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Hey Everybody

I am trying to create a "Showroom" with AS3.
The start looked actually really promising. As You can see in the SWF in the zip, it's not tuned at all, but the functions that I wanted to implement so far worked.
Then I started to screw around with customEvents and the outcome was disastrous.
(don't have a swf for that unfortunately)

I attached my 4 classes I used (and the TweenLite Class by GreenSock) in the zip.
Hope you can rebuild it easily with that. I had nothing in the fla-library, just add the Showroom.as as Doc-Class.

Those parts don't work:
Automatic Realignment on resizing --> Products.as Line 46
Dispatch Event --> Product.as Lines 70-81
(Dispatching could work, but it's hard to check)

I have no idea if this is the right way to do something like that, therefore I would appreciate any help, thoughts, critics. Furthermore I am pretty new to OO and AS3, so if you have any suggestions how I can improve my code I'd appreciate any Input.

Thank you in advance
Carlo

KirupaForum > Flash > ActionScript 3.0
Posted on: 08-07-2008, 12:02 AM

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Hello there,

Has been a ling time since my last visit, I have being learning a lot since then and therefore I would like to share some of my work with you guy, also I have quick questions and I am wondering if someone can give me a hand here.

Basically, I am looking to create a Flash project but I would like it to go full screen as soon as I launch it. Well kind of though. What I am looking for to do is to run the projector as a full presentation with a black or white background, but I need to keep the actual Flash presentation in its original size. Am I making any sense.

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The RSS parser that was online was for YouTube, and it worked fine, but when I wanted to add multiple feeds to it, it just went to hell.

So I am having some problems, and hopefully some of you can help me with them.

This is my code thus far:

Main File: RSS

Code:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.SimpleButton;

import flash.text.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;

import flash.accessibility.Accessibility;

import ui.*;

public class RSS extends Sprite
{

private var _input_URL : String;
private var _GetFeed : GetFeed;
private var urlInput : TextField;
private var urlArray : Array = new Array();

public function RSS()
{

// Draw Submit Button
var simpleButton : SimpleButton = new SimpleButton();

var submitButtonUp : Shape = new Shape();
submitButtonUp.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFFFFFF, 1);
submitButtonUp.graphics.beginFill(0x000066, .5)
submitButtonUp.graphics.drawRoundRect(400, 50, 100, 15, 10);
submitButtonUp.graphics.endFill();

simpleButton.upState = submitButtonUp;

var submitButtonOver : Shape = new Shape();
submitButtonOver.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFFFFFF, 1);
submitButtonOver.graphics.beginFill(0x2222AA, .5)
submitButtonOver.graphics.drawRoundRect(400, 50, 100, 15, 10);
submitButtonOver.graphics.endFill();

simpleButton.overState = submitButtonOver;

var submitButtonDown : Shape = new Shape();
submitButtonDown.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFFFFFF, 1);
submitButtonDown.graphics.beginFill(0xAAAAFF, .5)
submitButtonDown.graphics.drawRoundRect(400, 50, 100, 15, 10);
submitButtonDown.graphics.endFill();

simpleButton.downState = submitButtonDown;
simpleButton.hitTestState = submitButtonUp;

simpleButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick)

addChild(simpleButton);

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urlInputLogo.x = 400;
urlInputLogo.y = 0;
urlInputLogo.width = 250;
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addChild(urlInputLogo);

// Text formatting
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urlInputStyle.font = "Verdana"
urlInputStyle.size = 6;
urlInputStyle.bold = true;
urlInputStyle.color = 0x0000AA;

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urlInput.width = 200;
urlInput.height = 13;
urlInput.defaultTextFormat = urlInputStyle;
urlInput.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onurlInput);
urlInput.text = "";

addChild(urlInput);

} // End RSS()

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{
// If Enter Key Is Pressed
if(e.keyCode == 13)
{
// Push the URL typed into the Array that holds the URLS
urlArray.push(urlInput.getLineText(0));

// Clear the text field to accept more data from user
urlInput.replaceText(0,512,"");

