Flash :: Preloader Urgent Help Needed For Charity Project

Pop Up Window Only Works Once - This Is For A Charity Project So Help Is Gratefully Received.
I'm working on the site http://www.rhythmsdelmundo.com
The proceeds of this project go to support climate change awareness and natural disaster relief.

These are the elements relevant to this problem

The 'buy album' button opens up a pop up window.

The 'take a little voyage through the project' window calls up a video from an external site which then plays in windows media player. This is the actionscript on the 'voyage' button.

on (release) {getURL("

Charity Help
i needed help on making a website for a charity.. here's what the group wants

one swf file with links that change dynamically according to category.

i was thinking wether or not flash can read url parameters, say main.html?=cat1 would then make all the links inside cat1.html..

anyone understand?? PLEASE HELP!

Buttons For Charity
I was thinking a few of us who have some extra time could make some button templates for people to use! I have attached my button for chartiy, i hope we get more!

Project Help - Advice Needed
Have a question about an upcoming project - looking for any possible solutions using Flash.Flash experience is limited so bear with me.

The project entails creating a tutorial (about 20 pages) and at the end of the tutorial, there will be an approx 30 multiple choice question test. They want to put the whole thing (tutorial & test) on a CD as opposed to the Web.

Now my questions to anyone are:

1. Is Flash a viable solution for creating the test? Is it the best solution?

2. How difficult would it be for an experienced Flash programmer to create the test and create it so that it scores itself?

3. How long should a project like this take to develop?

Thank you in advance to anyone who answers.

First Project Using CS3: Advice Needed
Hi all! The good news is that I'm just starting to use Flash CS3. The bad news is that I have to learn it while "unlearning" AS2 and Flash 8 and learing OOP all at the same time.

Background: I need to build a training course that will consist of a many independent modules and a central, perpetual menu system. In Flash 8 I usually build a single "parent" SWF, then create several empty "child" movie clips, and load external SWF files into the movie clips when needed. I also define most variables within parent SWF then populate/modify them from the child SWFs as needed.

Question: Does this approach work for CS3 apps or is there a better way of building a large training course in CS3? I'm not an advanced AS coder so I'd need to start off very simple. I do know XML but haven't used it in a Flash project yet.

Thanks!

MA

Charity Needs Help - Rollovers To Move Map
hi,

we are trying to create a world map for our charity and need the map to zoom in and then have 4 rollovers (not clicking, just rollovers); north, south, east, west that then move the zoomed in map around to the edges and no further.

having only really used director before we have tried the action script but it doesn't work, could anyone give us a hand in showing us how to make the map glide around,

thank you very very much.

please see enclosed fla file.

Freelancer Needed For A Small Project
Hi,

I have a client who needs some Flash work. If that interests you, please PM me.

The client needs a Flash ticker that gets the content from an XML feed.

This ticker should update itself with a new XML feed every five minutes or so without the user having to refresh the page.

[F8] Advice Needed For School Project
Hello,
I'm working on an end of year fla project and have a probably simple question.
I have a flash banner designed and i would like to include 5 images/text links that will change each time Manchester United win!
The flash banner will be hosted on 30+ external websites, not related to me.
I need a way of updating these images/text links every Saturday from one file that will be held on the school server.
So my question is and hopefully someone can help - how does flash inject external info from another server into itself. This way we can keep all score update banners up to date.

Hope this makes sense!

Cheers

William

Large-ish Project (Coder Needed)
Summary
I am looking for a prominent ActionScript Coder to help me make an RPG/Adventure game. Also if anyone is good a pixel art feel free to add me to talk to me here or MSN / Email me (found below).

Information (Little)
The game is still in development not alot of the story has been written yet, a few of the "Creatures" (roughly 40/100*) have been sketched and named. The battle and stats system is still yet to be developed but there are a couple of ideas on the table. I am happy to take on anyone who will Concept Draw / Write / Develop the game but those are not necessary (yet).

