Flash :: Load Question

Chromeless Windows That Open On Movie Load Or Load Of Html Page (Flash Ad Kit)
Hi guys,

I was wondering if someone could help me out in creating these flash ads that appear out of nowhere. I see them mostly on rediffmail, yahoo and about.com.
I know how to create a popup window on button click, but how you do that without a button.

There's another dimension of ads nowadays. They are the transparent ads. They really look cool. Could someone with this knowledge pleeeeeeeeese help me out. I urgently need to create these ads.

Regards,
designable

Scrollpane - Load Swf - Load Movie Symbol Controled By Buttons And Variables?
Ok i have searched the board, and racked my brain and read hundreads of bit and pieces. So far 'not happy jan'. Anyhow I thought well I shall start a thread where first I ask a question of 'can it be done' then go away try and do it and if fail 'ask how to do it' or if suceed then say 'how i did it'. Of course all questions are going to relate back to this original post so no new threads need to be started. Anyhow onto my question!!

I have a website I want to make. so I started... called it 'site.swf'. now site.swf has a scrollpane in it called 'content'.

Now I have also created 'home.swf' which has 2 movie symbols in it. one called 'homein' the other 'homeout'.

'Homein' is located in frame1 of home.swf and 'homeout' is located in frame2.

When site.swf loads I want to load home.swf into 'content' and home.swf plays 'homein'.

When the user clicks on the first button (in site.swf) 'content' plays 'homeout' before loading 'button1.swf' into 'content' and playing 'button1in'

see the pattern forming. Now I am sure this has been asked thousands of times, but I haven't found it once. At least in a form that is easy to understand.

Now can this method be done, or do i need to go away and rethink it. (my main reason for loading external.swf's is because i wish to preload where needed).

If all this can be done tell me now... I am sure I need to use 2 variables.... 'loadedmovie' and 'tobeloaded' to communiticate with 'content' and to follow the users clicks of buttons.

Thanks for any help.

Trent

Load Asp Into Flash& Load Content From Hyperlink Into Same DYNAMIC TEXT BLOCK
i'm trying to load content from database into my flash SWF. asp scripts call the info from server to render pages as HTML FRAMES at the moment. there are also hyper links on the HTML rendered pages that i want to work still, and call the content into the same page...or in my case same SWF file. is there a way to do this, as i have gotten it to load the content into the SWF, and pressing the hyperlink it opens the content, but in another browser window......however i want it to load into the same DYNAMIC TEXT FIELD.
anyone with suggestions??????
please help

Movie Taking Long Time To Load, Needs To Load Faster
I am a loading several movies into level 2 of the main movie. The movie is taking up to 1.35secs to load. The issue is that the images are too big. Can I do something about the movie itself or do I need to compress the images more?

(mx) Transfering Actions Which Load With Movie To Load When Button Is Pressed
hi,

I have some code which draws a line when the mouse is pressed (to when it is released)

This code is within an object, loads when the movie starts and works fine:

Code:

// ***** Set some opening parameters
onClipEvent (load) {
// Make original line invisible
_root.line._visible = 0;
// Initiate some variables
number_lines = 0;
line_active = 0;
}
// ***** Every time the mouse button is released...
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
// Get the position of the mouse
origin_x = _xmouse;
origin_y = _ymouse;
// Increase the number of lines by one
number_lines++;
// Generate a new line name
name = "line"+number_lines;
// Duplicate a new line
_root.line.duplicateMovieClip(name,number_lines);
// Position the line's end point at mouse position
_root[name]._x = origin_x;
_root[name]._y = origin_y;
// Update line length / orientation
_root[name]._xscale = _root._xmouse - origin_x;
_root[name]._yscale = _root._ymouse - origin_y;
// If this is the start of a new shape
if (!line_active) {
// Set the line tracking variable
line_active = 1;
// Set the start point of the new shape
start_x = origin_x;
start_y = origin_y;
}
}

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
line_active = 0;
}

// ***** Every time the mouse is moved
onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
// If there's a line currently being drawn...
if (line_active) {
// Update line length / orientation
_root[name]._xscale = _root._xmouse - origin_x;
_root[name]._yscale = _root._ymouse - origin_y;
updateAfterEvent();
}
}
I want the user to press a button before this code is usable - just as with any drawing program.

