Launching Mutliple Applications

Launching Applications
I need to know how to launch an application (.exe) file in Flash 5 for a CD. Please help me.

Thanks,

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Launching Applications
Can Flash MX launch an application off of a network drive? I am trying to make a company manual that is associated with a database. I would like the user to be able to lauch the database from within the Flash manual, and have it open in Access.

Any suggestions?

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Launching Applications
Is there a way to launch other applications from inside a swf? Particularly, i'm looking to launch a powerpoint. I'm making a CD autorun menu using flash. Thanks!

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Launching Applications
How do i launch applications from flash. Like those CDs from Maximum PC or even for studio 8, the installers are launched from flash, i am sure. how do i do that? Also how do i open PDFs? HTML etc? So for example, i have a few installers, a VB app i created myself, a HTML or PDF documentation for my application. how do i "compile" them in Flash 8, so that the Flash projector will take care of launching the progs, instead of the user having to search thru folders

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Launching Applications From A Projector
hi there

anyone know how i can launch adobe acrobat from a flash projector - have tried getURL(filename.pdf) which works fine on a pic but not on a mac (it actually opens it in explorer)

appreciate any help

cheers

steve

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Launching External Applications
Sorry if this is a stupid n00bish question, but I want to attach an action to a button within a Flash Movie that will launch Wordpad. I tried getURL (path to exe) but I'm now getting Security Warnings popping up asking me if I want to save or run this file. I'm using XP Service Pack 2 which I know has a lot of additional security measures but the project I'm working on is for eLearning and warnings like this will scare the s*** out of people so is there anyway around this issue

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Launching Applications Using FSCOMMAND?
Is it possible to use fscommand with exec to launch applications that are not in an fscommand folder, but somewhere else on your C drive - I am wanting to create a menu for launching Games that I have installed on the C drive. Is there a way to do this?
It was explained on a macromedia page for Flash MX, but they talked about having to use a folder called fscommand in the same place as your flash movie that launches it - how could you do this if the files needed for the game are kind of spread out in different folders at the original install?

Im not sure I understand all thats involved

If possible urgent reply, as a very tight deadline is involved!?

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Launching External Applications From An Swf
I've got this little interactive portfolio I'm building in Flash 5. It's in Flash because I havn't had time to get familiar with Director.
Got a problem though...
I need to be able to click on a button and tell it to launch an exe. Is there any action script command that will allow me to do that? Is it something similar to "getURL"?
Anyone?... Please?

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Launching Applications On Top Of Flash Window
I am creating an information cd about a company. I have a few buttons that open pdf's and a couple that launch 2 applications. Powerpoint viewer and a driver install.

When I click on the button to launch pptview.exe that works fine, the pop up security box comes up asking if I want to run that program. But say I clicked on one of the pdf buttons first that opens up a new window displayin the pdf. If the person does not close out that new window and clicks ont he pptview.exe button the box that pops up to ask if you want to run that program is now behind my flash projector. Is there a way to ensure that when I launch that pptview.exe it will always launch on top of everything so that it isn't hidden behind any window. This problem also happens with the button to launch the driver install.

I use Flash MX 2004
and the actionscript I am using on the pptview button is.

on (release) {
getURL("Slideshow/pptview.exe");
}


I have tried using the fscommand but failed to get it working. my projector file is in the root folder and from there I created a folder named "fscommand" and within that folder I placed pptview.exe and used the actionscript

on (release) {
fscommand("exec","pptview.exe");
}

the button doesn't do anything. My ideal solution would be have the powerpoint file open automatically in powerpoint viewer but I can not get that to work. I tried using ftoolapp.exe and that comes with example flash projects using the program to show what you can do and how to do it and those don't even work.

I am desperate and looking for any solution. Even just fixing the problem to ensure that launching applications will be on top of all windows will be acceptable. If anyone can help please respond.


