Third Party Newsletter Service - Is There A Flash/Actionscript Solution?

3rd Party Flash Streaming Service?
Im looking for a 3rd party service which will allow me to remotely stream high quality video (and audio), which I can embed into a website. The video has to be private, so the only way you can view the stream is if you are viewing it from the site that has the coded embedded into it. Free or paid services are fine.

Its going to be used for cams, where people have to have a valid membership to a site in order to view it.

Can anyone suggest something like this?

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Newsletter Solution Apache, Flash, PHP, MySQL
Hello,

I'm hoping someone has already crossed this path. I just found out a couple of days ago that we'll be taking on a newletter mailing list.

We have a dedicated server and it's robust enough to handle it and we will being using Linux, Apache, Flash, PHP and MySQL.

The registration form will need to collect the usual name and email address, but the client needs to collect demographic information so a few custom fields will be required and it will need to be opt-in and stored in MySQL. It would be nice if registrants had to enter a visual field as well to help keep the bots at bay.

The newsletter system itself, needs to be robust, user friendly, and bug free.

Is there a total package out there I can buy, or does anyone know a developer who does customized newsletter packages?

All I've been able to find is PHP, MySQL packages, I've done some hacking on one or two the but best I can achieve so far is imputing the data into MySQL using a separate PHP form (haven't figured out how to get fields with alpha characters to show up in the db), the biggest problem though is the opt-in or double opt-in, that gets bypassed altogether. Which I why I am here.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

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[F8] Send Form Through A 3rd Party Mail Service
Good afternoon all. I am trying to send the contents of a Flash form to iContact, which is a 3rd party email management service. My form works fine when I write my own PHP script, but I can't get it to show up in iContact. There are fixed variables that I have to send onSubmit that tell iContact where to post, but one variable caught my eye. It is:

specialid:26395 = "ACQQ";

Because of the colon after "specialid", I can't send this as a variable in Flash. Has anyone tried to send a Flash form through a 3rd party service and have any insight? Or does anyone know how to get that variable with the colon to post onSubmit?

I was thinking worst case scenario I could pass everything into my own php script, then pass it into iContact from there, since it works in html. But I have never written a pass through script.

Any ideas would be helpful. My onSubmit code is below. Maybe I am missing something? Thanks in advance for your help.


Code:
on (release) {
if (!email.length || email.indexOf("@") == undefined || email.indexOf(".") == -1) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter a valid E-mail address";
}
else {
//copying the entered variables into the variable names required by iContact
fields_name = name;
fields_country = country;
fields_postcode = postcode;
fields_email = email;
fields_emailformat = emailformat;
listid = 26390; // below are the fixed variables required by iContact to recognize the account
specialid:26390 = "ACQQ"; //Flash won't let me pass this one
clientid = 202700;
formid = 2300;
reallistid = 1;
doubleopt = 1;
sc_project=3838100;
loadVariables ("http://app.icontact.com/icp/signup.php", this, "POST");
EmailStatus = "Sending... Please wait";
}
}

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Stream Video From 3rd Party Streaming Service
The company I work for pays a 3rd Party for streaming services. Usually it is displayed through Windows Media Player etc. I would like to use a video file from the 3rd party service in a Flash application I am building.

At first I thought it would be as easy as imputing the url of the video stream into the Flash Media Encoder but that didn't work. I guess when you select "Already deployed to a web server..." the extension has to be .flv or.xml. The reason I don't just deploy the video from our server is that the IT director is afraid that the large file could clog up the bandwidth.

So the question is this, can I use a url such as, http://www.domainname.net/company/...MEDIA_ID=571166&MEDIA_EXTENSION=asf&MODULE=ANGRC
as the source of a .flv file? If so, how?

