Flash :: Symbol Association

SWF Association?
Hi Everybody -

My flash movie only plays on my computer - when I tried to play it on 3 different systems it said file assocation error. So I figured there was no flash player on those machines and went ahead and installed them from www.macromedia.com, however, they still say there is a file type association error. When I right click to select Open with...I cant find the Flash Player.

What I am doing wrong???

Thank you,

Asim

Lost Association
I am not a newby... more like old and forgetful.
I seem to have lost windows association with a .swf file. With a double click I get the Windows 'Open with' window.
In that window there is no flash application to associate, and the 'browse, option does not direct me to the file to open the movie.
I can associate the .swf file with Internet Explorer and it works but that is a bummer because I used to open the files directly with a double click. Any help?
Thanks in advance.
Don Moore

Simple MP3 And MediaController Association
How does one assign an external .mp3 to a mediaControler.

It seems if you drag out a mediaDisply component you get the option to insert the file path into the Component Inspector.

There is no such dialoge for the controller by itself. Is there a way without useing a mediaDisplay or mediaPlayback compenent?

National Association Of Flash Pro's
I recently begun learning Flash, letâ€™s say I have 2 years experience. So being a member of NAPP I assume there has got to be a National Association for Flash Professionals. Well, evidently there is not. I am hoping that some one here can prove me wrong and direct me to it. If not any good resources would be greatly appreciated. jkr-

Sound/Image Association In Actionscript.
I was wondering if there is any way in Actionscript to determine the volume of a sound and associate it with a number. What I would like to do is make an animated character who's mouth is open when there is sound in an mp3 stream being heard and closed when there is silence. Something like this would make life so much easier considering it took me ages to copy and paste keyframes...

thanks

vs

Deep Copying Arrays With Class Association?
I have no idea what that (the thread title) means.

I'm trying to duplicate an array that contains a bunch of custom class instances. I've tried using the "cloning arrays" example from the Flash CS3 help (which is the same as Senocular's [with a few variable name changes]), but I'm told that Flash can't convert the Object@3a6ab51 to flash.display.DisplayObject.

Does anyone know how to keep the recreated array Class-aware or associated or whatever? I'm pulling my hair out here! Thanks for any advice.

Fake edit: I did search for this topic earlier, and while I found a couple of functions that may or may not work, it seemed like overkill for what should be a relatively simple procedure, but I'll give those other classes a look...

Dynamic Association Naming While Building Array (with Named Elements...)
Hello Gurus,

I'm currently having to build an object/array like so:

Code:
for (var x = 0; x < myTableData.numRows; x++) {
_global.toStoreData.push({PKID:myTableData.dataArray[x].PKID,
account:myTableData.dataArray[x].account,
name:myTableData.dataArray[x].name,
});
}
It is fine to hard code this for small sets, but there are many more columns in the database table than just PKID, account and name. Also, If I change the table structure at all I have to go back to the app and change code which is not desirable.

The goal is to make the field names dynamic in the associative array. I have access to the column names in
Code:
CompanyData.Company.columnNames[x]
I think that if I use a for loop to iterate through the data object I can place these column names dynamically but I cannot find the right syntax to allow the following array creation with the associative name created dynamically:

Code:
for (var x = 0; x < myTableData.numRows; x++) {
for ( myFieldName in CompanyData.Company.columnNames )
{
_global.toStoreData.push({ myFieldName:myTableData.dataArray[x].myFieldName });
}
}
With this I get:

Code:
toStoreData
---->1
--------->myFieldName = undefined
---->2
--------->myFieldName = undefined
---->3
--------->myFieldName = undefined
Insead of the desired:

Code:
toStoreData
---->address = "123 anywhere data"
---->name = "Bill's Widgets"
---->PKID = "1"
I appreciate any help, and hope I've been clear. Thanks in advance.

Lizard

Legal Contracts Or Trade Association That Furnishes Standard Contracts
Anybody know if there is a trade association for web/flash developer/designers that one could join which offers standard contracts for development and delivering source code. or how to go about entering into this type of agreement without finding and hiring an IIP attorney, whicj I imagine will cost an arm and leg (or more)

Have a big client that requests an agreement and wants source code, and this is definitely goes over my head real quick. But I know I need protection.

