not found: Target="pictures" Base="_level0"

pictures is teh name of the MC

what am i doing wrong??

Target Not Found
This message keeps coming up whenever a button is clicked.

Target not found: Target="Start" Base="_level0"

I've looked at the help files and searched on Flashkit to no avail.

If someone can tell me what this means, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks,

Rilian

Target Not Found?
this is a continuation of my previous post "still having target problems"

(i'm using flash 5)

i've got my intro movie playing and the button coming up. the button, that is, that i want to click on and take me to scene 2 where there is another movie.

it all looks like it's going to work and then -
a window now comes up telling me that the target can't be found. it's the only one and i can see it sitting there!! everything is spelled correctly, etc.

the other problem is that this window comes up BEFORE i click the button. i don't have the option to put in the action "on (release)" because it is grayed out. (i'm guessing this is why it automatically plays)

THANKS fo any help!

Target Not Found
Target not found: Target="/char" Base="_level0.text"
This is the error that I see.
I can not understand why it doesen't works. I've put the swf. which was supposed to be loaded in the correct folder.(The folder wich I created for this project)
I created another movie inside wich I called "text" for loading instead of it the swf. It doesen't work. It gives me this error.The problem is that if I put level instead of target then it plays correctly but I don't know how to place it where I want.It seems that it is put where he feels right.
And the biggest question is..............How come that before I have made the same thing with another swf. and it works. Does Flash not accept 2 actions for loadmovie in the same scene?

404 Not Found In Flash MX
Say you have a Flash MX BBS where people can upload their photo.

When an image does not exist at the specified URL the output window returns:
Error opening URL "http://www.mysite.com/myphoto.jpg"

This is in test mode in the authoring environment.
In the plugin environment what event can I use to know for sure that the image is not there? ( beside a timeout )

No One Have Found The Solution
Hi, I give you a frame sequence, it's strange but when I make a preview, that freeze on the 2nd frame and I'm obligate to crash flash...

Plz Help!!

Frame 1:

loadMovieNum("menu.swf", 21);
loadMovieNum("fond.swf", 2);
loadMovieNum("accueil.swf", 19);
----------------------------------------

Frame2:

load2 = _level2.getBytesLoaded();
total2 = _level2.getBytesTotal();
load19 = _level19.getBytesLoaded();
total19 = _level19.getBytesTotal();
load21 = _level21.getBytesLoaded();
total21 = _level21.getBytesTotal();

if (load19>0 &&load19==total19) {
gotoAndPlay(4);
} else {
gotoAndPlay(3);
}

----------------------------------------

Frame 3:

gotoAndPlay(2);

----------------------------------------

Frame 4:
with (_level2._root) {
play();
}
with (_level19._root) {
play();
}
with (_level21._root) {
play();
}

----------------------------------------

Frame 5:

stop();

----------------------------------------

That all & look to crash on frame 2.... that completely freeze flash!!

help!

Benjamin

Keys Not Found
Hi there,
I've just switched from pc to mac.

But i have a small question though :
I'm currently using a Powerbook G4 and
a can't seem to find some essential
keys. I just can't find the [ and ], { and }.
I really need them to do some AS in flash.

If somebody can give me a hand with this, it would be great.
I feel so stupid.

Thanks in advance,

Target Not Found
I an IF function in a movie clip which tells a movie clip to do something. the end the second movie clip has an instance called "shade" although when i try to play my movie i get an error saying

Target not found: Target="_root.shade" Base="?"

but all other IFs which tell "shade" to do something manage to find it, when i deleted "shade" and try to play it aswell as getting the previous error it also kept saying over and over

Target not found: Target="_root.shade" Base="_level0.instance59"

which is weird because atleast that knows what the Base is

is there any script that i can add to tell that IF what the base is?

Target Not Found?
I'm trying to make a button that causes some words to fade in on cursor rollover, and the words fade out when the cursor leaves. So I made 2 MovieClips of the words, one with alpha tween 0 to 100 (named pfadein), another with alpha tween 100 to 0 (named pfadeout). And put stop actions at the 1st frame and last for both.
Then I made my button and added this actionscript to it:

on (rollOver) {
tellTarget ("pfadein") {
gotoAndPlay (2) ;
}
}
on (rollOut) {
tellTarget ("pfadein") {
gotoAndStop (1) ;
}
tellTarget ("pfadeout") {
gotoAndPlay (2) ;
}
}

Then I dragged the button and MCs onto the stage, but when I tested it, and when I moved my cursor over the button, this window pops out telling me "Target Not Found".
Is there something wrong with my actionscript or something else?
Thanks in advance!

Target Not Found
Target not found: Target="qq" Base="_level0.instance3"

How can I fix this? the movie clip is nammed qq and it is inside another movie clip.

Thanks for any help.

