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360 Degree Viewer / QTVR / Flashloaded
I developing a QTVR walk-through of my grandpa's house for my Dad. In the past I have created the QTVR's with Apple's QTVR Authoring Studio and developed the standalone application in Director.

Has anyone used the Flashloaded 360 degree viewer in flash? How is it? Can you use higher rez images and get smooth results? Does the rendering of the 360 degree look nice. Their demo on their website shows bad bending of straight angles.

I'm wondering if I can take the single image from the Apple QTVR software and use it in their with success.

Any thoughts, suggestions, etc would be helpful.

Thanks,
Cliff

Thumbnailer From Www.flashloaded.com - Call Function
I am using the thumbnailer from www.flashloaded.com. When a button is released I want it to call a function. I have searched for hours on there website trying to achieve this and I have successfully pieced code together but am falling short at the end were it calls the function. This what I have

Code:
my_array = ["believe", "pastor", "mission", "worship", "contact", "music", "kids", "resources","wedding", "history" ];
tnailer.onThumbRelease=function(mc)
{
(my_array[mc.no]())
}

Preload External JPG's (Flashloaded Component)
Hi Im using the FlashLoaded component "thumbnailer" to load external jpg's. I'd really like to preload my external jpg's which unfortunately isnt included in the thumbnailer version I've bought.

Im wondering if actionscript could be written to tell the empty movie clip to preload anything that is loaded into it. Heres the script that they had my put on the first frame the empty movie clip is called "picHolder".
var loadListener:Object = new Object();
loadListener.onLoadInit = function(mc) {
mc._x = Stage.width/2-mc._width/2;

}
var _mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
_mcl.addListener(loadListener);

tnailer.onThumbRelease = function(mc) {
_mcl.loadClip("http://mydomain.net/flash/pics/pic_"+mc.no+".jpg", picHolder);
};The movie itself has a preloader that uses this script:
function checkLoad(){

// lBytes stores the current bytes that have loaded

var lBytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();

// tBytes stores the total bytes of the movie

var tBytes = _root.getBytesTotal();

// percentLoaded calculates the percent of the movie that
// has loaded into the Flash Player.

var percentLoaded = Math.floor((lBytes/tBytes)*100);

// Apply the percentLoaded value to the X scale of the
// bar instance within the loader instance

loader.bar._xscale = percentLoaded;

// Fill the percent text field within the loader instance
// with the percentLoaded value followed by the text
// "% of " and the total kilobytes of the movie. For
// example, when half of a 64K movie has loaded, the text
// field will display "50% of 64K loaded."

loader.percent.text = percentLoaded + "% of " + Math.floor(tBytes/1024) + "K loaded.";

// If the loaded bytes are greater than or equal to the
// total bytes of the movie and the total bytes are
// greater than 0

if (lBytes>=tBytes && tBytes>0) {

// Check to see if the count variable is greater than
// or equal to 12. If it is, execute the nested code.
// This if/else code pauses the movie once 100% of the
// movie has loaded into the Flash Player.

if (count>=12) {

// exit the loading sequence by removing the
// setInterval ID established later in this frame

clearInterval(checkProgress);

// jump to the "main" frame

gotoAndPlay("main");

// otherwise, if the movie has completely loaded and
// count is less than 12.

} else {

// add 1 to the count variable
count++;

// continue executing the checkLoad() function with
// setInterval(). There is no further code to insert
// here, as this will happen automatically if
// clearInterval() is not executed.
}
}

// force the stage to refresh the screen independent of
// the frame rate of the movie

updateAfterEvent();
}

// As soon as this frame is played, start executing the
// the checkLoad() function continuously

checkProgress = setInterval(checkLoad, 50);

// stop the movie

stop();TIA for any help, pointers or tutorial urls!
Amelia

Beedigital Has A Free Copy Of FlashGuestbook (from Flashloaded) Component To Offer
Details: http://www.beedigital.net/blog/?p=1602

How To Emulate An IM
I'm trying to emulate an IM box so if you type something, that something would appear as if you actually sent an IM.
This is for a demo so it's all just smoke and mirrors.
Like if I made an input box to type text in, then hit the send button and that would trigger a dynamic text box to display what was typed in the input text field. Think that's how. Anybody have a chance for an example or possibly just give me some hints?

