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Using Flash To Connect To IRC And Grab Topic
Hello Everyone,

I'm new to flash. I have heard there is a way with flash that I can connect to my IRC Channel and display a certain part of my topic on my site. Could someone let me know how to do this.

I have heard of using something like irc://myircserver#mychannel/topic

Any input is aprecaited.

PS - Once I figure out how to get topic I will need to parse it to display only certain parts of it

How 2 Open Chm Files From Flash And Get Into Selected Topic
Hi every Body pls give me solution if u have any experience reg below.

I'm supposed to open a chm files through a button click from flash and to open a prticular topic in that help file. If any one could possible pls help me.

Thanks in Advance

How 2 Open Chm Files From Flash And Get Into Selected Topic
Hi every Body pls give me solution if u have any experience reg below.

I'm supposed to open a chm files through a button click from flash projector have to open a prticular topic in that help file. If any one could possible pls help me.

Thanks in Advance

Topic: Flash's ActionScript - Expensive Operations And Optimization.
I am new to programming in Flash's ActionScript and have a question about the speed of Flash's operations.

I've written a 3D object renderer (to see if it could be done) and it works great! It's just really slow on objects with more than 150 verticies. I want to try to optimize my algorithms. Here are some of the intensive operations I do. I'm hoping someone could tell me where to focus.

1. Reading XML files of about 50 - 400k. -- does parsing take quite a lot of time?
2. Many 2D array operations. (especially matrix multiplication)
3. Creating of temporary variables (some are 2D arrays) happens quite often in recursive functions. Am I slowing Flash down with heavy allocation? Would it be better to have global variables used for swapping?
4. Heavy function calling.
5. Drawing many lines to the screen.

(I am using FlashMX)

Thanks for your help.

Can Flash Detect Realtime Audio Data? (for Linking Visuals To Audio Velocity, Etc)
I've seen a lot of Oscilloscopes for Flash but they've all been fake - they simply generate random patterns that look convincing, expecially if the sound is erratic and would produce chaotic oscilloscope feedback anyway, but they actually have no connection whatsoever to the sounds that are playing.

I've heard people claim however that real oscilloscopes can actually be made in Flash, and I was wondering if anyone could point me towards some resources for looking into it.

I have a distinct feeling that they are probably misguided or just plain incorrect anyway, but it's still a prospect that interests me a lot.

Much thanks,
pH

Help Need An Audio Pause Button Flash 5 That Doesnt Need Audio To Preload
Hi,
I have tried so many audio methods to try and get a pause button that works and allows the audio to start streaming as soon as the movie starts.
I tried this tutorial at macromedia but it needs the sound to fully load or the sound_mc doesnt exist using
with(sound_mc)
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...mple_sound.htm

can it be done in flash 5.
my movie just needs to be a pause/play button and a mp3
but sound must stream not preload

mark

New Topic
ima at work, being bored again... so heres a new topic and lets talk about it. been using flash for a while, speed is alwayz a big problem boring me, specially when u have over 50 actionscript objects running, the speed is unbearable, ima just wondering why and is there any solution without buying a new computer? =) or macromedia should make a new compiler for this crap?

A Lil Off Topic But....
Hey,

You guys that always have the "Quote" and "Code" part in your threads, do you jus use HTML to do tat or is there a easier way...
Considering thre all the same i'd assume that you are not using HTML to do it, hows it done?

Ian

Me Again, Different Topic
after my last question (http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=369547) I continued working and now I have a totally new problem.

I have a menu that runs with a hub navigation m/c that loads each individual section of the menu as a separate m/c replacing the main clip on level 0. My problem is that I want to load further m/cs from the ones that are currently loaded in level 0 and nothing happens. It all works fine when I test the individual clips, but everything halts when I try to call a second loadmovie after the first loadmovie.

Any ideas?

Off Topic
This is a little off topic, but where can I get good avator features? Or is it better to make them? Thanks!

Off Topic I Know But...
Off topic i know but does anyone know where i can purchase a .dj domain name from?

-Adam-

Same Topic
Dear Friends,
I already have asked this question in this TOPIC , but obviously no one wanted to answer me for few days ago till now. So I decide to put same topic here, maybe here comes someone that will Pity to me,
Thanks in advance,
Jugo

Old Topic
Hello once again.

Ive come across this very old thread which had been posted in 2004.
It kinda makes sense and its the exact code I think I need to pause the playhead for a few seconds.

