Flash :: Floppy Disks And Flash?

Mr.Floppy Series
Well about a week ago I showed you guys
Mr.Floppy
www.breezeland.com/~cooldogz/Floppy.htm

Then i made a newer version of Mr.Floppy Dress Up

www.breezeland.com/~cooldogz/dress.html

so know i am making another game and Movie.

Game:This game will be a competitive game like a normal fun game i hope.

Its a game were you actually control Mr.Floppy and move him around and collect the virues files to delete with the AntiVirus installed on Mr.Floppy.You get a score for everytime you collect and delete a file and you may be timed.

Movie:Somthing as easy i never could make a Movie but just figued i might as make one that is pretty cool and make a first full movie.It like a Mr.Floppy Adventure to the Computer.

Due Dates:Mr.Floppy Speed(The Game)

Due:March 12th

Mr.Floppy's AdventureMovie)

Due:March Do know depends.

Just though you guys would like to know

Mr.Floppy Speed
Progress.

Coding 97%

Art 60%

Game Play 72%

Menu 91%

Lost Menu 68%

Well here is the gme go to options if you want to learn how to play.

http://www.breezeland.com/%7Ecooldogz/speedg.htm

I felt like showing you guys my very great game.

I would love Comments.

Oh the problem is that i am not sure how to make a HighScore Table any one know how i can make one .

Viewing Swf On A Floppy
Hello, first I would like to say that for some time I have been coming here to look around and have done several of the tutorials - thank you Kirupa, this is a very nice site, your tutorials are so clear and easy to understand and have been very helpful to me

The reason why I am posting here is that I would very much appreciate any information on how to view swf files on media such as floppies or cdr's etc. because I've been surprised by how many problems my friends are having looking at the game I made.

You see, I made a small game and put in on floppies and handed it to my friends. Most of them can't see the swf file at all :O! I use a PC. If I put a swf file on a floppy disk and then give to one friend who has a Mac, will she be able to see the swf? I thought I would ask before giving her a copy.

My other friends who already have the floppy all own PC's and many can't see the swf on the floppy. Someone told me that I should always clothe my swf's on the floppy in html so they automatically play thru the recipient's browser. Is that true? Is there no other solution?

I thought that by telling my friends, when their PC prompted for what program to open the SWF file with, to just specifiy their browser, but that doesn't seem to work for many of them, which really surprised me. I don't understand why it's not working

Does anyone know of a sure-fire way lol how to tell people to open swf files that are on a floppy (or cdrom, etc.)? I guess most people see swf's via the web or emails. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me, very much appreicated !

Checking For A 3.5 Floppy Form Cd Rom
Hi quick question. I know this is possible in Director but is it possible in flash. I am creating a CD Rom. I need the CD Rom to look for a floppy disk on loading and take the info from it to create a budget planner style form maybe in xcel. One is it possible. Two what code do I need to put into my flash movie to achieve this.
As an aside I have created a flash movie in MX. Imported it into director 8. But none of the flash functionality works. I have also tried exporting it as a flash5 .swf through MX but again same porblem. Is there a problem importing MX .swf files into Director?

Any help much appriciated.

Cheers

Floppy Drive Code
One day I was looking at the funny Windows XP parodys at newgrounds, and I noticed some guy made an echo to your A: (Floppy) drive. I was supried to find that there was an actionscript code that can make you see your own Floppy drive. Now, I kinda wanted to know if ANYONE would happen to know what code, or who could find that code for me please! I really want/need that code man! Its just so cool!

Files From Floppy-drive
Hey guys ...

My situation:

I have file on a web-server called "root.swf" - as soon as I call it, it loads another SWF file from the users floppy drive (a ... it is a simple SWF that checks if the variable passed by the SWF on the floppy is valid. All there is is:

Code:

if (_root.userdata.test_user == true){
gotoAndStop ("valid");
}
I also set a timeout and everything.