I will Story write / Concept Draw / Project Manage / Do what I can in terms on in-game graphics.

Contact
I understand that there is very little information but is you are interested still please contact me on MSN using:
zuriki[]hotmail[]co[]uk - DO NOT EMAIL!!!
zuriki.stuff[]googlemail[]com - EMAIL WILL NOT BE REPLIED TO VERY QUICKLY!!!

Thank you, Zuriki.

*100 is a rough guide to how many creature there will be

Developers Needed For Flash Opensource Project
hi, i am a flash and php developer. i have seen that there is a lack of someobvious funcitons in flash that are very native now to php. off and on i find myself writing functions for petty tasks that shoudl have been there in flash.

i want to port at least basic string, array manipulation functions to actionscript. I've made - str_pad, array_search, ltrim, rtrim, trim and they can be checked here

http://www.19.5degs.com/category/38....ript-tutorials

i'll appreciate any help from anybody to speed up the process.

regards,
robin
http://www.19.5degs.com/

Time Crisis Style Project (help Needed)
okay im making a flash game which i want to do some pretty heavy duty scripting
but i cant on my own

so if your good with action script then please help me

its a shooting game and i want it to work similar to time crisis

when the charachter is hidng i want it to be in third person veiw from this veiw you can reload or throw a grenade over the cover (a desk for example)

when you tap the space bar i want the person stand up and switch to first person veiw and be able to shoot the enimies by clicking them.

similarly to time crisis when you run out of bullets you have to take cover again (a ammo display counter would be handy here, is it possible?)

if you understand what i mean then please help and any actionscript help or samples you can offer would be appreciated

if you like you could also collaborate with me more closley!

[MX] Suggestions Needed Before Beginning Larger Project...
Hi,

I've been using Flash/Actionscript quite a bit recently, but most of the movies I have built have tended to be small pieces that do just one thing.

However, I now am going to build a calculation tool that is more akin to a desktop application than a HTML/PHP application - i.e. it will have drop down menus at the top for navigation within the movie. A lot of the actual calculations will be done by sending the data to a PHP backend script, and the results returned to the flash movie.

As I have worked out that there will be a lot of pages needed, I'm wondering what the best way to tackle this is. Assuming that all of the pages will be to some degree consistent (i.e by using the same background, content box and navigation layers), would it be better to:

1. Create one large movie, using the same background layers accross the timeline, then spread the relevant controls accross the timeline, using Actionscript to navigate between the screens.

2. Just have a drop down menu on Frame 2 (assuming a preloader on Frame 1), and then dynamically load in movie clips on demand, depending on selections from the navigation menu.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but my understanding is:

Method 1 could result in a large movie size, and a long download time. But once loaded, it will run faster.

Method 2 will load very quickly, but will run a bit slower, as movie clips will need to be loaded on demand. (as this will be an application, not a straight 'movie', streaming is probably not an option). It is probably more complicated (or a steeper learning curve) to do it this way.

I'm interested in how more experienced Flash Developers would tackle this.

Thanks
Neil.

Flash Expert Needed For Small Project
Hi...

I have an idea that needs making into reality. Niche about music learning.

Essentially what I would need is 2 flash keyboards (harmonium). 1 would be like a movie, showing which buttons to press with play/pause/stop controls. This would need to be fairly easy for me to change to i could make many of these for different tunes.

Another keyboard underneath, where the person could practice on.

If anyone is interested, if they could get back to me with a price and timescale bearing in made that this will be a non-profit, educational site, it'd be great.

I've seen this which is along the right lines - http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Sound...6819/index.php

Advice Needed On Streamlining Flash Project
Hi

I have an online brochure that I created a couple of years ago for a client.
It's pretty big and contains a lot of jpegs and video.
I have to amend/update it about every 2 months and its growing everytime, so the final exported swf file is now over 5mb. It was only around 1mb when it first launched.