As always, any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance,

Pharaoh

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Flash Actionscript 2 Bug? Is There A Solution To This?
hi there

been working with actionscript for a while, and got this very strange issue with adding numbers. Checkout this simple code:


Code:

var x:Number = 0;
var y:Number = 2.05;
for(var i=0;i<50;i++) {
x+=y;
trace(x);
}
and the output below:

2.05
4.1
6.15
8.2
10.25
12.3
14.35
16.4
18.45
20.5
22.55
24.6
26.65
28.7
30.75
32.8
34.85
36.9
38.95
41
43.05
45.1
47.15
49.2
51.25
53.3
55.35
57.4
59.45
61.5
63.55
65.6
67.65
69.7
71.75
73.8
75.85
77.8999999999999
79.9499999999999
81.9999999999999
84.0499999999999
86.0999999999999
88.1499999999999
90.1999999999999
92.2499999999999
94.2999999999999
96.3499999999999
98.3999999999999
100.45
102.5

this is giving me a serious headache! How is this possible? where do this 99999 values come from? Has anyone encounter this?

thanks in advance

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Actionscript Web Service Client Generation?
Hello

I was wondering if anyone here knows how to generate Actionscript web service clients without Flex builder? (WSDL introspection)

I can do this just fine under windows using Flex builder, but I would really love to do this type of development in Ubuntu using free tools.

Thanks in advance

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[F5] Looping In Actionscript (or Another Solution)
Hey, anyway, my problem is this, I am creating a photo gallery, but I want it to scroll when the user puts their cursor over a button. The code I've used so far is this

on(rollOver){
var scroller = scroller +1;
gotoAndStop(scroller);
}

which works fine, however I can't figure out a way to constantly execute this script for as long as the user keeps their cursor on the button (which this code is in). The only thing I can think of is using an if statement, but Im still fairly new to actionscript, and Ive tried a few diffrent ways and haven't had much luck. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

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Flash 3rd Party ...
Hello,

What is there in the way of 3rd party software for flash that can do things like write to files on the users machine, edit the users registry and create projectors (or standalone flash pieces) that connect to the internet for live data ?

Can anyone advise me on this - and/or point me to some articles?. Who are the players in this field?. I know about http://www.multidmedia.com/ but are there any other that I should know about?

Thanks,
Stephen.

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Flash 3rd Party ...
Hello,

What is there in the way of 3rd party software for flash that can do things like write to files on the users machine, edit the users registry and create projectors (or standalone flash pieces) that connect to the internet for live data ?

Can anyone advise me on this - and/or point me to some articles?. Who are the players in this field?. I know about http://www.multidmedia.com/ but are there any other that I should know about?

Thanks,
Stephen.

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Flash 3rd Party ...
Hello,

What is there in the way of 3rd party software for flash that can do things like write to files on the users machine, edit the users registry and create projectors (or standalone flash pieces) that connect to the internet for live data ?

Can anyone advise me on this - and/or point me to some articles?. Who are the players in this field?. I know about http://www.multidmedia.com/ but are there any other that I should know about?

Thanks,
Stephen.

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Question About Possible Solution To Actionscript Problem.
My flash file is set up in scenes and in each scene I have a seperate slideshow made w/ action scripting. The problem I am having is when I go to that scene it shows the same picture that is in the first scene. For example when I am on the worship pictures scene and click over to the friends scene the first picture of the worship scene that is shown w/ action script shows up. I have this actionscript on every scene but it is coustomized to the folder in which the picture are from and to which pictures it shows.

Heres the script:

//Code written by sbeener (suprabeener)
/*
i wrote this code, but you can use and abuse it however you like.
the methods are defined in the order which they occur to make it
easier to understand.
*/
// variables ------------------------------------------
// put the path to your pics here, include the slashes (ie. "pics/")
// leave it blank if they're in the same directory
this.pathToPics = "animation/";
// fill this array with your pics
this.pArray = ["image0.jpg", "image1.jpg", "image2.jpg", "image3.jpg", "image4.jpg", "image5.jpg", "image6.jpg", "image7.jpg", "image8.jpg", "image9.jpg"];
this.fadeSpeed = 20;
this.pIndex = 0;
// MovieClip methods ----------------------------------
// d=direction; should 1 or -1 but can be any number
//loads an image automatically when you run animation
loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], _root.photo);
MovieClip.prototype.changePhoto = function(d) {
// make sure pIndex falls within pArray.length
this.pIndex = (this.pIndex+d)%this.pArray.length;
if (this.pIndex<0) {
this.pIndex += this.pArray.length;
}
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadPhoto();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {
// specify the movieclip to load images into
var p = _root.photo;
//------------------------------------------
p._alpha = 0;
p.loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[this.pIndex]);
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadMeter = function() {
var i, l, t;
l = this.photo.getBytesLoaded();
t = this.photo.getBytesTotal();
if (t>0 && t == l) {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
} else {
trace(l/t);
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha<100-this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha += this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.photo._alpha = 100;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
};
// Actions -----------------------------------------
// these aren't necessary, just an example implementation
this.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
this.changePhoto(-1);
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
this.changePhoto(1);
}
};
Key.addListener(this);
]

