Flash :: Flash MX Capabilities

Flash's Capabilities.
Hi.
I've got an issue i've posted a couple of times, but not really getting anywhere.

Using flash as well as some cd burning software i'd like to do the following:

Burn 3 files onto cd.
install.exe file to install the others. -> the installation would consist of moving a vars.fla and game.exe file to a new location. c:/programfiles/flashgame for example. aswell as creating a shortcut to the game.exe file in the start menu.
The game file would access the vars.fla file for saving/retrieving information.

Is this possible with flash? and how would i go about doing it?

Flash Capabilities
I was wondering if there was any way flash is capable of doing webcam, picture in picture application?

Thanks,

Albert

Flash CS3 3D Capabilities
Are the 3D capabilities of AS3 and Flash CS3 Pro better than the last versions? I am making a 3D engine in Flash MX 2004 but I am experiencing a few problems with lighting and rendering and surface distinction

Edited: 09/21/2007 at 03:19:01 PM by thunder_storm

Question About Flash Capabilities
I'm trying to architect a Flash-based training component for a large ASP web application.

I want to run the main application in its browser window as it would normally. I want the flash player to run in a child window and respond to specific actions taken in the main browser window.

Is this possible without a round-trip to the server? Is it possible with a round-trip to the server?

I'd be grateful for any insights.

Flash Capabilities Question?
I apologize if this is off-topic for this forum.

I'm an experienced Flash user but new to this forum. I'm looking for ideas on how to accomplish the following:

I'm building a site for an athletic team uniform manufacturer. They want to allow visitors to their site the ability to design their own uniform. That's the easy part.

They also want visitors to be able to add team names to their uniform designs. Simple, straight text is not a problem, but they want to be able to warp the text into available shapes (like a vertical arch or bridged arch). I'm just at a loss as to how to do this.

They have another site previously built in SVG, which has some built-in support for warping text, but the quality isn't very high and not many users have the Adobe SVG viewer, and I'd like to steer them away from that.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Sherm

Flash X Text Capabilities
Does the newest version of Flash have better text handling capab.? (leading, etc.) I'm currently using Flash 5.

Limits And Capabilities Of Flash?
I have used Flash to create individual graphics but never a whole site.

It seems quite popular and, as more people have Flash support as standard, more relevant.

Having said that, what are it's limits?

1 - Can it handle detail submission forms?

2 - Can you build a forum in flash?

3 - Could it handle a catalogue and shopping cart / purchasing features?

4 - If not, would you use Dreamweaver to author just as much as was necessary and then continue with your Flash or is there a better solution?

5 - How would you upload a Flash site, as I was always under the impression a site's pages had to have .htm(l) as suffixes.

So there we are.

I suspect I know the answers to some, but I would like to see the ideas of other users, as there must be several different perspectives.

Thanks!

Questions About Flash Capabilities
Hi,
I have a few questions about Flash's capabilities.

Does Flash progamming's script, Actionscript allow me to create multiple objects, make them invisible, and/or overlap them. For example, could I make three different animal flash objects. The animals would be invisible but are on top of each other, meaning in the same location of the website. I would then make a flash button object with animal's icons. Would I be able to program it so that if I click on a particiular animail icon, the icon would then activate through actionscript, making the animal flash object visible to the users?

Also, if Flash is capable of this code, would I need to somehow link Flash with Php/MySql in order for the code to execute?

Another thing I don't understand is why Actionscript needs a backend in order to be a functional application. For example, when we are scripting codes with Actionscript, it is functional right? So why do we need to implement a backend server like php/mysql in order to create web applications? Or is the php/mysql more like a memory card that and Flash is like a video game, whereas php/mysql saves the actions/codes that Flash does? Now I know that php.mysql is by itself a strong programming tool, and that they are not just a "memory card", but could they also be used for this purpose?

My last question is more in dept relating to Flash applications. If I want to create a Flash shopping cart for my e-commerce site, I would have to implement it with a backend server like Php/MySql right? There are many books out on how to implement Flash with Php/MySql, but I was wondering if I have to understand the mechanics for making a shopping cart for both Flash and Php/MySql? For example, if I decided to make the Flash Cart using actionscripts, when I follow the tutories from the books, am I simply going to just have to code a few lines in order for actionscript to go through Php/MySql or will I have to translate every important Actionscript function/codes to Php in order to access the MySql server?

