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Loading Bar - Begin Before 100% But...
Hello,

(I really did a deep search on this before I asked :c)

I am using

if (getPercent*100 == 100) {

in my preloader script but I need it to begin playing the music when it's about 25% in as well as continue to show the preloader loading the rest of the music.

The .swf consists of the music in a movie clip on the third frame.

I've tried just changing the '100' to 25 but the music NEVER starts whether 25 or 100 when I do that.. any ideas how to approach this differently??

~~ Seretha

Getting A Movie To Begin Loading Early
I have designed a short 4-frame, simple text, push the button the button to advance to the next frame intro. I would like to get the bulky main movie to start downloading when the small intro movie starts to play. the intro movie is set to be the same size (width and height) as the main movie.

Basically, I would like the viewer to be able to "slowly" read through the 4-frames of text while the main movie loads in. and then if the main movie hasn't loaded byt the time the reader has read the 4-frames a simple preloader will come up.

Any thoughts????

Matt

Intermittenly Swfs Begin Loading And Freeze
I have a strange problem that I am trying to sort out. I have a flash activity online that just recently has been having strange loading problems.

http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/

When navigating through the house, the preloader will start on the audio for the next room, load a piece of it, and then the preloader will stop progressing and just sit in one place. Forever. I can't duplicate the problem on my beta server, and I have no idea what the problem could be. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Can A Swf File Begin Executing Code Before Loading Completely?
I have a swf file with a preloader on the stage at authoring time. The preloader centers itself by retrieving the stage dimensions and calculating the coordinates it needs.

This works everytime in Flash preview, but once I put it online it only works sometimes, mostly after I refresh the page. The stage width and height it seems, are considered = 0 when this happens and so my preloader doesn't position itself correctly.

The only reason I can determine for this error is that when the code begins to execute the swf is not fully loaded, and thus it gets wrong stage dimensions. I have exported the swf file to have 100% width and heigth, don't know if there are known issues with this mode of publishing.

Any help on this matter is appreciated, thanks in advance.

Where Should I Begin?
I've typed my own HTML for years, but now I'm wanting to get in a little deeper. Can somebody
suggest what programs I should get or where I should start to learn how to use Flash?
Thanks!!

Where Do I Begin?
Hello, I just got this program and I have No idea How to use it. Its very confusing. If someone could teach me the basics I would be very happy. My E-mail is Xybergate1@aol.com. E-mail me Please if you can help me, Thank you!

Joe Cooke

I'm As New As Possible Where Should I Begin?
I just got Flash from a cousin's fiancee, and I'm fascinated in making Flash movies for Newgrounds in three categories: Traditional animation, Animutation, and video game sprite-based. But I haven't a clue on how to do this, so I need some help. Let me ask some questions.

-What website has the best tutorials for the very basics, or should I use the software's?
-How do you make preloaders?
-How do you insert and manipulate pictures?(For Animatutations and game sprites)
-How do you insert MP3 music, and play only certain segments of it?

Yatta, yatta, yatta....Obviously, I have no idea how to use Flash, but I really want to! What should I do to start?

Where Do I Begin?
jeez, I dont even know where to begin with this but ive seen it done before so i know its achievable... so here i go...

I want to have a navigations system with a little character that plays around at the bottom of the screen, when u press a button the character smoothly stops what he is doing walks over and pulls in your info or does some other animation to bring the information into the screen. I dont know how to start something like this (i do have plenty of flash experience, im just horrible at the whole actionscripting!) and I really have no clue on how to get the character to stop what he is doing and make it look natural not looking like he mysteriously went from a bent over position to an upright position... Do ya get what i am sayin... does anyone know where i can find a tutorial on something like this or if u could lead me in the right direction with a somewhat in depth approach to this... I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP!

THX so much!!!!!!

Where Do I Begin ?
Hello,

im kinda new in actionscripting and i want to have some in my flash website. I don't know where to look for a tutorial.