Well thats the script if anyone could help me I gotta have this project done by tommrow thanks.

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Creating A Scroll Bar With ActionScript? Or Other Solution?
i've been (unsuccessfully) teaching myself Flash for a while, and recently found myself needing it for a job. I've done what I can, but I can't figure out how to attach a scrollbar to a dynamic text box... Wait a second though, because it's not quite that simple.

I have a number of buttons which, upon release, display a text panel movieclip that contains the HTML enabled dynamic text box i need to scroll. The ActionScript attached to each button contains the text displayed in the text box. Each button's AS has different text to be displayed, some have a lot more text than others, hence my need a text box that scrolls.

When I'm done, there will be somewhere around 40 different buttons, which is why creating the text with ActionScript seemed the right thing to do. So I either need to know how to attach the scroll bar to what I have or create one entirely with ActionScript that can be attached to the text panel's movieclip that opens with the click of each button.

Here is what my AS looks like currently for a button:


code:
on (release) {
_root.panel._visible = true;
_root.panel.title = "Details: Unit 1D";
_root.panel.text = "1 Bedroom 1 Bathroom 812 Sq Ft Group 2A Unit (Handicapped Accessible) Please Call: (617) 576-3800 ext 210 To Schedule a Showing or For More Information";
}




please help me....i have been struggling with this for over a week and i need a solution ASAP. Also...if anyone could tell me how to insert a carriage return into the text contained in the ActionScript....that would make things a whole lot easier.

Oh, if you want to see what it looks like:

http://www.unionplace.info/floorplans2.htm

Thank you for any help or suggestions you can provide. If necessary, I can post the .FLA just ask.

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[solution] MX Components In Pure Actionscript...
Problem: You want to use MX components using only actionscript.

Solution: Yes, it is very possible, as I will now describe.


Setup

Before starting you must ensure you have you the framework.swc in your library path. The details on how to achieve that in the Flex Builder can be found here: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000197.html

For anyone using the SDK, you shouldn't have any problems, the mx components appear to be automatically added to the path.

To test if you have the correct setup try compiling the minimal application:


Code:
package {

import mx.core.Application;

public class MXApp extends Application
{
public function MXApp()
{
}
}
}
NOTE: Running this application will generate runtime errors. However, you must be able to COMPILE it to proceed.


Problem Details

There are, as I see it, two major errors people encounter trying to use MX components:

1) The component is added but does not appear.

2) The application generates runtime errors.


Solution Details

The solution to (1) is simple. Any MX component must be a child of an class descended from mx.core.Application or it will not be visible.

Most actionscript applications extend flash.display.Sprite, but to use MX components the application must extend mx.core.Application.

The solution to (2) is more complex. Generally speaking it involves specifying the default style characteristics of the MX components. This is done via the CSSSyleDeclaration object, and MUST BE DONE before any MX component is loaded.

The style elements are listed in the adobe livedocs. For example, the base element, Application, lists:


Quote:




Styles
backgroundGradientAlphas="[ 1.0, 1.0 ]"
backgroundGradientColors="undefined"
...




These values must all be specified before an Application instance can be created. The same applies for any other component; button, label, scrollbar. Indeed, the matter is further complicated by the fact that any component that CONTAINS other components requires that the child component style elements also be specified.

