Flash :: Flash In Browser Vs Stand Alone SWFs

Streaming Sound Plays In Stand Alone Flash Player But Not A Browser
I'm on G5 PowerPC running Safari and flash player 9,0,115,0.

I have a streaming sound that will play in the Flash player but won't play in Safari. I think its because the sound isn't loading, because if I comment and uncomment the code, I'm getting the error at the line with the event listener, even if I comment out all the code in the listener's handler. Can anybody steer me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Casey

Browser Window On A Stand-alone App
Hey All,

I did a search for "browser windows", but only came across answers to having this work on a website. How can I have a button open a browser window while being a stand-alone application in Windows? I would like the browser window to pick a whole directory, not a file.

I thought maybe using getURL, but I still am having no luck.

Thanks!

Framerate In Browser Player And Stand Alone
Hey all,

okay, i'm making a shoot em up arcade style game, and due to bullet velocity i have decided to make the game run at 60fps (to minimize error of hittests performed when a bullet streaks at a target). it runs fine at 60fps on the stand alone flash player, but when i find that when i embed it in an html document, the bloody thing runs at something like 30fps!!! that is not acceptable... do you people know of any anomalies/differences in the 2 players? or better still, know how to solve this framerate problem?

thanks for any information!
J.

Saving Out Cached Flash Swfs From A Web Browser
Just after a free tool that will enable me to view and then save out the swf files that have been cached in my web browser [using either ie or mozilla on win xp].

cheers
J.

Flash SWFs Rendered Faster In The Flash Player Than In A Browser
I have a movie for which I set 40fps. When I view it in Flash MX itself or the Flash Player it's pretty fast - as I want it. When I view it through a browser - embedded in HTML - it's much slower (looks more like 24fps set in Flash). Has anyone seen this behavior before? Any idea on how to fix it - i.e. make be equally fast in Flash MX/Viewer and the browser? Thanks!

Swfs In Browser's Cache
i have a question about swfs in the cache. any help would be much appreciated.

i have an html page (one.html) which has a swf embedded in it (one.swf).
this swf loads another swf (map.swf) into itself - so map.swf is now in the user's cache.
i have another html page (two.swf) which has its own swf embedded in it (two.swf) and this swf also loads map.swf into itself.
what i'm wondering is, since map.swf is now being called from a different html page and a different swf, will the browser realise that map.swf is already in the cache?

can anyone enlighten me?

Swfs + Browser Caching
you probably all know the problem:
swfs get cached by IE and also with CTRL+F5 they dont reload from filesystem - just from the cache.
is there a solution?

and also inside flash i have a caching problem:
im reading an xml with this code:

linkSet = new XML();
linkSet.onLoad = loadXML;
linkSet.load("data.xml");

but no matter how often i call that code, the xml is not loaded from the filesystem...

thanks for any help!

How 2 Get Browser Cached SWFs?
Context:

I have a SWF(main.swf) which is loading some bunch of other SWFs(sub_button1.swf, sub_button2.swf, etc..etc) from some server..After loading and arrangin all these SWFs(which are being using to represent buttons) on clicking any of these buttons(loaded swfs) ..I am loading respective SWF(sub_page1.swf, sub_page2.swf, etc..etc..) into the same level where the main.swf is resides. That means this main.swf is removed and sub_page1.swf is loaded..So, once I come back from sub_page.swf to the main.swf on clicking some button in sub_page1.swf, main.swf is again taking same time to load all button SWFs..

My question:

As they already in the client's machine (temp internet files folder), is there any way to get the browser cached SWFs when second time its is loading?

Thanks all in Advance,
Pandu

Flash Stand Alone
Hi!

I've made this site and the client wants a stand alone cd of the site. But the site is big and I've made several swf that loads as the users clicks on them. My problem is that when I publish them as exe and run them, only the first exe loads and the rest won't load. How can I fix this?

thanks

LoadVariables Not Working Browser With Other .swfs
Text file is basic (5 vars). Works like a charm in test mode and in standalone player and in an html file all by itself. Never breaks out of the load loop when viewed in a browser (IE & NN)

Its mostly an html page with a few .swfs around for aesthetics. Those are very simple ones as well. One is an .asp form mailer. The other one uses a variable passed to the swf via javascript. No variable collisions. I baffled!