My problem:

When I call the SWF on the web-server, it load the file from the floppy-disk just normal, and starts checking, but it does not return the desired result.

On my own machine it works perfectly fine, but on the server it doesn't anymore.

Now I ask you WHY?

A movieclip loaded externally still access the root of the "holderSWF" with the _root. command - so there should not be a problem as far as accessing the right clip as far as actionsscript-commands.

I still think a MC loaded from a floppy-disk and therefor not from the same location as the SWF would have to be uploaded in order to work just as a SWF on the server. But it can't upload the file ...

Any suggestions on how to solve this?

Thanks

Help How Can I Save Multiple Variables To Floppy?
Hello everybody!
I need some serious help here...

I'm making an movie that will be used on a school to teach student some stuff. In this movie they have to fill in their name and so the first time they use it. After this they have to answer some questions during the course.
I want to let Flash save this all on a floppy, so they can give this floppy to the teacher to read it out. I know this is possible, but I dunno how.
I'm not an Flash expert, and I don't know anything about PHP & co. But I don't think I need this, because my movie is played from cd-rom, or harddisk...

Please help me!

Writing Data To A Floppy Disk
Is there a way to check if there is a floppy in, and than
write data to it.

Thanx a lot

Projector Shared Object Floppy
I am making a CD(flash projector)
I need users be able to save their comment written to a text field be saved on floppy provided to them.
Thanks

Read And Write To Floppy Disk
Hi
Is it possible to use Flash to create, write to / overwrite and append a txt.file. I can get it to read in no problem - but unable to create it initially. If this is possible the next problem is saving it to a specific location - ideally a users floopy disk. Obviously this has security implications etc and i suspect it is a no-no, but i need to check first before telling my client that. They do not want a database system to store anything but all of the uses will have their own floppies with their info stored on it - I know - dont ask.

A step further - ideally they actually would want to output/create from flash a word doc or pdf file - again storing info that could be read back in? - have never seen anything like this - is the creation of these document types even feasible from Flash? never mind retreival of the data?

Thanks for any help in advance. Tom

Shared Object - Save In Floppy Disk
As far as i know, shared object is use to store data locally (like cookies) in our machine..

But, i have one BIG question. My boss asked me to create one application using Flash MX that can allow users to store the data locally and in Floppy disk.

The scenario is like this, we got one e-learning project for ministry of education (for Year 2 Students). What we have to do is, to create quiz application which can be viewed through a CD. The student will answer the questions and they have an option whether save their data and answers locally in the machine (where they sit for the quiz) or save all the data and answers in Floppy disk and submit to their teacher.

My BIG problem is..is it Flash give us capability to create an application which can allow us to save our data in Floppy disk? I have solved one part - save locally in the machine using shared object but i have no idea to resolve another option (save in floppy disk). Please HELP ME...

Flash Script? Is Writing Flash Code Possible? Without A Flash Builder Like Flash MX
I want to get into flash programming on my website, but i do not have thecash to buy flash MX 2004, it is 499 US thats a lot of money.

Basically what i want to know is, can flash be written as code, like HTML or do i need to buy a flash builder. And if so, what can i do about learning this code

Thanx from Fenton Multimedia Designs

Flash Versions Order Of Sequence : Flash 5, Flash MX, FlashMX 2004?
some questions on FLash versions

After Flash 5 was FlashMX then followed by FLashMX 2004 ???

which means Flash MX is version 6??

thanks for answering.

Can You Open A Flash File Made With Flash Mx, Using Flash Mx 2004?
Hi,

I have recently purchased flash mx 2004. However when I go to open my old flash mx flies in flash mx 2004 all I get is unexpected file format! Why is this? Also when I open flash mx 2004 and try to open one of the sample files it comes up with the same message!

Also when you download and install an extension from macromedia exchange, how do you then use the extension feature in flash? Were do you find it?

Any help on these matters would be appreciated?