To specify the style elements first a CSSSyleDeclaration object is required for the type of application. Then the setStyle() is used to specify each style element. For example, for Application it might be:


Code:
style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("Application");
style.setStyle("backgroundGradientAlphas", [ 1.0, 1.0 ]);
style.setStyle("backgroundGradientColors", undefined);
style.setStyle("horizontalAlign", "center");
style.setStyle("horizontalGap", "8");
...
NOTE: The name of the style declaration MUST match the MX component class name. It is possible however, to call style = new CSSStyleDeclaration (); and then bind a single style declaration to multiple components using mx.styles.StyleManager.setStyleDeclaration ("NAME", object, false). See the livedocs.

NOTE: It is important to pay attention to the livedocs. The style elements listed there may come in the form: "[ 1.0, 1.0 ]", or "undefined", or "mx.skins.halo.ScrollThumbSkin", or "No default". These are NOT TEXT STRINGS. Make sure the appropriate data is passed to setStyle().


Sample Application

The following is a sample actionscript application that compiles both under the Flex builder and the SDK to provide a single working swf file.

Note: This object uses Label, Application, Button, Scrollbar, HScrollBar, VScrollBar. That's about the minimum you can get away with, because the Application automatically adds a scrollbars, which includes buttons.


Code:
package {

import mx.containers.*;
import mx.controls.*;
import mx.core.*;
import mx.styles.*;
import mx.skins.halo.*;
import mx.events.FlexEvent;

public class MXApp extends Application
{
public function MXApp()
{
var style:CSSStyleDeclaration;

style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("Application");
style.setStyle("backgroundGradientAlphas", [ 1.0, 1.0 ]);
style.setStyle("backgroundGradientColors", undefined);
style.setStyle("horizontalAlign", "center");
style.setStyle("horizontalGap", "8");
style.setStyle("modalTransparency", "0.5");
style.setStyle("modalTransparencyBlur", "3");
style.setStyle("modalTransparencyColor", "#DDDDDD");
style.setStyle("modalTransparencyDuration", "100");
style.setStyle("paddingBottom", "24");
style.setStyle("paddingTop", "24");
style.setStyle("verticalAlign", "left");
style.setStyle("verticalGap", "6");

style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("ScrollBar");
style.setStyle("borderColor", "0xB7BABC");
style.setStyle("cornerRadius", "0");
style.setStyle("downArrowDisabledSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("downArrowDownSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("downArrowOverSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("downArrowUpSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("fillAlphas", [0.6, 0.4]);
style.setStyle("fillColors", [0xFFFFFF, 0xCCCCCC]);
style.setStyle("highlightAlphas", [0.3, 0.0]);
style.setStyle("thumbDownSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollThumbSkin);
style.setStyle("thumbIcon", undefined);
style.setStyle("thumbOverSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollThumbSkin);
style.setStyle("thumbUpSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollThumbSkin);
style.setStyle("trackColors", [0x94999b, 0xe7e7e7]);
style.setStyle("trackSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollTrackSkin);
style.setStyle("upArrowDisabledSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("upArrowDownSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("upArrowOverSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);
style.setStyle("upArrowUpSkin", mx.skins.halo.ScrollArrowSkin);

style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("HScrollBar");
style.setStyle ("repeatDelay", "500");
style.setStyle ("epeatInterval", "35");

style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("VScrollBar");
style.setStyle ("repeatDelay", "500");
style.setStyle ("epeatInterval", "35");