Work-around Found, I'm All Set, Thanks.
I figured out after an embarassing number of hours that if a MC has an onRelease event handler attached to it, any MC's within the same area will not activate a rollOver event.

I'm all set now. I had to restructure my code.

Solution Found
quite easy:
create a directory called: fscommand
as subdirectory of the one you have the flash exe file.

put your pdf whereever you want on your cd (preferably also in the fscommand dir)

create a batch file in the created dir: and write the following in it:

start mypdf.pdf

in your flash source use the following:
fscommand("exec","mybatfile.bat");

note: this only works on windows machines and ignores the lastest security settings of flash (like not launching external files anywhere on the hostsystem)...

this solution was provided by acid sky on actionscript.org

way 2 go man

I Think I Have Found My Calling
hey lol......I have done numerous things.....i have tryed c,perl,php,html and everything almost.....and the one i find the most fun is using ps and flash mx......so i think im going to devote a huge part of my time when im on the computer to flash and well i have a few questions that i was hoping u could answer....like a few effect questions and stuff....keep in mind i am like the biggest n00b when it comes to this stuff.....

1) How do i make a navigation bar for a web site.....like how do i add it so when u click on it ....it will link u and how do i make it so when it goes over one of the options it makes an effect like it glows or the text changes colour.

2) What exactly is an action script, what are thye used for, and how do i make one and put it into my movie/ what ever im making.

3)what are some of the best programs to use with flash

4)how long does it take on average to become pretty good with flash.....stupid question but im just curious

if you could answer any of these questions i would be forever thankful......im not sure if those r hard to answer or its alot to answer but i thought i'd put all my questions into one big post..... .......well thanks and plz reply.....

Search Found Nothing.
I was looking at some of the questions that people are asking. One that tickled me was on how to make a background mc shrink or get larger to fit an image. I looked all over this website and can't find any example movies. How is this accomplished or where is a good fla to see how? Thanks.

Traget Not Found?
ok, I found this preloader script and changed it to my movies specs but when I publish it I get this "Target not found: Target="undefined" Base="_level0"" error. now I know "tellTarget" has been deprecated, can any body help me rewrite the script to AC2 specs?

loaded_txt.text = getBytesLoaded();
total_txt.text = getBytesTotal();
var loaded:Number= loaded_txt.text;
var total:Number= total_txt.text;
if (loaded == total) {
nextScene();
}
frame = Math.round(loaded/(total/100));
tellTarget (this.bar_mc) {
gotoAndStop(_root.frame);
}

thanks

Font Not Found
Had some work completed for me on an audio player.

The did it on a mac and used a Futura condensed font.

When I try and edit it it comes up with font not found.

I tried replacing it with a different font but it looks terrible.

How do I import futura condensed and where do I get it from.

Thanks for your help

Paul

No Cookie Found
I'm very happy to finally have found a shared object I can understand, but I still can't get it to work. I'm in MX 2004 Pro on a Mac. I have three scenes: "detect," "preloader" and "main." I've put the following code on the only frame in "detect." (I also tried deleting the detect scene, and putting the code on the first frame of "preloader.") But it doesn't skip like it should, and when I search for .sol on my computer, it doesn't show up. Any suggestions? Thanks!

code:

Now = new Date();

Today = Now.getDate() + "/" + Now.getMonth() + "/" + Now.getYear();

Cookie = sharedObject.getLocal("PentacleDate");

if(Cookie.data.Today == Today) {

this.gotoAndStop("main", "nav");

}else {

this.gotoAndPlay("preloader");

}

Cookie.data.Today = Today;

Cookie.flush();

How U Found Out? And How U Learnt?
i want to ask 2 questions and i want EVERYONE to answer if thats kool! just out of curiosity!!

1. How did you find out about actionscript

and

2. How did you learn actionscript (what methods)

thanks!

Target Not Found
hello

i am getting this error
Target not found: Target="null" Base="_level0._phy"

i dont why iam getting this error ..

i am getting this error when ever i export SWF from my flash project. ..
i used nothing more in it .. just some action scripts, symbols, movie clips,
instance,

please help me in this

waiting for a kind reply ...
thanks

Ankur Bhatnagar

Target Not Found
I made a "movie symbol" called "sound". Fisrt frame "stop" second frame there is a sound play

I put this sembol in the frame. And i want to sound play, when the action is completed as;

if...........

tellTarget ("/Sound") {
gotoAndStop ("2");
}

But when the action is completed it gives eror;

Target not found: Target="/Sound"

where is the mistake ??

Thank you for your help

Found Just The Right Movie Here At Fk....
but i cant open it, it says "unexpected format"...
i wanted to take a look at the code... but im using mx2004.
can anyone help me and post the code here? thank you!

heres the link: http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Scrip...9173/index.php