Flash Slideshow, Where To Start?

Rewind, Pause, And Start Start Buttons For Base Movie And External Mov

I'm lost...

I have a base movie that contains three buttons (Rewind, Pause, and Start)

The code for the rewind button that sends the base movie to frame 2 which is set to play and then reloads the external movie (images/4_24.swf). works perfectly and is shown below.

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (release){
    function test(){
    _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",25);
    loadMovie("images/4_24.swf", "container");
    container._x=15;
    container._y = 95;
}
test();}


My question is does any one know how to now pause both the base and external movie with the pause button and then start both movies again with the start button????  Some how I need to control both movies with these three buttons.

Code for play button is ---  
on (release) {
play();
}

Code for pause button is ---  
on (release) {
stop();
}


Thank you MJR

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Start And Stop Streaming Sounds (start Stopping Currently Playing)
Hi there

I am novice user of flash and have no real AS experience.

What I want to do is..

I have 18 songs from an album and have taken 30 sec from each and down sampled them ready for flash.

I want to be able preview them all from one flash file.
I will be streaming the songs in, so the initial download time is minimal.

With 18 start stop buttons for each one, but because customers are lazy, they are likely just going to click the next play button for the next preview, so I need the play buttons to stop 'this' preview before playing the next with stop control also being a stop control for those who have had enough or are well behaved browsers : )

I hope this makes sense and look forward to hearing from someone.

Cheers

Ian Hill

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Start And Stop Streaming Sounds (start Stopping Currently Playing)
Hi there

I am novice user of flash and have no real AS experience.

What I want to do is..

I have 18 songs from an album and have taken 30 sec from each and down sampled them ready for flash.

I want to be able preview them all from one flash file.
I will be streaming the songs in, so the initial download time is minimal.

With 18 start stop buttons for each one, but because customers are lazy, they are likely just going to click the next play button for the next preview, so I need the play buttons to stop 'this' preview before playing the next with stop control also being a stop control for those who have had enough or are well behaved browsers : )

I hope this makes sense and look forward to hearing from someone.

Cheers

Ian Hill

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How To Delay The Start Of External Swf(start From Say 10th Frame)
I am using the following code to load an external swf.Now I need to start the playing of the swf movie not from frame 1 but from say 10th frame.
Please help

Code:
var myMcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object = new Object();

myListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip, loadedBytes, totalBytes) {
//swfToLoad._visible = false;
loadedPercent = Math.floor((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100);
_root.bar_mc._xscale = loadedPercent;
//trace(bar_mc._xscale);
c.text = loadedPercent+"%";
//trace(loadAnim.percLoaded.text);
spacer.loadMovie("images/loadingss.jpg");




};

myListener.onLoadComplete = function(targetMC:MovieClip) {

swfToLoad._visible = true;
loadAnim._visible = false;
//swfToLoad._width=367;
//swfToLoad._height=255;
}

myMcl.addListener(myListener);
myMcl.loadClip("Jason_500.swf",swfToLoad);

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Flash Wont Start, Quicktime Wont Start And Wont Uninstall
Quicktime will not run.
I have tried to uninstall quicktime v 7.1.5 and recieve the msg fatal error during installation.
When I try to run flash 8 it crashes with no error message.

I think it is a problem with Itunes and quicktime conflicting with flash. I require flash and use it frequently am not so keen on itunes yet i'd like to use my ipod.

If anyone can help, I'd be verry appreciative.

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How Can I Start An External Program And/or Start A File
I've tryed:

on (release) {
fscommand("Exec", "program.exe");
stop();
}


Also I've tryed:

on (release) {
fscommand("Exec", "start.bat");
stop();
}

And in the .bat file I've put this:

@echo off
start file.doc
exit

But this does not seem to work, what Am I doing wrong???

Thanx alot!

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FLV Start Time? Can I Start It Playing 2 Secs In?
Is there a way with actionscript to tell an FLV to start playing 2 seconds into the video. What I have is an FLV that has 2 seconds of black at the beginning, but I don't want that to play.