style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("Button");
style.setStyle("borderColor", "0xAAB3B3");
style.setStyle("color", "0x0B333C");
style.setStyle("cornerRadius", "4");
style.setStyle("disabledColor", "0xAAB3B3");
style.setStyle("disabledIcon", null);
style.setStyle("disabledSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("downIcon", null);
style.setStyle("downSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("fillAlphas", [0.6, 0.4]);
style.setStyle("fillColors", [0xE6EEEE, 0xFFFFFF]);
style.setStyle("focusAlpha", "0.5");
style.setStyle("focusRoundedCorners", "tl tr bl br");
style.setStyle("fontAntiAliasType", "advanced");
style.setStyle("fontFamily", "Verdana");
style.setStyle("fontGridFitType", "pixel");
style.setStyle("fontSharpness", "0");
style.setStyle("fontSize", "10");
style.setStyle("fontStyle", "normal");
style.setStyle("fontThickness", "0");
style.setStyle("fontWeight", "normal");
style.setStyle("highlightAlphas", [0.3, 0.0]);
style.setStyle("horizontalGap", "2");
style.setStyle("icon", null);
style.setStyle("leading", "2");
style.setStyle("overIcon", null);
style.setStyle("overSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("paddingBottom", "0");
style.setStyle("paddingLeft", "0");
style.setStyle("paddingRight", "0");
style.setStyle("paddingTop", "0");
style.setStyle("repeatDelay", "500");
style.setStyle("repeatInterval", "35");
style.setStyle("selectedDisabledIcon", null);
style.setStyle("selectedDisabledSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("selectedDownIcon", null);
style.setStyle("selectedDownSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("selectedOverIcon", null);
style.setStyle("selectedOverSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("selectedUpIcon", null);
style.setStyle("selectedUpSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("textAlign", "center");
style.setStyle("textDecoration", "none");
style.setStyle("textIndent", "0");
style.setStyle("textRollOverColor", "0x2B333C");
style.setStyle("textSelectedColor", "0x000000");
style.setStyle("upIcon", null);
style.setStyle("upSkin", mx.skins.halo.ButtonSkin);
style.setStyle("verticalGap", "2");

style = new CSSStyleDeclaration ("Label");
style.setStyle("color", "0x00ffffff");
style.setStyle("disabledColor", "0x00000000");
style.setStyle("fontAntiAliasType", "advanced");
style.setStyle("fontFamily", "Verdana");
style.setStyle("fontGridFitType", "pixel");
style.setStyle("fontSharpness", "0");
style.setStyle("fontSize", "10");
style.setStyle("fontStyle", "normal");
style.setStyle("fontThickness", "0");
style.setStyle("fontWeight", "normal");
style.setStyle("paddingLeft", "0");
style.setStyle("paddingRight", "0");
style.setStyle("paddingTop", "0");
style.setStyle("paddingBottom", "0");
style.setStyle("textAlign", "center");
style.setStyle("textDecoration", "normal");
style.setStyle("textIndent", "0");

this.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, completedCallback);
}

private function completedCallback (E:FlexEvent):void
{
var lb:Label = new Label ();
lb.width = 100;
lb.height = 100;
lb.text = "Hello World";
addChild (lb);
}
}
}

End
Thanks to everyone who posted about this, it was a really annoying thing to struggle with when no-one knew the answer.

I hereby grant anyone who wants complete permission to take this post or any part of it and do with it as they please (even claim it was their own if they want .

g'night.

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Please Help Need Solution To Bug In Actionscript Filter Application
Greetings Actionscript Geniuses,

I'm looking for some help on what seems to be a glitch in Actionscript. I've run into problems with Actionscript functions when applying filters before, but this time it is particularly annoying. If you can help me find a work-around or if you know of a solution to my problem, I will be forever grateful.

I want to use an animated movie clip button to load an external SWF file, and I want to be able to interact with the SWF while it's on the stage. I want multiple buttons with the same functionality, so it is necessary to unload the SWF when the user explores further (i.e., moses over a new button or mouses off of the hit area). My button animation is accomplished by changing the angle of a gradient filter.

My approach has been to define a hit area in the shape of the external SWF. When the user mouses over the mc button, the shape of the hit area changes from just the button to a new hit area defined by a movie clip that is shaped like the button + the externally loaded SWF. In this way I can add functionality to the external SWF (buttons, exc.). When I mouse off of the newly defined hit area, I have the hit area revert back to the shape of the mouse.

The problem is that the hitArea method does not work properly when a filter is applied to the button that calls the external SWF. I can get this functionality when I animate the mc button in the timeline, but, of course, there are problems with the animation sticking if I mouse on and off before the button's timeline runs through completely.