-Fla5

Flash Screenshot Capabilities?
Does Flash have provisions to take a screenshot of itself and export it to a file on a server? For instance if a client creates something within a SWF and I need to be able to see the creation at a later time. Exported as a JPG or some other bitmap format.

Thanks.

Your Advice On Flash Capabilities
Before investing heavily in money and time, I would like to have some advice. Here is what I would like to do. I would like to create a "slide show" that can be controlled by the user. Each "slide" would have moving elements such as animated backgrounds, animated text and video clips. Say the application had 20 "slides". Could this flash be downloaded from a server to several users? Could the flash application be burned onto a DVD or CD so that it is playable and controlable in a standard DV player (not a computer.) I don't want to know how to do it, I just want to know if it is possible. Thanks for your comments and advice in advance.

Flash MX Search Capabilities
Okay,

I'm not sure if you can do this, but I'm working on a 100% Flash site and I need to have a search field that users can type in and quickly jump to the page (swf file) they want.

I know how to do this with HTML, but is it possible to apply this to multiple movies? (I basically load different swfs onto a level... these act as the pages)

Any help would be much appreicated.

Thanks

Flash Capabilities Question
First, I have only seen/used other's flash projects, so I don't have any developer-end experience, just a hodge-podge of user experience.  Please bear with me if my questions seem to asinine.

Does Flash have the capability:

1)  To export a datafile to a HD/portable drive or to an FTP site?

2)  For auto-deleting intself (.swf) when a certain trigger has been reached (such as a time limit and/or answer completion)?

Thank you!

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Flash's Maximum Capabilities
Hi,

I want to know specifically can flash generate dynamic pages grabbing data from databases to build it different scenes?

Also, what is Generator?

thanks.

Very Advanced Drawing Capabilities - Can Flash Do This?
Hello all. I have a potential project that I think would stretch Flash to it's limits, and I want to bounce off the basic requirements to see what you guys think. I've done quite a bit with Flash over the years, but am a designer and not a programmer, and while I've delved into the actionscript/xml/etc world to some degree it's not my forte.

Basically, we would be developing a medical imagining simulation program. Clinical ultrasound images would be brought into the program, and then the user would have the ability to "draw" on these images to perform accurate measurements of the various physiological features. We actually did this program years ago in Director and used a lot of custom programming and math to get it to work, but now the desire is to redo this in a more web friendly way (hence the Flash idea).

The technical things this program would need to do are as follows:

-Free form drawing capability of irregular freehand shapes and lines on a background image.

-Line/circle consist of one or more lines with begin and end points (x,y,x2,y2)

-All coordinates must be stored into an array for storage in a database.

-‘Playback’ feature allows previously drawn line/circle to be redrawn over image

-Other user interface features include erasing mistakes during drawing, creating, deleting drawings, rename

-Array of data for a given drawing to be passed from Flash to .net & SQL server

-Use of math features (Pi, etc) to calculate area (volume) of drawn circle – pixel-to-millimeter conversion must be accomplished first to do this.

-Ability to have a drawn circle/line be played back on the screen, overlayed on top of a separate user-drawn circle/line for comparison of previously recorded line/circle with what has just been drawn.

I'm honestly not sure that Flash can handle this. There seems to be some very knowledgable people in these areas on here. What are your thoughts? Thanks!

Flash Projector Launching Capabilities...
Ok, so I have 4 seperate projects made in director that have their own projector exes. This is a demo disc that will let people be able to choose the project they want to view via a menu that I am making in flash.

I want to know if it is possible when I put in the cd with the projects and menu, that the menu pops up and the person can select whichever of the 4 projects they want to view, and when they click it, the button launches the director executeable?

If so, what is the actionscript i put on the button for that to work.

Thanks.

Capabilities Of Flash Video, Perhaps With Cue Points
Hi,

I am wondering if there is any way perhaps with cue points or something similar to have, say mainvideo.swf, at a certain time during playback cause flashingbutton.swf to play, at a specific time, in a different location on the page.

It seems cue points can load external videos and play them at certain times, but is this limited only to the area and contents of the original video, or can a video with cue points trigger separate flash videos to play in different locations on the page at specific times ?

Basically, I want to have a button flash at a specific time during playback of mainvideo.swf without having to include it in the same flash, placing it in a different place on the screen than mainvideo.swf

Thanks

Very Advanced Drawing Capabilities - Can Flash Do This?
Hello all. I've been a lurker on here for a while and have been impressed with the level of knowledge and general helpful attitude. I have a potential project that I think would stretch Flash to it's limits, and I want to bounce off the basic requirements to see what you guys think. I've done quite a bit with Flash over the years, but am a designer and not a programmer, and while I've delved into the actionscript/xml/etc world to some degree it's not my forte.

