Flash :: Get Snap Shop Pictures From Lots Flash Files

MX | Loading Pictures And Scaling And Lots Of Other Thingys.
Ill try to explain what Im trying to do. Its nothing new and has been done a few million times i guess, but Im so new to scripting and I need you to speak to me like you would a child,,, gag gag go.

Im trying to do a "slideshow" loading pictures into flash all in various sizes. The images then appears with a frame around them in one thumbnail size,, lets say 50 x 50(1image/50x50holder). When clicked they should load into a bigger holder that adjusts to the real size of that image.

First the images. I insert/make a new movie clip. In that movie clip I will make the small thumbnail holders for my images. First I load the first image(all the images are named image1 to image20).
After the first image is loaded, dont know how to load it and store it but im guessing thats not the hard bit of this code. But after the first image is loaded i want to create my 50x50 thumbnail holder.

When this is done I want to place the image in that holder but I need to resize it cause the image could be 230x150 or something. But I need to store the first image the original size or maybe just the values of the width and height. Dont know how to se the size of that first loaded image with code.

After this the loop should start over loading image2 and then creating another holder on the same y axis as the first but a few pixels away. Maybe 100pixels+ on the x i guess.

The loop should continue until all images are loaded and displayd in the thumbnail holders. Is there a way to see when there are no more images to load? Maybe put if bytes 0 or something in the loop?

Next the images should be "clickable". I guess you have to make this work within the loop with something like this maybe(guessing).
on(release){
_root.bigholder.loadMovie("image"+id+".jpg");
}
The original size should be loaded into that big holder and that big holder should adjust to the width and height of that image but still have a few pixels more so the picture is framed.. Again,, dont know if the best thing is to store the original sizes(with size here i mean width and height)or if if there is an easier and more efficient way to do this.

Dont know any of the code for making anything i wrote above to work.
Anyone in here that might be able to give some pinters,, what should i do and what can be done.

Edit:
Forgot something,, hehe,, if 20 images are loaded into 20 small thumbnails they might or will not fit the screen. So Ill need to make a scroller that only works the x axis right??

Some code i found that might or might not work.
i=1;
for(var rows=1; rows++) {
if(?) break; //Want this to stop when no more images exists.
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder"+i,i);
this["holder"+i].createEmptyMovieClip ("pic", 0)
this["holder"+i]._x=cols*50;
this["holder"+i]._y=rows*50;
this["holder"+i].pic.loadMovie("image" + i + ".jpg");
i++
}
}

Flash And .txt Files... (pictures)
Hello people..

I'm trying to make a webpage with this system:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/m...ynamictext.htm

But how can I get pictures into the txt file?

/Chris

HELP Dynamically Loading LOTS Of XML Files At One Time
A vendor has offered a data stream for elections coverage that is driving me nuts.

It's a county-by-county data stream for a given state's races. Each race has upwards of 250 XML files -- depending on the state -- one for each county's election returns. Thankfully, the XML files for the counties in a race are numberically ordered alphabetically.

Here's the problem -- I need to dynamically read the each county's candidate vote count from, say, 90 XML files. On the fly. The vote counts will then be used to color individual county movieclips based on the results (e.g. GOP = red, Dem = blue, etc.).

I have a script that I call when everything in the movie loads -- it starts looping to call the XML files (90 or so) and begins to read the data to color the county clips. Problem is, I can't switch to a different race (restarting the loop) without screwing up the XML calls and getting a bunch of undefined values which determine county clip colors.

Here's the function I'm using to dynamically color the county clips (imagine 100+ XML files being pulled in using this looping function):

Code:
var loadLeadersCount:Number = 1;
var loadLeadersTotal:Number = countyList.length;
var loadLeadersData:Function = function() {
tempCountyID = loadLeadersCount;
// prepend zeros and other prefixes for countyIDs
if (tempCountyID < 100 && tempCountyID >= 10) {
tempCountyID = "110" + tempCountyID;
} else if (tempCountyID < 10 && tempCountyID >= 1) {
tempCountyID = "1100" + tempCountyID;
} else {
tempCountyID = "11" + tempCountyID;
}

