Flash :: Did You Know That Flash MX Can Only Load JPGs Of A Certain Type?

Setting MIME Type Of Jpgs On Server
I've got a flash site that loads jpgs on demand. I've been notified that the images dont load when viewed from AOL. I was then directed to Tech Note from Macromedia that says I need to change the MIME type of the jpgs to generic binary. Here is that article:

Flash TechNote

Any anyone help me with this? I'm not sure how I would change this. I checked the FAQ of the hosting company, and downloaded the mime.types file from the server, I'm just not sure what to do next. Any help is really appreciated. Thanks to all in advance.

Load Dynamically Jpgs Into Flash?
Hi,

does someone know how to load dynamically jpgs from a certain directory into flash and work with them and to alter certain properties such as alpha, brightness, etc.

Are you able to do this with Action-Scripting or something else. It just has to work locally not over Web....

Would be very grateful for any help.

Thx
Charly

Load Folder Of JPGs Into Flash
Hi all,

Does anyone know if it is possible to load a folder of JPGs into Flash? I have an online graffiti board application (see www.aegreen.co.uk/telematics) and would like to display the images created on an "online whiteboard" as it were but this would involve reading the folder the JPGs are stored in and loading them all in. Anyone know?

Thanks!

Flash Player 6 Won't Load JPGs W/ AOL 9.0
Last edited by PEDALSPEED : 2003-11-05 at 12:17.

One of our other developers had a problem with users on dial-up AOL.

Article:

When developing the website, one of the major issues was compatibility. The client wanted to be able to reach as many people as possible. This meant it had to work in all major browsers on both PC and Mac platforms. One of the biggest problems we had with this was JPEG loading. Over slower connections AOL will convert the JPG format into the more compressed ART file format for faster download speeds. This is a problem for Macromedia Flash Player because it cannot load the ART file format. The only fix for this problem was to change the file extension of the JPG to something else (such as FPG). This tricks AOL and the FPG file is not compressed. Macromedia Flash MX can still read the FPG as a JPG and the player can import the image.

:::SOURCE
::TECHNOTE

This is a new issue and the technote is new, so I thought it was worth posting.

Looking For A Script To Load Jpgs Into A Flash Movie....
Hello,

I need to load jpgs into a flash movie by clicking a next/prev button. The catch is that there might be as many as 200 pictures, so I would like to find the most efficient way of doing this.

thanks in advance for your help.

Load External .JPGs Into Flash Movie
I have recently completed working on a Flash MX 2004 file that displays a panoramic photo that can manipulated using interactive controls (plays forward, reverse, zoom in/out, etc.). However, the .jpg image was imported into the Flash file. I would like to be able to load the graphic externally (using actionscript?) to be able to change it with another .jpg of the same size/dimension without opening the .fla. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Is There Any Reason Why I Can Only Load Jpgs In The Flash XML Photogallery?
I was wondering if anyone knew how to load gifs in the photo gallery instead of just jpegs. You can get the code at http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...otogallery.htm

Thanks

Center Of Jpgs Shift As They Load In Flash Slide Show ?
Take a look at this slide show

Watch the center of the third image that loads, it also happens with a couple of others in this swf.

I've seen this now in several slide show type swfs I've created. Anyone have an idea what causes this and if there is a way to avoid it ?

Everytime I Load External SWF, ESWF Won't Load Jpgs And Txt
The external swf loads its jpgs and text perfectly fine by itself, but when I load it within my main movie the external swf doeasn't load the Jpegs and the vars in the Txt file. Why?

Zago...

INSANE: Photoshop "taints" Jpgs So Flash Won't Load Them
I've never had any trouble loading jpegs remotely into Flash, but on my station here, Flash now won't load any jpeg saved by Photoshop. I've tested this in Flash Player 6 & 7 (standalone and plugin). This problem started today.

If I modify and/or save the jpeg with another app, it "washes" the Photoshop taint off and Flash will load it again.

Anyone else had this trouble? I'm using PS6, if that makes any difference.