Thanks
Jim/ATG13

Is Converting Text To A Button Symbol The Same As Using An Image As A Symbol?
I'm trying to use text as navigation buttons in a flash website instead of image buttons. (I am using Actionscript 2) Any help is appreciated.

-Steven

Convert Graphic Symbol To Button Symbol
Howdy,
I have a graphic symbol on stage. I then create a button symbol from the graphic symbol and the registration point jumps up a tad? Why would the registration point move?

Thanks,
mperla

SYMBOL NAME PROBLEMS In SYMBOL PROPERTIES PANEL
hey,

i'm tring to go thru a tutorial for scripting a scrollbar to a movie clip. please take a look at the attached file: container_4.fla

i can't get the btm rt scroll bar to move the movie clip (title list), and i've checked all of my work vs. the tutorial and they seem to jive.

except...

when i inspect the "scroll_target" symbol thru the library, i notice that the symbol name in the top field (Name: scroll_target) is not the same as in the bottom Source/File section (Symbol Name: Symbol 10).

what gives? when i check the tutorial file (which works...) all the symbol names jive in both areas. now i'm wondering if there is a corruption in my app (Flash MX v.6.0) that is mis-assigning symbol names at a code level.

please help.
thanx.
b

Class To Generate New Symbol From Base Symbol
I've searched but can't find a reference to what I need. I'll try to explain the best I can. I have a single symbol that is a "gear tooth" which is in the library and exported for Actionscript with the identifier name "geartooth." I'm trying to create a Class called "gear" which accepts the following parameters: numGears as Number and gearTooth as movieclip. The purpose of the class is to dynamically create a gear based on the geartooth symbol and the number of teeth requested. The class has methods to determine the radius of the gear, to duplicate the original geartooth, and then to rotate each new geartooth instance the requisite angle around the calculated center to create a seamless gear. I want there to be a getter method to return this new gear as a single symbol that can be manipulated as such. Is this possible? If so can someone point me to some relevant examples of similar code? Thanks much.

Newb Help? Putting A Symbol Inside A Symbol.
All I want is to have a man blink.

The man is a symbol, and there is another symbol inside of him. (his eyes.) Which I already set to blink.

Anyways... It doesn't work. It works when I preview it in symbol editing mode, but nothing else.

I am sorry if I was too vague, I'm still learning. Any help?

[MX2004] Movie Symbol As A Button Symbol
I have a scrollout menu for my flash movie, but each of the buttons have to be movies symbols. I try to attach:

on (release) {
gotoand stop(4)
}

But I get the error that this script only works for buttons. Anyone able to lend some assist? I suck at actionscript. ;p

Symbol -> Movie Clip Symbol?
how do i make a symbol a movie clip symbol also?

Symbol In Symbol Buttons Won't Work
Okey, I made a movie and I have a symbol that has several buttons in it. They will work if I link them to some url or some frame on same scene, BUT they don't work when I link them to a different scene..... why? I had to put each scene on different web page which really stinks because user has to load new page with big flash file each time he clicks on any button....

Refering To Other Symbol From Inside A Symbol
alright i'm editing the actions of a movie clip, called button13. this button is in a movie clip called reproduction_sub. this movie clip is in the root movie. so from inside the button13 i want it to be able to goto a certain frame in the reproduction_sub. yes i do have a button in the movie clip button13 i just want to know the code i needed to put into the balnk for the button to be able to go to another frame in another movie clip. i have flash MX by the way. well thanks very much for any help!

?symbol That Follows Mouse But Is Stopped By Other Symbol?
basically what i need help with is im trying to make a symbol follow the mouse, but i need the symbol to only move in a cirtain area, like have a box surrounding it so it cant get out...