Code:
//1st frame
loadVariablesNum ("blurbs.txt", 0);

//3rd frame
if (loaded==1) {
gotoAndPlay ("go");
} else {
gotoAndPlay (2);
}

Communication Between SWFs In Different Browser Windows
Hi,

I'm got an MP3 jukebox that plays in a pop-up window throughout an HTML site. The site also has a storefront with samples from various CDs that also use the same player, only the MP3 content is relative to each CD in the store, rather than the jukebox playing various tracks from different CDs.

I need the ability when playing a sample in the storefront to run a function that stops the jukebox player as soon as you play something in the sample player.

What options do I have to run a function in another player in another HTML window?

Thanks,
Scott

Preload Swfs In Browser's Cache
hello all.
the way i've been building sites is as follows: i have a main.swf into which i load additional swf for each button.
i was hoping somebody could tell me if (and how) there's a way to preload those swf's into the user's cache so that when these swfs are called , they load immediately.
thanx for you expertise and help

you can see examples here : spiracell
sunrise

Swfs Scaling Independently In Browser
Hi
I've seen a flash movie whereby there are a couple of toolbars that remain at 100% when resizing the browser window, and then a main content area that scales in proportion when resizing the browser.

However, when I create an swf that is set to Stage.scaleMode = "noScale" and then load in the main content swf which is set to "showAll", the whole movie is affected and scales when resizing the browser.

Therefore, could anyone shed light on how to achieve this effect - to keep some loaded movies from scaling, and others to scale proportionally?

Many thanks for your help

Can Stand-alone Flash Player Pop?
Can anyone tell me if stand alone flash player can have a button that links to a controlled window pop up web browser?

Thanks in advance

Stand Alone Flash Player
I am at work and dont have Flash loaded here. Anybody know where I can get the stand alone player so I can play flash files without the browser.

Pop Ups For Stand Alone Flash Files
hi,

I am creating a flash presentation that will NOT be included on a website and can't find any info on creating pop-up windows that don't include JavaScript. Can anyone help me with the Action Scripting for creating a pop-up window in a stand alone flash file?

It seems like it would be so simple, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Stand Alone Flash Application
Hello.
Do you know how Electro done such applications like
http://www.electrotank.com/download.electro
without any "Macromedia Flash Plaeyr 6" at the top of window?
How i could do my exe-files without any convas too?

thanx.

Stand Alone Flash For Pocket Pc?
heya, I'm making a game in flash and I was wondering if its possible to export flash to a stand allone file that will play with a pocket pc, without the pocket pc requring flash to be installed. That said, is there even a way of exporting flash to a standalone exe that will play on a pc without flash installed??? - I want something kind of like directors projector files.

Any Ideas?

Thanks!

Stand Alone Flash Player
I have created a presentation in Flash MX 2004 that I want to distribute on CD. To make the CD more user friendly, I would like to include installers for stand alone Flash players for PC and Mac. I have looked on Macromedia's website, and cannot find what I'm looking for. Can someone direct me to where I might download these? I don't want the player for web browsers. I want a stand alone player if such a beast exists. Thanks in advance!

Stand-alone Flash Files
is there a program out there similar to swf-studio that will do the same thing for both PCs and Macs? i was trying to look at the publisher's site, but from what i can tell, this solution only works on PC, and i would like to have a standalone swf for both systems.

Stand Alone Flash Player Pop Up
Hi!
Can anyone help..?
I would like to upload a flash swf movie file that pops up as a stand alone on a website once the viewer has seen the opening page on the website in browser and has clicked on 'enter' to continue. I would like the next window to pop up as the flash stand alone player. Does anyone know how I could do this..? any help.. much appreciated..

Lud*

Stand-alone Flash Player
I have installed Flash Player 9. I can view swf files if I open them in a browser but otherwise I cannot open them with the flash player alone. Is the flash player only for the browser ? If yes, does Adobe has a stand-alone flash player that does not require the browser ?

Flash Stand Alone And Access DB
Are there any third party applications that will allow Flash to communicate to a local Access database stand alone?

Flash Stand Alone Form
Hi, I'm teaching myself Flash, and have a couple of design questions.
I'm trying to develop a offline Flash player that gathers numeric user input in 20 fields, then updates a line graph reflecting changes in each field over multiple sessions. I also want the label next to each input field to be a rollover that displays additional text information elsewhere on the stage. The problem is, I don't know where to begin.
Is Flash the best application for this type of project?
Can I do this project without ActionScript? (hopefully)
If the information I'm wanting is outside the scope of an email (likely), does anyone know of online tutorials that might help?
Thanks in advance for any assistance...