Or if anyone knows a way to re-encode an flv so that I can get rid of the 1st 2 seconds. I've tried re-encoding it with Riva Encoder but it just gets all screwed up. And the Flash encoder won't even let me add it to the que. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Lady

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Sound Start Doesn't Start
I've been experiencing this problem. Sound.start() doesn't always start. A lot of times, it does, sometimes, it doesn't start for me. Sometimes it happens even after sound load has just finished. Has anyone experienced the same? any suggestions?





























Edited: 08/24/2007 at 01:26:57 AM by nehcdet

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Photo Slideshow With XML - Image Gap On First Cylce Through Slideshow
Hello,

I am new to this site, and I went through the tutorial on this site, "Photo slideshow using XMl and Flash, " http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20..._slideshow.htm
but I encountered a problem where my images lag the first time they cycle through all the images in the XML file.

The first time the flash page loads and starts the slideshow, I don't want the gap between the transitioning of the images where the movie backgound shows. I think it has something to do with the images loading for the first time, so I tried to load each picture in a different movieclip with an alpha of 0 before the slideshows starts, but it didn't work and there is still the gap between the images the first time the pictures cycle through the slide show.

Please offer any advice on how to stop the image lag the first time the slideshow cycle through all the images in the XML file.

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New To All This Flash .. Where Do I Start?
Hi everyone, great site btw...very impressive!

ok my question is this:

ive already got a site built but i now want to turn the whole thing into a flash experience... everything is to be flash'ed so to speak.. so where do i start??

ive never used flash before, first time i opened flash i almost sh*t myself with all those boxes all over the place..
im really clueless on how to get started..

please help!!

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Using ASP In Flash. Where Do I Start?
Can anybody recommend a online tutorial that provides the fundamental principles for using ASP in Flash MX?

Thank you

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Flash Won't Start
My copy of Flash MX wont start.
When I click on its short cut the splash screen appears but it never goes further than that.
It used to work fine.
Occasionally it will start but most times it doesnt.
I have tried Flash 5 also and that does the same thing.

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks - Joe

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How Do You Start A Flash
you see i always wanted to make a flash movie, but i have no clue how to. if someone could tell me thank you! i need to learn how to do everything. please and thank you

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Flash Or Not? Where To Start.
I have a small program done in flash. It has a inventory of items that are swf movies pulled into emty movies. Pretty basic cept for the masking. I am using Flash mx. My question is this.

I would like to be able to create a text file that would be able to assign a certain number to each swf file. I would like to make this a option that can be changed easly. Can this be done in Flash or do I need outside programing assistance. If it can be done in Flash where would i start? and if not where would i start?

Somebody told me a while back before I had time to start this that it was xml coding? Outside of flash I kinda get lost.

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[F8] Where To Start With Flash 8, Very New
Hi All: I am looking for very basic tutorials for a beginner. I have downloaded the trial Flash Professional CS to give it a try. Where do I go for real real basic info for starting to learn flash.
I have worked with PSP for sometime now. That is my experience level with graphics

All help appreciated!
gayles

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Flash Start Up?
I just installed Flash MX 2004 Prof. I saved my own custom panel settings and was wondering how I could open a new document in flash and have my panel settings as the default layout?

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Cant Start Flash
I always get an error message from windows when macromedia flash is trying to startup... always at initializing fonts i get the error...
Any reply is welcome

grtz

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Flash Will Not Start
After upgrading to a new computer with Vista Home Premium, I have tried to install a trial of Flash CS3. Installing the trial worked fine on my old computer with XP, and Flash CS3 installed without any errors on this computer. However, when I double click to start Flash, the cursor changes to loading for around 3 seconds, then stops. Flash.exe shows up in the Task Manager, but it is not on the desktop or task bar. I've tried reinstalling and that hasn't fixed it. Has anybody got any suggestions?

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Start Using Flash 10
hello,

I've installed FLASH PLAYER 10, but i can't find it where it resides, so where on my computer can i find it and use/run it to use, for your info i have checked it in the Adobe files, but i can't get it

Adtam

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Using ASP In Flash. Where Do I Start?
Can anybody recommend a online tutorial that provides the fundamental principles for using ASP in Flash?

Thank you

Sean

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Using ASP In Flash. Where Do I Start?
Can anybody recommend a online tutorial that provides the fundamental principles for using ASP in Flash?