Fancy Box Type Moving Graphic Type Cool Efect But Im To Dumb Type Thingy
i am tring to make a box thinky simaler to the one on www.starvingeyes.com but cant even work out how to start it. is there anyone who can point me in the right direction or to a tutorial ?

the box has a graphic inside a grided box the sections of the graphic fade in and out as the mouse goes over them and displays random sections when the user is not moving the mouse over the box

i did find java tutorials for this effect but would much preffer it to come from flash as java is a bugger to get working on some machines

Any way thanks in advance for any help

Steven Green one_mad_punk@yahoo.co.uk

Load Jpgs
I have a folder of 10 images that I want to load into flash randomly. It will load three random ones and play a slideshow of only those three. My problem is preloading them all at the begining; so the person would see a preloader, which loads the jpgs, and once it's done loading ALL of them, it will play through them. The pictures need to be modified easily, so I don't want to put them in swf files. How would I go about doing the preloader for the jpgs?

Pre Load Jpgs?
I have preloaded .swf files before by loading them in a lower level then my main movie. Example: Main Movie level_100, Picture 1 level_20, Picture 2 level_21 etc. Then when the main movie calls on say Picture 2 it is already loaded. I was wondering if it is possible to do the same thing with jpgs or should I convert them to swf files. The reason for asking is because I'm creating a slide show and I would like to be able to change the photos just by uploading new jpgs. It would be a pain to have to export swf files every time I wanted to change the show. There are 56 images....

Thank you, D

Load Jpgs
why doesn't flash load jpg images from the outside?why do i have to convert them to swf? i need them to be jpgs in a folder so that the user can change them without using flah or anything...

Load Swf And Jpgs..?
this might be a repeated question but i need to open this swf and jpeg from a button but this are external files. i need to put images and swfs in same folder, and then what code to the buttons? I´m using flash 2004 so...help please

Peace

Can't Load External Jpgs
Afternoon All

I have created a website using Flash MX, I have uploaded the site and finally tested it to make sure everything works which it seems to with the exception of one thing. http://www.golfinger.co.uk
I'm trying to load some external jpg images into my Flash website and have them displayed on the screen as and when the user requests them.

I basically used the Load_images.fla that was supplied by Macromedia with Flash in the samples, the images load okay when they are on my PC however once they are loaded onto my web space they seem to not load up. I have installed the latest Flash Active X component but that hasn't help either.

The Action Script I'm using is. It's the "LoadMovie" command near the bottom that should display my images.

// initialize variables and properties
square._alpha = 0;
whichPic = 1;
// initiate change to new image when buttons are clicked
next.onPress = function() {
if (whichPic<21 && !fadeIn && !fadeOut) {
fadeOut = true;
whichpic++;
input = whichPic;
}
};
back.onPress = function() {
if (whichPic>1 && !fadeIn && !fadeOut) {
fadeOut = true;
whichpic--;
input = whichPic;
}
};
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
// when a new Photo is selected, fade out, load new image, and fade in
if (square._alpha>10 && fadeOut) {
square._alpha -= 10;
}
if (square._alpha<10) {
loadMovie("../html/Images/My Golf/IMAGE"+whichPic+".jpg", "square");
fadeOut = false;
fadeIn = true;
}
if (square._alpha<100 && fadeIn && !fadeOut) {
square._alpha += 10;
} else {
fadeIn = false;
}
};

Can anyone see anything wrong here that might be causing this problem? Or has anyone else come across any similar kind of problem and found a cure for it?

If anyone can help that would be much appreciated.

470 Jpgs How To Load Them Into A Scrollpane?
I have 470 jpgs named 1.jpg to 470.jpg in a folder how can i put them all in a scrollpane? This is to work offline so that i can print the jpgs in the scrollpane. I have tryed to make a matrix for loop! to position blank mcs in the scrollpane then use a loadMovie command to load at least one of the jpgs in. But it didnt work i could get it to load the jpg into a first mc and also when i dipplicated the mcs to make the holder mcs the scrollpane did not expand to handle the amount of holder mcs duplicates.