Thank You.
shane

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Launching Applications With Flash Projector MAC
I am having problems launching email from my Flash projector on a MAC. I can launch a pdf file with using Applescript, but I'm not sure how to do it for email. Any and all help would be appreciated.

overdraft -

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Mutliple Preloaders
I am trying to produce a gallery page which has many images. For this I have produced 5 sections. I would like these sections to have a preload on them aswell as a preload at the start of the movie to load up the intro scene. I have no idea how to make the preloaders work individually. Any help greatly appreciated

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Mutliple Texts
hi there flashers

i'm trying to pull in three text files into three text fileds that are all visible at the same time within the one page using this actionscript (this as is on the timeline)

on frame one
loadVariables(update/contact01.txt, "");
on frame two
loadVariables(update/contact01.txt, "");
on frame three
loadVariables(update/contact01.txt, "");

but alas, when i play the movie it loads 'contact text 01' and then 'contact text 02' and then 'contact text 03' into all three text boxes and then stops with all three tet boxes displaying the text from contact03

any offers?!?!

a confused tasVino

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XML To Mutliple Arrays
I have an XML file of items as listed below. This is all for a dynamic menu that has a menu which opens up a submenu on rollover.

What I'm trying to do is run for loops through this and save every instance in an array (E4X would be great for this, but I gotta pull it off in AS2). Anyhow, in the example XML below, there's only 2 buttons listed, but essentially there will be up to 8 buttons.

I'm doing great, I'm just having a problem with nested arrays to easily access the submenu items from the XML. The idea I had was to store the attributes of the items in an array (3 items = array[0], array[1], array[2]), then store that array in another array for each submenu item, then store those submenu items in an array for the buttons.

So if I had 8 buttons with 4 submenu items each, and each submenu item had 3 attributes ... if I wanted to access the last item in the combo, it would be something like:

button[7].submenu[3].array[2]

This is probably way off, but I'm trying to thoroughly explain what it is I'm trying to do. I'm just puzzled on the nested arrays, and wondering if there's an easier way of doing it.



Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu>
<!-- XML for buttons in menu -->
<button>
<!-- Title = Menu Item's Title and Submenu Title -->
<title>Animal Transfer Process</title>
<!-- Description = Submenu's body of text -->
<description><![CDATA[Vivamus et tortor. Donec eget augue. Proin blandit mi. Nulla scelerisque tempor odio. Integer consequat magna vel ligula. Curabitur lacus metus, mollis vel, sollicitudin quis, rhoncus in, lectus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nunc faucibus, ligula sollicitudin ultrices gravida, nulla neque convallis lorem, vitae rhoncus enim tortor eget sem. Cras semper ornare arcu. Integer placerat lectus at nibh.]]></description>
<submenu>
<!-- item = Submenu's image hotlinks. # of items can vary from 1-8. After that, the design breaks. Item attributes include the text below the image, the filepath of the image, and the url to hotlink to. -->
<item title="Manufacturing Operations" file="images/001.jpg" url="manufacturing_operations.html"/>
<item title="Compliance Labeling and Tagging" file="images/002.jpg" url="compliance.html"/>
<item title="Maintenance and Field Service" file="images/003.jpg" url="maintenance.html"/>
<item title="Private Fleet" file="images/004.jpg" url="private_fleet.html"/>
<item title="Warehouse Operations" file="images/005.jpg" url="warehouse_operations.html"/>
</submenu>
</button>
<button>
<title>Procurement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aenean metus sem, imperdiet vitae, commodo at, lobortis at, ligula. In in quam. Aliquam porta molestie est. Nam tortor leo, eleifend id, adipiscing id, rutrum eget, orci. Nullam luctus, lacus a condimentum molestie, mi nisl porttitor massa, vel tempus nulla felis vitae lacus. Suspendisse ornare erat. In hendrerit tellus et augue. Vestibulum gravida sapien et dolor. Nulla feugiat quam adipiscing nisi. Nullam non est. Aliquam accumsan. Fusce arcu mauris, pharetra non, tristique nec, condimentum sit amet, purus.]]></description>
<submenu>
<item title="Store Operations" file="images/006.jpg" url="store_operations.html"/>
<item title="Warehouse Operations" file="images/007.jpg" url="warehouse_operations.html"/>
<item title="Field Service" file="images/008.jpg" url="field_service.html"/>
<item title="Delivery" file="images/009.jpg" url="delivery.html"/>
</submenu>
</button>
</menu>

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HELP Mutliple Issues
OK, I thought this should be a relatively simple thing, but it's been giving me fits for the last 2 days. Here's the project...there's a series of HTML pages that will appear with a button that leads to a more in-depth description (optional for those who need it) that is done with Flash. I need to have an external swf load into an empty movieClip container which will have a playback controller attached to it along with a preloader that will show the progress % while the external swf is loading. I got the preloader to start and the swf to play in the container, but the problem is that the external swf starts before the preloader gets all the way to 100%. It starts at 12% and then the preloader stays visible (still showing progress) and reaches 100% at the same time the external swf ends.