Flash Projector / Stand Alone App
is it possible to create a stand alone CD rom application with flash that does not need a computer to have flash player already installed in order to play? i.e In the same way that a Director Projector file works?

Thanks

James

Playing A Stand Alone Swf Using Flash
I have a stand alone flash application that I need to load into a new flash interface. When I load the swf for this application, action scripting within the application is affecting the main movies time line. Is there away to stop this?

Stand Alone Flash Player
Does anyone know if you can download the flash stand alone player to install on machines that don't have Internet access?

I need to distribute this in a company on pc's that are not on the net and I can't find a file to download that doesn't need to connect to the internet to install.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Laura

Play Stand Alone Flash...
what does it take to play a stand alone swf file? - I thought you just needed that Flash player but not so.

Convert Flash To Stand Alone EXE
Hi,

I bought the Camtasia Studio software that produces dynamic presentations. Among other options, it produces Flash file type, so that is subsequently published on the web.

I need to convert the Flash presentations to a stand alone EXE file to distributes the presentations in a CD and Camtasia Studio don't does this.

Anyone know if any software does that? I need that software is freeware or at the lowest possible price.

Thanks,

Can I Use Flash/XML 4 Stand-alone DB-driven App?
Hi,

It's my first time here. Good looking site, and hopefully good ressources too! It was referenced by a guy on Macromedia's website so it must be really good.

Ok here is the problem:

I have to develop a piece of software to produce Multimedia Business Cards (stand-alone presentations on a mini-CD about a person or a company). I want to do this in Flash for several reasons: 1. Flash is great for that; 2. I don't know Flash; 3. I want to learn some of Flash...
I want the data from the business card to be stored in a database (haven't decided which format would be best yet) so that the Flash code for the business card really constitutes a template, or a blank document in which all the data is loaded. I really want this to be dynamic so it can be used for several different persons (probably with different layouts of the Flash content).

The problem (or more my question) since I don't know Flash at all (nor XML yet ) I want to know if I can make a stand-alone application in Flash that uses a database without having to use client/server technologies since all this will, in the end, have to fit on mini-CDs and be run without any installation...

I don't know if you all get the picture, I'm sure most of you do... If you can give me some advice it would be great.

Cheers,

Flash Stand Alone Player To .PDF
can this be done?

can Flash stand alone player, output to a .PDF?

STand Alone Flash File Pop Up
Ok, I'm trying to make a standalone flash file pop up. Not using javascript embeded within html. Not sure of the code though.
thanks

Stand Alone Flash Mp3 Player
Last edited by AMFA : 2003-06-05 at 09:52.

Hey I wrote a standalone MP3 application.

Going to make Version 2 (with drag and drop and playlists, and better controls.)

Basically there is a flash version out there that is doesnt work with my player and im wonder if anyone would like to download it and

1) try it and give feedback
2) If it gives you an error, let me know what version of the flash player you're using

The first version is without the flash OCX, and 400k. The second version has the newest flash ocx installed that should work on all machines, but is 2meg

http://www.amedicineforapathy.com/do...tem=blueplayer
http://www.amedicineforapathy.com/blueplayer.exe

//edit: PC only by the way. I am working on a mac version with version 2

Multiple SWFs In Single Browser Window
have an HTML page with two SWF's. Unfortunately, the movie window on top is twice the size of the one on the bottom, hence takes twice as long to load. I REALLY don't want to resort to Frames. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to have the SWF on the bottom not load until the SWF on the top is loaded?

Thanks

Swfs In Separate Browser Windows Slow Each Other Down?
If I have swfs running in two browser windows, do they slow each other down?

I have a 3d flash menu on a home page, somewhat processor intensive. This menu opens games in new browser windows.

I want to keep the menu window open so it's there when you close the game window. But having the menu window open behind the game seems to slow the game a couple frames-per-second.

I've tried moving the menu swf to a 'paused' frame when it launches a new window. The 'paused' frame stops the 3d menu engine from running, which speeds up the game swf a little.

If this is the best solution, my question is: how can I get the menu swf to return to 'active' frame when its browser window becomes active? Can I trigger some actionscript through the swf recognizing that it's regained focus? Or, can the browser window know it's regained focus and somehow send a call to the swf?

If this is not the best solution, my question is: what's a better solution?