// TO DO:
// Display the typed in URLS on the side of the screen so that
// the user can check if they typed in the URL correctly before
// submitting it. Also provide a "Clear" button to erase all the URLS
}
}

private function onMouseClick(e:MouseEvent) : void
{
// Passing the Array of URLS to the GetFeed class
_GetFeed : new GetFeed(urlArray);
}

} // End Class
} // End Package
GetFeed Class File

Code:
package ui
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.*;

import ui.*;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.EventDispatcher;

// Create Class For XML
public class GetFeed extends EventDispatcher
{
// Variables
private var isProfile : Boolean;
private var isImages : Boolean;
private var isVideos : Boolean;

private var xmlLoader : URLLoader
private var xmlData : Array = new Array();
private var _url : String;

//
public function GetFeed(urlArray : Array)
{

// TO DO:
// Cycle Through Each URL Using the Array

xmlLoader = new URLLoader( new URLRequest(urlArray[0]));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onxmlLoaderComplete);

} // End GetFeed()

private function onxmlLoaderComplete(e:Event):void
{

for each(var i : XML in new XML(e.target.data))
{
// Store each XML data set in the xmlData array
xmlData.push(i);

removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onxmlLoaderComplete);
}

} // End onxmlLoaderComplete()

} // End Class

} // End Package
The questions are:
What is the best way to handle multiple RSS feeds, and am I on the right track?

I wish to create thumbnails for all the feeds, and grab the thumbnail information from each feed, yet different websites have different ways of labeling a "thumbnail". For example, YouTube uses: <media:thumbnail>, Stickam uses: <small> (for a small picture, the thumbnail is even smaller), Jaiku uses: <jaiku:user nick="JMowery" first_name="James" last_name="Mowery" avatar="http://jaiku.com/image/1/avatar_82301_t.jpg" url="http://JMowery.jaiku.com" />.

It's just madness.

Yet somehow applications like Bloglines and Google Reader have no trouble taking in all kinds of feeds.

So, how do I go about handling multiple feeds from XML files that are more than likely different?
How do I go about finding the thumbnails for every individual item even if they are not formatted the same.

I want to in the end store all the XML data in a single array, and then pass the XML data into another class
which is to create the thumbnails and gather the images and descriptions and such.

So anyone have any tips/advice/help or anything that can help as to how to manage multiple feeds.

I want to in the end create the application so that the user can type in any RSS feed into a text box, and then submit it,
then the application goes and grabs that data and has it all there for easy access, think of it like a social community portal,
where everyone can get their friends RSS feeds and news and images and media and all that all in one spot.

I also need to somehow store all the data the user types in to have it saved so that when the user comes back at a later time, they can have access to their friends. I will probably just create a way to input a user name and then when the person types in their user name it will load the data somehow.
Any advice on learning how to store data on a server, and retrieve data on a server would be a great help for the future.

So yeah, I appreciate any help.

EDIT: BTW, I am sorry if my code is messy or makes all of you experts out there want to cry at how pathetic it is, hehe, I'm extremely new to all of this and this is a serious project at which I'm motivated on completing.

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Anyways, on to business...

I've been meaning to get into Flash a long time ago since it seemed like the next logical step for me to move towards. It never really happened though and other than a 45-minute crash course into Flash, I've never used the program until 2 days ago for a current project I'm working on.

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First off, here is the project I've been working on:

http://www.spikedproductions.com/pj/flash/main_page.swf
http://www.spikedproductions.com/pj/...main_15_mx.fla

It's a somewhat converted HTML page into a Flash interface.

OK, first off, I have TONS of layers. I'm doing this to be safe, but I'd like to know if I've created just a horrid mess or if this is the way to go.

I have a general idea of the way the timeline works since I've done other timeline-ish work in the past. My major concern is that I'm doing this correctly. Sure I can get it to work, but I don't want to be picking up habits that are going to bite me the in ass later on.

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I'd like to make an exit button that closes the projector-Possible? If so, basic way to do it?