I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to load all of the jpegs externally, rather than from the library? Also would it be time saving to have the text load from an xml or text file?

I'm looking at streamlining the project so that
a. It loads quicker / smaller swf size
b. Is quicker and easier to update

Any feedback would be gladly received.

Advice Needed On Project Feasibility - Flex
I currently have an app that works quite nicely written in Javascript, HTML and PHP but I have this annoying feeling it could be done much better in Flash/Flex etc.

So if you wouldn't mind casting your eyes over the following and give your thoughts and opinions as to this projects feasibility before I launch into attempting it!

The Principle
example
I have 150 frames for an animation that need to be loaded and then run as an animation.
Whilst the animation is running I need the ability to adjust the contrast and brightness of the frames - on the fly. There is also image zooming required.

Along with this there is information and data to be loaded into 'panels'. This information is details of the animation and notes.

Current Solution
As I briefly mentioned, this is currently built in javascript and html.
It works fine as it is but I want more interaction and user experience.

Questions
Can this be done.....!
From the research I have done so far and the tutorials I have read, the information - including image lists can be done in XML and then loaded at runtime...?

The image manipulation; I get the slider inputs fine and the way they work with zooming an image etc but how possible is it to get the contrast and brightness functionality?

Final thing - this needs to be run locally, so no web server or web services can be used. This is the main reason for looking at Flex/AIR.

So what are your thoughts, musings or am I going down the wrong path?!

Cheers

Spike

Actionscript Coder Needed For Small Project(3-d)
This projects involves creating 3-d cubes in flash with draw Api
you may view the cubes here

send me a private message if you are interested.

Thank you all
Mikro

Flash Animators Are Needed For Project Based Work
Hello,

My name is Rich and currently work full time at a financial institution that i'll go without naming. I also have a IT solutions firm that has been in business for over a year. www.paradoxsolutions.com

Things are really starting to pick up for us and i want to take our site to the next level. I designed this site over a year ago and merely services as a presence on the web. Seeing that my time is limited I cannot re-design the site from scratch nor can i put forth the effort to learn flash extensively. I recently purchased a template that will save me time...now i want to modify the template and make it mine. Really the template is a 2advanced studios rip-off--looks remarkably similar to www.foundstone.com. Anyways, i have contacts in france and germany that do flash work for me from time to time and are dirt cheap. They will be unavailble due to extended projects they both have and i must now look for some good flashers that can help me in my projects. The first of which is re-designing www.paradoxsolutions.com. If anyone is interested in making some money on the side for some flash animation work please contact me ASAP, so i can give you more details. Ideally i want to work with someone who is friendly and willing to work things out. Arrogant designers need not apply. Please contact me at vinhaisr@paradoxsolutions.com for further details. Thanks for your time.

P.S.
I'm quite anxious on getting this underway, so please contact me ASAP to work out details.

Urgent Help Needed. FLA Included. Basic Timeline Project.
Hi,

I'm trying to build a timeline like this one...

http://franchisor.ikea.com/showConte...swfId=concept4

the structure is, timeline is consisted of 4 main parts like,
20's-40's : 40's-60's : 60's-80's and 80's-today.... each of them are 4 SWFs called into the main movie.

there are two arrows (left and right) at each side... to browse horizontally through the periods of time.

the problem is, i.e. when 50's(after 1959) is finished if you release right arrow it should jump to 60's.... but it doesn't. instead it continues to scroll 40-60's with some blank space till infinity...

I know my explanation can be senseless and complicated but if you have a look at the FLA's i have included, everything's will be clear. i included only two mini fla's in addition to main movie to decrease the attachment size.

There's something wrong and something that i cannot achieve with my knowledge of AS.

any help is appreciated

thanks,

Preloader Project...
I wanna do a kinda quirky preloader that drops a ball along a track to show the loading progress. i did a half-a$%ed mockup to get the jist.... but i want to know if i can make each ball drop at a certain point in the loading. ie. 25%, 50%, 75%. any clues to get me started?
here's the mockup...