xmlInitLeaders = function() {
var xPathTemp:String = "/Vote/Race/ReportingUnit/Candidate";
leadersCandidates = new Array();
leadersCandidates = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(xmlDataLeaders.firstChild, xPathTemp);

tempLeaderXMLNode = leadersCandidates;

tempCandidateArray = new Array();
for (var i:Number = 0; i < leadersCandidates.length; i++) {
tempCandidateArray.push({tempParty:leadersCandidates[i].attributes.Party,tempVotes:leadersCandidates[i].attributes.VoteCount});
}
tempCandidateArray.sortOn("tempVotes", Array.DESCENDING | Array.NUMERIC);
tempLeader = tempCandidateArray[0].tempParty;
trace(tempLeader);
switch (tempLeader) {
case "Dem" :
tempColor = new Color(this[countyList[(loadLeadersCount - 1)]]);
tempColor.setRGB(0x0000ff);
break;
case "Lib" :
tempColor = new Color(this[countyList[(loadLeadersCount - 1)]]);
tempColor.setRGB(0x00ff00);
break;
case "GOP" :
tempColor = new Color(this[countyList[(loadLeadersCount - 1)]]);
tempColor.setRGB(0xff0000);
break;
default :
tempColor = new Color(this[countyList[(loadLeadersCount - 1)]]);
tempColor.setRGB(0x87676d);
break;
}
loadLeadersCount++
if (loadLeadersCount <= loadLeadersTotal) {
loadLeadersData();
} else {
trace("No more counties to process!");
}
}

xmlDataLeaders = new XML();
xmlDataLeaders.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlDataLeaders.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if(success) {
xmlInitLeaders();
trace("XML loaded!");
} else {
trace("XML did not load!");
}
}
xmlDataLeaders.load(currentRaceXMLPath + tempCountyID + ".xml");
trace(currentRaceXMLPath + tempCountyID + ".xml");
}
Here's the combobox init code that sets up a listener for when someone would switch to a different set of XML files (for a different race):

Code:
// function to initialize race selection combobox
var initSelectRaceCombo:Function = function() {
this.comboSelectRace.dataProvider = raceList;
comboSelectRaceListener = new Object();
comboSelectRaceListener.change = function(event_obj:Object) {
currentRaceXMLPath = event_obj.target.selectedItem.data;
loadState();
loadLeadersCount = 1;
loadLeadersData();
}
comboSelectRace.addEventListener("change", comboSelectRaceListener);
currentRaceXMLPath = this.comboSelectRace.selectedItem.data;
selectRaceClip._visible = true;
comboSelectRace._visible = true;
creditsAltClip._visible = true;
loadState();
initCounties();
loadLeadersData();
}
Any thoughts? There's gotta be a better way to do this, but I can't lock down the combo box and prevent someone from switching to another race while they wait 30 - 90 seconds for the XML load loop to finish.

Thanks,
IronChefMorimoto

Batch Process For Changing Lots Of Links In Lots Of Movies
Hi,

Have a prob that I have something like 80 flash movies, all the same size, format etc, but I need to remove a tracking tag from infront of all the links. To do this manually would take an eon, is there a batch process I can run to search for a specific string and remove it? If there is, it's a lifesaver.

Thanks,

Rhythm

Lots Of Masks Vs Lots Of Images-speed
i am building a sidescrolling advergame with a lot of images in the background that need to disappear to reveal other images. i am realizing that i am not performing at my max framerate. would my game go faster if i:

have one large underlying image and about 30 small images (each in its own movie clip) on top of it that dissapear to reveal the bottom image.

or

have two large images, and use multiple mask movie clips that hide the top image and gradually reveal the bottom image.

i am opperating at low quality
remember, this advergame scrolls and has a ton of extra stuff going on at the same time.

heres more detail if you want to know more about it:
in the game a player collects dance icons and when the player presses a key the character does a dance and images of a boring or drab background are converted into an exciting dance club background. the total background is about 2400 pixels wide, but things are set up so that only the stuff appearing in the background that is supposed to be onscreen is actually there.

thanks
jason oda
starvingeyes.com

Flash Shop
The description below is what i want to do. Right now I am using paypal's cart, but I want to have the cart in flash. You can see what I have done so far: http://www.creationdaze.com . You'll notice that for every item added to the cart it opens up another html page for the cart. Thats why I want to have a cart in flash. Your help would be greatly appreciated!