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Last thing-Right now it says Flash Projector at the top of the window-Can this be changed with some autoscript, and if so, how?

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2. How do you cut out a part of the song? For example: You want the long intro cut out, and the main chorus to play.

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5. I'm just curious, but is it possible to import another person's .swf file? I'm just wondering, because one guy said "The sound effects I used were ripped from someone else's flash file".

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I want to create shapes, such as triangles and squares, that are actually made up of small (maybe 5X5 pixel) squares which will make up a "pseudo" gradient mesh (to save on processor load). The end result is to create shapes that simulate light reflecting off a 3D shape and have that light source respond to the mouse cursor.

So imagine a red triangle with the light source being the mouse (or an mc), as the mouse moves, the small squares of different lightness move to simulate the reflection.

Perhaps there is an easier scripted way to do this, that kooky subQuark suggested this wording!

Any help would be appreciated.

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Im currently working on a really huge multimedia project for one of my compaines and Illustrator 10 is the program im using to for my images that need added into the project. Im having a hell of a time importing and getting ill 10 to work with flash MX any help would be great. The images are of excellant quality.
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you can email me here
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Is This Possible? - Project
Hey guys, whats happening? My teacher wants to know if i can help make a project in flash for the school website.

Project:

It is going to be a calendar that you can click on a date and it will go to that day and display periods 1 - 6. If the period is available to use the computer lab the word 'available' will be displayed and if its taken, the slot will display the username that reserved it. When u click on 'available' to reserve it, a login box pops up to input your user name and pw to reserve it(They already have the login box and code scripted). Then if the period is reserved the word 'cancel' is displayed next to it and if u click on that, again it prompts u for your username and pw and if entered correctly it will go back to 'available'. If your following me pleeeeeease let me know what i will need to expect to know, so i can study up and freshin myself on it. Thank you very much - Jeff

First Cd-rom Project
hi everybody!
I was wondering if there is any chance I could find a whole cd-rom template on the web..I actually found one in the movies section of FK...but couldn't get the password from the developper (site is offline)
I'm planning to work at a presentation cd-rom..just the "classic" stuff...interactive interface (nothing different from a website actually..if not the weight..), no software to deal with, lots of pics and music...maybe a few videos..
I wouldn't like to start from scratch...'cause I'm sure I'd find myself struggling an chokin' in problems I'm not ready to consider..and solve mostly...
thanks for your help...

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the program. I tried to use the "getUrl" action but when you click
the link which refers to the exe file, a window opens and
tells: "you are downloading the file: *.exe, would you like to open
the file or save it?"
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really big project. I'm making an anaglyph page, and I want to have a flash mx generator. Of course one that would make anaglyphs. But I would need lots of help. Can anyone help me with my long journey?

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OK, this is my first post. So be gentle.

Im not sure as yet what the best way to use this forum.

Basically Ive got a project idea. I have some basic knowledge of Flash, mainly in the timeline based animation. However Im gunna need pointing in the right direction on some of my ideas. So If I tell you guys, do you then post replies on what I should do?

Am I in the right section?

Is this the right way to go about things?

Cheers all

Anyone Looking For A Project?
I'm buying a company that may need a flash tour done in the next few months. I've done flash myself, and even created a tour similar to what I'd be looking for...but alas, I don't have the patience for this type of project.

Here's a link to the tour that I did a few years back...nothing spectacular, but it got the job done:

http://www.eznettools.net/ToolsTour/index.html

If any of you are interested, email me at jason@accelerabusiness.com

Note: I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this type of question...I hope so

Thanks,

Jason

My Project
this is what i plan to do.

please help all you can:

Will Include:
Web Browser – with Favourites
MSN Messenger Link
All the latest from my website from an external swf
Tetris
Links to http://forum.hobohaven.co.uk and others
News and weather feed for the UK
PLEASE HELP!

Grapes

Project Due Help
I have a movieclip with the following script:

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(8);
}

basically when you move your mouse over, an animation takes place and when you take mouse off, it goes back to the original button.
Now how do I make a movie clip goto another frame on button click ? I tried adding to this script, but then the button animation won't work until I actually click it, then it goes to the frame and button animation takes place.