How do i go about telling the code only to start when the button has been pressed?

thanks,

jeff

Load A Xml File That Contains Urls - Want 2 Load A Movie Instead Of Open URL Links
i'm just wondering how does one go about to load an xml / text file into a text box.. this text file - has url links.. or a href tags.. how do i change it such that the url links can call actionscripts instead of opening the window to a url..

does that make sense?? if it still doens't - go to www.praystation.com

if you click on the "news" section - his urls open/load movie clips how do i make something similar to that

thanks

Anyone Know How To Create A Load Bar In The Enter Page To Load The Stuff In The Site?
Any tutorials? Recommandations?

Load Movie...Park/Play...Load A Button Into Level
Okay, I tried the Park/Play tutorial in order to load a movieclip and have a button on the stage that controls the main movie. Problem is that I have a background that covers up my button which is in level0. My movie clip is in level1. How do I bring that button out in front of the background? Do I load it into level2? If so, how do I do this?

Thanks alot,
Roger

URGENT Load Movie Doesnt Load Textfields
i mad a form in flash that send the variables to a php email script. The problem i am having is that the form loads into my main movie but when it loads it doesnt load the text fields. I have border.BG checked and everything seems to be in order. Please get back to me a.s.a.p. ANYONE I HAVE ONE DAY TO COMPLETE THIS!!!! blinero@email.com

Jagged Bitmaps: Not When Load In Level, Yes When Load In Target
I noticed that I get distorted bitmaps when I load a swf into a target movieclip. When I load them into levels the bitmaps look alright. Anybody knows of a bugfix for this. I prefer to load into targetmovies because then the swf's get cached in the browser.

thanks already.

Can I Load Movieclips From A Textfile? Or Load Other Text Files?
i am pulling in variables from a text file like so:

on (release){
textbox.loadVariables ("text1.txt");
}

now... my question is... is it possible to load another movie clip from that textfile???

i have a bunch of news headlines that are from a text file, and i want them to link and load another movie clip on another section of my page... i have figured out how to link URL's but i cannot get it to link a movieclip, or, another textfile...

i want the movieclip to load into a already running swf file... is it possible for flash to do this?

any help would be much appreciated.

Load Variable From Txt File To Load Movie From Server
my webserver has a dynamic ip adres
now i have a program that writes my ip adress to a static server.
my question:
load textfile and make the link for the swf complete
i think it should look something like this but i can't find it anywere

code:
loadVariablesNum("redirectphp/currentip.txt", 0);
this.gastenboek.loadMovie("http://"+ip+"/flash/Guestbook.swf");

the txt file is like:
&ip=90.128.82.20

the swf file is in flash 7
please help me

Load Movie Into Empty Clip On Page Load
I have a series buttons and two empty clips on the main page (one to hold the text and the other to hold the pictures / slide show) I have all the buttons working and loading the text etc correctly.

My problem is that when my page firsts loads all I have is the buttons. I want to have the empty clip that holds my text have my "welcome" load when the page loads (without clicking on any buttons).

I have tried using

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
loadMovie("welcome.swf",this.mtTextClip);
}

but I get an error message that clip events are only allowed on movie clip instances and as I want this to happen when the page loads there isn't an instance name...

Clear as Mud??

Using Load Vars To Load A Dynamic URl Form .txt File AS2
OK I have looked all over the net and these forms for a solution and cant seem to figure out what is going on here. I have a flash header that has a button on it that will change form time to time and I need to pull a url from a txt doc. So here's my code.