Preloader For Flex AS Project
I wander huw to make swf which monitor self-loading in Flex 2.0 (AS project - not mxml)

for now I have made external preloader, but I whant to understand how to made internal one

here is my external preloader:

Code:
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.text.TextField;

public class preloader extends Sprite{
private var tf:TextField;

public function preloader(){
stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
stage.align = "TL";

tf = new TextField();
tf.x=100;
addChild(tf);

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Main.swf");
ldr.load(urlReq);
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);
addChild(ldr);
}

private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {
tf.text=event.bytesLoaded.toString();
}

private function loaded(event:Event):void {
removeChild(tf);
}
}
}

Preloader After Project Completion
Hi

I have recently completed a free learning language program in flash, it works well and everything, but then being an amateur in flash, I forgot to make a preloader. Now, I know how to make a preloader, but how do I make space on the first frame on the timeline so that I can put the actionscript there? I tried selecting all the artwork, etc and moving them forward one frame, it doesn't work!! If I do that, the program doesn't work. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
Thanking All for their time.

How Do I Insert A Button Into A Flash Project That Will Open A Powerpoint Project
????help i need this for work.... thank you!!

Copy Pasting A Project Into A Keyframe Of Another Project
This is what I want to do,

Here's the project that I'd like to incorporate into my own site,

And this is the timeline for my site, I want the above to work in the Chronicle keyframe,

I don't know if it's possible to copy paste the project into that keyframe, or how can I do this? I downloaded a free flash book that opens up and shows a certain text, and I want to incorporate it into a page on my site, that's it in a nutshell.

Any help would be tremendously appreciated.

PreLoader Help Needed
we are working a project to remember the victims and everyone in the wtc...we basically have the movie done (very very basic...since we are still new to this). the movie includes part of a song and when we view it on our computer (not on a website) it runs fine and the music goes with the pics. But when we tested it on a webpage the song plays fine but the pics move slowly and the song finishes before the pics do. I think we need a preloader??? something to give the movie time to load completely??? or is there some other way to get it to load quicker?? I have tried d/ling the open source preloaders but I can't figure out how to put it in my movie or how to use it. All that scripting and varibles and such make no sense to me. I can make little movies with just pics but nothing else. Can someone help please???

here is what we have so far....
http://www.geocities.com/a2gether091101

Preloader Help Needed
I want to know how i make a preloader where it says however many kb are left to download. Is there really a way of doing this to where its accurate or do people just type a different number in each frame.

Preloader Help Needed Please
hi guys
i have just made a flash movie and i inserted to it a pre-loader scene
now i have first the pre-loader scene which called 'loader'
then the main movie which called 'movie'
in the first frame in the 'loader' scene i put a movie-clip and for the actions i put

ifFrameLoaded ("Scene 1", 1) {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 1);
}

and the second frame :
gotoAndPlay("loader", 1);

and my main movie just contain one frame coz all the items in it are movie clips and buttons so when it's load the movie just freeze nothing moves from the movie clips even the mouse over on the buttons

can anyone help me with this pleaseeeeee

Help Needed With Preloader
Hi I am very new to FLASH MX and would like advise on this question.

I have gone through the posts regarding how the make preloaders with bars and percentage and so on. And have gotten the hang of it.
But was wondering if it is possible to make a preloader that shows small rectangle bars which appear side by side horizontally increasing its numbers in the direction "right" as the loading makes its progress.

Any advice will help.
thanks

Preloader Help Needed
I added this preloader to a movie. I am on a DSL connection and the preloader is not coming up right away. How can I adjust for this time lapse.