Code:
var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object = new Object();
var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 50);
var contentContainer:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("content", 5);
myMCL.addListener(myListener);
myListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip, getBytesLoaded:Number, getBytesTotal:Number) {
container._visible = true;
var preloadPercent:Number = Math.round((getBytesLoaded/getBytesTotal) * 100);
container.preloader.gotoAndStop(preloadPercent);
container.percentTotal.text = preloadPercent;
}
myListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
container._visible = false;
}
myMCL.loadClip("preloader.swf", "container");
myMCL.loadClip("Test Movie.swf", "content");
I haven't even gotten to the point where I'm ready to add my code for the controller. If there's anyone out there who knows how I could get this working, I'd be incredibly grateful.

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Mutliple Uploads
Hi,

I need to be able to upload many pics at the same time.
ie : I want to be able to click on a browse button, find my folder, do a ctrl + a to select all pics, then have the pics resized (temp files resized) then upload them to my website.

I'm doing this web site in dreamweaver, and I also have flash CS3.

Can anyone tell me how to do this in flash ? I wouldn't even mind buying an already existing program, provided it is fairly cheap.

TIA
Pat

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Mutliple MC Drags....really Impossible?
hello everyone.
new here,
is this impossible or not

i have a custom (mc) cursor,
trying to build drag and drop
interface, however flash drops
the cursor when i drag the other mc's.

any help

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Question On Mutliple IF Conditions
I made this puzzle where there are 5 buttons and light and when a button is pressed the two adjacent lights (including the one clicked) are changed from red to green or green to red. I want to make it so that when all 5 lights are green the next puzzle fades in. All I need help on is the code.

This is what I have on each button at the bottom after the proper lights are changed to green:

if ((light1 == 1) & (light2 == 1) & (light3 == 1) & (light4 == 1) & (light5 == 1)) {
with (_root.puzzle2) {
play();
}
}

Do I use double & or single? Should I take out the brackets on each condition? Basically, the second puzzle at the 'with' will not appear.

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Mutliple AS Commands, That Seem Not To Work.
Whel....
I want to be able to play the timeline back to frame 1 of the same scene, then have the following code executed:


ActionScript Code:
_root.contents.loadMovie("welcome.swf")


Im sure you AS gurus can conjure some crazy code to let this happen, all ways i have tried have failed, without me being able to see the problem. Maybe this simply cannot be done.

Either way, help appreciated

Thanks,
Ian

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How To : Use Mutliple MovieClips As A List
hello all,

I'm looking for a way to create a member list for my site.
Each membername will be a copy of my template MovieClip, creating a list of names. The names and info on each member will come from a php page thanks to the LoadVars function.
How can i duplicate a MovieClip n times, n being the number a members (variable) given by the php page ?
How can i make the movieClips go under each another?

I hope it's clear, i'm sorry my english isn't too good.
Thank you alot for your help !

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Loading Mutliple Files
Hi

Can anyone tell me how to load multiple files using the same loader object? Im having a quite strange problem which is very hard to explain

Thanks in advance

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Mutliple AS Commands, That Seem Not To Work.
Whel....
I want to be able to play the timeline back to frame 1 of the same scene, then have the following code executed:


ActionScript Code:
_root.contents.loadMovie("welcome.swf")


Im sure you AS gurus can conjure some crazy code to let this happen, all ways i have tried have failed, without me being able to see the problem. Maybe this simply cannot be done.

Either way, help appreciated

Thanks,
Ian

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Preloading Mutliple Movies In The Background
Hello all! Question: Is it possible to preload multiple swfs while the viewer is using the main movie?

In other words, there is alot of wasted time after the main movie loads when flash doesn't have anything left to stream because I am using multiple swfs. Then when they do hit the button which takes them to another swf I need to preload it. Couldn't I load it during the downtime of the main movie? In the background somehow to save time?

Can anybody help?

Thanks,

-BGoody

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Auto Load Mutliple Buttons (is It Possible?)
Basically I want to read a number from a text file (say for example 10 will be read.)