Thanks

How To Emulate Tab Key?
I am writing a flash application that supports joystick input. I have the input working well and have everything except the final ingredient: I would like to have the d-pad keys emulate TAB and SHIFT + TAB keyboard inputs to facilitate form & button navigation just as you would if you were using the keyboard. I could write a whole button navigation handler, but I thought it might be easier if I could just emulate what already happens in the payer when you hit these keys.

The code to support the joystick is outside the scope of this post. Let's just assume that I trigger a function when I detect a valid press of the d-pad.

My question is if anyone knows how to send TAB and SHIFT + TAB key press events to the player without actually pressing these keys. Effectively, I want to emulate a key press with a function.

Does anyone know how to do this? I've searched high and low for an answer with no luck.

Many thanks,
Steve

Emulate The OSX Screensaver
Hi all

I've been trying this for about a week and It's not realy working. I got so frustrated I've just scrapped it and I'm starting again.

what i'm trying to do is emulate the OSX screensaver...the pictures that crossfade and zoom in and out and move alittle to the corner....It's hard to explain but those of you with OSX will know what I mean. It very smooth and presents a nice soothing presentation of the images.

can anyone please give me a starting point....here and the deatils of how it may work.

I have the images loaded in externaly...The first image fades in and then as it slightly zooms it moves of the the side a little and then it crossfade with the second image, then it does the same and so on amd so on.

maybe 6 images in total.

I was told that all the fx could be done using math as opposed to tweening....this did my head in as that was beyond me but i'm willing to learn.

The FX (zoom/moves) could be random, I think that would be beter anyway.

and mabye to could help with the loading if the 2nd image was the load while the 1st image is doing the FX and then the 3rd image to load while the 2nd image it doing its thing etc. etc.

please let me know your thought on this.

Cheers
Chris

Using AS To Emulate JS Script
Trying to do a clone of this application, but I am a putz at JS, how to I do the Script work??? The Flaking of the Deco tiles is the issue I am trying to figure out

http://www.bolidt.nl/root_nl/colour-manager/index.php

Swf File Will Not Emulate
I'm creating Wallpaper content for Flash enabled devices. In an effort to test swf files created in Flash CS3, I am opening them in Device central. Even though I attempt open the file into an emulated phone that supports Flash Lite 2.0 and Wallpapers, I get a message that says: "The file xyz.swf cannot be emulated! The Flash Lite version of this file is too high for the Flash Lite player on this device."

I thought that swf's from CS3 files were backward compatible with all versions of Flash Lite. If I am mistaken about that, how can I get my get file to show up on devices in the Device Central emulator?

Is it that the emulator is not working properly but the devices will read the files?

Thanks,
Bart

Edited: 10/13/2007 at 03:55:04 PM by zzammy

Emulate Boeing.com
Can someone please tell me how to create an swf like www.boeing.com as it contains 2 swfs on top of one swf and it looks fine. Help!

Emulate Double-Click
Can one emulate a double-click in Flash MX?

I'm creating a user-defined polygon, and want
it to close when the mouse is double-clicked.

My second option is to close the polygon when
two points are within a tolerance (using hitTest).
Though, I'd rather use a double-click.

Thanks,

Tripp Lowe
The University of Georgia
School of Forest Resources

Emulate An Inline Frame?
Since my earlier post on creating a thumbnail image multiple page went un answered, I guess it's not possible. But how about this?

I can make grids of thumbnail images using datagrids in ASP.Net.
Can I create a "window" in a Flash movie (MX 2004) that can then use that ASP page as an include perhaps?

Here's the page in question:
http://kolorview.kinetics1.com (then select "Greeting Cards" and "Create Online".)
I'd need it to replace the grid of thumbnail images since I can't make multiple pages of images in Flash.

If this can be described using a concept or a component name, just mention it and I'll look into it. =)
Thanks!
Liam

I Am Trying To Emulate This Masking Effect
I am looking to emulate the background masking effect, and the menu bar(roadmap) on www.boyhitscar.com, does anyone have an idea on how to do this. or an example.

Emulate Html Background?
Is it possible to emulate an html image background in a sense?
By that I mean - an image loads seperately into the background behind a flash file's main movies, and fills the entirety of the viewer's window space.
That seems to be the question I am faced with at the moment, and would love to move on ahead knowing it, though it is such a simple thing.
Thank you in advance, hopefully I can be of assistance in the future...
Eric

Emulate Processor Speed
Hi - is there any way to emulate a slower machine ? Flash can emulate a slow download but I want it to emulate a slow processor speed for testing purposes.
Thanks

Trying To Emulate This Site - Is This Hard?
Hi everyone,

I'm trying to emulate the scrolling text found on this site:

www.tomskitchen.co.uk

i'm a relative newbie with flash and don't quite know how to make the lines of text scroll across the screen, independently, and most importantly, how to make the lines of text repeat in the smoothest way possible. Also, I'll have an image on the left side, and a logo in the middle, and would love to have the text end before the left side image, and float over the logo.

