Flash :: Flash Running For One User Not Another

Running Once Per User
Hey Everyone,

Just looking around for some advice with a shoshkele (floating flash ad) I'm trying to get working. I'm mainly a front-end developer so i'm a little... rusty on the actionscript side so this is most likely something simple I hope, but I'm trying to make the advert only run once per web visitor to the site (similar to how you can make a popup run once).

I've given it an attempt by trying to use a sharedObject... it works in flash player but not in IE... here's what i've done: (.fla file also attached)

The movie runs through to frame 30 - this is where I've tried to do the sharedObject
code: //starts shared variable object
var totalPlay = SharedObject.getLocal("totalPlay");
//sets the shared variable value to delivered
totalPlay.data.savedArray = new Array("delivered");
//writes cookie to browser memory
totalPlay.flush();

totalPlay = SharedObject.getLocal("totalPlay");

stop();
and I've put this action in on the first frame so the second time it plays it will go to the last frame in the movie and not play the main advert part

code: if (totalPlay.data.savedArray[0] == "delivered") {
gotoAndPlay("stop");
}

Can something like this even work or is there a better way to do it? I considered using session variables but it's for a client and the data model they're using is ASP which I have absolutely no idea about coding, any pointers would be appreciated...

Thanks

User Levels, Cell Phones, And User Registration, Plus Cookies
I need to quote a client on the following and need to know how much work is involved, ie hours. The programming may be done in PHP (unless its easier to do it all with AS), and the so the .swf needs
to talk to other files on the server.

Requirments are as follows:

1. contact form that: validate form, generate email, generate SMS for cell phones

2. registration form that: validates form, checks record, stores record if new, creates and sets cookie so they don't have to login next time, re-directs to appropriate page, sends email confirmation, deletes record if bad.

3. "extranet": validate i/p, check group (user level), send to user group destination

I just need to know if this is a simple couple thousand dollar thing or a complex many thousand dollar thing.

I can't guarantee anything (I don't write the cheques around here), and depending on the complexity of it we may be looking to subcontract some of it out.

Email me directly at: jonny@northstudio.com if you can be of any help.

Running Exe's In Flash
Does anyone know if there's a proper way of running exe files in flash? I have a Projector done in flash and want it to open exe's when they select a link from an options menu//

Running An Exe From Within Flash
Hiya

I need to run a exe from within flash at a mouse click...what code should i use?

Cheers

Running Php From Flash
What's the code to run the specified PHP script directly from flash?

ActionScript Code:
//without using
getURL("javascript:window.open('script.php', 'PHP Script')");
//or
getURL("script.php", "_blank");
//or basically without redirecting or opening a new window

Flash App Not Running - HELP
I am developing my first major Flash remoting app and while it works on my machine (the one I am developing it on) it won't run on other machines I have tested it on. Can anyone help me out?

URL: http://www.blue-vellum.com/staging/ (click on "Wording your invitations and try to start new")

The FLA file is not attached because it's 1.3MB, but you can email me at liammkelly@gmail.com and I can send it to you.

The one main issue with this app is that it has 30-40 fonts embedded, which makes the SWF file huge, but with this client the font count is non-negotiable.

Thanks in advance gang!

Liam

Running Flash Cbt
Hello,

I am planning to make a CBT. How to make it to run in my TV DVD. - It should be having different menu system as 1, 2, 3.... as it will not be having move interaction.

Thanks

Running Flash From A CD
Hi Guys,

I'm running a flash file through a web browser from a CD. The file has video loaded throughout with the

Code:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.setBufferTime(5);
myVideo.attachVideo (ns);
ns.play("files/video.flv");
It is running fine through my CD drive but a number of people with slower drives are having problems with the files stuttering.

Is there a way I can have all the files load into a cache or something before it plays, so that this is no longer a problem?

Any other solutions are welcome too.

Thanks.

Flash 6 Running AS 2
Hi,

I hope this is the right place to post. I'm just checking that if you publish to Flash 6 AS 2 that you can still code using OOP classes rather than prototypes.

I'm sure you can but my colleague was concerned. I ran a quick test and it ran fine, but I'm running Flash Player 9, so not sure if that is confusing the issue.

I've got to publish to 6 as it's going on a CD to lots of different people and we're aiming at the lowest common denominator.

Thanks for your help,

Tim

Flash Running An Executable?
Is it possible to have flash run an executable such as a setup.exe on the click event of a button. Im working on a cd that has multiple directories with a flash front end(menu and all) and I want to be able to run the exe's in the dir's from within flash?

any help would be great

Detect URL Flash Is Running In
I am building a navigation bar which I want to run on all pages on the site. I want it to play an intro if it is the home page but not on the other pages.