Then i want to load 10 copies of a button into the same frame, and place each button at a different (x,y) position.

I can't think of any way that that would be possible, but wondering if anyone else could think of anything???

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Mutliple Event Types And Buttons
Hello all,

Does anyone know how I can bind multiple event types to a single button. Specifically, my objective is to have a button that when clicked on, goes to a hyperlink. But when it is clicked on AND some key (CTRL for instance) is being held down, it goes to a different URL.

I have only been able to specify one or the other.

thanx in advance.

inzo

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Mutliple Drop Targets Help Needed
Hi guys,

I'm having some kind of big problem and i need to solve it somehow
Basicly i need 1 draggable object and 4 drop targets (i've included an image of the setup)

And the start position of the draggable object needs to be recorded somehow so if u release the draggable object somewhere outside a drop target it will move back to it's origin. But if it's on the drop target i want it to snap to it so it stays there (if possible)

And i need to trigger a little event like gotoAndPlay on every drop target when the draggable object has snapped to it.


I hope someone can come up with some help i would really appreciate it.

regards,
Mark

ps: this is a script maybe which is good for it, i just needs to be modified for use with more then 1 drop target i think?

glas1.onPress = function() { {download="wallpaper1"}
startDrag(this);
};

glas1.onRelease = glas1.onReleaseOutside=function () {
stopDrag();
if (this._droptarget == "/drop") {
this.onTarget = true;
//_root.winzip.gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
this.onTarget = false;
_root.drop.gotoAndPlay(1);
}
};
//the variables below will store the clips starting position
glas1.myHomeX=glas1._x;
glas1.myHomeY=glas1._y;
//the variables below will store the clips end position
glas1.myFinalX = 477;
glas1.myFinalY = 448;
glas1.onMouseDown = function() {
//this variable tells us if the mouse is up or down
mousePressed = true;
};
glas1.onMouseUp = function() {
mousePressed = false;
};
glas1.onEnterFrame = function() {
//all these actions basically just say "if the mouse is up (in other words - the clip is not being dragged)
// then move the MC back to its original starting point (with a smooth motion)"
if (mousePressed == false && this.onTarget == false) {
this._x -= (this._x-this.myHomeX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myHomeY)/5;
//if the circle is dropped on any part of the target it slides to the center of the target
} else if (mousePressed == false && this.onTarget == true) {
this._x -= (this._x-this.myFinalX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myFinalY)/5;
}
};

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A Question About Mutliple Instances On Depths
Code:
var maxflakes:Number = 70;
for (var i = 0; i<maxflakes; i++) {
var flake:MovieClip = attachMovie("snow", "flake", i);
flake._x = Math.random()*Stage.width;
flake._y = Math.random()*Stage.height;
flake._alpha = 20+Math.random()*75;
flake._xscale = flake._yscale=30+Math.random()*40;
}
ok, playing around with snowflake particles. I understand this code, but I don't know exactly why it works.

my interstanding is the variable flake, which is a movieclip, is recreated 70 times in this case. but why are 70 SEPARATE instances created, when they all have the same varialbe name? is it because of depths?

if in my script, I have cow="moo" then cow="moomo", cow will be equal to momo since that was run after, overwriting the previous. so how can this code not cause conflict?
and also, where I have 'flake' as my 'new identifier' parameter, how can I have 70 objects with the same name?




please clarifiy! thank you very much?


I understand HOW it works, but all I'm wondering is how can two instances, with the same name, exist at the same time. is it because they are on separate depths? we have 70 instances all named the same, how does that work?

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AS3 Streaming And Automating Mutliple MP3s
Hi there.