Can anyone help with a brief description of the techniques involved? I'm not asking for a step-by-step lesson, just a high-level overview so that i can search for some online tutorials.

Any help is appreciated - would love to learn how to do this.

thanks.
d

Best Way To Emulate Snow Falling ?
Hiya,

I'm working on a xmas card. What is the best way to emulate snow falling. Ideally, each snowflake should drop at a differnt (random) speed.

Any tips to point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
A.

How To Emulate A Button Has Been Clicked?
Hi:

I have a MC and when the user clicks it something is done:

myButton.onRelease = function() {
....
}

How can I simulate it has been clicked? i.e. send an "artificial" onRelease event?

Thanks in advance,

David P.

Emulate Keystroke In Flash App?
I am trying to invoke keystroke in flash without users typing. It is a bit different from typical keyboardEvent because the user won't be typing anything. I am wondering whether this is possible to be achieved within the power of Flash or Javascript.

Trying To Emulate A Fill In Actionscript 3
What I'm trying to do is, I load thumbnail pictures into a scrollbar, via XML,when a user selects the thumbnail, what I want it to do is:
Take the thumbnail bitmapData (66x66) , copy it into an empty movieclip that can be used with multiple instances (there will be 50-100 instances)

Is this possible?

Emulate Button Press With AS?
Not sure if this is possible I have tried somethings but nothing working as I planned. Just curious if and how this is done.

example...
I have several buttons (button A button B button C) each a movieclip with function states(onRollOver, onPress, etc).
Now in order to get everthing running you need to click button A which sets variables and calls functions that enable buttons A1 A2 A3 and executes other functions. What i would like to do is a simple script which runs the first time only and emulates button A onPress.

Just curious if and how this is done.

Take Care
-JW

Is There A Way To Emulate The Selection Tool?
i was wondering how i could duplicate the selection tool in flash. i want to click a tool button, then drag a square shape on my 'stage'. anybody done this before?

3D- Emulate Traveling Through A Space?
Hello All,

My client is looking for something similar to www.nike.com/speed. I know there is no way I can achieve something that brilliant... but I'd like to emulate traveling through a 3D space, with objects passing by.

I've been digging through flashkit.com with no luck, can anyone point me towards a tutorial or any animation techniques to help me achieve this?

I'm trying to keep it simple, maybe nothing more than carefully scaling a circle so that as it grows out of the stage, it looks like the user is passing through space.

I'm still relatively new to Flash, but am learning more everyday. A big help for me is finding an animation that has achieved similar results, to learn from and build off that piece.

Thanks so much!

Emulate Mouse Click?
I'd like to emulate a mouse click. For instance call a function with an x,y position and have flash react as if the mouse had actually been pressed in that location. The mouseListener stuff won't work for me since I want button etc... to react to this click. Anybody know if this is possible?

--Josh

Emulate Movement In Sinewave Form
hi,

since i didn't pay attention in math I have to ask now...

i have a little object on the stage that i want to move from the left to the right.

The movement should not be straight, but ascending and descending like a sine wave.

object._x +=1

object._y = ???

thanks for any help

Make A Movieclip Emulate A Button
Hi,

I have seen that it is possible to make a movieclip emulate a button, in that you can create rollover and release events... but i cannot find any tutorials or resource about it.

Anyone know of any?

Thanks, Steve

Emulate Interactive Cursor And Form
Hi all,

I've used Flash in the past for some design stuff ... but have to admit 98% of my time is was (up til now) spent in Macromedia Director on CD's and DVD's.

Previously, I had completed a Form walk-through in Director, which basically emulates someone doing a sort-of "screen capture walkthrough" of how to use the form (ie: cursor moves, drop downs, selections, fill in text boxes, etc.)

I am having very limited success attempting this in Flash

I can create the elements and layout quite easily. From that point I have tried to:

1. Run the current Flash project, and capture an area with the interaction using Camtasia > Export to both .swf and .fla > import into Flash project. ---The problem with that is the video shows in IE as quite jagged.

2. Capture frames of the video > import into Photoshop > export as PNG into Flash and place in the timeline. ---- again, they seem quite jagged in Internet Explorer when the final Flash file is created.