Is there anyway I can detect the current URL so I can do something like

if url = "abc" do something
Else
do something else.

Running A Php Script From Flash?
Hi,

I'm trying to run a php script from Flash, and so in one frame of my .swf I use the action:

loadVariablesNum("/thescript.php", 0);

It seems to work fine, but only the first time I download the .swf. In other words, the .swf run the 'thescript.php' the first time I have to download the .swf from my server, and if I try to refresh the page or load up the .swf again once it's cached, the script fails to execute. If I clear out my cached Internet files so I have to download the .swf again, the script is executed fine the first time, and fails to get executed on any reloads.

Any idea why this is? Thanks for any help.

Flash Running DLL's And Java
Flash Running DLL's and Java!!!

I am finishing up a free product for flash users. I am currently calling it Flash Host, as it hosts flash for standalone apps. Flash Host allows programmers to load plugins (c/c++ dll's) and soon to run java. This will give programmers the ability to use custom code (like for midi input/output, 3D, DirectX stuff, etc). This is similar to FlashStudioPro except:

-it will allow users to extend it even more with custom plugins
-it is free (and possibly opensource -- I am hoping to open a project at sourceforge for the host and plugins)
-it has the chance to have the community to develope it more

The reason I am posting this, is I want to find out how many people are interested in this, what they would like to see developed, and if anyone who knows c/c++ or java would be interested in joining the team of developers.

Let me know.
Thanks,

BackBayChef

Running Exec From Flash
i need to run an .exe file external from flash but need to open it from flash

Running Flash MX On Linux
I also posted this in the MX forum...thought it might be helpful to those running linux and Flash/Dreamweaver MX.

http://www.actionscript.com/archives/00000581.html
comments on the release

http://www.codeweavers.com/site/abou...s/?id=20031027
Press release of CodeWeavers

If anyone else finds any other posts I'm sure others around here would be greatly appreciative.

Running Macros From Flash
i want to make a flash script that triggers a macro from keyboard express(kbe) to run.
the marco i want to run is triggered by 'ctrl+shift+z'
is there a script that i can run in flash that will push this combination hence making the macro run??

Flash Running Sluggish
when publishing the movie by itself it play fast and smooth.
when the flash is embedded onto an html page them it runs fairly sluggish.

i don't ever recall it doing this before.
maybe it's 4:00 a.m and this is considered normal maybe??

any input to why this is will be greatly appreciated.
tia

Running Flash Files
Greetings All,
I have the iPaq 1935 With Pocket pc 2003 pro. I also have Flash MX. When I develop somthing using that templates for pocketpc and sync it to my ppc. When I try to run it, I get the message that this is not a pocket pc program. I have the player (6) installed on my machine. What gives? anyone......anyone.....Bueller,...Bueller...?

Bill

Running A Program With Flash
Is it possible to run an .exe program stored on someone's computer through flash? If so, how would you go about doing this? I'm interested in any suggestions you might have. What I need to do is have a button in a flash movie that will open a program on the user's desktop. If this is not possible, I'm sure I can find some work around with java, but it would be much easier to do it this way.

Flash Is Running Too Slow
i'm loading 9 different .swf files in to a movie, to allow thumbnails in the parent movie to open into larger images (by playing each of the loaded movies)...

to keep all the preloading as smooth as possible, i've got each one of the 9 .swf files to load in turn, by placing the loadMovie script in the preceeding .swf file...

however, it's all running far to slow... am i asking Flash to do too much, or is my script causing problems. i thought at first it was because i was telling it to load the .swf files over and over again, but i've separated the script out a bit...

i've attached one of the 9 files that load up to create the enlarged image.

any help appreciated...!

Running Demo In Flash
Situation:
- 5 seperate movies which are combined one big running demo presentation
- No interactive elements included
- After finishing one movie the next should start automaticly

What I tried :

gotoandplay
and
telltarget
when the last frame was played

What I need:
- The described functionality
- Maybe one index movie which refers to all single swfs?
- Is there a chance to have on preloader for all 5 swfs.? Now I have one in every single one which is not very user-friendly

THANKS.

Running Programs From Flash
Is there a way to make a button that will open a program when pressed? i want to make a little menu for on the background of my computer but don't know how to load programs.

thanks in advance

Running Exe File From Flash?
I have my flash movie in a folder how do make a button within the flash movie run an totally independent exe file located within the same folder.

So I want to click a button and have it run an installer. I don't care if it runs over the top or in the background. I just want the button to make the exe open itself. Two independent files.