Thank you

Sean

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Start Flash
I noticed that when you have a flash design in an HTML page, you need to first click on it to activate buttons and others. If you don't the flash is not responding.
Is there a way to avoid this ?
Thanks in advance

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I Am New To Flash How Will I Start
i am new to flash how will i start learning flash which sites can help me ?

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Flash App..where To Start?
Ello,

Im having to build a Flash app that gives should work like so:

3 scenes each with 3 options on e.g

Scene 1

What sandwich would you like?

Option 1: Bread
Option 2: Baguette
Option 3: Bap

When an option is selected the value is displayed at the bottom and the movie goes to Scene 2 e.g.

What filling would you like?

Option 1: Cheese
Option 2: Ham
Option 3: Buffalo

and the selected option joins the previously chosen option at the bottom like so:

Bread - Ham

Now I know this can be done with components...but I wanna be abit more adventurous and do something different like use animated buttons for the options.

Am I right in thinking this is a simple process of variable passing?.....don't suppose anybody knows of a tutorial that might help?

Thx!

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FLASH MX Wont Start In OSX
I've just got a copy of MX and when I try to start it in OSX all that happens is the window asking for the serial appears again. If I then put in the serial it just quits.

The software starts up fine in OS9

Any ideas anyone?

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Start An Application (.exe) From Flash ?
can we start an application (.exe) from a button within flash...

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If Flash Doesnt Start
well on my web page i got a flash logo..but some people doesnt have flash payer or dont want to install...is there a option to replace the svf file with a gif if the user has no flash player.

thanks in advance

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Help Want To Learn Flash Where To Start?
Hi

I just registered to the board, I would like to learn flash, can anyone please suggest me a book for beginners from where I can start?

Thank you for your time

Ewan

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New To Flash, And Wanna Start. But Where
Well I'm pretty new to flash and I wanna start to learn it but I dont know where to start out. Any help would be good, thanks.

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Start Powerpoint From Flash
Is JStart the only way to start a powerpoint presentation (.pps)from inside an .swf-file (or .exe if you've made a projector)?

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Random Start Of Flash
I am totally new to this and need some help.

I have a flash that contains a number of pictures. I want it to show a random picture on each load/reload of my pages on 3 places. I have tried some of the downloads and tutorials and help files, but still don't get it to work.

Here you can see what I mean www.iggnorge.com . The flash is to be put on the top of the page replacing the .jpg I have there now.

Any help is appreciated.

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[Help]I Wan To Make A Flash.But Whr Do I Start?
I wan to make a flash
a movie flash

but where do I start and
What shld I learn 1st?

And lastly
Whata requirement is needed to make good flash?
Good in maths and physics ? good art ?

Plz help me ...thx alot ^-^y

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I Want To Use Flash , The Problem Is I Don't Even Know How Or Where To Start :(
Hi. Mi name is Johnny. I saw one nice flash movie recently. Since then I wanted to dedicate myself to make flash movies. I was really amazed with what I saw. I can say that flash animation is unique and has style. I would like to know how to make flash animation. I'm not trying to say to teach me your style, but if you can, please I would like to know how to start. I have Macromedia flash MX professional 2004. Since I have it I haven't been able to do anything since I do not know not even to start to work on it. It looks really hard, or maybe just confusing. I think I can handle it, since I understand HTML and I'm a webmaster. I just cannot find the first acceleration. Can you help me pushing me past the start line? Can you give me a head start on it? I would really appreciate if you can help me, since nobody has yet. I cannot seem to find nice people around the internet for this matter. Againg, thanks for any help you can give me and I'm sure we can be friends (if you'd like). C-yaa!

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Start Sound For Flash MX
I need to find a way to start a sound on mouse release in such a way that when the stop button has been clicked and the animation halted, once the play button is clicked the sound and animation will start back up from the playhead's last position. Maybe using streaming audio works, but I am VERY new to Flash and I need some simple instructions on how to do this. Any help is greatly appreciated!

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Where To Start With Flash & SCORM
I can't find any example files to learn what I need to do to make my flash interations SCORM compliant...