What i want to do. i have created 4 bars for my menu. The top is "About me", the second is "work", the third is "extras" and the 4th is "contact". You can see my movie at http://www.unixcore.com/~morreke/morre

when i click on the first bar it haas to go up to the top of the movie so the part ca be showed below. The other bars have to stay down. when i click the second one ( to start ) the second has to go up, but also the first ... when i click the third ( at the start ) the third has to go up, but also 1 and 2 and so on. sorry for my bad english lol ...

now ... when bar 1 and 2 is up, and i click the first one, the second one has to go down ( so the content of 1 is visible )with bar 1 at the top ... for the other buts the same !

I hope you understand what i mean !!

can somebody tell me ho to do it, or where i can find a tutorial ??

thx

Morreke

Before I Begin...
Before I begin my project is it possible for someone to create an interactive flash website that can send data to CGI scripts, without reloading whatsoever, and receive the reply (then change whats displayed as necessary)? Also is it possible for someone to read files (like text files and the like) and display it's contents in itself like a website?

Thanks

Where To Begin - AS1.0 Or AS2.0
I know very basic actionscripting, but would like to learn how to set up variables and get moving with this language.

should I start with AS1. or AS2.0? 2.0 seems more organized, but OOP seems a little complex to begin with. any suggestions?

Where Do I Begin?
Hello All!

I am a real newbie. I have a good working knowledge of HTML but essentially none in flash. There is so much good stuff here it is hard to know where to begin.

Sooo I will ask a few questions,[list=1][*]If you know nothing about flash what would be the first tutorial you would take on this site?[*]Any good free flash software that anyone would recommend in creating Flash Scripts?[*]Are there any "free" flash scripts which can act like WhiteBoards in a chat?[/list=1]

Thanks in advance for any and all responses.

WP1

Where Do I Begin ?
Hi

I'm really new to the world of Flash MX (pro version) I have a Mac and would like to get som egreat tutorials to go with...

But where do I begin ?

Cheers
Michael

Where To Begin ....
I have an example .fla files that loads two images "1.jpg" AND "2.jpg".

I want to change it to do two things ...

1. I want to find out where the filenames for the images are defined so I can change them.

2. Eventually I want to receive a parameter which I can use to amend the names of the files above.

I am a complete newbie to Flash - can anyone point me in the right direction.

PS> The movie can be seen in action here

Thanks

How Would I Begin To Try To Do This?
I would like to know your opinion on how to begin to try do something like this? Is this Javascript? Communication Server?

http://www.dstrict.com/z107/index.html

Your thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

How Do I Begin?
I design websites on the side and am interested in learning flash. Where do I begin to learn? What do you recommend?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Where To Even Begin
Hey everybody, this is my first post. I skimmed some of the other posts and couldn't find an answer so forgive me if it's out there and I missed it.

So here's the deal.

I'm working for a relative's company as the graphic designer and have been doing pretty well for about a half a year now. I have tons of experience in photoshop and some in illustrator. I know basic HTML, light CSS, good C++ and Maya but the one program I have absolutely no experience with is Flash. My workstation has Flash CS3 but even though adobe put it out I feel like I am somehow held back due to complete unfamiliarity. Now my boss decided he wants the entire page and menus re-done in flash and he has "faith I'll figure it out somehow."

Most of the tutorials I find are concerned with animation, I can make any static image I want or need from photoshop or illustrator and import it. I am not going to be dealing with actual movie animation at all. I assume what I need to learn is actionscript but I have no idea where to begin. All of the "Let's get oriented with flash" tutorials I keep finding are getting a ball to move or change colors/shape in a movie file. Once again not at all what I need.

Long and short of it I need to get good at one specific function of flash really fast. So where do I begin? I'll pay for a manual, I'll spend the time learning relevant tutorials, I just have no idea where to look.

Any guidance would be awesome, thank you so much.

Oh yeah and I probably could get away with just making a contextual banner/menu where the banner changes with roll-overs to the menu. I'm pretty sure that's the gimmick he wants.

[F8] Where To Begin? HELP
I'm building myself a portfolio site, and I have a particular bug, or thorn in my side, that I've not been able to fix all afternoon. My patience is waning and my bird is tired of hearing me curse.

I've attached the zipped file.