Basically, we would be developing a medical imagining simulation program. Clinical ultrasound images would be brought into the program, and then the user would have the ability to "draw" on these images to perform accurate measurements of the various physiological features. We actually did this program years ago in Director and used a lot of custom programming and math to get it to work, but now the desire is to redo this in a more web friendly way (hence the Flash idea).

The technical things this program would need to do are as follows:

-Free form drawing capability of irregular freehand shapes and lines on a background image.

-Line/circle consist of one or more lines with begin and end points (x,y,x2,y2)

-All coordinates must be stored into an array for storage in a database.

-‘Playback’ feature allows previously drawn line/circle to be redrawn over image

-Other user interface features include erasing mistakes during drawing, creating, deleting drawings, rename

-Array of data for a given drawing to be passed from Flash to .net & SQL server

-Use of math features (Pi, etc) to calculate area (volume) of drawn circle – pixel-to-millimeter conversion must be accomplished first to do this.

-Ability to have a drawn circle/line be played back on the screen, overlayed on top of a separate user-drawn circle/line for comparison of previously recorded line/circle with what has just been drawn.

I'm honestly not sure that Flash can handle this. There seems to be some very knowledgable people in these areas on here. What are your thoughts? Thanks!

Flash With Screen Capture Capabilities
Hello,
I am in search of a software that can be used to capture screens for demo purposes. Right now I use Camtasia Studios which can do the job but there is no way of reducing the file size. I want to be able to use a flash based software that can do the trick, any body have an idea of what I'm looking for?

Urgent: Need An Honest Opinion Regarding Flash Capabilities
I need to know if flash is capable of rendering graphics 'on-the-fly' using mathematical formulas.

I have an existing project that plays animated movie clips of a bar chart depending on what the user selects from two drop down menus. So, for the most part this concept is purely static and plays predefined movie clips. However, now a second version has been discussed using mathematical formulas that will dynamically control the animation of the barchart.

Is this Possible? I don't want to waste my time chasing my tail.

Thanks.

Questions About Flash Capabilities From A Frustrated Java Applet Developer
Hello everyone,

I'm pretty new to Flash. I've tinkered around with animations and such in Flash 5 a while back but didn't get too in-depth with the program.

I'm here today to find out exactly how robust Flash is and if it's possible to create something in Flash that is comparable to what is possible with a Java applet.

What I'm trying to do in Java right now is create an IRC chat client that integrates web cams (either peer-to-peer or serving video to multiple people). I've noticed in newer versions of Flash that when you right-click on a Flash presentation, you have access to properties. One of which is to whether to grant Flash access to your webcam and microphone.

This got me thinking that perhaps Flash can do more than make amusing animations and "flashy" website navigations

I'm frustrated with Java and the version inconsistencies, massive virtual machine download size for users on 56K and it's general poor performance and buggy nature.

So what I want to know is is this possible?
What do I need?
Is there a specific version of Flash that can help me accomplish this?
What ever happened to Shockwave? Were Shockwave and Flash merged into one product at one point?
How secure is Flash? Do I have to worry about people ripping off my script?
If Flash isn't an appropriate technology for this project, is there anything else out there that anyone could suggest?

Thanks alot for any help you can provide!

A Lot Of Question About Flash And Flash Player Capabilities
Hi everybody,

in charge of a big flash project, and as a semi-newbie in flash ( ), i was wondering if someone can answer some really important questions on FlashMx and the last flash player..

lets try to formulate it :

- First of all, we want to do a standalone application in flash we would like to update by getting some new .swf file if the one on the client computer is different from the one on the update server. Is there any way to download file with flash on local computer without any action from user (launched by an init .swf file?)? so even if there is no connection, user can use the flash application?
- the second important thing is that we want to get dynamic data from 2 sources : a distant one (database) and a local one (textFile). Reading text file is something easy, but is there anyway to save data in textFile on the client computer? or to stock a lot of data in object like shared object?
- Third, and its may be something more easy, we want to make a MovieClip looking like a draggable little page, where someone can write down things by either typing text or drawing something with his mouse.
I do the following thing :

I have an object myMovieClip containing a background picture and a textField.
i tried the following thing :

myMovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip("line",100);
myMovieClip.onMouseDown = function(){

line.moveTo(_xmouse,_ymouse);
line.lineStyle(4,0x663399,1000);
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
line.lineTo(_xmouse,_ymouse);}

}
monClip.onMouseUp = function(){
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}

And the fact is that nothing happen when i try to draw on my movieclip.
i tried to replace the _xmouse and _ymouse coordinates by line._xmouse and line._ymouse since there is may be a reference problem, but no more..