Flash+XML Running Local
Hi

I found many helpful guides to work with Flash and XML. But everytime I look for ways of sending back to XML changes produced in Flash, the tutorial always assume that we are using a server. Is there a way for having a Flash projector that everytime it starts 1-checks for data to load to the projector 2- lets us do changes to data (add, change and remove xml data) 3- and in the end we can save the changes made to the XML file that was initially loaded.

Flash Running Slowly
Im using Flash MX in a file with about 9 layers and roughly 3000 frames and 400 keyframes on each layer. So I insert 1 keyframe on 1 layer and it takes Flash anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours to get this done, but only some of the time. I understand as files get larger, it will run slower; but I am completely baffled as to why Flash is behaving the way it is.

Sometimes, inserting a keyframe will take 30 seconds, but 10 minutes later, when I insert a keyframe on the same layer with the same movie clips, it will take vast amounts of time. Can anyone tell me the cause of my plight? Am I doing something wrong here or is it just the fact that its a large file?

Running Applets In Flash
I realize Flash was created in part to eliminate the need for applets, but the actions of the Lake Applet would be very hard to duplicate, so I'd like to run it within Flash.

At www.datalog.tv I have used tables and i-frames to register the lake applet to a flash object. I want to covert the entire site to flash, but the only way I can add the applet is to use CSS layers to position the applet over the flash. While this works, it upsets my screen positioning as I use a floating screen.

The best solution would be to build the lake applet into a flash object, but I don't know where to begin as 'applet' is not included in any flash index I have consulted.

As an alternative, I'd welcome a suggestion for creating the 'lake effect' in flash.

Thanks.

Tut On Flash Running On Top Of HTML
where can i find a great tutorial on how to make those flash files that dance on top of html files...

i have an intranet site that i manage here at work, and would like a flash button that would dance all over the page for a section on inspirational art links... (breaking out of the mold, so to speak)

any help pointing me to the right direction would be fantastically appreciated...

thank you a MILLION in advance,
manny

Running Scripts In Flash
i searched the boards but couldnt come up with anything

does anyone know how i would go about making a button in flash, when you press it flash sends some variables to a php script file which then edits an xml file on a server and saves it? thanks!

Flash Running From A .txt File
hey, i was visiting this website http://kenkoudaa.sakura.ne.jp/page117.html and the file here appears to be flash but in the source code for the webpage it says

<BODY>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400>
<PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="flash/018.txt">
<PARAM NAME="LOOP" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="QUALITY" VALUE="autohigh">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<EMBED SRC="flash/018.txt"
TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400 PLAY="true" LOOP="true" QUALITY="autohigh">
</OBJECT>

it seems by this part "<PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="flash/018.txt">" that the flash is running from a .txt file. even in the temporary internet files there is no flash movie .swf just a .txt with lost of writing, how is this possible? i thought everything viewed on the internet was temporarily downloaded to ur hard drive. just like swf's on the homestarrunner page.

can someone explain to me what is going on here? thanks

Flash Not Running In Dreamweaver...
Hi all,

This may end up being a question for a Dreamweaver forum, but I'd like advice here first.

I created a dynamic text field with side scrollbar. It works well in Flash and when the SWF is viewed in IE6, its spot on.

Problem occurs when I insert that same SWF in a Dreamweaver (MX 6.0) website. The result shows only the border round the text and the scrollbar.

Its as if the text.txt file isn't being picked up, even though it is in the same folder as the SWF and the FLA source.

Any ideas at all would be well received!

Thanks

Chris

Flash Running Off Canvas
Sometimes I go to yahoo.com or espn.com and I see a flash banner have animation that runs of the swf onto the middle of the html page. How do they do that?

I also see falsh banners extend an html page down and upwards too. How is this possible?

Thanks!

How To Get ESC Key In Flash, Running In Browser?
Hi,

I have no problem to get ESC in standalone player, but I can't get this key in my flash, running in IE. Any solution?

Thank you,
ogousa
Matter of Time

Best SWF Decompiler For Flash CS4 Running On Mac OSX
Can anyone suggest a really good Mac-based SWF decompiler for SWFs published in Flash CS4? It appears that Gordon and *******'s product do not yet support version CS4.

Many thanks.

Flash...running...slow
Hey everyone. I need to know how to make my Flash movies run smoothly and quickly. Help please.

Thanks

Flash Player 7 Is Not Running
Hi all,
i have sent this qry yesterday, but i have no reply. Plz help me to solve
my problem. My problem is, i am currently running flash mx v6. And flash player v6. But i want flash player 7. I have installed fp7 from macromedia site. but it is not running when i test the movies(fla files)

Any help is appreciated...