Help With Project...
hi,
im fairly new to this site, and although iv been on and off flash for about 1 and a half years, im still not very good!
however iv got to the point with it where i can see the potential in it, and i want to learn more.
now, i recently learned on this board how to make a symbol move around the screen based on you pushing the arrow keys.
id like to use this concept and expand it a bit, so when the user moves the symbol [for example] to another symbol, that symbol plays a little movie clip.. is this possible? [im sure it is..some how!]
if it is, can anyone lend a hand with my sorting it out?
thanks alot for any help
Jonny

Help With A Project
Im looking at doing a project using a flat image of the world i want the user to be able to select a certian place and then be taken to the approiate place in the web site. Also becuase the people who will be updating the website arent very fimilar with flash i want to make it as easy as possible for them to add new places via a text file or some other means. Any suggestions would be greatly appericated. Does this sounds do able? basically i was thinking of breaking up the world image in to blocks and replaceing them with a hotspot where needed. When the movies loads it would read the text file which would have the corodinates of the selectable images, name of place and URL to be redirected to upon selecting and would load these into the movie. this way its only a simple change for the web people to add or remove places. I would really appericate any tips you might have.

Thanks

Brad

Help With Project
Hello:

My name is Christian, I live in West Hollywood CA.

I am working on creating a flash page to take some user information in and send it to a server. The data will be imported into another program, (called Calyx Point) so it will need to be formatted to properly correlate to the destination program.

I am looking for someone to help on the project. I am willing to pay for guidance and someone to check my work. The pay is negotiable.

I am fairly new to LoadVars et. al. And have done most of the initial work of setting up the static and input text boxes.

I am hoping to learn from this so if this sounds like something you would like to do please email me at ChristianLawrence@sbcglobal.net and hopefully we can talk more about it and i will send you what i have so far.

Thank You.
Christian

A-z Project
Ok, well im doing thi sthing and I gotta have a page for every letter of the alphabet..

a-z

yah so anyways, what I need to know how to do is
1) have a menu on every page of the flash, Slide i mean,
2) make clickable slides
3) make snapshots of videos that when clicked play,
4) incorporate sound,

hwo would I do this plkge, do you have example flas of this or somethign that you can get ni like two seconds and send me please, i just need a root to see how its done and i can build on from it. please and thanks you guys rock

PHP Or XML For This Project?
Hey all
ok im want to make a news bar kinda of thing in flash
what would be best to use?
XML or PHP, want i want to happen is the client inputs a value, that displays in the flash moive on there home page, but i want the user to be able to change the value from there site, so they dnt need flash or any thingy, so they can just enter news, i dnt know which is easyer
i have been looking around for php and making a php input box, which send to a varaible, then to the flash, movie but ahvnt found anything yet, and ive been lookin for a week, so now im looking at XML but have no idea about it XML
so what would be best for this project?
PHP, XML or a flash movie on a differnt page(like an admin page) that would change the value of the flash movie on the home page(if that is possible)

cheers in advance
softz

My First Project
Hi, I am looking for some advice on how to complete a project I am undertaking. I havent used Flash for a while and have never tried something on this level.

Here is an outline of how I am doing:
The project will be an interactive website that will allow people to customise and order furniture for their DJing equipment – turntables, records, amplifier, CD player etc – to be used in peoples’ homes.

Users will be able to create a (fully) customised item by adding their own measurements and requirements or they will be able to customise an existing design or alternatively just pick a standard design and customise the aesthetics of the item.

Features that will be customisable include:
- Number of turntables (if the user does not know the size they can select the make and model which will calculate the size needed) & type of mixer
- Height
- Optional brackets for CDJs
- Number of shelves (how much vinyl/CDs would the user like to store)
- Type of shelves (will they all be holding vinyl or will stereo equipment being stored)
- Concealment of wires/built in plug sockets
- Type of material used (ranging from low-cost (MDF) to high grade wood like mahogany etc)
- Insulation

Once the user has made their selections they will be given a quote and then the chance to readjust their product or place an order with the company. The interface will display outlines of their item as they make their selections as it is being ‘built’ and will then be rendered at the end for them to inspect.