Anyone have an idea?:b
Thanks really a lot if someone have answers..

Flash MX Vs. Flash MX 2004 Video Capabilities
I'm looking at working with video more in flash. I currently work in Flash MX and obviously need to upgrade. I know that ideally i need Flash MX PRO but cannot afford that right now. I wanted to know what additional video capabailities Flash MX 2004 had vs. Flash MX. Can any of you shed some light on this?

Thanks

System Capabilities
I want to use the system.capabilities object to get the screenresolutionX and screenresolutionY.

Then I want to use these to scale my movie accordingly. Now how is that to be done?

System.capabilities.os
Is there a way to make a MC happen only if the user is on a PC.
I think I can do this with the system.Capabilities.os command
but what will I have to input to cover all the Windows OS ??

System Capabilities
Hi everybody

why does'nt this code work:

trace(System.capabilities.screenResolution.x)
I can't understand it, because all others system capability things worked.

Thanks

Max

XML Socket Capabilities
I have to write an app that listens in on an xmlsocket for 1-4 events a second with close to 400,000 events per day.

Each event represents a city in the world. Every event detection will trigger a blip on a global map.

Is flash capable of handling something like this?

ren

Need Zoom And Pan Capabilities
I have a client that wants images to gradually get bigger as visitor to site clicks on button and drags it down. He also wants to be able to pan the image by clicking on L, R, U, D, arrows. Does anyone have any experience with this? The transition from normal to zoom must be smooth.

Thanks

System.capabilities....please Help
Myabe I'm doing something wrong or I didn't understand fully the System.capabilities thing but I do have a problem here and don't understand why, so if you can help would be great!

I've made a movie that has to do something as soon as a sound is played. So I have used a "soundComplete" function and it works as hell as long as you have an audio card installed on your machine. The troubles is to find a solution for those user who don't have any audio card installed, and I thought that the "hasAudio" capability will come handy but it's not. Apparently I've got a "true" as answer even on a computer that hasn't got any audiocard on. How is it possible??

Thanx for your time
Giano

P.S
Ok got it! It seems that I made a mistake, so the "hasAudio" is useful just to know if the player installed has audio capaibility, right? So my question is, is it possible to know if an audio is played or not on a movie?

HTML/CSS Capabilities..
hey guys, i was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a list of css attributes and html tags that are acceptable in Flash 8.. just wondering how intricate I can get with these pages

thanks
-steve

Capabilities.hasScreenBroadcast
When is Capabilities.hasScreenBroadcast true?? I've looked for a long time to get a solid answer on this.

Client Capabilities
Is there any way to get information on the client / end-user machine specifications / capabilities?

I know about the flash.system.Capabilities class:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/lan...abilities.html

but i'm specifically interested in client memory. A total memory/RAM would be good but a free/used/total would be great.

I basically want to be able to figure out how much memory is available to the client so that I can make an intelligent decision on caching strategy.

Thanks!
D

Capabilities.screenResolution
hi,

I have developed an application that requires screenResolution info from system. based on the screenResolution it will construct its own appearence.

i used Capabilities.screenResolutionX, Capabilities.screenResolutionY to do the same. It was working fine.

the problem is after launching the application, when the user changes the screnn resolution, i should get "change event" from the system to my application. is there any idea.

Capabilities.screenResolution AND If/then
Hi all,

Im not much of a scripter so might need help if to see if this can be done.

First of all the situation. I have a standalone project designed for 1024x768. I want it scale down when its hsown on 800x600, but I dont want it scaled up above 1024x768.

Im using Fscommand "fullscreen" and "allowscale" but was wondering if I could do something like this. [code is NOT correct, Im not that good]

detect screen resolution using
System.capabilities.screenResolutionX
System.capabilities.screenResolutionY

if System.capabilities.screenResolutionX<1024 & System.capabilities.screenResolutionY <768
then
allowscale=true

if System.capabilities.screenResolutionX>1024 & System.capabilities.screenResolutionY >768
then
allowscale=false

You get what I mean... the arrows may be the wrong way around as I can never get them correct!!!!