Thank you

How Do You Update A Flash Object Without Flash? Selling A Flash Site.
I am wondering what may be a large wonder. If I create a website with flash etc for somebody else, how can they update their own site? For example, if they have an 'updates' page, I don't want to have to keep on redoing it for them in Flash. I heard words like 'strings' and 'XML' kicking about, but don't really understand it. Thanks,

Alex

Making A Flash Website (flash In A Flash In A Flash Etc...)
I am working on a flash "database" as it's called and to make this possible I will need to have multiple flash documents that load within a flash to keep the loading time down, otherwise the filesize would be astronomical!

To see what I am working on go to http://www.axeldesigns.com/h2/helpdatabase then click "menu button" to open the project. Hopefully then you can get a good sense of what I am trying to accomplish...So when you click on the individual links, I want a flash within the main flash to load completely on top with it's own load bar and everything.

I'm not very experienced with action scripting, but I am quite experienced with the animation side of flash and drawing tools etc...

So, if anyone knows of any tutorials or examples that I could work off of, please help me out.

Alex

Will An Swf Made In Flash MX That Is Exported As Flash 4- Play On Flash 4 Cpu's?
Will an swf made in Flash MX that is exported as Flash 4- play on Flash 4 cpu's? How do I get my mx movies compatible with people who only have Flash 4???? I ask this because I exported a movie made in Mx to Flash 4, so I am just wondering if it will play on all Flash computers that have Flash 4, eventhough they may not have flash 5 or mx. Thanks...

Updating Flash 4 Code To Flash MX 2004 Or Flash 8
Can Flash MX or Flash 8 automatically update old flash code or update depreciated code? I have a flash 4 project that when resaved as Flash MX 2004, obviously starts to throw errors.

Flash 8: Button For Flash Paper In A Flash Presentation
I am new to Flash. I have a presentation I am putting together. I need a button to open a Flash Paper (Flash Papers 2) .

How do I do this?
Does anyone sell premade buttons?

Thanks!

Flash Over Html, Hide Flash Access Html After Flash Movie Ends
We've got a green screened video playing in a flash movie over top of our html content.

when the movie ends, flash uses external interface .api to call a javascript function which swaps the flash movie out with a 5 x 5 pixel flash movie (rewrites the <div>).

this works and you can interact with the html content after the flash movie in all browsers except firefox...!

anyone know of any work-arounds or is there a better way of handling flash over html in this fashion?

any input would be greatly appreciated!

HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE BG OF THE FLASH THING ON FLASH KIT W/OUT USING FLASH?
Plz tell me because I am making a little kid's website and they'll b sad if doesn't match the flash.

Yikes, Can I Go From Flash MX To Flash MX 2004 To Flash MX?
I have flash MX on my computer here at home, I went on campus to edit a file in a class in Flash MX 2004, now I am trying to reopen the file in Flash MX here at home again and it won't allow me to open it, saything there is an unexpected format error.

Is this caused from opening it in Flash MX 2004? Is there a way to revert the file back to Flash MX? Yikes!

Flash/CSS Question: Can Flash In A <div> Overlay Another <div> Containing Flash?
I'm guessing this answer is no but thought I'd ask anyway.

With the "wmode" set to transparent I can get my top div to overlay text/background images no problems but not on top of another flash movie.

Can it be done?

Flash 8 Function Not Working In Flash 8 But In Flash 9
I use this piece of Code from Senoculars Matrix Tutorial:

Code:
import flash.geom.Matrix;
function duplicateMovieClipImage(from, target){
var pics= new flash.display.BitmapData(from._width, from._height);
pics.draw(from);
target.attachBitmap(pics, 1);
}
duplicateMovieClipImage(this.viewer.picHolder, doubleSize.bigpic);
var my_matrix2 = doubleSize.bigpic.transform.matrix;
my_matrix2.scale(1, 1);
my_matrix2.tx = -2;
my_matrix2.ty = -2;
doubleSize.bigpic.transform.matrix = my_matrix2;

duplicateMovieClipImage(viewer.picHolder, normalSize.bigpic);
var my_matrix = normalSize.bigpic.transform.matrix;
my_matrix.scale(0.25, 0.25);
my_matrix.tx = 0;
my_matrix.ty = 0;
normalSize.bigpic.transform.matrix = my_matrix;
When I play this in a Flash 9 Player everything is made correct (A Pic generated in its Original Form and one in its 0.25/0.25 Size.