Thanx in advance!..

Jsam..

Flash Running Slow In IE
Hi,

Im just making a flash movie for the home page on my website. Iv only just started the movie and it seems to be behaving badly in IE. It runs absolutely perfectly in firefox.

Atum Studios

at first i thought it was because i had several transparent layers all crossing each other but having removed all of the layers with alpha transparency the problem is the same. All there is is 2 pieces of text which i have converted to graphics and 1 gif image which has also been converted to a graphic.

If you look at the movie it seems to play through once ok but if you click the back button to start it again the movement is much slower and not smooth, if you start it yet again the problem seems to get worse.

this seems realy strange as the flash movie is only 8K and it is realy simply. I need to fix this because I was planning on having quite a fancy movie here and if its having problems displaying it already it will never handle what im wanting to do.

I have tried changing the frame rate from 12 to 24 but the problem seems the same whatever the frame rate.

hope someone can help,

Problems Running Flash MX
I've been trying and trying and trying.... NOTHING IS WORKING! Please, if anyone knows why my flash program is no longer starting up, tell me before I go crazy!

I recently got a new MacBook Pro and did the entire system transfer via the Firewire. Now I cannot open flash. All I get is a "Program Unexpectedly Quit" error message just after selecting the program to open. I've tried to reload flash from a friend's CD, but for some reason, it won't let me re-input ANY liscense number, and keeps giving me the same dumb error code. As I downloaded this program overseas, and it's been about a year, I have lost my liscense number, and my copy of the program in the move, and don't have the money to replace it. Is there some way I can fix this program without ending up broke and/or out of a program that was too expensive in the first place?!

Running Flash 8 In Leopard - Please Help
I have the Leopard Developer Preview and everything works...except Flash 8. I open it and nothing happens. I even installed the Flash 9 AS3 Public Alpha and it still won't run.

Please help!!!!!

Flash Not Running Automatically
How do I set up my PC to not have to activate (click) on flash content to navigate through flash based websites. It is very annoying.

Error Running Flash Cs3 ... ? Help Pls
When I start flash.exe it gives me the next error

Adobe Flash CS3 has encountered a problem and needs to close.
AppName: flash.exe AppVer: 9.0.0.494 ModName: cooltype.dll
ModVer: 5.4.15.1 Offset: 000a2a98

...on the splash screen.
There is a log file with the error.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" ?>
- <DATABASE>
+ <EXE NAME="Flash.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
+ <EXE NAME="CoolType.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
+ <EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
</DATABASE>

Do somebody know a solution for this one?

Edited: 05/30/2007 at 01:09:46 AM by kachar136123

Flash Running Very Slow
I'm running Flash CS 3 Professional (version 9) on a Mac G5 2ghz dual with 7gb of ram and it's sooooo slow. Switching from another program back to Flash takes quite a few seconds before Flash will respond. Are there any preferences that I can tweak to make it run faster?

Flash CS3 Running Issue
When I try to run Flash CS3, I see Flash.exe in the processes for a moment, then it closes. I never get the splash screen and the application never runs. I tried to reinstall but got the "Component failed to install" error. I also tried to uninstall and got an error. I'm not sure what I should do. Any Ideas?

Windows XP/Flash CS3

RUNNING AN APPLICATION IN FLASH
I have an application that requires an activex to download which in turn installs .cab files. Problem is it is IE dependant. Is there a way to run an application inside flash?

I would like to put the cab files in the flash and run from there? Is it possible?

I am not a flash developer so any help would be appreciated.

Flash Running DLL's And Java
I am finishing up a free product for flash users. I am currently calling it Flash Host, as it hosts flash for standalone apps. Flash Host allows programmers to load plugins (c/c++ dll's) and soon to run java. This will give programmers the ability to use custom code (like for midi input/output, 3D, DirectX stuff, etc). This is similar to FlashStudioPro except:

-it will allow users to extend it even more with custom plugins
-it is free (and possibly opensource -- I am hoping to open a project at sourceforge for the host and plugins)
-it has the chance to have the community to develope it more

The reason I am posting this, is I want to find out how many people are interested in this, what they would like to see developed, and if anyone who knows c/c++ or java would be interested in joining the team of developers.

Let me know.
Thanks,

BackBayChef

Very Noisy While Running Flash Exe
I made an auto run flash movie - burned it onto a cd -- works great but every time i click a button the processor makes such a noise! like it's going to have a heart attack or something.

my father is obsessed with flash and sends me a couple cds a week of little movies he's made - i've noticed they all run loud as well.

anyone else notice this? any way to avoid if??