When you open it up and get to the Library, go to:
Body Sections>
body sections: electronic services>
es-powerpointBody_mc
then scroll the timeline all the way to the right (frame 64).

double click on the picture next where it says SAMPLE
double click on it again,
and you'll get to where I'm having the problem. aka: es-ppt.Sample1_mc.

I have some action script in frame 1 that seems to be conflicting with the rest of the timeline. In the first part of the timeline, the AS is intended to change the rollover and rollout of the thumbnail, which it does beautifully.

But later in that timeline, I have the onRelease function moving it to a frame where a sample of my work rolls in from the right. That works fine. But I want to have a "CLOSE" button there to close it back up and return to that default state, and it starts freaking out.

Complicated? Yooooou betcha.

So, if you have any suggestions on not only how to fix this bug, my how to simplify this mess down...you're my new best friend.

THANK YOU in advance.

ElroyB.

Where To Begin
hey guys--

just a quick question... I have just begun to explore flash (on more than a shape tweening level if you know what I mean) and am looking to begin learning actionscript. havent done any programming thus far, so my question is where would you all recommend starting? Classes, tutorials, books, or just experimenting?

really appreciate any advice.

bri

I Don't Even Know Where To Begin
I'm working on a flash based portfolio. I know almost exactly what i want, but i havent a clue how to go about it. in fact, im so lost i dont really even know what to google for. ive tried googling the best phrases i could think of, but none of them seem to find much for me. here is a mockup of what i want.

ive got the links below just fine. what i want is this: when you click a left or right image, it tilts upright along its nice curved journy to front and center. at the same time, the front image will move over to the apropriate slot. also a new image will slide into the empty slot that is created. i guess that means 4 images total will be visible during an image switch.

just as much as i am confused about making the images move around, i am also confused how to make them change their perspective based on where they are in the page. it would also be cool if i wouldnt have to put the paper background behind every image within photoshop, but have it load up dynamicaly in flash.

anyone got any recomendations to tutorials, strings to google, insane asylums?

Where Do I Begin...
I'm having the hardest time trying to develop buttons like these in this site http://www.indigo6.com/site2006/.... can anyone walk me threw it?

Jenn

Where To Begin?
http://www.elitemodelling.co.uk/

Ok, this is a template, n Ive been adding new models to it n editing info etc. without too much of a problem, but now what I want to do, is add more models, so that clicking on the little arrow at the side sort of.. sends the row of images at the bottom scrolling sideways? Amazingly the template doesnt come with any clues about how to do this, so I guess I'll haveto figure it out... but thats where you guys come in- I dont know what to look up. I know I need to write action script at some point to make the arrow into an operational button, but it doesnt mirror anything one would use in other coding languages.. where do I find action script for "move these pictures all one place to the left" ?

Begin
Hi there, I was thinking of a nice concept in making a good corporate company site. Will you please give me some tips and samples to make my next project look good.Actually this is my first time Ito build a corporate page and there was a previous website Im going to modify, but I want it to look brand new as before.This is the site Im going to modify, www.cosmotech.com.ph

Edited: 05/26/2007 at 01:09:54 AM by jenguru

How Can I Begin That?
Hi there,

On my portfolio webpage I want to show my work inside a scroll pane or a scrollbar, something simple that we can find on flash components, but I cant find any tutorials on that..

Anybody knows where I can find such tutorial or can anyone give me some tips to how to build it from the scratch or something better??

I would really appreciate it!!

MFR

Where Do I Begin
Hello...I am about to build a flash ste for portfolio. Where should I start...??? any tips? I want a menu similar to this site....als owhat is teh name of the font on this site?? http://www.levelchicago.com/

How To Begin With AS3?
Ok, I'm a beginner with all these flash coding. I know how to do simple stuff with AC2 like where to put the codes, only certain does work for buttons and all that.

Now with AC3, even doing simple stuff, like putting actions on buttons, is different :O

Are there any tutorials that start you up with AC3? I've been looking how to begin with AC3 but all the tutorials are more like for advanced users, right? (perhaps i'm just bad at inding it). I don't even know what the codes in the AC3 Tip of the Day thread do! :O

So, if someone can push me to the right direction, it'll be helpful

PS - What's with all these packages? It seems now with AC3, I have to put the codes on a seperate file (.as) rather than the flash file (.fla) :O

Best Way To Begin
I have recently discovered the awesomeness of flash animation and would like to expand into scripting. This is the best site I have found as there are actual explanations of the code rather than just script to copy and paste. However I have zero scripting background aside from rpgmaker2000 and a little html. So basically I know nothing.