But when I watch this in a Flash 8 Player (8.0.22.0 that is)

the Script is ignored

any1 know why???

Firefox Recognizes Quicktime As Flash Player Instead Of Flash As Flash Player
I don't know why when I go to websites and all those old Flash sites don't work anymore, but I get the "Quicktime Question Mark" logo. I've tried reinstalling Flash Player so many times but the quicktime logo keeps coming up. I've tried this both with Firefox and Safari and it just doesn't work.

Nested Function Locks Flash On 2nd Frame. Cold Fusion Problem Or Flash MX ? Or Me?
It's been three days I don't sleep. Anybody,please,.....

// Flash MX code 2nd frame

stop();
validatePackage = new LoadVars();
validatePackage.onLoad = function() {
if (validatePackage.success == "0") {
setPackageCheck = new LoadVars();
setPackageCheck.onLoad = function() {
_root.packageCheck.text = setPackageCheck.packageCheck;
_root.unlockCheck.text = setPackageCheck.unlockCheck;
_root.gotoAndStop("exPrep");/* without this line
everything works perfectly !!!!!. WHY ! I mean I have other functions sending time line somewhere else accordint to if statments and it works fine!*/
};
setPackageCheck.accountID = _root.accountID.text;
setPackageCheck.sendAndLoad("setPackageCheck.cfm", setPackageCheck, "POST");
} else {
_root.packageCheck.text = validatePackage.packageCheck;
_root.unlockCheck.text = validatePackage.unlockCheck;
_root.vdDays1.text = validatePackage.vdDays;
_root.vdHours1.text = validatePackage.vdHours;
_root.vdMinutes1.text = validatePackage.vdMinutes;
_root.gotoAndStop("exPrep");/* without this line
everything works perfectly !!!!!. WHY !*/
}
};
validatePackage.accountID = _root.accountID.text;
validatePackage.sendAndLoad("validatePackage.cfm", validatePackage, "POST");

<--- "validatePackage.cfm"--->

<cfquery name="validatePackage" datasource="dsn">
SELECT packageCheck, unlockCheck
FROM accounts
WHERE accountID=#form.accountID#
</cfquery>
<cfif validatePackage.packageCheck lt 1>
<cfoutput query="validatePackage">
&success=0&
&unlockCheck=#urlencodedformat(validatePackage.unl ockCheck)#&
</cfoutput>
<cfelse>
<cfset vdDays=#DateDiff("d",#validatePackage.packageCheck #, now())#>
<cfset vdHours=#DateDiff("h",#validatePackage.packageChec k#, now())#>
<cfset vdMinutes=#DateDiff("n",#validatePackage.packageCh eck#, now())#>
<cfoutput query="validatePackage">
&packageCheck=#urlencodedformat(validatePackage.pa ckageCheck)#&
&unlockCheck=#urlencodedformat(validatePackage.unl ockCheck)#&
&vdDays=#vdDays#&
&vdHours=#vdHours#&
&vdMinutes=#vdMinutes#&
</cfoutput>
</cfif>

<--- "setPackageCheck.cfm"--->

<cfquery name="setValues" datasource = "dsn">
UPDATE accounts
SET packageCheck= #now()#
WHERE accountID=#form.accountID#
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="setPackageCheck" datasource = "dsn">
SELECT packageCheck, unlockCheck
FROM accounts
WHERE accountID=#form.accountID#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="setPackageCheck">
&packageCheck=#urlencodedformat(setPackageCheck.pa ckageCheck)#&
&unlockCheck=#urlencodedformat(setPackageCheck.unl ockCheck)#&
</cfoutput>

[MX04] Open A New Link In Html By Clicking Button In Flash (no Code In Flash).
Hi,

I'm facing problem while opening a new html window by clicking button created in flash.