I would like the preloader to start working as soon as the page starts downloading.

http://www.spanishome.com/acesorios.swf

Thanks
Ecinele

Help Needed With This Preloader
Please check the fla file.
I think that I need to add some code to tell the preloader to play while the movie loads. Except I don't know how.
I would really appreciate it if you would add the additional code, this way I know how it works.
Thanks
Ecinele

http://www.spanishome.com/costa_rica.zip

Preloader Help Needed
Hi all

I made flash site with static index page that all other pages are loaded into without replacing it. Most of these other pages consist of a single text field which loads content via XML object using xmlObject.onLoad() handler. While loading, there is a "loading please wait" thingie on the screen. So when xml data is loaded and parsed (onLoad event is triggered) the playhead goes to scene two where actual data is to be shown.

And so it does during local testing.
But when I uploaded it on a server for remote testing, data has been loaded and parsed, playhead jumped to scene 2, but there was no text at all. Then I selected some other (also XML) page, wait there to be loaded and, again, not shown, then went back to previous page and only then the text will be there. In other words, after data has finished loading and it has been parsed into XML object, you still have to wait 30 - 60 seconds for it to be shown! Any ideas?

Preloader Help Needed
I have looked at about 5 different preloader tutorials and they all seem to not fit the type i want. I want one with a bar that gets highlighted depending on the % loaded and in front of that have "loading... #%" where as # is how much has loaded. Then when the movie after the preloader is done it will automatically link to my site instead of having to click on it! thanks so much!

Help Needed With Preloader
Hi all,
I have a problem and was just wondering if any experts out there may know how to help me. I will explain I have code for a peloader which is as follows.

loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
nextScene();
}
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop(_root);
}

The problem is I have embeded a movie into Flash MX and it is 3MB in size, the preloader works fine, but it loads the whole movie before jumping to Scene 2 allowing the user to play the video. I have Scene 1 (the preloader) and Scene 2 (the movie clip containing the embeded video.

What I want to know is how to change the action script above so that it loads say 50% of my flash movie and then opens the Scene 2 page with the video and controlls allowing the user to press play and then downloads the rest in the background. I would appreciate the help all the best people Viacor.

Help Needed With Preloader MX
Hi all,
I have a problem and was just wondering if any experts out there may know how to help me. I will explain I have code for a peloader which is as follows.

loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
nextScene();
}
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop(_root);
}

The problem is I have embeded a movie into Flash MX and it is 3MB in size, the preloader works fine, but it loads the whole movie before jumping to Scene 2 allowing the user to play the video. I have Scene 1 (the preloader) and Scene 2 (the movie clip containing the embeded video.

What I want to know is how to change the action script above so that it loads say 50% of my flash movie and then opens the Scene 2 page with the video and controlls allowing the user to press play and then downloads the rest in the background. I would appreciate the help all the best people Viacor.

Preloader Needed?
Hello, I have created a flash game that is basically completed, but I am having trouble implementing a preloader. The entire game is on a single frame that repeats itself endlessly (I used setInterval), but I have problems when I try to create a preloader to go with it. Whenever I try to move the frame with the game on it to another frame, it fills in the distance with nothingness, causing the game to flash on and off.

Is there any way to load the game first, and then only play frame x?

By the way: My game's SWF is only about 90kb (light on graphics, heavy on actionscript), so am I just wasting time trying to implement a preloader that no one will ever see?

Thanks!

David

Preloader Help Needed.
Hi all,

I'm half way through creating a flash file, and I want to put a preloader in. I did have a preloader which I used to just copy and paste into the first scene of any flash file I created but even that doesn't seem to be working for some reason. Here's a link to the tutorial on the preloader that I normally use:

http://www.actionscript.org/tutoria...der/index.shtml

Does anyone know of another preloader which would do the trick? The flash file I'm talking about is this one:

http://work.stickyjam.co.uk/pr/intro.html

I'm not exactly a flash guru, so the simpler the preloader the better. If any of you are feeling extra kind, I could supply you with the source file and maybe you could have a go at putting in the preloader?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Preloader Needed?
Is a preloader necessary for a file that's 110K? Thanks for any feedback.