I realize that you don't have 470 picture but you could exp with just one.
The here is that fla i have done so far.

Can A Txt File Load Jpgs?
I have asked this in an odd way before basically I want my text file to have a list of locations of jpgs and I want the information to be read into flash and then the jpg loaded from the txt file so all I have to do to change the pictures is change the txt file. Is this possible and if so anyone have a clue on the code? I have some ideas commited to my fla file and nothing seems to want to work!
ESE51

Load Jpgs Catch All
I have a movie with a preloader. There are 5 empty movieclips that pull jpgs in using loadMovie. I have the loadMovie declarations on frame 1 (and the preloader code looping between frames 2 and 3). The preloader code doesn't take into account the jpgs though. Is there anyway to get the preloader code to recognize the jpegs being loaded and add them to the getBytesLoaded/getBytesTotal coding? I would like to figure out a way to do it without needing seperate preloaders for each jpeg.

Dynamically Load Jpgs In MC ?
is there a way jpgs can be dynamically loaded into a graphic symbol inside a movie clip without an event handler?

can the jpgs be put in an external folder where they can occasionally just be swapped out in the folder and it will be automatically updated in the .fla movie?

thanks! any help appreciated...

Load Jpgs From An Array...
So I'd like to be able to load jpgs dynamically and have all the names of the jpgs in an array. Also I'd like to just have simple next/previous buttons.

That way when I need to add a new jpg all I have to do is add it to the end of the array. I'm sure this is a simple question but I can seem to find a tutorial or forum that covers all these issues at the same time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
johnzzz...

How To: Load Dynamically Jpgs
i've been constructing a site that will have roughly 250 images. A friend of flash told me that i should load them dynamically. I have no idea what this means or how to do it. I've been learning from books, but i can't get any helpful information in this regard. can someone direct me to a tutorial that specifically deals with jpgs? or tell me how i can move forward?

much thanks in advance.
A

CD Presentation Load Jpgs
I am having a problem loading jpgs for my CD presentation.

Problem is:
transitions when loading swf files into movie clips.
The first frame of the 2.swf being called into my main movie 1.swf is loading 4 jpgs and it tends to lag and not have smooth transitions.

I was wondering if there is a way to pre load all my jpgs on the main movie 1.swf so when I load the 2.swf into a movie clip the jpgs will already be in memory and my transitions will be smooth.

Swf CAN Load Progressive Jpgs
ive just tried to load a progressive jpg - with a swf compiled as player 7, AS2 - from a local, trusted (security allowed) domain using the MovieClipLoader class and running in flash player 9...

.....and it loaded!

like, a progressive jpg?!?!? that's not supposed to happen, right?

Need To Load External Jpgs At Once
I am using loadMovie to load all my external jpgs at once. On start I have thumbnails which animates, and using loadMovie load jpgs into that thumbnails. Offline it works fine, but online it only loads few jpgs first with animation and rest loads without animation just blink and loads. can you help me out for this.
this is my sample page link:
http://suewong.yourdemowebsite.com/editorial.htm

Edited: 10/07/2007 at 11:52:55 PM by bhavesh_int

Stop Load? Jpgs
this might be more of a browser or bandwidth question, but i figure i might get some interesting insights.
i created a site where these giant jpgs load into the background an slide around about 200k. the problem is that you can just keep on clicking on the links and it keeps on trying to load in the old jpgs, not visibly but into the cache, this totally slows down the download speed. not really a problem for a good strong connection, but i like to think of the little guys from time to time.
i've thought about disabling the ability to click on the next link until the image is loaded but that's not very friendly.
any suggestions?