"Define a pause function on the first frame of your movie...

code:

function pause(){
play();
clearInterval(timer);
};

Then on any frame you want to pause the main timeline, just add the following...
code:

stop();
timer = setInterval(pause, 5000);"

As mentioned by the person who posted this, I need to "Define a Pause function..."
I have NO idea what he's talking about. Call me stupid or naive but I really need this piece of code to work. Ive looked every where for a code that could pause the play head in Flash 8.

So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, any help would be great!!!

This Is Really Off Topic, But.......
hopefully you can help. My band Ring Of Scars is in the contest to play for the Taste of Chaos tour, and we need a lot of votes like super fast. The voting days are winding down very quickly. Please do no disreguard this. I am a member of the forum and have needed help before and there have been people that have been more than willing to give help, and for that I am thankfull. This is totally the wrong place for this kind of think I know. Ok, it doesn't take any longer than 10 seconds to vote. Please go to

www.battleofthebands.com/ringofscars

and cast your vote for us. The only other thing that you have to do is just confirm your vote from the email account you give them. You do not have to sign up for anything and it doesn't cost anything.

Hopefully you like my music, in which case if you do please go to www.RingOfScars.com (the website was built with flash) and you can find more information on us. If you would like to vote, but dont really care about taking the time to do it, just send me your email address at

ringofscars_x@hotmail.com

and I will vote for you. I will not sign you up for anything and you will not recieve another email from me unless you want to.

Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate your support.

If I can help with anything in return please let me know.

Shane

Ring Of Scars

www.RingOfScars.com

www.myspace.com/xringofscarsx

www.battleofthebands.com/ringofscars

www.corruptedmediarecords.com

Off-topic (sorry)
hi all

Hope to be back soon after a miserable illness which has knocked me off-centre for most of 2002 :(

Good to see the old faces are still around, talk to you all soon.

Dave

davdesign@hotmail.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Dun Know What's The Topic
Pls view webby to see what i mean... The different cuttings are the different buttons that can be pressed. I've on done up the button on the center left. Once i click on it the text box appears, like i want it to. But the problem is it is covered by the other buttons. And the other buttons are not disabled. is there something i can do to make the text surface out and overlay the other buttons? I hope i'm making sense... Thanks...

www.geocities.com/tee_ee_han/test.swf

Flash Audio Player For Streaming Audio
I am working on our church's website and am trying to add mp3 sermons for our visitors to listen to. I have a player that I downloaded but is has some problems, for some reason it will play 2 files at the same time, sometimes it says file not found and I am not sure why. I do not have the FLA file just the SWF that was on the website for download so I can't make any changes. Can anyone tell me how to make a flash audio player with play, stop, pause, rewind and fast forward buttons. Or if anyone has a sample player that I could use for my church, I need it as small as possible and do not need a playlist. Any help would be great.

Kinda Off Topic....
Scenerio: Troubleshooting a website that is online and setup by a person no longer available. It is hosted on http://www.corecomm.com

It was/is assigned several e-mail address..how can delete these..or actually just cnange the names..becasue some of them are spelled wrong..(Employees Names)...LOL

-Thanks -whispers-

A Little Off Topic - BUT I'M IN A BIT OF A PICKLE?
where does outlook express (for macintosh) keep the actual file that contains email addresses ???

I need to find that file because I have a backup of the application folder and the system preferences folder, but nothing else. . .

any help would be greatly apreciated

Darin

( sorey for posting off topic, but I'm a little desperate [slapping himself on the wrist] )

Slightly Off-topic. Sorry.
why (how) does some users have a small flash movie in their signatures?

Final Swf To Vcd Help Topic
Ok this is the last time I will ask this. It seems that it drops to the bottom and nobody see it. My question is if you can convert an INTERACTIVE flash movie to a dvd or vcd. I do not know of a way to do it with keeping the interactive thing working. Any help is thanked!

Maybe Off Topic: Outlook
I had to uninstall and reinstall Flash last night, and after uninstalling it, Outlook couldn't connect to any of my e-mail accounts.
The problem vanished as soon as I reinstalled Flash.
Anybody have any ideas what that was about?

Lookin For A Topic
Hello!

I am a Engg student of Comp Sci and am planning to participate in a Technological Competition.
Therefoore, I am looking out for a topic in Flash so as to create a project on it. I have a week's time so please suggest accordingly.

Help me with ur valuable suggestions

Topic For Discussion
i am an architecture student trying to learn flash for my own purposes and i'd like to know if someone who knows what their talking about can explain how this site is constructed. (www.kdlab.net) The way the site loads immediately, presents its work efficiently (with out preloaders) and allows for quick navigation is something that i would like to learn about. i'm sure the entire site is done in actionscript but i really don't know. so if anyone can offer up a crit please do because i would be greatful for any feedback. i am longing for a book that takes a cool website and shows step by step how the site is built.

thanx in advance.