Symbol Within Symbol Buttons Flash Mx
I have a graphic symbol which is within another symbol and within the graphic symbol are buttons. I want the buttons to play something on the timeline in the previous symbol. I have tried using .root_ but that goes to the main timeline, so how do you go one back?

main timeline > symbol 67 > symbol 84 (button here, want to go to timeline on 67)

Target Symbol Inside A Symbol
hey every body i need to target a symbol inside a symbol for a hittest. i really need some help w/ this thanx alot to any body that helps

-yeps

Converting Instance Of Symbol Into A New Symbol
When I convert an instance into a symbol, I have been told it becomes a new independent symbol. But when I try to place that new symbol within the old one (from which the instance came from) I get a message saying "Cannot place symbol inside itself".

Is there a way I can have an instance converted into a new symbol and be fully detached from the old symbol from which it came?

Thanks.

Movie Symbol & Button Symbol
Hello,

CAn someone tell me how to make an animation/movie a button?

www.humanbloom.com/links

The "goverment resources" is a movie symbol and I need it to link to another webpage. Now I have tried to make the button first & then add the animation it has now, but of course it needs the mouse in order to do something. So I am lost on how I get it to do what I want it to animation wise and make it a button too>?

A Symbol Controls Other Symbol's Swap - How?
I'm a teacher and I need to make some sort of simple game.
I need a little guidance on symbol swap coding.

There are two symbols (buttons) on screen. I press the first button and the second button is swapped (not the one i press!)
How to do that?

Targeting An Object/frame In A Symbol MovieClip From Another Symbol MovieClip
I have a base flash file within it are 2 symbol>movieClips I did it this way so that i can coltrol my animations more effectively, but I am trying to have one of these access the other, IE one is a menu the other is a main "page"(set up as a frame. so as I click on something in hte menu I want it to load the correct page/frame from the other movieClip
here is a sample of what I've written:

Zachary Bobo

Attach Code

import flash.display.MovieClip;
fountain_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,fountain_start);
function fountain_start(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop fountain
}

Edited: 03/31/2008 at 05:54:53 PM by boa743

Fading Symbol On Top Of Symbol?
I'm new to Flash MX and Flash in general. I'm trying to create a simple opening splash page for a website. All I want to do is have one image fade out and a logo fade in in it's place every few seconds. I can get each symbol to fade, but the problem is having them on top of eachother. You can see the image layer on top of the logo layer. Is there anyway to do this?

Thanks for the help in advance!

Symbol On Symbol Action
no, its not a porno... im making a game where you can dress up my friend like a pirate, and the flag i made for his hand appeard under his shirt... how do i tell flash to put the flag symbol on top of the shirt symbol?

How To Get Symbol 1 To Overlap Symbol 2?
Hi, i makin a toon and i have graphic symbol of a hat (symbol 1) and a graphic symbol of a head (symbol 2), and i want symbol 1 to overlap symbol 2 so u get the illusion of the hat on the guys head. But when i try to put symbol 1 over symbol 2, smybol 2 overlaps symbol 1 (the hat is behind the guys head). So how do i get a symbol to overlap another? Thanks.
~lunchBoxxx

Using One Symbol To Play Another Symbol
I am new to actionscript, sorry if I am asking a very simple question.

Two symbols, s1 and s2.
Both symbols are movie clips.

I am trying to create an effect that s2 will play when user click on s1. I am able to use on(Press){Play} for the same symbol, but I couldn't figure how to make another symbol to play.

Thanks in advance.

TSL

Symbol With Action, In A Symbol
Is it possible to have a mc inside another mc with an onClipEvent action on it. It doesn't work the second one (that inside the other). Here the .fla file ....

Playing A Symbol Through A Different Symbol?
hey, I have a symbol which contains a button which plays the next frame in the symbol. I'm wondering if I can also make it play the next frame in ANOTHER symbol.

thanks!

Play Symbol In A Symbol
Basically im making a game and a man has a gun wich he can shoot with, i have 3 symbols all movieclips embedded in one another. like this

Man > Hand > Weapon

but i got the weapon to be animated when he shoots, ive tried everything and dont know how to animate just the weapon in the Hand in its currerntly location, i can do it via a fixed point using the code below;

attachMovie("deagle", "deagle", 4, {_x:50, _y:50});

that will play the animation everytime i click, but only in a fixed location, where i already have the hand moving on an axis, all i really need to know is how to run an animation thats embedded in multiple symbols.