All this being said, the Preview Publish shows both of these situations beautifully. It's when it is actually published, that the graphics (or movies) become jagged.

I have tried different import methods as well ...all with the same effect. I realize that Flash doesn't handle Photo art (bitmaps) as well as vector graphics (I think I got that right).

Any ideas please ... and ... thanks in advance for any help

Emulate The Ripple Applet Form
Hi
Is there a way to produce the same effect as in Scuola di cinema home page (an Anfy applet) in flash 8?
Ah, I am talking about the blue waterish riplle thing, whit the scrolling text in it

Emulate Slow Loading In Flash
I thought I remembered a setting in the Flash Authoring tool that would slow down loading of external assets for testing progress indicators, etc. Is there such thing? Thanks

Emulate Cool Spinning Effect
http://home.rca.com/EN-US/Rcahome.html

Anyone able to help me out with creating this cool spinning effect RCA uses for their buttons?

[AS3] Use The Right Mouse Button To Emulate Sliders
Righty, question number 2!

I have got the application set up as I want it to and now am improving the functionality for the end user.
One of these improvements is to allow them to use the mouse as well as the sliders to manipulate the images.

OK, I have 4 sliders - Zoom, Brightness, Contrast and Speed.
They all do what they are supposed to do and in the way they are supposed to do it.

What I am looking at is:

Right Click + drag Horizontal = alter contrast
Right Click + drag Vertical = alter Brightness
Right Click + drag Diagonal = zoom

Is this possible or should I forget about it?!

Is PHP MySQL Right For Me?How To Emulate Zoom Navigation?
Hi

I have been asked to design a site similar to the one at http://www.relevare.com and I have barely used flash before.

I have purchased the book "Foundation PHP for Flash" & borrowed "Dynamic Content Studio for Flash 5" and am currently ploughing through these.

My main problem is where to start? I am not sure if relevare.com utilises a database, but I have been asked to make the site scalable so I was planning to implement a PHP mySQL database (please tell me if i'm headed down the wrong road already).

From my limited flash knowledge I'm guessing the text content is displayed in a dynamic text box, but I have no idea how to create the navigation similar to that on the relevare site.(Again please tell me if i'm wrong)

Any pointers, suggestions or tips on how to tackle this project would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Andy

Emulate Named Anchors (like In Dreamweaver HTML)
I have a scrollable text box in Flash - and I wondered if it's possible to emulate named anchors (like in Dreamweaver HTML).

I want buttons to scroll to a particular line of the text.

Any help - Cheers
fg

Emulate Left Mouse Button With Key Press
hello
What I'm trying to do is to create a mouse action like pressing the left mouse button when another key is pressed like CTRL or SHIFT.
thanks

Using The Timer Class In AS 3.0 To Emulate Frame Counter
Hello Flash Forum (Action Script 3.0)

I am trying to teach my self AS 3.0 - very slow I might add! I would like to bring in to the stage, 3 movie clips, one after the other, each with a fade (fade in).

I have the clips, and I can add children, and I can set a fadeIn function that will fade in a movie clip. I can even use this code below to get the tween defined and working. textMC represents each movie clip

var fadeIn: Tween;
function addClip(textMC:MovieClip):void
{
fadeIn = new Tween(textMC,"alpha",None.easeIn,0,1,2.5,true);
fadeIn.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, shMsg);
// i remove the listener before loading clip 2, and then 3
}

I have three movie clips using a "class name" for linking; I define them as such:

the "class" of the mc is the name in the linkage props. (i.e. "editDocument)
var text1_mc:MovieClip = new editDocument();
var text2_mc:MovieClip = new editReserve();
var text3_mc:MovieClip = new useVersions();

I am not sure whether I am defining my clips correctly - but it seems to work.

My desire is to load the first text_mc, then when the tween is done, load the second, and then the third.
But... the timing is what I want to handle. I would like text1 to appear at around 4 sec (aka 48 frames at 12fps), and
text2 at about 5 to 6 sec, and then frame 3 at about 8 secs. I have tried turning the timer off and on, etc, but have not quite figured out how to do this correctly. Any tips???

I do not want the preceeding text_mc to "flash" at each timer interval, etc. the sequence is:

wait for about 3 or 4 secs (audio running), load and fade in first clip, tween finish, load second clip at about 6 secs, fade in, and finally the last clip. Stop timer, and display three clips - all visible (lines of text).

Any hints on how to do this right?

thanks,

eholz1