I would really appreciate any help you could give.

Jeremy

System.capabilities.os
Hi there!

Could somebody explain why, as I am running Tiger 10.4.11, System.capabilities.os returns "Mac OS 10.4.9"?

Many thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Gerry

FMS Capabilities & Alternatives
Hi,

a) Can we do the following with FMS?

- File transfer between two people.
- Sharing PowerPoint presentations

b) Are there any alternative technologies to FMS? In other words, does FMS have any competitors in the market?

Many Thanks,

Essaeyu

Audio Capabilities
Hello all,

A couple questions for you all:

Can you adjust bitrate & pitch on an MP3 in part of a flash movie? Ie, if I built a sort of dj tool in flash, could you import a track and adjust it online?

Does anyone have links to some more info on flash and audio mixing?

Cheers,
-D

Basic Email Capabilities
hello there. i have a site where the user fills out a form, then has the option to attach a file, like with an email. the first part is easily done (from what i've researched). but i haven't had any luck on the second. i konw absolutely nothing about perl or cgi or php, asp, whatever. does anybody know how to attach a file, or know a place for good tutorials for the above languages? i'd appreciate it.

joe

System.capabilities.screenResolution.x
System.capabilities.screenResolution.x

does anyone know how to use this to obtain the value?

System.capabilities.screenResolution.x
System.capabilities.screenResolution.x and System.capabilities.screenResolution.y

Can these actionscripts actually alter the size of somebodies PC resolution size, or does it only refer to the Flash movie itself?
Also, what is an example piece of actionscript using these scripts?

System.capabilities.language
Here's my problem. I use the System.capabilities.language to determine te users language. The outcome is assigned to a variable 'l1'. I need to use an if statement f.e. :

if (l1="en") {text1="Welcome"}
else
if (l1="fr") {text1="Bienvenue"}

I can't seem to get the above as right, can anyone help me out.

Thks,
Smalco

System.capabilities.screenResolution
Has anyone been able to use:

System.capabilities.screenResolution.x (and .y) ?

I think the Flash MX developer fell asleep at his desk and forgot to write it!

It doesn't even highlight the word (screenResolution) when I type it in to the Actions window,it doesn't even highlight it. I tried looking for Tech notes on Macromedia's site - no mention.

H E L P ! ! ! !

What I actually want to do is create a movie that fills the screen, but maintains a constant resolution. I' m using javascript to create a window that fills the screen with no scrollbars. The flash Movie is very big, and I want to work out the top-left rectangle that is visible. Maybe someone knows another way to do this? It's for my online operating system:

http://www.i2genius.com/coreos/core.html

System.capabilities.screenResolution.x
Anyone know how to use this to create a smart pop up window?

I want to be able to detect the users screen res and anjust the popup size accordingly.

Big Question (internet Capabilities)
well, I have been working with flash for a long time now, but there is something that I have no idea on how to do. I am making a game, and I want it to be multiplayer (1 on 1) I wish to know how to make a list of players online, be able to connect to one, and be able to transfer variable values between the two users to play the game. I know this is a lot to have explained to me, so if anyone knows of a tutorial somewhere, or something like that please reply with a link. Thanks.

Testing Streaming Capabilities
I thought Flash had the ability to simulate streaming in order to see preloaders and streamloaders in action.

Am I just blind when I can't find any way to do this in Flash MX 2004?

Ad Banner With Rotating Capabilities?
Hey Guys,

I'm pretty new to this so bear with me.

I am currently making a small simple advertisement, within the flash ad, there are 4 simple ads for different companies. I want to be able to have Company 1's ad play, then Company 2's etc.

I decided instead of just putting this all on one timeline I figured it is time that I learn how to link ext swfs. What is the easiest way to make this work with AS?

I was thinking of creating a blank MC

then loading each ext swf into it. But how do you allow the ext swf to play in its entirety? Then know that once its finished, to load the next company ad swf.

Any help is appreciated!

Trace System Capabilities
trace(System.capabilities.screenResolutionX);
trace(System.capabilities.screenResolutionY);

Someone was kind enough to give me the above code so that I could determine a users screen resolution. What I need to do is open various websites depending on what the returned values are. If the resolution turned out to be 1024 x 768, how would I make it open page www.go.com/1 for example? What would I include to add a second option?

Thanks so much... total n00b here.