Preloader Help Needed
Why is something that looks so darned simple so tough. Can somebody help me please? I've been through every preloader tutorial here, and read a hundred threads, and even tried the "try this simple drop in loader", even the one you offered Geezer, and I cant get the darned things to work right no matter what. A lot of the "how too's" leave out exactly where, on what frame to put the script, or if it needs to be actions actually attached to the movie clip etc. If someone could help me fix this, I'd be happy to write a tutorial even a newbie like me could understand! Here is the simple swf I've been working on, with my pathetic last attempt at using others code to make a simple loader work on it. Can some one please fix this for me, and tell me how you fixed it, and why it needed what you added or changed? THANK YOU SO MUCH in advance.

Ken

Preloader Help Needed.
Hi there
I have created a preloader, the only problem is that once it has loaded it doesn't play, you have to right click and then click play. Is there away I can do something so it will play stright away automatically?

Thanks for your help

Yet More Preloader Help Needed
Im trying to preload an external movie. it needs to:

pause the external movie on frame 1 till its loaded. then play once loaded
Display correct preloader size.
The preloader code cant be inside the external .swf - needs to be in the main.

i have cribbed bits of code from here and there trying to get it to work. Unfortunately this seems to crash the debugger.

The function is called from a button click.
Can anyone suggest why this doesnt work? It pauses the movie but crashes at the 1st if statement!

Sorry for the long path names...

Code:
function preload () {
_root.mainContent.kitchenMovs.dropZone.gotoAndStop(1);
_root.mainContent.kitchenMovs.dropZone.onEnterFrame = function(){
if (this._framesloaded>0 && this._framesloaded == this._totalframes) {
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}else{
perc = (this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal());
_root.Bar._width = _root.BarBorder._width * perc;
}
}
}

Any ideas? i have been trying to get this to work for ages..
Cheers
Neil

Preloader Help Needed
Hi everyone!

I am trying to find a way to create a music player-like preloader, kinda like the Cleo Player but I need to the steps not just the files...would anyone be so kind as to tell me where I can find that???

Thank you!!
Silvia

Preloader Help Needed
Background

I'm building an interface that allows my client to drag and drop individual presentation movieclip thumbnails (all .swf's) into a placeholder on the stage aboveso they can dictate the order of playback. They will be doing this to ultimately have an intelligent presentation interface that allows them to tailor the presentation each time by selecting only the movie clips they wish to show. The selected clips in the placeholder will be executed with smooth transitions once selected and the play button clicked.

Main Question
With regards to preloading as some clips may be larger than others and i'd really like a smooth transition between clips... i'm looking for advice as AS3 is still new to me.

Is it best to preload all?
Or is there a way of preloading and executing movieclip1, then preloading mc2 as mc1 plays, then play mc2, unload mc1, and preload mc3 while mc2 plays, then unload mc2 and play mc 3 while mc4 preloads... etc (you get the idea).

Any advice appreciated.

Preloader Help Needed
We created our portfolio in Flash Flash Photo Portfolio and now need a preloader. We were able to create one that waits until the entire swf is loaded. We need a visual to indicate that the movie is loading but don't want our viewers to have to wait for the entire swf to load.

We don't want a dead black screen upon the calling of the movie, but we don't want to wait for the entire movie to load before the presentation begins. We have no problem creating the graphics, it's the scripting help we need. Can anyone point us in a direction? Thanks!

Dick

Preloader Urgent Help Needed For Charity Project

Hi thereI have created a preloader, the only problem is that once it has loaded it doesn't play, you have to right click and then click play. Is there away I can do something so it will play stright away automatically? There isn't a stop command in any of the frames either.Thanks for your help

Hi there
I have created a preloader, the only problem is that once it has loaded it doesn't play, you have to right click and then click play. Is there away I can do something so it will play stright away automatically? There isn't a stop command in any of the frames either.

Thanks for your help