Jpgs Load, Gif's Dont., Any Reason?
Hi
I have a dynamic portfolio on my site and the gifs are not loading yet the jpgs do is there any reason for this?
the same AS is being used just the files being loaded are different.
any sugestions?
Thanks in advance

Dynamically Load A Series Of Jpgs
Here's the problem, I'm trying to make a photo gallery of sorts for my digital pictures to send to relatives. I have a series of images IMG_001, IMG_002, IMG_003, etc... What actionscript can I put on VCR style buttons that will load the next Jpg?
For example
on (release){
emptyMC.loadMovie("IMG_00[n].jpg");
}

MovieClip Load Jpgs Dynamically
hey everybody,
i´m trying to load an external jpg to be displayed as a thumb dynamically into a movie clip.
that works with no problem.
the thumb then shall be clicked -
a bigger jpg is loaded into another movie clip. no problem either.
i´d like to make sure the movie clip loading the thumb is invisible until the external jpg has loaded.
there´s my problem.
does anybody know?

thanks,
moe

Jpgs Taking Ages To Load In
yo flash people

i have a movie at
http://www.griffen.com.au
and it loads jpgs in dynamically.
they are (on average) 95KB in size.

they are loading in really slow!

is there any way i can speed stuff up?

I am using code that loads them into empty MCs which dictates a specific size for the MCs.

Cheers!!

Load Multiple Jpgs With The Same Preloader
hell flash kit community goodness
i am preparing a website with a main swf file
and several jps that will load into this main file
i have created a percent bar loader movie clip
inside the main file and i wish to use
this movie clip to show the progress
when i load the varying images into the main file
i have created the loader movie clip
and have buttons and everything for each image
is this possible, im sure it is
and could someone send me some code
or direct me to a website which will help me
godspeed
bryan taylor robinson

Load External JPGs One At A Time.
I have 9 movie clips on the stage each one named "image1" - "image9" I am loading external jpgs into each one of these movie clips. The jpgs are named in a similar fashion, "1.jpg" - "2.jpg", etc...

I am trying to figure out how I can load each image in one at a time. Load in "image1" first. Once that is complete move onto "image2" then 3, 4, etc...

I could easily make a bunch of if statements start the progress of a new image. But I am trying to create some sort of funciton that wraps it all together.

Anyone have any suggestions on the best/efficient way to do this?

Thanks!

How To Load To MyLoader External Jpgs...but
The purpose is to have a slideshow, of pictures. So when page loads have it:
1) load first external jpg. than transition to the next external jpg.
2) ramdomly change the order of external jpgs to the slideshow, so everytime page loads it starts with a different external jpg. and tansition to the next jpg. and so on in a loop.
3) have a 3 second of jpg before it transition to the next.

How in the world can I acomplish that, in Actions Script 2.0, in Flash 8.

Thanks

Method To Load String Of .jpgs?
I'm not sure which method I need to be using to do what I want.

What I'm doing is setting up a photo gallery, I have all my thumbnails saved to a folder with names of thumb01.jpg to thumb21.jpg and all my large photos (what the user sees after they click on the thumbnail) in a separate folder and named large01.jpg to large21.jpg.

I've been reading about arrays, vars, lists ect and I'm not sure which is the best (easiest to understand, and change later) way to accomplish loading the thumbnails on the stage and then the large photo once the thumbnail is clicked.

If someone can advise which method would be the best and someplace I can get information about putting the code together I would appreciate it.

Help Me Load Ext. JPGS W/Calendar Comp. Plz.
Hello,
I'm trying to create a site that loads external JPGs that are chosen by date using the Date Chooser Component. I've looked around at some forum entries and tutorials and hijacked some code, but still haven't been fully successful. I think i've got it creating the date sucessfully, but it isn't loading the JPGs right, or at all. Here's a zip of the source and a couple JPGs (2005-1-4 thru 2005-1-10).

SWF HYPERLINK: www.peterdahlen.com/misc/loadingjpgswithcalendar.swf
ZIP DOWNLOAD FILE: loadingJPGsWithCalendar.zip

Any help would be most graciously accepted. Thanks.

Load Jpgs In List Component
I'm new here - just trying to teach myself how to create a video playlist with descriptions and thumbnails. I have the videoplayer set up and running ok. I used the List component to create a playlist down the side of the player. I can display the descriptions of the video by loading them into the list component with xml but cannot figure out how to pull a jpg into the list along with the description. Is this possible? Any help would b greatly appreciated!