For this i don't want to write single code in flash but want to handle this through the html only.

For this I have used <embed> tag to add swf file in html. but could not add click code in HTML on that button.

Could any one help me out?

Get Variables Inside Flash 9 Movie With Action Script 3 Using Flash Selenium And Sele
Dear All,

I use Selenium RC and I want to do automated flash testing. I am using Flash Selenium.

Web Application has Flash content (SWF file) and is Version 9.0 and uses Action Script 3.0.

I cant use the functions like flashApp.Getvariable(varName) or flashapp.TotalFrames() as mentioned http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/

I see documentation and functions listed at ( http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/p...h/scriptingwit hflash_03.html functions for Flash 5 ), i cant use them . I get exception all the time.

I am trying to access the varibales in the flash movie which is loaded using GetVariable but Selenium throws an exception but no information message.

I want to ask can I use functions listed on above adobe site with Flash 9 movie with Action Script 3.0 ? If not is there any way to get variables inside Flash movie using Flash External Interface and Selenium RC ?

Best Regards !

/ Yogesh

How Print Html Page Or Word Outside Flash When Click Button Inside Flash ?
hello,

how print html page or word outside flash when click button inside flash ?

any ideas or what the action can help me to do that ?

Remove Double Click In XP For Flash & Show Flash In Firewall Protected Environment
Remove Double click in XP for flash & show flash inside firewall protected environment

Here is some code that will disable the annoying double click feature for flash when using XP. This code also enables all viewers to see your flash. For example some firewalls block flash (SO STUPID) but with this code instead of using the embed tags and object tags allows those users behind firewall environments to see your hard worked flash masterpiece.

Okay here is how you do it.
Inside your main file that is calling the flash .swf.
Remove the code that you currently have there and replace it with the code that is inside the putInsideIndex.html (see attachment)
Make sure that you change the name of the movie in that code so that it opens your swf. You might need to change the width and the height too so that you don't have your flash looking like a monster.

Alright then you need to take the other file called RemoveDoubleClick.js
Open it in your editor and change the name to the name of your choosing on line 12. Then post that file (DO NOT RENAME IT) into the same directory as the main file that you edited above. Most cases that would be the index.html or whatever.

So enjoy and start letting EVERYONE see your sites & be more user friendly!
GOOD LUCK!

New To Flash, Create A Flash Form Which Is Emailed Using CGI Script When Submit Button Is Pressed
I'm trying to build a form in flash that is emailed using CGI script. I'm just lost and confused and I just can't seem to figure this out.

This is the CGI coding for HTML and I just need to convert it to use in CS3:
<form action="

Outputting Data In Flash To Text Documents, Creating Textdocs With Flash & Mc Filters
Question 1: How do I add a filter to a movieclip from actionscript,
More specificly, the "adjust color" filter, and I want to decrease brightness, saturation, hue, and contrast... by actionscript...
If you dont know what I mean, use the circle tool to create a circle, convert to movie clip, click the "filter" tab, then click + and add a adjust color filter, you'll see what I mean...

Question 2: I need to output text to 'text' documents, no I cannot use shared objects for this, as it is a program for a client, and it isn't safe enough for me...

Basically, this is what I want to do...