PHP Code:

var urlLink = new LoadVars();
urlLink.load("feature_link.txt");

link_btn.onRelease = function() {
getURL("http://"+urlLink ,"_self")
};

In the text file I have

PHP Code:

url=mydomain

When I hit the button I get a web page saying that it cant find the url http://www.url=mydomain.com

I have also tried

PHP Code:

link_btn.onRelease = function() {
getURL("http://"+url ,"_self")
};

and I get http://www.undefined.com/

Why wont it see the url variable in the txt file.

Thax

Html Link To Load Swf Then Load Specific Xml File
Hi I'm still learning a lot to do with actionscript and not even sure if this can be done so this is a long shot!

I want to have a link in html to load an xml file in a swf - haha does that make sense??

Eg: The user to be able to click on the websites link on "http://crushdesign.co.uk/links.html"
Then that take them to "http://crushdesign.co.uk/portfolio.html" BUT in the Web section of the swf!

Thanks guys

Load Load External Swf Movies And Paly At Same Time?
Hi. I am new here and i am desperate to have my problem solved please. I have an html page with 2 swf movies that should be playing at the same time (one shows logo of a company and the other shows at the same time the company's products). the problem is althought they are synchronized when played on my pc, when loading via internet they doen't play at same time because one is much bigger than the other and takes more time to load and play. so i thought of making a dummy swf movie that loads both swf movies and make them play at same time. Can anyone help me with the script needed for this? or is there a script that can be used on one movie and make it play only when the other one is fully loaded? please help !! thanks in advance!

Load A Flash Movie To A Random Frame Each Load
I have created a flash file that fades from one picture to the next. However, I would like to find an actionscipt that will allow the flash movie to load to different each time the page is visited/refreshed. That way visitors don't have to see the same image each time the visit the my page, but can still sit and watch all of them if they want. Also I would want to be able to specify which frames are available for load. That way the page will always load at the begining of each image animation... not right in the middle of it switching to the next image.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Load A Flash Movie To Specified Random Frames Each Load
Group:
I am trying to find a Actionscript where I can specify random frames and have the movie randomly load to the specified frames each time the page is viewed. The below scrip was given last time I posted this question, but it doesn't seem to load at the specified frames. Sometimes it does, sometimes it load right in the middle of an animation. You can see in the code below I would like the movie to load at frames 1, 116, 231, 346. Any suggestions?

_____________________________________________________

Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
for (var ivar = this.length-1; ivar>=0; ivar--) {
var p = random(ivar+1);
var t = this[ivar];
this[ivar] = this[p];
this[p] = t;
}
};
ASSetPropFlags(Array.prototype, ["shuffle"], 1, 1);
var Array_ar:Array = new Array(1, 116, 231, 346);
Array_ar.shuffle();
index = 0;
function load_random() {
gotoAndPlay(Array_ar[index++]);
if (index == Array_ar.length) {
(index=0);
}
}
load_random();

Everytime I Load External SWF, ESWF Won't Load Jpgs And Txt
The external swf loads its jpgs and text perfectly fine by itself, but when I load it within my main movie the external swf doeasn't load the Jpegs and the vars in the Txt file. Why?

Zago...

Load Movie But Sound Doesnt Load.
i dont understand why this is. maybe im forgetting something
all i want is when the page loads it also loads an external movie clip that is the background music,
i can do this, but when i do, the sounds doesn't transfer over with it.
but if I make the bgmusic clip the main movie and load the others into it, it works [the sound that is]..but we dont want this
some help would be much appreciated. thanks bros..

Load Or Not Load A Movie According To The Screen Resolution ?
Can you do such thing ?

Load Movie To Load Jpeq Files
Load Movie in MX allows you to load .jpg files dynamically.
In test mode the output window will show you an error if the
file cannot be found.

Is there any way determine if there is a file error when not in
test mode? Is there something equivalent to the LoadVar if (success)?

thanks,

YJ

Getting A Load Scene To Load Multiple Frames
hi,
my current load scene action script looks like this

ifFrameLoaded ("main scene", 1) {
gotoAndPlay("main scene", 1);

}

how do i get it to load multiple frames up before it "gotoAndPlay("main scene",1);

Load, Unload, Load... Will The Movie Need To Download Again?
hi,

I have a quick question about loadMovie and unloadMove...