SB

HELP With Scrolling Buttons That Load .jpgs In MC
If you visit this site http://www.latroupemusica.com.ar/ and once you are in go to "Conciertos" you'll see a list of dates, everytime you roll over one of them an image is shown. As I'm running out of space I have to place those buttons (the dates) inside a scroll. I've been trying to do that but, once the buttons are inside a scroller as a MC, they just don't work. It seems the action of the buttons is on different place than the Container MC, but I dont know how to relate them. How can I do it?????

Load JPGs Doesn't Work With Variable
I'm not sure if it's the Flash player, but I've got a problem loading JPGs in the player for Mac and for Netscape. It works as should in Internet Explorer.

this.loadMovie("http://www.z-bra.com/filesBoekjes/animaux_color/cover.jpg");

works perfectly

this.loadMovie("http://www.z-bra.com/filesBoekjes/"+naam+"/cover.jpg");

doesn't work at all, even though Flash has the variable naam, I've checked..

Anyone know what to do? Getting a bit desperate.. Client is on Mac, can't see anything I've done on the site..

Thanks

Load All .jpgs From Directory In 2 Columns X 10 Rows
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I'm just needing to dynamically loading .jpgs from a specific directory on the main timeline in X number of columns and rows?

Thanks,
fitchic77

Firefox And Safari Won't Load External JPGs
PLEASE HELP ME!!!

BACKGROUND: My SWF loads external JPGs that are located in an "images" subfolder. My SWF loads the external images properly when viewed in IE.

PROBLEM: BUT, the images fail to load when viewed in Firefox and Safari . I ran a test and found that Firefox and Safari are failing to load external images when the images are in a subfolder. The external images WILL, however, load properly if they are in the same folder as the SWF.

PROJECT:
http://mcneillyconsulting.viewwork.c...sellfolio.html

Can anyone indicate what I can do to get Firefox and Safari to load external images that are in a subfolder?

Help - Dynamically Load JPGs With Button Actions
Hi – I hope you can help me out with this.

I need help with how to dynamically load in numerous .JPGs to a movie clip (Flash MX).

Additionally, once the .JPG are dynamically loaded in, I need to be able to assign a button actions to some of them.

I’ve posted a link to the .SWF file and the .FLA file so that you can see how this function behaves and what I’m hoping to do.

[cs3] Loadmovie Behavior To Load External Jpgs
Hi I am trying to use the loadmovie behavior to load external jpg images into a movie container when clicking on a thumnail image.

However for some reason i just cannot get the image to load when clicking on the thumbnails.

Im assuming i am doing something incredibly wrong but i just not sure what.

Ive also tried many ways to get the slideshow to work using the already loaded images but to no avail.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[CS3] Load External Jpgs Into Movie Clip
I am putting together a flash web page that has a gallery page that has some thumbnail images on it.

I want users to be able to click on the thumbnail images so a higher res external image loads for each thumnail clicked.

The thumbnails are within a MovieClip and i am trying to script so that when clicked they load the external jpg into a seperate MovieClip which is on the main stage (this was done so that hi res gallery images are on top of everything when loaded.) I then want when the user clicks on the hi res image for it to close making the thumbnails visible again. (not sure how to do this)

Here is my attempt so far that isn't working :

PHP Code:

//// the thumbnail image movie is called BD01
//// The movie i am trying to load external jpg into is bq_img_s

BD01.onRelease = function() {
    infoField._visible = true;
    startLoading("picture1.jpg");
};
BD02.onRelease = function() {
    infoField._visible = true;
    startLoading("picture2.jpg");
};
function startLoading(whichImage) {
    loadMovie(whichImage, "bq_img_s");
}

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Chris

Button To Load And Unload External Jpgs
Hello.
Im new here, and not very familiar with AS3, so I'm sorry if I seem like a noob.

what I need to happen is fairly simple:
I've got a homepage where the user must be able to click through a gallery of ekstern images, simply by clicking a "next" or a "back" button.