[MX04] Not Sure Of The Topic...
Ok, sorry for repeating this a few times, I'll refraise everything...

My site needs to have an update interface on the front page, the problem is, I dont know how to send/recieve entered data. I have include the .fla file, it is not finished but it has the important bits. Thanks!

The GetURL PDF Topic. Can Someone Help?
Ok here's the deal. I searched extensively last night on several forums on the PDF issue and I couldn't find anything definitive for my issue. Sorry if this is an old tired topic of discussion.

1. I am making a cd-rom that has a flash exe, an autorun file and a folder with 65 PDF files.

2. I have buttons set up in the exe to open the pdfs with the getURL. I am ok with these loading in a browser window. Not a big deal.

Here's the issue. When I test it locally it works fine but once I burn the cd it is unable to locate the pdf's off the cd.

The button in the exe is trying to locate the hard drive path PDF's but I need it to look at the cd PDF's.

I realize this is probably a path issue and it seems so simple but yet the solution is haunting me.

How do i fix this/get around it?

Any help would be great.

Topic / Idea ?
Hi everyone!

I know this is not much related to Flash, but I will be glad for any suggestions/comments from you.

I need an idea for a thesis topic. It must be business-related, but of course Flash will be involved. (e.g., implementing Flash & ActionScript in a business application)

Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you.

I Can't Find My Topic.
This is a question about this board in general. Hey, there aren't any stupid questions here. For some reason, I cannot find a topic I created "Weekly Sci-Fi series". And I just made it 15 minutes ago. It should be at the top of the page, right? It is located in the freelance section.

The GetURL PDF Topic.
Ok here's the deal. I searched extensively last night on several forums on the PDF issue before being forced to ask for help and I couldn't find anything definitive for my issue. Sorry if this is an old tired topic of discussion.

1. I am making a cd-rom that has a flash exe, an autorun file and a folder with 65 PDF files.

2. I have buttons set up in the exe to open the pdfs with the getURL. I am ok with these loading in a browser window. Not a big deal.

Here's the issue. When I test it locally it works fine but once I burn the cd it is unable to locate the pdf's off the cd.

The button in the exe is trying to locate the hard drive path PDF's but I need it to look at the cd PDF's.

I realize this is probably a path issue and it seems so simple but yet the solution is haunting me.

How do i fix this/get around it?

Any help would be great.

Useless Topic:
Sorry for the double post.

Edited: 11/21/2008 at 05:39:35 AM by Johnny Grows

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Please Delete This Topic
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Out Of The Topic Question.
I know I'm out of the topic, but when I tried to post this question in the other section, nobody want to anwer me. So, I decided to post this question in this section. Ok, here's my question.......

Can anyone teach me how to the effect in EG's website the enter button in the splash screen. That when I rolled over the enter button, it changes into another picture.

Thanks in advance!!!

Woo 10,000th Topic
hooray!

My Own Beginner Topic
I am trying to "develop" my first game in flash. I'm a novice in program but i want to learn.
I stucked in a problem. When i Release a button/movie clip i want to play other movie clip and i want to duplicate this movie clip. For exemple i have a castel and when i press it i want a soldier go to a position on the "map" . If you have an ideea (and you have) please tell me how to solve this problem. Look at this example :
http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-1157.htm when i use a key a duplicate mc (a soldier) go up on the castel .

PS i like the tutorials from this site!
Regards !

NEW DUDE...OLD TOPIC...
Greetings Forum members...I've got a carousel effect question (wait wait wait please dont leave...) I have read over a million responses relating to the carousel effect here on the GTAL forum...but no one has answered my question...

heres my situation, I'm using Flash MX Pro 2004...I made it past the carsousel 1 tutorial (minus the reflection gradient stuff because Flash MX doesnt have the bitmap caching option...I had to create the reflective effect in my .png file using photoshop) I entered in the code provided in the carousel 2 tutorial...I created the .xml file containing my .png icons (minus the tooltips 'cause I dont need them)...I did everything by the book (or in this case...by the .flv) and finally when I was ready to see the end result...I go to preview the movie and to my surprise........total darkness!!! nothing shows up...no error messages, no nothing where did I go wrong?????

It seems as though positive carousel effect results are only achieved by using Flash 8.

Please advise.

thanks,

The Human Torch

Preloader, I Know Its An Old Topic...
Okay I know the whole thing about preloaders, its the newbiest thing about flash, and I've searched fourm after forum and truly have not found the answer to my question. Basically, i put this code on my first scene in frame1.