If I load an external movie (section 1), lets say its 200k, and then unload it when the user moves to another section (section 2).

When returning to section 1, when the external movie is called to load, will it need to redownload? Or is it saved in some type of cache area?

any help or a point to a resource would be great.

thanks,
alex

Load Variable/load Movie Jpg Question
I'm trying to load a path and a jpg file name from an external file and then apply it to a variable. Then using the LOADMOVIE action I want to use the variable as an expression to load the JPG into a particular movie.

My action script is as follows:

onClipEvent (load) {
loadVariablesNum("sniffer.txt", 0);
}

Sniffer.txt reads
link1=home1.jpg

I then have:
loadMovie(link1, "1");
on frame 2.

The weird thing is that it works in the Debugger but not when I publish it as a SWF or HTML.

Any ideas?
Walt

Load Play Unload Load Problem
Ok subject heading isn't the best but hey. Okay here is my question. I have created a small animation in Swish. Then created my site base in flash MX, now I want to combine the two. So I created a 3rd file again in flash. Now the swish is the intro (was easier to animate) so it is intro.swf at present. The site is site.swf and the 3rd file holding them together is base.swf.

Anywho, Base.swf loads, now I want it to load intro.swf, then when intro.swf finishes playing, I want site.swf to load.

base.swf has a empty mc in it called mtClip. I can get the intro.swf to load into this easy enough. But have no idea on how to get it to once finished playing unload and load site.swf.

Let me know if this should be directed at the Swish help section. But personally thought flash being more powerfull should have some function i can't find to deal with this problem of mine.

Thank heaps in advanced

Trent

Setting A Flash File To Load At 100% On Load
Is the a fscommand to set a flash file to appear at 100% on all screen resolutions?

A Few Seconds Between Load Call And Load Start, Why?
hello people. I know that when you make a loadmovie call, the preload isnt immediate. You could be waiting miliseconds or seconds till flash starts receiving data.

I know this is a network issue. And this waiting time depends on your connection and the server aswell. But, do you know of any technical articles that explains this issue a bit better?

This is because i have to answer a client that wants to know why his sounds (the ones im calling with loadmovie) dont start preloading immediatelly.

Thanks for any help

Load Mp3 Player To Text Button Or Load Swf
I have my site almost finished using flash mx 2004 pro , I am trying to make text buttons that when clicked opens media player to play mp3.s . I have looked at the other threads and i have tried pasting some of the those actions. To no avail iv ebeen trying this for 4 days. The browser only opens blank screen. Any help im new with coding. Any help I would really appreciate it . Would love to send flash to someone to look it over

pc user

on (release) {
getURL("http://www.blah blah.com/mp3/blah blah.mp3");
}

[F8] Dynamically Load SWFs And After Load, Resize
Hi there

So as a further step of my simple flash eBook i need to scale my dynamically laded SWFs(They are large converted pdf pages). So far, after i have loaded the 2 first pages i correct the x and yscale property of my containers(i have 2(holderOne and holderTwo), each displaying one page) and that works.

But, if i define a ._width and ._height to my 2 containers(now holding page1 and 2) they both just disappear from my stage. My trace tells me that they are loaded correctly, but they are not there.

Here's the onLoadComplete function in which i specify the size of my containers:

Quote:

preload.onLoadComplete = function(targetMC) {
holderOne._visible = true;
holderTwo._visible = true;
holderOne._xscale = 75;
holderTwo._xscale = 75;
holderOne._yscale = 60;
holderTwo._yscale = 60;
bar._visible = false;
pText._visible = false;
trace(targetMC+" finished");
};

As mentioned the above works, but if i use the ._height and ._width properties (400x500 on each page) on holderOne and holderTwo it does not (or maybe it does but my pages disappear).

Anyone who has a clue about what's happening?

