Publish Settings Which Flash Player Version Best
I made a flash movie and need to publish it to go into my dreamweaver and then up on web page. When you click to publish settings which flash player version should I pick to use that most people will be able to see - I appreciate any help. THANKS
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Posted on: 05/23/2007 02:04:48 PM
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View online version - http://www.mad-host.net/brendan/medi...diaplayer.html
type in best in the text field and hit enter to test it out (my incentive for you to help me is that you get to listen to best of you by the foo fighters, lol)
FLA - http://www.mad-host.net/brendan/medi...ediaplayer.fla
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ActionScript Code:
class se.zilch.LoadBar extends MovieClip {
[TagName("Loadbar")]
[IconFile("Zilch.png")]
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private var myHeight:Number;
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//private var dispatchEvent:Function;
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private var _borderColor:Color;
private var _bgColor:Color;
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_horizontal:true,
_reverse:false,
_border:1,
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///////////////////////Get'n Setters//////////////////////
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}
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}
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}
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[Inspectable(defaultValue=1, type=Number, category="b")]
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}
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}
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this._borderColor = val;
}
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[Inspectable(defaultValue="#FFFFFF", type=Color, category="d")]
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this._bgColor = val;
}
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return this._bgColor;
}
// barColor
[Inspectable(defaultValue="#8792A0", type=Color, category="e")]
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this._barColor = val;
}
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}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////Functions//////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Constructor
public function LoadBar() {
this.Initialize();
this.DrawBase();
}
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trace("SetSize");
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this._yscale = 100;
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}
if(h != null) {
this.myHeight = h;
}
this.DrawBase();
}
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private function Initialize():Void {
trace("Initialize");
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this.myHeight = Stage.height;
this._xscale = 100;
this._yscale = 100;
//mx.events.EventDispatcher.initialize(this);
//this.boundingBox_mc.unloadMovie();
trace("checkparams "+this);
}
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private function DrawBox(name:String, depth:Number, width:Number, height:Number, x:Number, y:Number, border:Number, bordercolor:Color, bgcolor:Color):Void {
trace("DrawBox");
if(typeof(this["name"]) != MovieClip) {
var myBox = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name,depth);
} else {
var myBox = this["name"];
}
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} else {
myBox.lineStyle(border, bordercolor);
}
myBox.moveTo(x, y);
if(bgcolor != null) {
myBox.beginFill(bgcolor, 100);
}
myBox.lineTo(width, y);
myBox.lineTo(width, height);
myBox.lineTo(x, height);
myBox.lineTo(x, y);
if(bgcolor != null) {
myBox.endFill();
}
}
// Draws the background and border for the LoadBar
public function DrawBase():Void {
trace("DrawBase");
this["background"].clear();
this["border"].clear();
this["bar"].clear();
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this.DrawBox("bar", 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, null, this._barColor);
}
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trace("Draw");
this["bar"].clear();
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// if horizontal
if(this._reverse) {
// if you want it to go backwards
var p = this.myWidth*(percent/100);
var w = this.myWidth-p;
this.DrawBox("bar", 2, this.myWidth, this.myHeight, w, 0, null, null, this._barColor);
} else {
// if you want it to go forwards
var p = this.myWidth*(percent/100);
this.DrawBox("bar", 2, p, this.myHeight, 0, 0, null, null, this._barColor);
}
} else {
// if vertical
if(this._reverse) {
// if you want it to go down
var p = this.myHeight*(percent/100);
this.DrawBox("bar", 2, this.myWidth, p, 0, 0, null, null, this._barColor);
} else {
// if you want it to go up
var p = this.myHeight*(percent/100);
var h = this.myHeight-p;
this.DrawBox("bar", 2, this.myWidth, this.myHeight, 0, h, null, null, this._barColor);
}
}
//this.dispatchEvent({type: "onProgress", target: this});
//updateAfterEvent();
}
}
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