Can anyone help? Pretty please?

thanks,
~fit

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Looking For A Flash Quick Start
I'm an experienced developer on a variety of platforms and using several languages. I've decided to look into Flash to add to my reportoire. What I'm looking for is a sort of quick start guide that gives an overview of Flash development. Specifically things like:
- Where to start learning (web sites, books, etc)
- What tools are available and/or most popular
- What resources are available for support (starting of course with Flash Kit :-)
- Anything else that is needed to start development (supporting software, drivers, etc.)

Ideally something that gives an easy sequence of things to write your first "Hello World" type app would be perfect. This would take you from zero through installing the development environment, through writing and executing the app.

I looked through this site briefly and didn't find such a doc. To me, this is something that should be a sticky post in this forum.

Anything that people point me to would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

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Can't Start Flash Mx 2004
When I start flash mx 2004 v7.2 I get this error message:
Quote:




FAILED TO OPEN DOCUMENT




and flash refuces to start, note! I'm not trying to open a document, I'm only trying to start Flash Mx 2004.

What could be wrong?
I allready tried uninstalling and reinstalling flash but no luck there. :-/

Thanks in advance.

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Want To Start Flash Design
I want to start flash desing for websites, animations, games, all the goodies of flash, but just in my free time. I dont want to have to spend the hundreds of dollars it costs for developer packages and such. Is there a good freeware or cheap flash developer for people like me?

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What Flash Tool Should I Get To Start?
Yeah i'm really new at Flash and i'm just wondering what program should i get to start? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Flash Movie Will Not Start Up
I have managed to solve my previous problem. And have come up with this code


Code:
var imgLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
this.createEmptyMovieClip("image_mc",0);

if((firstLoad == false) & (secondLoad == false) & (thirdLoad == false))
{
_root.myBar._visible = false;
}
else
{
myBar.mode = "manual";
myBar.setProgress(0, 100);
myBar.mode = "polled";
myBar.source = image_mc;
_root.myBar._visible = true;
}

image_mc._x = 20;
image_mc._y = 20;
image_mc._alpha = 0;

if((firstPic == false) & (secondPic == false))
{
imgLoader.loadClip(thirdpicture,image_mc);
}
else if((thirdPic == false) & (firstPic == false))
{
imgLoader.loadClip(secondpicture,image_mc);
}
else
{
imgLoader.loadClip(firstpicture,image_mc);
}


stop();
imgLoader.onLoadComplete = function(targetMC)
{
_root.myBar._visible=false;
onEnterFrame = function()
{
targetMC._alpha +=3;
if(targetMC._alpha >=100)
{
delete onEnterFrame;
gotoAndPlay(3);
}
}

}


Thing is, when embedded to a webpage, my flash movie will get hanged up on this code's frame (frame 2) with the progress bar stuck at 0%. Not unless I either refresh the page, or press a button...It's as if it hangs up on the stop(); there. If I refresh the page then the progressBar loads normally and so does the movie go on playing.
Anyone else encountered this?

http://www.ravenguild.net/HavenSlide.html

is the web site's address where you can see what is happening for yourselves.

Many thanks in advance.

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Flash 8 Prof From Where To Start
Hi every one,
I have just joined this forum. I am quite new to the working of flash.I have flash 8 prof and I request will some one guide me how I can create flash files from where to start. Are there any lessions that I can read and follow.I am interested in making flash websites and slide shows.
thanks

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[CS3] Flash Projector On Start Up
I made a full screen Flash Projector that reads XML for a wide screen HDTV. It's running off of a Dell PC. I would like to have this Flash Projector start automatically off of start up. What process should I do to get this done?

Years ago on the Mac I just would put it into the Start Up Folder. However, since this is a PC and it's a Flash Projector, I'm sure there are other steps I must take.


Thanks for your help.

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Not Sure Where To Start...Silverlight To Flash
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm trying to convert my webpage from MSFT's Silverlight to Flash, but I don't even know where to start. What do I download to code in flash? I don't even know that. LOL. Any info or help would be appreciated.