Is this a big task?

There wont be any need for a secure connect as the data will just be emailed to the company.

It can be as simple as possible but the more features I can implement the better.

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

New Project
Hello everyone,

I am working on this new web site,this client has already an old web site and i decided to redo it.
I am still working on it and would like to know what do you guys think about it .

www.cocolicchio.com/elio/home1.html

Thanks for any suggestion.

Christian

Help With A Project
OK this might be hard to understand so I will try to explain it well, I want to make a kind of online multi player RPG Tool flash that has a few features. I want the flash to have the ability to have many users on at one time and be able to have a chat like window. I want a function that you can enter what kind of dice you want to roll and how many dice and it outputs the rolls in to the chat window. I would like the ability to upload a map image and have markers that you can move on a grid (like on an RPG Matt). If I can do all this with only using action script it would make me real happy but I believe it might need a bit of PHP. If you could point me in the right way I would be grateful.

Project
hi guys,

really need some help here.

could someone give me a quick brief as to how i should approach my project?

i am making a website where i use coldfusion as the server side language. in flash i need make a registration process, where users details are sent to a database and stored. i think i know how to send variables to the database. however, i also need a part which would require:

a) sending a list of variables from a database, using CF, into flash and
b) having the users select these a number of these variables as part of the registration process, and sending them back to the database with their other data.

any ideas of how to do this?

please let me know if i need to explain this better and i will.

Thankyou,

Felicity

Help With My Little Project
Hi, I havent used Flash for many moons and have to make a little Flash 'app'.

I'm not really sure how to go about it.

This is my 'storyboard' so to speak, in text outline:

Quote:

Screen 01:
- make selection: fat loss/increase lean mass/bulk [three options for user to choose from]

Screen 02:
- enter details: height/weight/age/sex [text box form for entery of data]

Screen 03:
- routines: suitable routines are displayed according to goals:
- beg: full body x 3
- int: 3 day split
- adv: 5 day split
- cv: HIIT/Solidstate/times
[text display of information - maybe with video or still images]

Screen 04:
- macro requirements are displayed accoring to stats pro/fat/carbsetc
[text display of information - maybe some graphics]

Screen 05:
- sample diets according to goals - bulk/maintain/cut
list of food groups: protein/carbs/fats
macro content of each food type per 100g
make printable
[text with formating that can be printed]

Screen 06:
- supplements:
nutritional: whey/carbs
fat-loss: ECA/Lipo/Clen
performance: CEE/Natural Test enh/etc
[text and images - maybe with links to websites]

Screen 07:
- steroids: PH/AAS/GH/PCT/Legality
[text and images - maybe with links to websites]

Screen 08:
- progress charts: 12 week charts/recording lifts/starting weights - make standard Excel sheet with formulas
[text with buttons to click to print out or open Excel files

That is my intial idea of the walkthough of the Flash file.

I wouldnt mind a cookie system or something so that when a user returns they can go back they wont have to reneter details.

It can be distributed via either CD-Rom or the web.

Anyone got any pointers as to whether this would be somehting a novice could complete in a couple of weeks? Its not a comercial product, just a personal peice?

Or useful tutorials reguarding navigation, printing excel files or cookes/user registration?

Many thanks.

Help With Project
I need help creating an effect, attached is the pdf file of what is suppose to happen. the picture frame is suppose to move across the screen. and when it moves over each person that picture comes into color, and zooms in. as you can see when switching pages in the pdf. this happens on its own, with a delay of about 5 seconds per person before moving over to the next one. but on mouse over i need the frame to snap to picture and effect to happen again. please help. I have all the photos and backgrounds created in photoshop. I am willing to pay for your time. thank you.

pdf is to big, if any interest please email nedbulmer@gmail.com