Symbol Changing Into Different Symbol
When I drag a symbol onto the Stage from the Library, I am getting a weird result.

If the location (on the Timeline) is a keyframe directly after a keyframe which contains Symbol X then the Symbol I was dragging turns into Symbol X!

If I separate the two keyframes with some empty Timeline, I can put an instance of the new Symbol on the Stage just fine.... but if I drag the keyframe back to the frame right after Symbol X, it turns the new symbol into X!!!

What's up with that??!

Help Trying To Link One Webpage (symbol) To Another Webpage (symbol)
I bought a flash template for a website I am creating and have basically figured out how to do everything thus far, except how to link one page to another. Each page of the website is a symbol within the flash movie. The template has 4 main pages (symbols) that when you click on one of the menu items across the top, you go to one of these pages.

So I created a copy of one of the symbols and modified the text on it to be a new page. I am trying to create a "hyperlink" from within one of the pages, so it then goes to my new page I created.

I have created the button around the text I want to be active and now completely stuck on the code necessary to call up this new page (symbol copy).

I have looked everywhere and really can't find exactly how to do it. Any assistance on this is GREATLY appreciated!!

Getting Symbol Name?
Can you get the current symbol name?

this._name gives me the instancename

but I want to get the name of the current symbol that
I named it. It's a movie clip by the way.

Thanks, Charlie...

/ Symbol
hello,

Can anyone tell me what the "/" symbol means in the following script please?

on (press) {
startDrag("/bodytext", false, 10, 10, 300, 300);
setProperty("/bodytext", _alpha, "80");
}
on (release) {
setProperty("/bodytext", _alpha, "100");
stopDrag();

Thanks

Symbol Help.
Hi,

Whenever I draw a rectangle with both fill colour and outline, convert it to a symbol and then enlarge it, the outline gets massive and covers up the whole of the fill. Does anyone know why this happens and what I can do to stop it.

Cheers

Symbol Help...
We are doing a tutorial in Flash class that involves lip synching. My teacher says in Flash MX you could use a symbol- and in the symbol editing mode put four different mouths in four keyframes in the symbol- then use actionscript to go to each mouth. This way they are always centered in the right spot on the character ect. It seems however, that this doesn't work in MX 2004. Flash just plays through all the frames of the symbol even if you use stop actions. Anybody have any idea how to do this in MX 2004?

Symbol Twice
What is the use of "covert symbol" twice?

Symbol Help
I'm using Flash MX 2004 Professional. Whenever I try to modify something that happens (say, the effect that you get when you roll the mouse over the symbol), it changes the entire flash presentation. It's getting pretty annoying.

Also, how do you make a "Restart" button?

Symbol?
What is the meaning of this symbol?
Thanks
Ecinele

[F8] Symbol...please Help
i drew a stick figure arm and made it a symbol. once i had the symbol made i created a motion tween. i want the tween that i made to be included in the symbol so whenever i drag it onto a layer it always does that same tween. and suggestions?

Id A Symbol
What is the circle with a plus sign in it called? How do I move the location in reference to the object it has with it?

Symbol
hello i just wanted to know once you have converted somthing to a symbol, say symbol no. 23

and i wanted to use that symbol in another place how do i import that symbol?

thanks jason

To Symbol Or Not To Symbol...
To Symbol or Not To symbol....

Easy question,

When I import a jpeg or video into the flash library should I then make a movie symbol with the video or graphic symbol with the bitmap and use that in my Flash Movie or could I just use the Bitmap and Video from the library directly in my flash movie.

Definitly there would be advantages to creating a movie symbol because of actionscipting possibilities. But, doesn't that leave two items in the library to dowload during page loading instead of one?

Symbol Association

Hi There, I have little question, how could i associate two or more MovieClips to one class ?Is it possible ? Thanks for responses.