My question is where to begin. I have been working through tutorials which help but I don't understand any of the language. The specific definitions of objects, classes, constructors ect... are proofing to be very difficult to understand. Should I learn another language first, start with 2.0, or just keep trudging through until the fog clears? Do you recommend any books or websites for the ultra beginner?

I picked up animation very quickly and am confident that I can learn to script as well I just need the keys to understand what is actually going on.

thanks for your help

How To Begin?
Ive been intressted in learning flash for a while now but i never started learning, I got a Macromedia program thats called Flash MX, is it good for a beginner? My goal is to learn how to build smaller things like menu's and headers, maybe whole templates in the future. But could anyone give me a good way to start.

How Should I Begin?
I have downloaded a navigation menu and it works great. It´s a mc with scrolling buttons and when you click on of them the info is shown. Depending on witch button you click the right info is shown it´s all working by calling the right framenumber. Now I would like to make the info box scrollable, how can I do this? Do I have to make different mc with scrollable info? I´m not so good at explaining but it´s something like this I want to do:http://axis360.com/ look under the work. I hope there someone who would like to help me!

Lis

Where To Begin?
I have been creating websites for some time now. But i haven't realy bothered learning alot of html and php scripting.

Since i dont have alot of scripting knowledge. Would it be hard for me then to learn flash?

If so, or not. Where should i begin?

Thanks in advance

How Did You Begin...
Well heya guys, just wondering how you guys started your 'flashy lives', like what was your first books, first projects and what inspired you??

Where To Begin With Actionscript?
Please bare with me here and forgive the seemingly ignorance of my questions.

I have had Flash for about 6 months. The design aspect of it all, no problem. Im a pretty quick learner and also enjoy the challenge of trying to get things to happen the way i would like. Working with actionscript is my first time working with any kind of scripting language. I enjoy it when i understand how something is done and am able to write very simple scripts myself. HOWEVER, i get by mainly by simply manipulating open source scripts, or else i get things done in round about ways when i know there are much simpler ways to do things. I want to understand what im writing and not just copy codes.

I spend weeks trying to understand scripts sometimes. It takes me a long time to even figure out what are variables and what parts of code have been written by the scripter and what parts are using the codes in the actions panel. It is very confusing.

For example, thisis some code from a movie. it makes a movie go up and down at a certain speed depending on whatever:

oops, i cant copy and paste the code - sorry.

My questions is, he uses so much mathematical equations which i really want to understand.

I was very good at maths in school. A's all the way. But i had no interest in it so as soon as school was over i let all the equations etc slip away ( "when will i EVER need to know this ").

Am i going to have to go back and understand maths to understand actionscript.

Where should i begin. Can anyone reccomend good courses to learn about variables and arrays and speed equations etc ect. I live in NY.

Am i taking on an unnatainable task to learn this on my own or am i just having a freak out if i stick with it and i have half a brain, i will pick it up...

SSSSoooooooo sorry for the long topic which is pretty non-specific anyway.

Many Many thanks in advance of any advice or being pointed in some kind of direction.

Cesca

PS) im using Flash 5 on MAC OS 9.2

Dont Know Where To Begin.... Help Me
jeez, I dont even know where to begin with this but ive seen it done before so i know its achievable... so here i go...

I want to have a navigations system with a little character that plays around at the bottom of the screen, when u press a button the character smoothly stops what he is doing walks over and pulls in your info or does some other animation to bring the information into the screen. I dont know how to start something like this (i do have plenty of flash experience, im just horrible at the whole actionscripting!) and I really have no clue on how to get the character to stop what he is doing and make it look natural not looking like he mysteriously went from a bent over position to an upright position... Do ya get what i am sayin... does anyone know where i can find a tutorial on something like this or if u could lead me in the right direction with a somewhat in depth approach to this... I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP!