Code:

load = _root.getBytesLoaded();
total = _root.getBytesTotal();
percentLoaded = Math.round((load/total)*100);
StatusText = "Loaded: " + percentLoaded + "%";

and on frame2:

Code:

if (load == total) {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 2", 1);
} else {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

And just to give the movie something to load, i stuck a 3 MB mp3 file in there. Running on my computer, it doesnt even start the preloader, it flashes for one second then goes to scene2. So I thought, okay, lets try uploading to my webserver. www.webmagikdesigns.com/misc/preloader/blah.swf
So I go to my site, and it takes about 1min30sec to load the WEBPAGE, then the preloader instantly flashes by and I get stuck at scene2. What i believe is happening it is downloading the whole movie BEFORE the preloader, so by the time it completely downloads, there's nothing to preload so it just flashes by. I swear, I cannot figure this out, can someone ppppppllllllleeeeeaaaaasssssseeeeeee help me?? thanks!!

-Tyler

Nobody Answered? Topic: Protecting SWF's
Hi,

Maybe I am being impatient, but I expected quite a few answers on my post in this topic, as it kinda effects everyone. In five days, still no answers.

So allow me to direct you to the thread (and I hope I don't break any forum-rules here):

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=419613

Thanks,

Papermouse

Off Topic, And Sophmoric, But What The Hell...
I saw the "What A Girl Wants" poster controversy, and couldn't resist... For those who don't know, she's making a peace sign which isn't patriotic or something stupid like that...
wagwFix

...hope ya like it...

NOTE: I am in no way endorsing the movie, and probably wont even see it. (Please don't sue me WB, I have no money...)

Off-Topic? My First Interviewer Took My Disk.
My first interviewer in the Web/Flash field took my disk. Actually, he asked for it and I said yes (kinda threw me off b/c I didn't expecting it).Is this appropriate?

How do I get my projects copyrighted? I heard there was a way you can send a letter to yourself (as long as you keep it sealed). Is this true? Thanks in advance.

-Just in case your wondering what contents were in it-

I had my .swfs and compressed .jpgs from some of my collages.

Slightly Off Topic - Photoshop
OK, so its completely off topic, but I am wondering if someone could recommend a Photoshop forum that is as high quality as this one! I love flashkit, but an haveing trouble finding something this good for photoshop...Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Q

Yeah Topic 66666
I work on a really fast computer. How will I know if I need to create a loading bar for my Flash movie I want to put on my domain? its about 4,300 KB at the moment. whats the normal KB size needed to put a loading bar in?

To Clarify Previous Topic
I have 7 radio button components on my stage. I replaced the icons for the RadioTrueUp and RadioFalseUp states. I deleted the other states thinking I only need "up" and "down" for my Radio project. Now when I test the movie, I click on any radio button and it rapidly turns itself on and off as long as the cursor hovers over it, and returns to the up state thereafter, having failed to affect any other radio buttons on the stage.

Since I only changed the icons, I don't understand why they don't work just as they did in "stock" form.

Any ideas here?

Ok New Topic... Why Does Flashkit.com Never Work
No matter what day it is whenever I go to flashkit.com, the content on the page never shows up, its always white. Almost like the only thing to the site is the navbar which is useless because whatever page you go to is blank!!!!

Hittest Help(like We Haven't Seen That Topic Before)
well heres the files the problem is that the bullet "bullet1" wont hittest the enemy "enemy" once it's duplicated

http://gonzolo.dk/shooter/shooter.fla
http://gonzolo.dk/shooter/shooter.swf

mx 2004 version

http://gonzolo.dk/shooter/shootermx2004.fla
http://gonzolo.dk/shooter/shootermx2004.swf

also please don't comment the graffix as they arent done for a pourpouse

Preloader - I Know This Topic Has Been Done To Death But...
Hi,

I'm trying to make a preloader for my movie. What I've done is add an extra scene into the movie which contains the preloader. All it does is flash "loading" and the code I've used is:

Code:

if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1",1);
}
else {
gotoAndPlay("loading",1);
}

My problem is that the preloader takes about a minute to load on 56k and then only plays for a couple of seconds before the movie starts. Please help!!

Silly Question - (maybe Slightly Off Topic)
Hi folks,

Im only new to flash but, ive pretty much sussed out the scrollerless, toolbarless pop up window thingy (thanks to this site) HOWEVER, my question is, is there ANYWAY to stop this pop up window from showing the actual web address on the top bar? (It appears just for a second before the window name appears in it instead?)

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance

RedK