I am using MX, I am sending the variables to Paypal. I have about 32 items right now. I have a mainmovie (_level0) witch loads a vertical menu to the left (_level1) and loads the maincontent (_level2).
There are three catagories of items. So in the menu(_level1) there are links to the 3 catagories witch when click on load there catagory in _level3. So there are different items in these 3 catagories and I want the visitor to be able to add the items to the cart. Have the cart add up the total, with short description for each item (identifing the item) and send the two variables to paypal. Hope that was clear enough.

Main Movie (loads to _level0)
:holds all the other loaded movies using (loadmovie command)

Menu (loads to _level1)
:has the buttons that link to the catagories of items. ie.. (cat1,cat2,cat3) when clicked loads to _level3

Content movie (loads to _level2)
:initial content page

Cat1 - button on menu (when clicked loads cat1.swf to _level3)
Cat2 - button on menu (when clicked loads cat2.swf to _level3)
Cat3 - button on menu (when clicked loads cat2.swf to _level3)

Each catagory has items that when click "add to cart" next to that item should be added to the cart.
It should add up all items to a "total price" and add up all descriptions for each item to "total description"

When click on check out - should send "total price" and "total description" to paypal.
You know what I mean! =)

Please let me know if you need further information. Looking forward to your help!

-Travis

Flash Shop
Can anyone advise where I might get info about building a shop for a Flash site? Thanks...

Virtual Shop With Flash
Hi!
I'm working on a website for a bags&belts label which i want it to be done in flash, but it has to work as a virtual catalogue where people can order products.
Is there any tutorial about this or can anyone help me or
show any example? thanx!!
I don't really need a complicated script like normal e-shops
just the script pretending filling an order page which can be sent by e-mail.
If anyone, even don't having idea how is it done, knows any flash virtual shop please let me know!!

thanx again!

E-commerce - Flash Shop
Can anybody help?

I am trying to find information or a tutorial on how to create a flash based shop...with cart and payment page etc...

Most of my work is animation based - but I do sites and interfaces aswell...I am looking for info on how to go about creating a shop...I have countless tutorials for doing this with html and dreamweaver templates etc...but cant find out how to it with flash...

I have a vague idea of how it works - using MySQL and PhP...but dont know much about those - there must be an easyer solution?

I am OK with action script - can get flash to do some fancy stuff - I just dont know where to start with creating an e-commerse site...

It would be small - under ten items for sale....anyone???

[F8] Flash Populating Php Shop?
Hi, at work we've got a shop and a flash movie, and what they want is for the flash movie to populate the shop (say there's a category button in the flash movie it would then populate the shop in php).
Is there a way I can do this while not reloading the page (and hence restarting the movie), maybe having the flash file and php in different frames then populating the php shop from buttons within flash?
What would be the best way to do this, when it comes to flash I can make sites/small animations etc but I've never done anything uber complicated, any help on what I could do with reading up on and what methods would be best would be a great help.

Thanks
Lee

Flash And Paypal Shop.
I've created a Flash / Paypal shop that works great. However I'm unhappy with the fact that each time a product is purchased the visitor is taken to the Paypal site to view their basket and then needs to press a "Continue Shopping" button to be taken back to the Flash shop (and not particularly the page they left).

I'd far rather the View Cart option was kept in the Flash site and only when the visitor is happy with the total purchases do they click on a proceed to checkout button which takes them to Paypal site for the first and only time.

I can do all this. The only hurdle I need to get over now is this:

When a "Place in Basket" button is pressed, purchase_x equals that product and x is increased by 1. So when x = 1 and the first product is placed in the basket, purchase_1 = that product and x is increased to 2 etc

Paypal will accept multiple upload of purchases but they must have sequential numbering. So this would work fine:

Code:
paypal.item_name_1=purchase_1;
paypal.item_name_2=purchase_2;
paypal.item_name_3=purchase_3;
paypal.item_name_4=purchase_4;

My problem arises when in the Flash side of the site, purchase_2 is removed from the basket. If paypal.item_name_2 is missed off all the following paypal variables are ignored. So I want to end up with code like:

Code:
paypal.item_name_1=purchase_1;
paypal.item_name_2=purchase_3;
paypal.item_name_3=purchase_4;
Of course there would be more variables than this per product but I hope I'm keeping it simple.

Anyone any ideas on an easy way to achieve this?

Egg

Developmnet Of A Flash Shop
Hey All,

Im about to develop an online shop that is based in flash. I was wondering what the best way to get the data from the remote database would be. I am running apache, MySQL and PHP.

In the past I have used the built in function whatever.sendAndLoad method from Flash. However, Ive been doing some research and have read about this flash remoting stuff, particulary AMFPHP.

Is this more hassle than its worth?

Craig

Setting Up A Shop With Flash
hallo everyone,
I have created a flash website and I want to add a Shop on line made by Flash as well. I have created the structure but I am really stuck with some important issues:

How can I add items to a "Shopping art" in flash?: example : I want to buy a T-shirt size "S" color Blue which cost Â£10 how can I include all these information in a script for the flash button "Add to Cart" related to the t-shirt.

How can I add diferent Items in the "shopping cart" plus delivery charge?

I saw the shop on line of Nike.com and It is something like this that I meant. Not as complicated as Nike but I would like to know what to learn to get that sort of result.
tank you so much

Flash Shop (e Commerce) HOW
first post here so hello all, working on a site at the moment and would really like to add a shop, is this doable in flash? had a scout around but cant find any info, dont really want templates, as the site has a distinctive look that i would like to flow through the whole project, any info/ideas or pointers at tutorials would really be appreciated, thanks, neil.

MySQL Or XML For Flash Shop?
Hi there, I am working on building a very simple online shop that also has a database of the orders that have been made. I have been doing a bit of work with XML and wondered if this would suffice to use as the database for a shop, the database only needs to have text details of orders, it will not hold details of products as there is only one product the shop will sell.

It seems that MySQL is normally used for this kind of thing but I am only trying to create a very simple database and as I am reasonably happy with XML in Flash wondered if this would suffice. This would mean I could easily build a user interface in Flash for the shop-owner to access the information (it also saves me having to learn MySQL).

The shop would link into a Paypal shopping cart which I will probably buy rather than make myself.

I am also wondering about the security side of things, obviously payments will be processed within the Paypal website but how secure would the database be, are there any precautions I should take? What sort of hosting services should I be looking for?

Your help with any of my questions would be very much appreciated.

Thanks everyone,

Hectors

Making A Secure Flash Shop.....
does anyone know how or where i can get some info on building a secure flash online shop..?

i just want to know what's involved really and how complex it might be to build.

thanks

mr tim

Custom Shop/Store In Flash
Does anyone know anything about where I can get info to make a shop or store in Flash using Paypal? I can't find anything anywhere about how to script for this.. also, does anyone know how to make a custom horizontal scrolling bar for items for the shop? Thanks in advance!

Flash E-Commerce/Shop Cart
Hi!

Does anybody knows where can I find a good, simple Flash Shopping Cart tutorial?

All I can find over the web are under licenses and cost real money.
In other hand, when I find tutorials about it, they're too complicated for my level of scripting or full of errors.

Can anybody help me in this?

Tks for your time

Flash Graphics Vs Paint Shop
Hi all,

I've been wondering about this and was curious to know wether anyone had any opinions on it that might broaden my percept of the matter.

I'm wondering, primarily, about how people decide whether to use imported imagery as opposed to something drawn in flash?

I've just finished my first site and I found that much of the time in places I would have liked to used more finely drawn art, it was to much of a boost in the file size and thus the loading time too.

Gaz

Flash Shop Scripting Between Levels
The description below is what i want to do. Right now I am using paypal's cart, but I want to have the cart in flash. You can see what I have done so far: http://www.creationdaze.com . You'll notice that for every item added to the cart it opens up another html page for the cart. Thats why I want to have a cart in flash. Your help would be greatly appreciated!

I am using MX, I am sending the variables to Paypal. I have about 32 items right now. I have a mainmovie (_level0) witch loads a vertical menu to the left (_level1) and loads the maincontent (_level2).
There are three catagories of items. So in the menu(_level1) there are links to the 3 catagories witch when click on load there catagory in _level3. So there are different items in these 3 catagories and I want the visitor to be able to add the items to the cart. Have the cart add up the total, with short description for each item (identifing the item) and send the two variables to paypal. Hope that was clear enough.

Main Movie (loads to _level0)
:holds all the other loaded movies using (loadmovie command)

Menu (loads to _level1)
:has the buttons that link to the catagories of items. ie.. (cat1,cat2,cat3) when clicked loads to _level3

Content movie (loads to _level2)
:initial content page

Cat1 - button on menu (when clicked loads cat1.swf to _level3)
Cat2 - button on menu (when clicked loads cat2.swf to _level3)
Cat3 - button on menu (when clicked loads cat2.swf to _level3)

Each catagory has items that when click "add to cart" next to that item should be added to the cart.
It should add up all items to a "total price" and add up all descriptions for each item to "total description"

When click on check out - should send "total price" and "total description" to paypal.
You know what I mean! =)

Please let me know if you need further information. Looking forward to your help!

-Travis

.txt Files And Pictures
so, Im attempting to redo a flash site that refers to .txt documents for it's content which is outside the .fla file. Now the client wants to add pictures inside the content box...is there any way to have pictures within a .txt file? or do i need to do the whole content movie over?

any help would be grand...

Flash Base Image / Sign Shop
I am working on a web site that sells various products using a product call
swiffcart. It always me to add an image or a Flash file within a cube for a
product (www.swiffcart.com).

A client wishes to enable their customers to alter a sign's colour, text or
images etc the use that image to print the signs. eg:

A std sign has a red backgound
10 lines of non changable text
3 lines of changable text
1 logo image that can be changed.

So how do I go about the above.

I know how to allow the user to change the text of a text box but hpw do I
then create an new flash file or image from the changed sign.
How do I allow the user to browse / drag an image into the flash movie.

Also on the text ensure if he only enters 2 lines of text the text expands
to 'fill' the text area.

I suppose what I am looking for is a flash equivlant of a simplified desktop
publishing app.

Once the sign is finished I then show / email the client the new sign image
he authorises it then the job is printed.

Any help or info appreciated

Cheers

SteveW

Pictures From External Files.
I fink all of you have been asked this question to many times.
So I am sorry I bather you with this, but what can I do .
Can I make a flash that will put the pictures in it from an external file?(If this can be don can you give me a tutorial?)
If I have a lot of pictures what do you recommend to use? Java script?
Thanks for your support.
By.

External Pictures & Html Files
i need help !!!!

i need to load in a html file with 1 picture or 2 into the flsh movie...

somthing like this:
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?ID=7167&type=movies

i can load plain html into my movie but not with pictures.

but i can´t figure it out how !!!

Plz help me !!!!

Thaknz // Mike

Loading Music Files Or Pictures
i'm making a personal sites and it will have my art work and music/songs in the links. how can i have the art work and the music/songs to NOT load until the person clicks on a button?

thanks

Looking For Best Practice With Multiple Pictures + Sound Files
I want to animate more or less 80 pictures and 20 music files. The size gets rather big. Is there a way to minimize the size like e.g. having the sound in a separate file?

Displaying Pictures From External JPEG Files
Hello there, I'm currently trying to create a photo album using Flash MX. But however, I'm thinking of displaying pictures in flash using external jpeg files. May I know if there's any site for reference which I can refer to?

I'm pretty messed up here and I'm pretty confused after someone gave me some 'tutorial' which I can't seem to understand.

Anyway, I attached the 'tutorial' in a next file. If anyone managed to know what that text file is saying, please enlighten me.

Thank you for your time.

SF-based Flash Development Shop Seeks Part- And Full-time Employees
VitesseLearning develops custom courseware for a wide variety of clients using Macromedia Flash as the primary platform of development. We are currently looking to fill both full- and part-time positions. Must work on location in downtown SF ofice.

Requirements:

Design
Applicants must have at least three years design experience and a portfolio demonstrating:
·Strong interface design skills displaying ingenuity while conforming to common usability practices
·Experience with both bitmap and vector graphic manipulation
·Ability to visualize written and verbal concepts

Coding
Applicants must have at least three years actionscript coding experience and a portfolio demonstrating:
·Strong grasp of Flash MX actionscript
·Working knowledge of HTML, XML, and Javascript

Attitude
·Entrepreneurial, “get it done” spirit that looks for ways to innovate
·A willingness and desire to share knowledge
·A willingness to make and then learn from mistakes

Pluses:

·Experience with Learning Management Systems
·Experience with leading projects
·Experience with building and/or working with Flash/xml templates
·Experience with integrating Flash with HTML and javascript
·3D Studio Max experience
·Knowledge of the eLearning industry and its trends
·Print production experience
·Video/streaming media experience
·Working knowledge of php

Please reply to URL with links and a copy of your resume.

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Lots And Lots Of Layers...too Many?
Here's a question that probably has a simple answer...

When I've viewed a few .FLA files that have been sent to me, or are used in tutorials, I look a the time line and there are very few layers although the movie may have quite a bit of effects. I always seem to have a lot of layers. Are there ways to combine layers once the work is completed on those layers? Is there something I'm overlooking or not aware of?

Thanks

Lots Of MCs, Lots Of Frustration
I'm writing a small simulation that's dealing with a large number of small MCs that are dynamically created.

I also need to run a hitTest that checks whether any clip is in contact with any other clip.

code: function Hitdetect() {
for(i=0; i<=100; i++) {
if(this.hitdetectMC.hitTest(_root["character"+i])) {
proximity ++;
}
}
}

proximity is a variable inside each instance of the character MC.

The problem I have is that I need to create another function, Spawn, that creates another instance of the original character MC. The problem is, I don't know the best way to assign a name and depth to the newly created MC considering that some of the MCs will be deleted based on their own code.

Can someone suggest a way of storing the identity of the created movie clips?

I considered using an array to store the IDs of the instances, but everytime a new clip is created, the array will end up getting bigger and bigger, and the scanning of that array will end up slowing the whole processing down.

Lots Of PHP Too Much For Flash?
I've been asked to work up a new web site for a legue of online sim racers. I have seen sites done in HTML/PHP/MySql that are backside updatable with info/statistics/images and other race related info items.

Would my attempting to do this in Flash only be much more difficult than just doing it the "normal" way with HTML and a site like "PostNuke"? I'm a fan of all Flash sites, so I'd really like to do it this way as apposed to an HTML or Hybrid site.

Cheers,

Hi, Very New To Flash, Need Lots Of Help
Hey everyone, i'm very new to flash. Actually I am still in the first stage of learning. I have a website based in South Africa which is basically like a watered down version of myspace but only for my city in SA. Now basically i got the site done on a very limited budget. It has grown a little in terms of popularity but now i want to incorporate a videos module just like youtube and myspace videos due to popular demand. The web company doesn't know the first thing about video encoding, and we are quite remote in South Africa so they haven't done their research. CAn any one help me or redirect me to where i can get a step by step guide for an open source code which encodes the video to FLV. just like youtube, actually to be honest i need the full step by step guide of how it works and the code from the upload process, what file formats are allowed, the encoding process right up to the video being ready to be viewed. Thanks guys, i didn't know where else to check. I'd appreciate pretty much any kind of help

Thanks
Joe

Very New To Flash With Lots Of Difficulties
Hello,

I am very new to Flash

I want to show some images one after another with my voice recorded making a comment on these images and a background music, and I want to add control buttons (play, pause and stop), volume, time and a trckbar.
That is what I want to do .

the first difficulty I am facing is the size of the images for example I have an image sized 766x1030 pixels and others are even biggerand when I import them to my page stage they are so big and when I make them smaller they are absoloutly not clear! what shall i do I can't play with my Images sizes so I was hoping if there anything in the pagesetup or elsewhere that make me show my images clearly?

then I understand that I should my images, recorded voice and music all in a movie clip ? I am not able to that at all ?

Inserting Lots Of Text In Flash
Hey guys,
I didn't know where else to post this. I have this flash file and I want to display some text in it. i have created a small scroller component so that the user can scroll up or down in order to view the entire text. The text that I'm displaying is static. For small cases the scroller and everything else work fine but when I have to insert a big chunk of text i run into problems. You see the width of my Static text Box is very little and so when I copy and paste my text into the textbox, a large portion of the text gets truncated. I am at my wits end. Please help me. What are the means of loading text into Flash? i guess it would be using code?

Flash Website With Lots Of External Swf's
Hello,

I haven't been doing website work for too long. I mainly do it in my free time and I am still learning. The website I'm working on is my company's. It is a full flash website with a few different external swfs loaded on each page. I started by using the following tutorial. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full_site.htm It uses the loadMovie way of doing this. I completed the tutorial and it worked great, but when applied to my page, it didn't work. The variables, instance names and swf file location I changed so it would fit my site and work. But it doesn't. So I have provided a link consisting of of the fla and an external swf i am trying to load. I keep my fla fairly clean and organized - so it shouldn't be hard to find anything in it. So if anyone could take a look at it and help me pinpoint the problem, much would be appreciated!

Thanks

Contains both CS3 and Flash 8 Versions
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/...ash%20Page.zip

Lots Of Textual Content In Flash
I am working on a project for school, and I am trying to do it in Flash.
However, there is alot of textual content. What is the best way to have very readable (no 6pt. pixel fonts, my teacher has bad eyes) text that still looks crisp? Usually, my fonts look not very crisp in Flash.
A recent example here on US, http://www.pierinc.com is pretty much the size and crisp looking font that I am looking to achieve.
Any advice on settings or methods would be great!

Are There Any Sites With Lots Of Flash Tuts On Building A Flash Site?
I'm basically looking to build a flash site. All the tut sites I've found have stuff for games, 3d, animation, and other things like that. I'm just looking to make a site. So does anyone know a good tut site for only flash sites, I know there are lots of parts to it but mostly I'm looking for only the things for flash sites. Thanks in advance.

Snap In For Flash Mx
Can anyone help. I've downloaded a WA PayPal e commerce snap in for
flash mx (macromedia approved) at http://www.webassist.com/Products/Pr...ils.asp?PID=24

this enables you to add e commerce and shopping cart funcionality to flash movies and applications.

I am using a trial version of flash mx professional 2004 version 7.2

I have followed the tutorial from http://www.webassist.com/Products/Pr...als.asp?PID=24

it looks straightforward, I did notice that the tutorial flash page had convert to symbol in the insert menu, my convert to symbol is in the modify menu.
Any way when I tried to publish preview I got this error:

This movie uses features that are not supported in flash player version 5 view the output panel for details.

**Error** Symbol=Buy Now, layer=definitions, frame=1:Line 10: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 3

**Error** Symbol=Buy Now, layer=definitions, frame=1:Line 195: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip 3

WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 5 player
Symbol=content coper S, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Flash MX Button Instance Name
Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2

Can you help me.

regards

Nick

[MX04] Returning LOTS Of Data To Flash From PHP
ok currently im returning 1000's of data entries to flash from php that generates XML

problem is with that kind of data return flash lags out.

whats a better way to send massive ammounts of data?

would it be better to return one really long string that seperates data with a | or something?

Flash 8 Application Consuming Lots Of Memory
Hi Friend,

I developed a Flash 8 application with Visual Studio. The front end is completely Flash. When I run it, it consumes a lot of memory (70% to 80%).

Could this be due to the Graphics, animation MC's? I'm loading the sound and video from the server and playing it, hope this wont affect the memory issue?

Sometimes after my Flash App loads, the memory goes on increasing even if I dont click anything on the screen. Can anyone help me out? Is this due to some "memory leak" bug of Flash Player 9? I'm not sure but Im using Flash Player 9 in my system.

Thanks in advance.

Flash 8 Application Consuming Lots Of Memory
Hi There,

I just developed an Application using Flash 8 Professional. Unfortunately Im finding a bad memory usage when i run the Application. Visual Studio acts as the container for the SWF. The memory usage rises upto 80% and its really not acceptable.

The application is an e-learning software with heavy graphics and animations. Is it because I have a lot of images and animations? because in the code I just have a maximum of 12 sound objects, which I have not deleted upon exit. Sould I optimize the code used? I mean the parts that involves "=new object( )"?

If the problem is with graphics, is there any alternate way to adjust it?

Flash Has Problems Handling Lots Of Code?
ok, here's the situation:

my movie jumps unexplicably to low quality. i try to solve this by commenting out a function. it works. the thing is, if i leave that function in and comment out another, unrelated function, that works too.
neither one by itself causes a problem. but both at the same time do.
so i moved one to a different frame and it seems to have solved the problem.
so i'm over that. here's my current issue:
i've got a movie clip, call it "A". and inside that movie clip i've got another movie clip, call it "B". i have a frame action in A that should tint the instance of B. but it doesn't. however, if i move B to the main timeline and put the action in one of the main timeline's frames it works.
I've checked and rechecked my variable names. it doesn't make sense. if anyone else has had troubles like this, please let me know. and if you have any idea how to deal with it, that would be nice too.

thanks

Flash MX 2004 (AS2) - Comparing And Sorting Lots Of Variables
HI!
I'm making a game in Flash MX and i have got stuck.
Game has 10 players and they all answer questions (answer: YES or NO).
Each player has it's own array for answers (player one's answers for example: answers1_array = [yes, no, no, no, yes, yes])
I get stuck, when i'm tring to compare these answers to find 2 players with most similar answers(2 players, who have most questions with same answer).
To compare, i use this code:

Code:
m1 = 0;
b1 = 0;
while (m1<questions_array.length) {
if (answers1_array[m1] == answers2_array[m1]) {
b1++;
}
m1++;
}

where questions_array contains all the questions and b1 is the count of same answers.
To compare all the players i need about 44 variables to store the number of similar answers (player1 to player2, then player1 to player 3, then player1 to player 4 etc). Then i'd have to compare all these 44 variables to each other, to find out, which variable is the biggest. I could use arrays to sort, but then i could not identify the 2 players, who have those answers.
I need the game to mark those 2 players, who have the most similar answers and by using 44 variables, it would get TOOO long.

If anything is unclear or confusing, feel free to ask, but please help or guide me to a better direction.
Thanks.

Displaying Lots Of Clickable Thumbnails Of Product Samples In Flash? Possible?
Hi there, i've been batteling with this for over a week now and i've just been unsucessful.
I wonder if someone has got a better solution/theory to solve my problem

I am trying to make an online product selection in flash. So the user goes from stage 1 to 6 choosing different options.

The first stage is where they choose the material. I have over 100 different materials to display! I want to put them in a database so i can update it later and also apply filters on the display page, because each thumbnail needs to store the Picture url for thumnail and main picture, the name of the material, the Price range code, the Colour description, pattern description and the material description.

How can i achieve this?! I really have looked high and low for something that stores it on one page and filters can be applied. It just needs to fill a movie clip with as many thumbnails as it finds in the DB, whilst storing the information for each thumbnail. Eventually i would like to add a button below each thumbnail which says 'select this one' which then just sets a variable to the name of the thumnail button they clicked.

Please let me know if i tried to go aboutt his the wrong way? If anyone knows of a great example flash please let me know. I am absolutley stuck here!!

thanks for any help, best regards

UKguy

Displaying Lots Of Clickable Thumbnails Of Product Samples In Flash
Hi there, i've been batteling with this for over a week now and i've just been unsucessful.
I wonder if someone has got a better solution/theory to solve my problem

I am trying to make an online product selection in flash. So the user goes from stage 1 to 6 choosing different options.

The first stage is where they choose the material. I have over 100 different materials to display! I want to put them in a database so i can update it later and also apply filters on the display page, because each thumbnail needs to store the Picture url for thumnail and main picture, the name of the material, the Price range code, the Colour description, pattern description and the material description.

How can i achieve this?! I really have looked high and low for something that stores it on one page and filters can be applied. It just needs to fill a movie clip with as many thumbnails as it finds in the DB, whilst storing the information for each thumbnail. Eventually i would like to add a button below each thumbnail which says 'select this one' which then just sets a variable to the name of the thumnail button they clicked.

Please let me know if i tried to go aboutt his the wrong way? If anyone knows of a great example flash please let me know. I am absolutley stuck here!!

thanks for any help, best regards

UKguy

Get Snap Shop Pictures From Lots Flash Files

Hello alli need to get snap shop picture to use as preview to the flash game is there any quick automated way to get snap shot from lots of flash files? Thanks

Hello all
i need to get snap shop picture to use as preview to the flash game
is there any quick automated way to get snap shot from lots of flash files?
Thanks