I am building a flash site that in one of the sections requires inidividual mp3 playback.
I have 4 artists, all on the same timeline, distinguished by frame labels.
I have created an mp3 player, with actionscript below:


Code:
var music:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("http://www.sarah-hammond.co.uk/Let%20Go.mp3"));
var sc:SoundChannel;
var isPlaying:Boolean = false;
var pos:Number = 0;
var soundVolume:Number = 1;
var muted:Boolean = false;

mute_mc.buttonMode = true;
volume_mc.slider_mc.buttonMode = true;

pause_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pauseMusic);

function pauseMusic(e:Event):void
{
if (isPlaying)
{
pos = sc.position;
sc.stop();
isPlaying = false;
}
}

stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopMusic);

function stopMusic(e:Event):void
{
if(sc != null)
{
sc.stop();
pos = 0;
isPlaying = false;
}
}

play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playMusic);

function playMusic(e:Event):void
{
if (!isPlaying)
{
sc = music.play(pos);
isPlaying = true;
}
}


//---VOLUME SLIDER---//
var dragging:Boolean = false;
var rectangle:Rectangle = new Rectangle(0,0,100,0);
volume_mc.slider_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragIt);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);

function dragIt(e:Event):void
{
volume_mc.slider_mc.startDrag(false,rectangle);
dragging = true;
volume_mc.slider_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, adjustVolume);
}

function dropIt(e:Event):void
{
if (dragging)
{
volume_mc.slider_mc.stopDrag();
volume_mc.slider_mc.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, adjustVolume);
dragging = false;
}
}

function adjustVolume(e:Event):void
{
mute_mc.gotoAndPlay("On");
soundVolume = volume_mc.slider_mc.x / 100;
var st:SoundTransform = new SoundTransform(soundVolume);
if (sc != null)
{
sc.soundTransform = st;
muted = false;
}
}

mute_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mute);

function mute(e:MouseEvent):void
{
if (sc != null)
{
var st:SoundTransform;
if (muted)
{
st = new SoundTransform(soundVolume);
sc.soundTransform = st;
mute_mc.gotoAndStop("On");
muted = false;
}
else
{
st = new SoundTransform(0);
sc.soundTransform = st;
mute_mc.gotoAndStop("Mute");
muted = true;
}
}
}
What I am hoping to do, is have the actionscript and mp3 player on the main timeline, and to call a different mp3 url on different frame labels, which are the different artists' pages.

Should be so simple, no?!

At the moment, If I add an individual player with a mc on each artist's page (frame label) in preview, once I click away from one artist's page to another, not only does the mp3 from the first artist keep playing, when I click back to thier original page to press stop, the button functions appear active (e.g. can move the volume slider) but the commands dont work, so the music just keeps on streaming.


Can anyone suggest a code I could add to do so?

I guess I need to stop the streaming of one url before calling another too,

Many thanks for any help anyone can give me-Im going CRAZY with confusion!!!

Doodark x

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Mutliple Masks Applied To One Image...HOW?
??? How do you do it?

I know how to have just a sing mask, work for a single image. But i'm looking to animate the masks, to reveal the image, by doing so i need to use 2-3 layers of masks to animate them. How can i get all 3 layers masks to apply to the underlying image? I can only get one to work for it, the other 2 just do nothing.

Thanks for any help you can give.

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Help With Managing Mutliple Events And Callbacks
Hey All,
I'm having a hard time managing all my events and callbacks. The problem is that in order for my flash app to proceed from a dispatched event, it must wait for all the other events to have been dispatched. I'm accomplishing this right now by storing bools for each dispatched event. On the callback from each fired event, I check if all bools are set true. Only when they are all true, do I allow my flash app to proceed.

This just seems really hacky! Is there a better way?

Thanks!

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Mutliple Masks Applied To One Image...HOW?
??? How do you do it?

I know how to have just a sing mask, work for a single image. But i'm looking to animate the masks, to reveal the image, by doing so i need to use 2-3 layers of masks to animate them. How can i get all 3 layers masks to apply to the underlying image? I can only get one to work for it, the other 2 just do nothing.

Thanks for any help you can give.

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Question About Loading Mutliple Picture In A Gallery
Hello Everyone,
This is my first post here, but I've been lurking quite a bit and these forums have been a great help to me. However, I need some help with my current application.

In an attempt to teach myself hiragana, I've been developing flash applications to randomly show me characters. Now, I want the application to show 3 pictures to increase my speed at reading multiple characters at once.

I was hoping to adapt my current code to do this, however I fear it is beyond my abilities.