--Thanks

Trying To Align Imported Swfs To Scale With Browser
I have a swf (fullscreen.swf) that scales to fit the full size of the browser windo wquite nicely (it has a background image dynamically loaded into it).
However, I need much more than a background image. I would like to import another swf for the menu and all that kind of stuff (including content that would have another image). I want all these individual elements to scale properly as well. I would like to be able to tell them exactly where on the stage to be positioned.

basically, I just want my site to be the size of the full browser window, no matter what size (or aspect ratio) the browser window is in.

any help, or even a link to a good tutorial would be amazing.

Disabling Rightclick Menu On Swfs In Browser
Hi,
I am using IE 5 and flashplayer 7. Please suggest me some way where i can disable the rightclick menu on the swf which is embedded in IE totally and use that event for doing something in flash.

Please treat this as urgent

Multiple Browser Refreshes To Load SWFs
Hello all,

I have quite a serious problem I have never encountered with Flash before: I have to refresh my browser multiple times to get each ActionScript loadMovie to work.

After a great many number of Flash loadMovie calls I've used throughout many projects, this has never before happened. Any suggestions?

The URL to the Flash I'm having this problem with is at:

http://www.ambientideas.com/pdm/Level2.html

Thanks for the help!

Size Of Flash Stand Alone Player
I need to know, during "run time" (when the movie is played), the size of the Flash player. I am using, to play the movie, ONLY the stand alone player and never inside an HTML page.
The reason I need to know this is that when the movie is played I have some drop down menus that should resize according to the current size of the movie. The current size of the movie will depend on the amount of "zooming ins" the user did.

Thanks.

Trouble With Flash Stand-alone Applications
Hello,

For a certain e-learning project, I have been asked to create a interactive environment where course takers can navigate through to complete some (simple) missions (mostly multiple choice questions).

Since the environment is pretty loaded with graphical issues, sound (mp3), feedback pages (frames) and 'glued' to a whole with actionscript, my development .fla-files raise up to about 66 megabytes and more.
Because the project is meant to be distributed on cd-rom, I want to publish to .exe-files, which takes a pretty long time; though that is not the major problem.

The problem is that the final .exe-files are, though checked with the 'Control - Enable simple buttons'-option (where programmaticallly everything seems to be in order), contain a number of bad generated actions which make the whole of the application fail.

Can someone help me on this one please?
Thanks

Stand Alone Flash With Access Database
HI,
I need to drag data from a access data base for a stand alone flash movie (.exe). How do i do that? Pls help me..
thanx,
ariya

Flash Function Stand-alone For Site?
I am set to embark on my second ever website (first ever flash site), and it's for a stair manufacturing and installation company. My main question is for functionality and ease of use/development...

Do I need Dreamweaver to effectively, efficiently, "less-stressfully" create a website that looks and functions like this one: www.crownheritage.com?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Stand Alone Flash Player 9.0.115.0 Problems
Hi, I'm relatively new to using Flash CS3 Pro (version 9). Everything was working fine until the latest Flash Player update to version 9.0.115.0.
The swf files I export from Flash CS3 have the 'old' Flash player icon in my folder and I have to force them to open in the new version of the player. If I don't, they try an open themselves in a previous version of the player projector.

What's worse is that the new stand-alone player seems to randomly quit out of the swf movie/s. (Mac Console says 'bit length overflow', whatever that means?)

I use a Intel-Mac (OS 10.4.11) and use Flash to create stand-alone lecture presentations that run from the computer's HD, not from the internet (as I embed quite large video animations in the swf files).

I never had this problem of the Flash Player quitting until the player update. Does anyone have any suggestions, please?

(I have downloaded the archived Flash Players in case I need to revert to using a previous version, but I'm wondering whether it's anything I'm doing in Flash CS3 that I need to be changing to overcome this problem).

Thanks!

MJC

Flash Stand-alone (Projector) Files
Hi all.

Under the File menu of the Flash Player there is an option to "Create Projector". I've used this option before to create stand-alone SWF's, but after reformatting and reinstalling all my apps this option no longer works.

Now all I'm getting with the projector files is the Flash Player without any content. Just wondered if there is something else I need to be doing to create projector files. Or, are there any apps that can do this from an existing SWF.

I know you can create projectors from within Flash, but the SWF's I'm working with are not created in Flash and importing and exporting is not practical because it is adversely affecting file size.

Any advice on creating projectors from existing SWF's would be gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks

Mark

Urgent: Stand Alone Flash Player
Is there a free stand alone flash player available that plays swf independently of internet?
I have made a language course of swfs available for download, but people have said the swf won't open on their computer. I assume that I can play them because I have the flash designer software.
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks