Flash :: Requesting Help Yet Again

Requesting Help
Hello,

I came across this site today. A friend and myself want to start our own site for our artwork. I figured Flash would be the best way to use, seeing from other sites ive ran into before. Im kind of new to HTML, and im very new to using Flash so I was wondering if someone could help me get on my feet and let me know how to get started. Your help will be very much appreciated, thank you so much.

Requesting A Little Help...
Okay, I know I'm a total newbie when it comes to coding, so I'm anticipating the answer to this one to be either very very simple, or very complex.
So here's the problem:

On the main timeline in one of my scenes I have a movie clip. The frames in this scene extend to 400 with a little script at the end:

gotoAndPlay(40);

Which makes it loop essentially starting from frame 40. Why frame 40? Because frames 1-39 is fades the movie clip in.

Going back to the movie clip.
Within this movie clip I have this chunk of code at the end:

gotoAndPlay(40);

Universe1_Button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE _DOWN, U1Link);

function U1Link(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay("Universe1");
}

Which makes it loop back to frame 40 for what I explained above. Within this movie clip there are three buttons. What I want them to do is go to another scene after being clicked. The function up there is just for one of them. Anyhow, when I tested this it doesn't work.

So, is there any way I can make this thing work?

Requesting Help Yet Again
This time its the dynamically loaded SWF's that are giving me the problem. I am using the the same code from the "dynamically loaded swf's with preloader" tutorial on the flash mx tutorials page. Basically my problem is that whenever I load an swf2 inside another swf1, any dynamic text in swf2 dissapears magically. I have tried a number of things and haven't figured this one out yet. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-burbank

Newbie Requesting Help...
Well actually I'm not entirely an newb but I need help none the less. :P
I am trying to make a game in flash but I need to know how to do the following:
Go to a frame when a movie clip is at a certain x, y location...

What I mean is. When you move the character and he is at 250 (x), 250 (y) but then he walks over and is now at 230 (x), 250 (y) .. as soon as he hit 230 (X) it will go to the frame I want it to.. a "level completed" frame for example... How can I do this?

Thanks in advance for replies...

Requesting/Pleading For Help (AS)
Hey whoever is reading this, im fairly new to Flash but have experience with several languages primarily js and vb

I've written some actionscript but I just cant seem to get it working, so I'm hoping someone can just make a fla and chuck in my as.

Anyone who's Interested please leave their email so I can contact them, really, this will take only a few minutes for someone good at flash, i only wish I started with the basics before i went off like a tangent doing this that and the other.

All it requires is a connecting... frame, connection failed.. frame, and another frame with an input box, button, and then some text below that in a dynamic box, thx in advance for anyone that can Help me

Requesting Sample
Hi,

I need a real good sample of a object that is interactive with buttons. I'm trying to create a User Guide for our phone sets - phone is displayed and on the side is a set of user instructions.

Is there any good sample out there where there is a picture of something with interactive text and buttons?

Thanks!

Requesting Help On A Tutorial
I have been learning ActionScript through tutorials on this website and a few others. While working through a tutorial on another website (kirupa.com), I have encountered a problem that has me a bit mystified. It is my hope that someone will be kind enough to help me to solve the problem.

The tutorial involves creating perspective (depth) in Flash MX. (To view the tutorial, please use this link.) The only part of the tutorial that has been a problem for me involves the random duplication of a single instance of a movie clip symbol.

The tutorial states that the following loop construct should be entered "on the first frame of the _root." (I believe that this means that the code should be attached to the first frame of the Flash movie.)

nbClip=50;

for (i=0;i<nbClip;i++){
duplicateMovieClip(ball,"ball"+i,i);
mc=_root["ball"+i];
mc.startx=Math.round(Math.random()*300)-50;
mc.starty=Math.round(Math.random()*300)-50;
}

Question: Does anyone know whether the properties "startx" and "starty" apply to Flash MX (and not Flash MX 2004)? The Actions panel does not seem to recognize these properties as no syntax coloring is applied and I cannot find any mention of these properties in the Reference panel.

I would appreciate any help that anyone would be willing to offer!

Matt

Flash Keeps Requesting The XML
i Need to make sure that the Flash movie stops requesting the XML file once it has it.

when a part of the xml is not defined it keeps requesting the xml file. i need it to cycle through but when something is undefined to stop trying to read the xml for the text or picture. so when i leave the home page open too long it kills the browser memory and crashes it.

need help as soon as possible

thank you in advance

Requesting Everyone In This Forum..
My personal request to every one out here.........

Please discourage the use of decompilers. decompilers are meant to help you understand something.. not create content.

this way we are responsible for murdering such a good programming language...

Please do not use decompiled elements as first hand deliverables to your customers.

Decompilers often create bugs hat even the flash compiler cannot identify.
so please create quality... learn ..learn as much as you want.. we are there to help each other...

say no to decompilers....

Requesting AttachMovie Explanation
Hi FlashKit community. i'm a beginner in ActionScript. This whole programming thing isn't quite my thing, I'm more of a graphist. but it seems like it's necessary to master ActionScript these days.

So, I was ondering if someone could explain this to me:

i want to able to control the appearing position of an attached movie clip. Which means, i want the instance to appear in a certain area of the screen: in my case, the position of the mouse cursor.

And I will be puttin more than one instance. Which leads me to my second question: how can i use wildcards in ActionScript? how can I say:

on mouseclick {
create an instance of the linked movie clip toto with the name "toto" plus an increasing number each time, and put it where the cursor is.
}

?

Newbie Requesting PreLoader Help
Hey everyone. Almost finished with my first Flash Project. It's been an absolute, hair pulling, head-banging experience that has driven me to brink of insanity.

I wanted to share it all with you here especially for those who have been kind enough to help me along the way....especially oldnewbie!

My FLA file can be downloaded here.

http://www.emocreative.com/fla.html

BUT....I'm having trouble with getting preloader working. I've tried 3 different tutorials on the net, all of which *i believe* I followed to perfection but no luck.

Is there a simple way of doing this? I attached my FLA. I created an empty layer at the very top of my main timeline. All I am trying to do is create a simple loader with a percentage. It's empty because everything I've tried has failed. Can someone show me the way so I can finish up my first project and celebrate?

Thanks for your time,
_Michael_

Requesting Help For A Small Job (Will Pay20$)
Hi,

I have a simple assignment to do which should take 30 mins to do. It is due very soon and it is in flash..

If you are interested, please message me so I can send you what needs to be done. I can only pay by Paypal !

Thanks

Requesting Flv Files Dynamically
Hi Flashers,
I'm working on a flash video project and have come across an issue whilst requesting flv files dynamically. I was hoping you might be able to help.

Basically, the swf grabs corresponding video files using flashvars provided by PHP. It seems when ever a question mark is added into the path, the path breaks and flash either doesn't know how to locate the file or it doesn't know what to do with it.

flashvar from PHP:
url=http://localhost:8888/includes/retrieve.video.php?videoID=9

Actionscript:

flv.contentPath = url;

A few ideas I've tried:

It will work if I insert a static url in the PHP but as soon as I implement variables (question mark or &), it doesn't know what to do!

I've also tried urlencode to pass the special characters (questions marks, & etc.).

I've tried adding .flv to the end of the path using php and then in the actionscript, no luck.

Whilst testing, i was using absolute paths. In apache, I've noticed flash adds FLVPlaybackVersion=version to the url request. I've fixed this by using relative urls....again, no luck.

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!!

Best regards,
Luke.

Requesting Flv Files Dynamically
Hi guys, i know I've posted this issue before but I didn't get the response I was after. I've re-written my question with more details and an explanation of what i've tried so far. There are also a few solutions here that may help people working with dynamic content.

I will close the other thread now.

I'm working on a flash video project and have come across an issue whilst requesting flv files dynamically. I was hoping some one might be able to help.

Basically, the swf grabs corresponding video files using flashvars provided by PHP. It seems when ever a question mark is added into the path, the path breaks and flash either doesn't know how to locate the file or it doesn't know what to do with it.

flashvar from PHP:
url=http://localhost:8888/includes/retrieve.video.php?videoID=9

Actionscript:

flv.contentPath = url;

A few ideas I've tried:

It will work if I insert a static url in the PHP but as soon as I implement variables (question mark or &), it doesn't know what to do!

I've also tried urlencode to pass the special characters (questions marks, & etc.).

I've tried adding .flv to the end of the path using php and then in the actionscript, no luck.

Whilst testing, i was using absolute paths. In apache, I've noticed flash adds FLVPlaybackVersion=version to the url request. I've fixed this by using relative urls....again, no luck.

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!!

Best regards,
Luke.

Please Help - Saving And Requesting Information
Hello,

Lets say I created a program asking for NAME and ADDRESS and PASSWORD. So, the new user enters their name/address/password.

How would I go about STORING that information, so that next time that person visits the site, or that program, they could enter their NAME and PASSWORD, and Flash would recozgnise them and they would be able to login?

Basically this is for a Word game RPG. I want to store someones items like swords, shield, etc on a server somehow. And when they login to the game again, it woulud remember them because of their name/password and they would be able to start the game where they left off, with their same items.

I guess if I the actionscript commands to store a NAME, ADDRESS, PASSWORD I will be able to store anything I want to. I just want to know how to store information for a particular user, and recall it later.

Any help would be great!

Edited: 11/19/2006 at 11:48:27 PM by Snufferson

Tutorial: Requesting Suggestions
Hello everyone,
After a good while of procrastination and re-writing, I have completed the "Create a Flash Site" tutorial. (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full_site.asp) For some reason, as I looked over the tutorial, the tutorial feels unfinished. Does anyone have any suggestions that I can add on to make the tutorial more complete.

I am especially interested in negative comments, because those are the best ones to get when looking at improving something

Cheers!
Kirupa

Requesting Feedback On A Site
I was just hoping to get some feedback on a university library web site that I've been working on. It's a working progress and would like to get the opinions of some experts out there! Thanks!

http://library.weber.edu

AS2 - Requesting Flv Files Dynamically
Hi guys/girls,
I've posted this issue in the Flash Professional section. I'm trying to get as much exposure as possible with this problem. I have been stuck for days.

Requesting flv files dynamically

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

Best regards,
Luke.

Requesting Info On Scripted Movements
After browsing a few pages back on this board, it seems to me that there are still a lot people who still don't grasp the concept of motion tweening with Actionscript (myself included). I have been Flashing on and off for almost a year and have ALWAYS tweened my animations on the timeline.

I would like to practice scripted tweening, but the few snippets you find almost always involve following the mouse. I would just want the animation to run onClick or even at a frame.

I guess you can call this an official request for some of the senior members to write an in-depth tutorial or faq for Flash Kit on scripted tweening, covering everything from x,y movement to tint and alpha fades. If there are tutorials like this somewhere on the net already, please post links. The tutes here and at actionscript.org and kirupa.com don't have what I'm looking for (kirupa's got some pretty good others tho).

Requesting Aol Instant Messanger Or Msn Messenger Help Now
i feel that i am very very close to cracking the problem which is keeping me from making my linkbar work. however, although i worked all day yesterday on the problem, i still havent solved it. i am now requesting that someone please contact me (i'm on now) through AOL instant messanger or MSN messanger.

my messanger name is xXxSUGARDAVIExXx and you can also search for me with my email (dave@burningdojo.com). please assist me in my final hour (or two?) of need.

EDIT: anyone? minimal experience required.

Requesting Help On Project, Need You Flash Addicts Help
Hi great opportunity for you guys here.... too bad i didnt think of this earlier looking for beginner/ametuer game designers here... stupid me...

I'm a college student from New York City. I'm planning to start an internet kiosk business and I need someone to help me out on the games or whatever else there is! It's a very good way to gain some business experience and show off your flash games work, but I will have to approve of it first. And also I need another designer to help me out, since I'm the only graphic designer doing all the work. I'm sorry but I cannot pay anybody since I am a student myself and have little cash but just enough to get this business going. If you think your good enough, please email me!! If things really work out well, maybe i can even pay. But, in any case it's a very good way of showing off your work to the public! People will pay to play your games if its good.

The only way I can pay you back is in either:

- Help you host a site (I do web hosting.)
- Help you do some graphic design work.
- Access to my 130GB server (just alot of stuff
- Teach you whatever I kno (Entreprenuer, I think i am.. )

Please contact me ASAP if you want to join me in this venture. If you live in NYC and can meet up, that's even better. Serious people only please. I had another friend working on this with me and just bailed out, he was way too lazy.

Here is the GUI im currently working on:

http://kiosk.draconnect.com/gui/

And here's the main site i just finished up recently:

http://kiosk.draconnect.com

email: pat@draconnect.com

Thanks,
Pat

Requesting Flash Detection Check
If anyone has an old (pre-6) version of FlashPlayer, would you check this site to see if the flash detection is operative? Thanks..

Requesting Help With Loading External JPGs
Hi, this is my first post to these forums and I am not sure if my question have been answered a million times already or not, though I did use the search option and nothing came up that was helpful. So I apologize in advance if my question has been driven into the dirt.

I am pretty much a newbie with flash (only used it for about 2 weeks) and I know only the basics of actionscripting, and what I would like to do is to be able to externally load .jpg images [with preloader] into my main flash movie when a button is pressed.

I read this tutorial
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/p...transition.htm
and tried to emulate it but with jpgs instead of swfs, and it didn't work for me.

Here's my website to give you a better idea of what I am trying to do.
http://www.digitalempiredesign.com
As of right now, all of my images in my galleries are embedded within the main swf, and that makes the file size pretty big, and will only get bigger if i'm going to add more images, so I figure it would be wise if i try and load these images externally. So I was hoping if you guys can help me out in the right direction as to what to do.

~regards
polloloco81

Help With Requesting Input Field Into Code.
Last edited by aron_nuvo : 2004-06-07 at 00:30.

i have a dynamic textfield with an instance name of recorde_id whatever number is in here i want to write to here in my action script

myData.load("http://www.mywebsite.com/flash_marketing.php?id=*recorde_id*");

the end part ?id=*recorde_id*");

anyone able to help..

cheers aron.

Requesting Peer Review Of Coding Technique.
Hello, I'm curious if anyone here can review my flash to see if my coding techniques are proper.

To start, here's the site: Example Site

If you click on the top row of buttons corresponding to each section, you'll notice a slight transition before the section is loaded. Each section is a separate .swf file, which is loaded via actionscript to a MovieClipLoader. (See livedocs for the MovieClipLoader API reference)

The transition animation is responsible for passing calls to the MovieClipLoader for loading/unloading movies, and does so during keyframes in the animation's timeline. For example, when a button is clicked, and "the curtain is down" the MovieClipLoader is unloaded, and then loaded with a different .swf.

I don't have access to a screen reader to test how accessible the flash is. However, I have been told that accessibility standards suggest animations be hidden from a screen reader via the "wmode" property. Assuming the animation is disabled in the screen reader, will the transition animation still fire events it incurs on the timeline?

Should I not control loading/unloading of movie clips on the timeline? I believe my technique is robust enough to work in a non-accessible environment. It locks input while the animation is playing, and ensures a small memory footprint by unloading unused .swf files. However, is it the right approach with accessibility in mind?

Thanks for any input,

-Jonathan

Edited: 08/21/2007 at 11:08:34 AM by Edwardion

Any Way To Get HttpResponseStatus After Requesting Mp3 File Via Sound.load()?
Hello,

I need to intrepret server responses to my http get for proper exception handling. I was wondering if there is any way to retrieve the http response once I have requested a mp3 file from the server via Sound.load()? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Nilang

2 Sites Developed By Newbie, Requesting Critique & Data
I just started learning Flash a few weeks ago. I've made 2 sites so far, 1 for an art project I'm currently doing and another for my a teen drama show my friend directs. I'd really love some feedback on both! And the one for the art project, I need to collect as much data from users as possible... You'll understand what I mean when you see it.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can take the time!

first site:
http://raptor.slc.edu/~ratherorangish/rateADan/

second site:
http://raptor.slc.edu/~ratherorangish/SIS/

thanks again,
-- dan