Code:
var archive:Array = [];
archive[7] = "Hello I am the 8th archive";

//save to a text document called "archive7" in the directory myProgramfiles
//finished with code...
then

on initilization of my program, it'd do this

Code:
//get text from the text document I saved in the directory "myProgramfilesarchive7"
Thats what I really need

Question 3:Is there a way to create a folder, text document, through flash
//example

Code:
var textdoc:TextDocument = new TextDocument();
textdoc.name = archive7;
textdoc.text = "Hello I am the 8th archive";
Can anyone tell me how to do this

Thanks in advance

The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript - Chapter 1: Flash Essentials
This is an article discussion thread for discussing the SitePoint article, "The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript - Chapter 1: Flash Essentials"

The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript - Chapter 1: Flash Essenti
Notice: This is a discussion thread for comments about the SitePoint article, The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript - Chapter 1: Flash Essentials.
__________

eXCELLENT! clearly composed article, gonna read the other chapters too. thanks

Call Flash Function From Href Tag Within A Flash Html Text Field?
I'm creating dynamic html fields within Flash and have been succesful calling javascript functions or launching browsers, but what would REALLY be cool would to actually call Flash functions with those href tags.

Does that sound like a possibility to anybody?

Or, alternatley, could a javascript function in the web page execute a function within the swf?

Create Java Pop Up From Flash Index Site To Standalone Flash Popup
Want bad help to create a javapop up link from index.htm flash movie with a enter button that leads to the other .swf that is a popup window with another .swf. How do I do that.

One more thing is there a real good downloadable on how to make "news" scrolls in flash the ones I have seen did not please me.

And is there a way to connect that "news" feed scroller to a text dokument for easier updates instead of having to redo the thing in the .fla file

Hope you understand my problems and I would really appreciate all help I can get.

Cheers

Best regards

/s

Flash 6 Generator Equivalent To Export Dynamically Populated Images From Flash
I'm trying to do an automatic export of graphics developed in flash, for static site elements- graphic buttons.
Generator used to export images from dynamically populated templates, but MX does not support generator, Also being that generator ran with 4 and 5, dynamic text field sizing was not an option-this is necessary to fit the button graphics to text.

Is there either something that I can generate buttons with flash, or has anyone seen a button generator that can batch export and use imported graphics?

Thanks in advance!!!

Using Flash To Open A New Browser Window - Exact Size Of Flash Movie?
Hi,

In Dreamweaver, I've previously used the 'open new browser window' behaviour from a link to display my Flash movies, and entered the .SWF filename as the URL to launch (this launches a browser window thatls exactly the size of the movie, no scrollbars, buttons etc). Can I do a similar thing with Flash's 'get URL' command, or does that only go to HTML/HTM files?

Cheers, Skratch

Pass Variable To Custom Function Not Working In Flash MX For Flash 6 Player
I have a Flash application that I built in Flash 5 that I want to now output in Flash MX (not 2004, though) for Flash 6 Player. The problem is that part of my code, which works fine if published for Flash 5 Player, breaks if published for Flash 6 Player. I am loading text from an external text file, and then passing the text contents of each variable to a function (to strip line breaks). Following is the code... does anyone know how to rewrite this so that it will work as Flash 6 Player swf? The contents of the variable are not getting passed, and eval does not work on left side of expression... I've tried everything I can think of...

Thanks in advance for help.

-S

PHP Code:

/* content, correct, Q1, Q2, Q3, etc are all variable loaded from external text file. I am trying to pass contents of variables, which is why I need to eval them. This worked in Flash 5, but not in Flash MX if I publish as Flash Player 6 file.  */
temp = stripLineBreak("content");
temp = stripLineBreak("correct");
for (i=1; i<=10; i++){
     z="Q"+i
     temp = stripLineBreak(z);
}

function stripLineBreak(x) {
     tempArray = new Array();
     tempArray = eval(x).split("
");
     eval(x) = tempArray.join("");
     tempArray.splice(0,tempArray.length);
     tempArray = eval(x).split("
");
     eval(x) = tempArray.join("");
     tempArray.splice(0,tempArray.length);
}

Floppy Disks And Flash?

Hey can anyone help - I need to save and read files to/from a floppy from a flash App running from a CD. The floppy will alway be on A: Many thanks in advance.

Hey can anyone help - I need to save and read files to/from a floppy from a flash App running from a CD.

The floppy will alway be on A:

Many thanks in advance.