THX so much!!!!!!

Pls Help Should I Learn AS2 Or AS3 To Begin?
Hi everyone,
I'm a web designer with an experience 5 years before I stop working 2 years ago, I know flash very well but since that I didn't work with it, I just knew some simple Actions & not complex.

I want to get back to the career again & to learn Action script in depth, should I learn action script 2.0 first then action script 3.0? or start learning Action script 3.0 at once?

What's your advice to get back to web design career again? I feel so much fear because I was away long time.

waiting for your reply
Sweetorange77

Form, Where To Begin
I'm a newbie and i need to create a pretty complex form with radio buttons, combo boxes, and input fields. What would be the best way to pursue this project?

1) start from scratch - use components to build the project
2) edit a tut or existing form - find one and chop it up
3) don't use flash- make it in html as a pop-up

I would appericate anyone who has experience with this to offer me any suggestions, it would be greatly appericated

Actionscript - Where To Begin.
I am better than average with Dreamweaver, and html. I've started using Flash for some areas of my web site - slide show etc - but it's always been using someone else's code, or copy and paste - and all the tutorials work.

BUT - But I don't understand HOW things happen - so I must learn some actionscript - but I'm clueless where to start.

So I know this group could lead me in the right direction.

Thanks

Bill Wood

Where To Begin With Mirgration?
Hi,

After a long fought battle to integrate two swf files into one I was informed the reason I was having problems was that one was created for flash 7 and the main.swf was created in flash 5. So, when I compile the functionality of the main.swf to flash 7 there are many functionality issues due to outdated flash 5 code.

My experience with Flash is just begining so where do I even start to correct the code that is currently in Flash 5 and actionscript 1?

Thanks

XXL XML & Flash APp Oh Where 2 Begin?
Hey Peeps, just dropped in 2 ask if anyone can recommend a really good XML based site to have a look at. I just can't seem to get my head around flash and XML ... me thinks too much (or too little some may say). Even though I am a newbie to flash I am will soldier on. Basically I would like to build a flash app that is dynamically updated by an xml source .. don't even know if this is possible or even if its an effecient way of doin things but will try it anyway.. Any help is much appreciated.. you never know I may be able to write a tutorial... one day

Where To Begin With Actionscript
Hi, my question to you experts, is where to start with actionscript. Its not exactly tutorials iam looking for. I am looking for the structure of actionscript code. for example every HTML tag begins and ends. that sort of thing. something that would explain not just how to declare variables, but why u put the A befor the B (bad example). Any book recomendations are welcome. Thanks
-Klue

Begin Fill Help
Im trying to fill the landscape with a colour but doesn't seem to work.. ignore the no with statements that was for testing purposes Attached Fla

Before I Begin My Journey
I woke up today and maaaan... I decided it's time to stop asking what if and just make my flash site, exactly how I want it.

I envision a website, with a background that fills up the whole browser with colorful effects.

I envision a site that I can add content to by editing a text file and it functions fast.

I envision a site where I can stream videos of myself doing crazy stuff.

I envision all this in flash, in one site, with my design.

Now that you know the crazy things I think about, I should admit I'm an intermediate Flash developer and have been away from it for months. With all the new technology out, I would like some advice as to what precautions I should take when trying to create a website like this. What steps should I take? What methods should I follow... all help is appreciated. Thanks.

Begin In Textfield
Hi.
everyone notice how when you goto google.com that the textfield is already slected and ready to type even though you didnt click it?
thats what i am trying to acheive. how do i do this in flash?

Begin Fill Help
Im trying to fill the landscape with a colour but doesn't seem to work.. ignore the no with statements that was for testing purposes Attached Fla

Begin Tell Target In Mx?
i have tried using Begin Tell Target in flash mx actionscript, but it wont work, neither can i find anything about it in the mx reference.
What am i doing wrong????
Jacob

How Do I Get My Movies To Begin Offscreen
I created a flash navigation page with buttons to movies and links. When I load to browser everthing plays once then stops on my page. I need everything not to preview and begin offscreen until viewer clicks on buttons. How do I get everything to appear offscreen except music until I click on buttons? Thanks
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