Below is the code I'm using:

Code:
this.pathToPics = "learned/";
// array with pictures (left blank here for ease)
this.pArray = [""];
function shuffle() {
return Math.floor(Math.random()*3)-1;
}
pArray.sort(shuffle);
this.fadeSpeed = 20;
this.pIndex = 0;
// MovieClip methods ----------------------------------
// d=direction; should 1 or -1 but can be any number
//loads an image automatically when you run animation
loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], _root.photo);
MovieClip.prototype.changePhoto = function(d) {
// make sure pIndex falls within pArray.length
this.pIndex = (this.pIndex+d)%this.pArray.length;
if (this.pIndex<0) {
this.pIndex += this.pArray.length;
}
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadPhoto();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {
// specify the movieclip to load images into
var p = _root.photo;
//------------------------------------------
p._alpha = 0;
p.loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[this.pIndex]);
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadMeter = function() {
var i, l, t;
l = this.photo.getBytesLoaded();
t = this.photo.getBytesTotal();
if (t>0 && t == l) {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
} else {
trace(l/t);
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha<100-this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha += this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.photo._alpha = 100;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
};
// Actions -----------------------------------------
// these aren't necessary, just an example implementation
this.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
this.changePhoto(-1);
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
this.changePhoto(1);
}
};
Key.addListener(this);
I'll also attach the fla which has the layout of what I'm trying to accomplish. Idealy, the forward and backward button would change all 3 pictures randomly at the same time.

multi.fla

Here is the single character application if that would help as well.
http://www.auburn.edu/~shoemal/hiragana.html

Any help would be greatly appeciated!

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Problems With Loading Mutliple External Jpegs
importing (multiple) jpeg images timeline
Okay, I'm a photographer who has a lot of pictures to display on the site.
Home page has a slideshow with 10 images that come ibe displayed I know how to use the moviecliploader to load 1 external jpeg, but I want the file to;

a. come in with a brightness of 100 then down to 0 then hold for 3 seconds, then back up to 100 then out....all in actionscript no more than 5 frames if possible

b. I don't want to do this with tweens, it increases the file size for just 6 images to 1.4 mb, and that's an swf that I am importing without music. Remember the image quality is paramount and the images must be as large as possible for this type of market.

Really it's just how to do this slide show -the way I want it, that's holding me up from publishing my site.

I'm using flash 8 and have a working knowledge of Actionscript, I got totally confused with a template that I foolishly bought and saw no real hierarchy to tweak, let alone load esternal files (again, multiple files, not just 1) I can talk, or write out what I want but I'm really stumped in figuring out what to look for to do precisely what I want. So trying to extrapolate tutorials for 1 image import just doesn't cut it...know what I mean

Thanks in advance.

Daniel

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Targeting Mutliple Movie Clips Inside A Parent Mc
Does anyone know of a way to list all movie clips inside of a parent movie clip.

And also can you target them even if they don't have an instance name.

I'm not looking for a basic "how to target" tutorial.

Thanks.

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Mutliple Swfs, Multiple XMLs, Multiple Root Problems
I'm new to these forums and for a good reason, i'm not as smart as you all and i want you to rub off on me

i have a problem i hope you can help me with. I have a Swf that opens other swfs such as:

_root.this.swf
opens
>_root.folder1 hat.swf
>_root.folder2 hus.swf

but in the secondary folders each have an xml file that has to be called upon by the second swf. Instead of trying to open _root.folder2 ext.xml it tries to open >_root.text.xml is there anyway in flash mx(not '04) that i can change the _root for each secondary swf? If you need more explaination just ask.. Its hard to explain confused:

thanx,
jambo

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Mutliple Swfs, Multiple XMLs, Multiple Root Problems
I'm new to these forums and for a good reason, i'm not as smart as you all and i want you to rub off on me

i have a problem i hope you can help me with. I have a Swf that opens other swfs such as:

_root.this.swf
opens
>_root.folder1 hat.swf
>_root.folder2 hus.swf

but in the secondary folders each have an xml file that has to be called upon by the second swf. Instead of trying to open _root.folder2 ext.xml it tries to open >_root.text.xml is there anyway in flash mx(not '04) that i can change the _root for each secondary swf? If you need more explaination just ask.. Its hard to explain confused:

thanx,
jambo

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Mutliple Swfs, Multiple XMLs, Multiple Root Problems
I have a Swf that opens other swfs such as

_root.this.swf
opens
>_root.folder1 hat.swf
>_root.folder2 hus.swf

but in the secondary folders each have an xml file that has to be called upon by the second swf. Instead of trying to open _root.folder2 ext.xml it tries to open >_root.text.xml is there anyway in flash mx(not '04) that i can change the _root for each secondary swf? If you need more explaination just ask.. Its hard to explain confused:

thanx

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Applications?
Once again, I apologize if this is in the wrong section of the forum...feel free to move me if so.