Let's get to the nitty gritty though. My page is currently at:
http://dbai.myfreewebs.net
(to flip the pages, use the dog-earred pages, click & drag, or just use the thumbnails menu below).

you may need to download some stuff to see it because it's coded using silverlight. you can download it at silverlight.net

I'm hoping to convert what is shown there into a Flash version. not sure if flash has all the same capabilities, but I would like to make it as close to this version as possible. (I'll be checking this thread constantly for updates!)

THANKS!

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Get Variables On Start Of Flash
Hi. I'm wanting to send Flash a variable when it starts up. Like in PHP:

myScript.php?myVar=1

only:

myScript.swf?myVar=1

Is there any way to do this, and how do I go about retrieving that variable.

Thanks!

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Flash Map Start From Another Scene
hi i have create a basic flash map at www.key4international.com/flashmap.html (the only country i have done so far is albania). on the albania section of the site there will be a link to open the map in a new window but i want this to start from a different scene. im new to flash any one know how i do this thanks.

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Start Of Flash File
Is there any equivilent to the Director "on StartMovie"? I have a few variables I want to set in a single frame flash, but only on first starting it.

Or if there's any other way to give a variable a starting value, but which won't wipe over the later value's assigned to it.
ie.Some kind of Loopframe command, so that I can give the effect of a single frame, within a multiple frame movie.

Thanks

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Flash 8 Crashes At Start
I just downloaded Flash 8 and when I try to run it shows the loading screen, gets to Initializing Fonts, and then there is a windows error saying:

"Flash 8 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
In the Data Report:

"Error Signature

AppName: flash.exe AppVer: 8.0.0.478 ModName: unknown
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0000b7a4"

I don't know what to do, someone help me. =/

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Flash 8 Crashes On Start OSX 10.4.8
Anyone know how to get so much as an acknowledgement from Adobe for bugs?

I paid shitloads for this software and can't even get a "We will look into it".

In the vain hope that someone else has a clue here is the relevant bit of the crash log:

Translated Code Information:

Rosetta Version: 17.15
Args: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash -psn_0_10747905
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

Thread 0: Crashed (0xb7fffa00, 0xb80a510c)
0xa07ea0cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation : ___CFStringTransformNameMap + 0x33b8
0x00af3964: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __Z14GetProcAddressP11HINSTANCE__PKc + 0x20
0x00a26a34: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __Z15FWOleInitializev + 0xb4
0x00568900: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __ZN10CSketchApp12InitInstanceEv + 0x430
0x00adc324: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __ZN8CRealApp10InitializeEv + 0x2e8
0x00adc4b8: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __ZN8CRealApp3RunEv + 0xb8
0x00ae12dc: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __ZN11CWinAppImpl3RunEv + 0x48
0x00ae0ef8: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : _main + 0x9c
0x004594f8: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : __start + 0x1cc
0x00459328: /Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Flash 8.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash : start + 0x30
0x58faffbf: No symbol

PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXXxer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x00b5f84cctr: 0x00000001
r00: 0x00af3964 r01: 0xbfffdb10 r02: 0x00090000 r03: 0x00000000
r04: 0x00095540 r05: 0xbfffb940 r06: 0x1a2f1af2 r07: 0x00000007
r08: 0x00000001 r09: 0x00cf1650 r10: 0xa00068c0 r11: 0x22000022
r12: 0x900068ac r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x02131d00 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x179ce000 r21: 0x002d1fa8 r22: 0x0011b668 r23: 0x002c61c8
r24: 0x02823aa8 r25: 0xc7026020 r26: 0x00095540 r27: 0x002c0f28
r28: 0x002c0f68 r29: 0x0212bb80 r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x00b5f84c


Model: MacBookPro1,2, BootROM MBP12.0061.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core Duo, 2.16 GHz, 2 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x86), 0.1.27
Bluetooth: Version 1.7.9f12, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST910021AS, 93.16 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846
USB Device: Built-in iSight, Micron, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, Apple Computer, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Bluetooth HCI, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

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Flash 8 Professional Cannot Start
I am in the trial mode of Flash8 (19 days left). It worked fine in the first couple of days. But now when I start the application, I got this error message:

"Flash 8 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconenience."

Then I uninstall the software, reboot, re-install. Same error message still came back.

What can I do to make it work?

Thanks!

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