Thx in advance

Load Text With Load Movie Clip
Guess I'm dealing with some sort of "root" thing, which I don't understand. I have a movie-clip being loaded into a target on the main scene. This movie-clip features a text-box with external TXT file being loaded into it. Well, it doesn't load. In the actions box, what should it say?

loadVariablesNum("myText.txt", 0);

That's what I have at the moment, but "0" obviously isn't working. Also, should it be "target" or "level?" The instance name of my textbox is "scrolltext."

Thanks for the help, I only know enough to be dangerous.

[f8] Page Flip Load/pre-load Issues.
Hi all

I designed a page-flip in flash8 using actionscript, but ihave some problem
because while it is opening in browser it showing some prob..

i.e. in browser the images are taking lot of time to load, in that mean while the default pages are flipping, but i want to apply preloading can any one help me in this..

what is preload and what is the code for that

i am calling images from external folder and the flip book is dynamic..

Load From Txt File ..then Do Sequence Load Of Images...
im loading from txt file links of images and want to load each image in each mc...
it works ok though have some issue with sequence loading images...
here's the script..

ActionScript Code:
stop();
_level0.sekcija = 'WEB';
_level0.leto = '2006';

//define max value
max = 0;
var leftMax;
var lvData:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var locText:Array = new Array();
var locImg:Array = new Array();
_level0.datoteka = '../edit_module/web_2006.txt'

lvData.load(datoteka);
lvData.onLoad = function(bSuccess:Boolean):Void
{
if (bSuccess)
{
trace("define max load ok");
//if load success
for (i=1; i<11; i++)
{
if (eval("this.picture"+i) != undefined)
{
locText[i] = eval("this.text"+i);

//load img in MC with preloader
locImg[i] = eval("this.picture"+i); //get the pic link into array

//test preloader
trace(i);
_level0.current_selection = "";
var test = eval("_level0.container.film_trak.mc_load.mc"+i);
if (_level0.current_selection == test)
{
stop();
}
else
{
_global.containerMC1 = test
_global.containerMC1.loadMovie(locImg[i]);
_level0.preloader1.gotoAndPlay(2);
trace("test this");
_level0.current_selection = test;
}
//test preloader

if (locText == "" or length(locText) == 0 or locText == "
" or locText == "
")
{
break;
}
}
else
{
break;
}
}
trace("loop end");
trace(max);
leftMax ;
}
};
and here is the script IN preloader witch is in seperate mc

ActionScript Code:
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
trace("function preload strat");
percent = (_global.containerMC1.getBytesLoaded()/_global.containerMC1.getBytesTotal())*100;
if (!isNaN(percent)) {
if (percent == 0) {
percent_display = "";
} else {
percent_display = Math.ceil(percent)+"%";
}
this.loadbar._visible = true;
this.loadbar._xscale = percent;
if (percent>1) {
this.reelmc1._visible = true;
}
_global.containerMC1.stop();
}
if (percent == 100) {
trace("preload func. 100%");
this.gotoAndStop(1);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this.reelmc1._visible = false;
percent_display = "";
this.loadbar._visible = false;
_global.containerMC1.play();
trace("test tole");
trace(containerMC1);
}
};
stop();
hmmmmmm
now let me explain...
the preloader function doesnt start until the loop (for) is finished!?!?!
i dont get this!
i wnat that preloader works for every load..for every image...
can anyone tell me what am i doing wrong?

Load External Html Txt , Using Ext Txt To Load MC In _level
Hi Everyone,
thank God for Forums,

I really need some help and much appreciate if you guys can me.

I have flash movie load a ext txt file:
http://www.zootopia.net/test/

The txt file is HTML formatted so flash reads it as html.
I use html link in the ext txt file - ie. <a href="#">this is a link</a>

My Aim:
Is it possible to have the html link tell flash to load another MC into a new level or goto frame 2?, then load another ext txt file??

eg. <a href=" gotoFrame 2 and load another ext txt file">

What do you guys think, love to know any suggestions

Ok I'm Using Load Vars, But How Do I Load An Image From A Folder
I'm finally using loadVars instead of loadVariables. I'm loading a php file.