I was wondering if anyone knew how to, or if it is possible, to make an application in Flash. BY this I mean, can I have a button in my flash program, that can go to another directory on my computer and delete a file?

I know this is doable in other scripts such as VB and such, but because I love flash and the designs you can do with itm i wish to use flash if possible.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks - Secondcoming114

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Sub-applications
Hello, I'm developing an application wich has several sub-applications. The
application is a chat and the subs are the rooms of the chat. My main.asc
script is stored in the root chat folder. How can I list the name of the
applications are into the chat?

rtmp:.......myFMSserver/chat -----> the root folder

*****several applications*****
rtmp:.......myFMSserver/chat/operator1
rtmp:.......myFMSserver/chat/operator2
rtmp:.......myFMSserver/chat/operator3
......

I want to see operator1, operator2, ..... since the root folder that
contains the script. I want to see it to show the operators are connected.
Thank you.

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What Applications...?
What Applications do u use to make letters and well little image fly around also the camera move 3d alos the fonts are 3d..
So another word
I am trying to have this font (toronto) from on spot to another spot and camera will follow with it.. which program do i need to make fonts and images looks 3d...

and here chck out the images...
you will see three things..
One is T-REX
Second is CN Tower
THird is REX FIlm

with those i am trying to make it look 3d and don't tell me those big application like 3D Studio MAX i mean like those small ones with 3d looking... I guess i am trying to say GIF file...

Thank You for your time...

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SWF 2 EXE Applications
What swf to exe apps do you recommend? mdm, one of kirupa's sponsors has one but it is $300!

thx

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Doing Applications
i did an aplication with flash (.exe), to make an autoexecutable cd, but worthy this .exe has the typica menu of any .swf, does anybody know how to eliminate that menu?? thanks a lot

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As To Execute Applications *.EXE ?
as to execute applications EXE into FLASH MX ???

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Launch Applications
How I can to launch an application in flash MX when a button is pressed?

Thanks

Javier

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Email Applications
hi. i need to make an email-able flash movie which can be seen in a person's email client. i have tried exporting it as a quicktime as i understand most email clients can't read swf files and it works fine in 'mail'. i was wondering if anyone knows if most email clients can read quicktimes in thier window or if this is unique to mail in mac osx.

thanks

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Link To Applications
I'm creating an interactive desktop w/ flash and have buttons to link to folders/ cycle through wallpapers/ and what not. But am unable to make buttons link to start a program. I was able to do it w/ html linking to a shortcut (target). But w/ flash i cant figure how to make buttons target the shortcut.

http://sn4k3.nstemp.com/images/desktop_2a.jpg

For example to open folder C:
on (release) {
getURL("C:");
}

But to start a program needs to have a "target" set? How would I do that?

thx
5N4K3

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Training Applications
I would like to see if anyone had any examples of an intranet training program done in flash. Ultimatley, I will be creating a CD-ROM to be used as a training guide for employees to use their companies intranet. Included in the CD-ROM will be MC's of the mouse cursor pointing and clicking over different areas of the site as well as a voice over.

Im just curious to see if anyone has done something similar so I can get an idea of what different sections would like and the overall function. Thanks alot for the help guys!

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Flash Applications
hey, im about to design my portfolio page and i love flash, so i´d like to design it in full flash, but my boss said he would pay for my domain & hosting if I include some sections of a PC selling business, that has to be updated like 2 times a week, so it has to be easy to update, should i still work on flash... or just some flash elements like navigation, & banners in flash?

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Creating Applications
I'm trying to create an application using MX, but I can't suss out how I can enable users to click a button so that a Save Dialog box opens up so that they can save wherever they want e.g. My Docs.

Anyone knows of a way?

Cheers,

Gab

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Desktop Applications
Hey,

I would like to make desktop applications with invisible backgrounds. Like an interactive character that sits on the mac desktop or a news updater for like say a band that want's to let their fans know where they will be next without them having to go to the website.

What programs should I use. I want to make as much as possible in flash if that narrows it down.

Thanks.

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