There must be a way to use the same button to load an image, unload and load the next image when clicked again and so forth.
Whenever the last image is reached and the button is clicked again it must loop back to the first image.

I imagine that some sort of if/then actionscript would be able to handle this, but I just don't know enough about AS3.

Here's how I loaded images in an earlier version:

Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 100);
this.holder._x = Stage.width / 2;
this.holder._y = (Stage.height / 2) -10;

this.holder.loadMovie("http://runeryberg.com/images/previews/PreviewBord_04.jpg");

this.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
if (this.holder._width > 0)
{
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this.holder._x -= this.holder._width / 2;
this.holder._y -= this.holder._height / 2;
}
}

stop();

Here's what I've come up with so far, for my newer version:

Code:
stop();

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

back_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
reel_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
news_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
contact_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
shop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
links_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn_click);
function btn_click(event:MouseEvent):void {
if(event.currentTarget == back_btn) {
var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
my_loader.load(new URLRequest("image_25.jpg"));
addChild(my_loader);
} else if(event.currentTarget == reel_btn) {
gotoAndStop("reel");
} else if(event.currentTarget == news_btn) {
gotoAndStop("news");
} else if(event.currentTarget == contact_btn) {
gotoAndPlay("cv");
} else if(event.currentTarget == shop_btn) {
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.runeryberg.com/shop/");
navigateToURL(request);
} else if(event.currentTarget == links_btn) {
gotoAndPlay("links");
} else if(event.currentTarget == next_btn) {
var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
my_loader.load(new URLRequest("image_01.jpg"));
addChild(my_loader);
}
}

Can You Make Browser Load SWF First, Then The JPGs In The HTML?
I have a flash nav that is rather large in file size. The problem I'm encountering is that the rest of the page loads before the SWF. I want to avoid this because the nav sits in the SWF, therefore if/when the browser get's hung up on one of the page's other static images, the user has to wait to get anywhere!

Anybody know of a workaround to be sure the SWF is the first thing to load?

Looping To Load Jpgs From A Folder On Frame1
hi i have 5 jpgs in a img folder (001.jpg, 002.jpg, and so on).
i am trying to load them sequentially on my frame1 and when it reach to the last frame it will load the next jpg.
what's the easiest way of getting this done? pls help.

Attach Code

this is what I have so far but it's not working properly.

total = 5;
i ++;

if (i > total) { i = 0; }
img_holder.loadClip("img/00"+i+".jpg");

Using Buttons To Load External Swfs/jpgs?
Hi All-

While I've found many solutions that make perfect sense to me in AS2, I just can't seem to make this work in AS3 and I would really, really appreciate any help as I'm completely stuck. I have nine buttons on my left hand navigation in my main .fla file. As these nine buttons will be linking to rather large images, I'd like to load these images externally on mouse click of the buttons.

However, I cannot for the life of me figure out a code that works without using a UI loader component, which I'm trying to avoid as the UI loader causes my preloader to malfunction (my preloader will not appear until 15% of the movie is already loaded, a good 7 second wait while the screen is blank). *I've tried deselecting the "export in first frame" option for the UI loader, which didn't help the issue at all.*

I don't know if I should have this set up with the buttons linking to their own keyframes, each with code to play their respective external swf, or if there is a way to make some type of container that the swfs could appear in via mouse click.

Also, I need the swfs to show up in a specific space (not just anywhere on screen). The UI loader component would be perfect if it didn't mess with my preloader...

Thanks for reading!!

Dynamically Creating MCs To Load External JPGs Into
Hi,

I'm trying to create a slideshow that loads pics (jpg) from an external folder ("pics/") into dynamically created MCs.

What I want is for the script to detect how many pics are in the folder (for future changes), create as many instances of the MC, and load the pics into each one. The MCs will need to take the W and H of the pics, and line up next to each other. This last part is not as important, I'm just wondering how to determine the number of pics in the folder. Do I need XML or will AS 1.0 or 2.0 do this?

Thanks!
mira