But how do I load images from a folder on my server into Flash?

thanks

I Need To Load Multiple .SWF's In The Main Pre-load...HELP
I have a main movie .SWF and I have a bunch of load movies that open pop up windows into the main movie. I need to know if you can have all of that Preloaded all at once in the beginning. Please help, I 've been trying to figure this out forever.

Pre-load Load Movie Swfs
can I preload external swfs into the main movie that are on the load movie action?

List Box Load, Unload And Load
i try to make something with the list box and remote
it connect and retryve the values perfec but i got a problem and i can't figure it out

i have amny buttons A to Z
when I click A it load the value on the listbox
here is the AS for this button (A)

on (release) {
soNetcla = cfServer.getService("edespnet.cfc.titsel", this);
soNetcla.getabrtit_a();
btnServiceManager.useHandCursor = false;
// Evento p/ abreviado no combobox().
cbtitulo.removeAll();
function getabrtit_a_Result(result) {
for (var i = 0; i<result.items.length; i++) {
cbtitulo.addItem(result.items[i].NOM_tit);
}
}
function SelectItem() {
titulosel = cbtitulo.getSelectedItem().data;
}
}

*--- and when I click in B it unload the old values but doesn't load the new ones

here is the AS for button (B)

on (release) {
soNetcla = cfServer.getService("edespnet.cfc.titsel", this);
soNetcla.getabrtit_b();
btnServiceManager.useHandCursor = false;
// Evento p/ abreviado no combobox().
cbtitulo.removeAll();
function getabrtit_b_Result(result) {
for (var i = 0; i<result.items.length; i++) {
cbtitulo.replaceItemAt(result.items[i].NOM_tit);
}
}
}

If some one could help me I'll appreciate

TIA
molotophy

On Release Load Mc And On Mc End Load Frame
on release load mc and on mc end load frame
is the the bst way to script a load effect for a frame
not a preloader well..i dont wanna do this but lets use 2a as an example. whenever you click a button theres that mc of a box being transformed to fill up the content window...im sure you have see nthis a lot. what is the best way to integrate that into the movie...

Load Movie And Load Variables
on my current project

www.enhancedinnovations.com/brp/news.html

I have 2 text boxes and I have 2 problems. So far, the bio page and the news pages are completed and there are two text boxes on each page. When you go the the news page (www.enhancedinnovations.com/brp/news.html), it all loads dandily and the text loads too.. but when you click on bio, the information doesn't come up.. but if you go to the bio page (www.enhancedinnovations.com/brp/bio.html), then it all works nice and dandy..also, if you are on the news page, click the bio button, when the bio page is loaded, click the news page, and quickly glance below the buttons, you can see the "biography." which is the current text there.. can someone help me so that the text always loads no matter what? or am I just retarded and should uninstall flash?

Load Movie Wont Load...please Help
I am trying to load a swf into a movie and I get a not found error.

code: on (release) {
_ROOT.mtClip.loadMovie("satisfaction.swf");
}

The name of the empty clip is mtClip and that is the instance as well. The files are in the same folder

Load Movie Command To Load A GIF
I'm using the Load Movie command to load an external image into a movie. It works for JPG's but not for GIF's. Any ideas?

loadMovie("home1.jpg", "myjpg");
// So this loads my JPG into a movie called, "myjpg"
loadMovie("home1.gif", "mygif");
// So this loads my GIF into a movie called, "mygif"

Has To Load Movies TWICE To Make Them Load..
Hey.. having this funny issue.. sometimes...especially online..when i make a loadmovie...it doesent always load into the main movie..(or mc or whatever)...

I guess this is a known "thing/bug"..as i experience it quite often..

i just wanna know..is it..,the movie that u load,..does it freeze in first frame... or does it simply never load??..

(sorry for bad english :P, and sorry for searching forum)

thnx in advance..