I attached some code so you can see this glitch for yourself, and here are some quick instructions to get you there fast:

1. Create a new file and make a circle and a rectangle and convert both to movie clips and put them on separate layers if you like.
2. Give the rectangle the instance name "btn_mc" and name the circle "hit_mc."
3. Adjust the circle (hit area) to be 2-3 times the size of the rectangle (mc button) and make the rectangle button overlap the hit area.
4. Now make a separate SWF to load onto your stage and save it as Btn1.swf. It could contain a shape or bitmap, but make sure the external SWF has the same stage dimensions and put the shape or bitmap on the stage away from the button and hit area. (Alternatively, you could make both the button and the hit area be rectangles that overlap, then you could load an image into the space taken up by the hit area. This would be similar to what I want to do, but this bug test can be much simpler.)
5. Add the attached code.
6. Try disabling the filter by commenting out the following line (5th from the top):
var gbevel:GradientBevelFilter = new GradientBevelFilter(4,45,colors,alphas,ratios,20,2 0,5,2,"inner", false)

If you play with the code you will experience this glitch for yorself. When you test your movie, mouse over the area of the button that does not overlap with the hit area, and try to mouse onto the hit area from the button, both with the filter applied and not applied. You will se that the filter modifies the functionality such that the hitArea method is useless for its intended purpose. If you know of a way to get around this problem, please let me know.

Onward. . .
Randall
import flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter;

var colors:Array = [0x000000,0x0000FF,0xFFFFFF];
var alphas:Array = [.5,0,.5];
var ratios:Array = [0, 128, 255];

var gbevel:GradientBevelFilter = new GradientBevelFilter (4,45,colors,alphas,ratios,20,20,5,2,"inner", false)

btn_mc.filters = [gbevel];
hit_mc._visible = true;
btn_mc.onRollOver = function() {
btn_mc.hitArea = hit_mc;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (gbevel.angle < 95) {
gbevel.angle+=10;
} else {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
this.filters = [gbevel];
}
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("canvas1_mc",canvas1_mc .getNextHighestDepth);
canvas1_mc.loadMovie("Btn1.swf");
canvas1_mc._lockroot = true;
}
btn_mc.onRollOut = function() {
btn_mc.hitArea = btn_mc;
canvas1_mc.unloadMovie("Btn1.swf");
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.filters = [gbevel];
if (gbevel.angle > 45) {
gbevel.angle-=10;
} else {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}

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Flash 3rd Party Filters?
Does anyone know of good 3rd party filters available for Flash 8? (free or for purchase?) I'm looking for things like type effects and motion effects, beyond the standard drop shadow, blur, etc.

thanks!!
susan

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Help 3rd Party Tool For Flash 7...
I'm looking for a tool that allows flash 7 files to save data in the hard disk, like "FLAWRITE", from flashtool.de, but it HAS to work with flash 7.

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Flash And Newsletter
Hi Flashers,

I'm not a Flash Scripter as I do only animations, but getting in Scripting and need you're help. I'm designing a website in which I added a Flash Newsletter table. Actually, I haven't worked on it yet but I kept a Input text bar with a button (with the script "go to and Play(2)") and in he second frame I had a text "Thank You".

Now the main problem is I want visitors to input their email address into it and their email address should get added in my Excel / Access database, which I can further use to send them the Newsletter. Now I don't know how to embed Excel /Access with Flash. Whaht sript should I give to that button. What database I need to structure out for this. I also need the possibility that user should enter "@" sign in their email address and all.

I hope you people understand what I mean and will help me......

Thanks for Advance.....

Vickymustdie

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Newsletter+flash
Hi!

I would like to design a newsletter and send it to all our clients... Don't really know how to go about doing it... Must I design a webpage and when I open it in ex. IE, just go to file>send as email?? And, if I do that, and use flash on the page, it gives me an error about Active X and security warnings....?? So, can you not use flash?

please help!!
thanks!

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Newsletter From Flash To Php
Hello guys!
I'm building a flash site, that contains a newsletter box [ join our newsletter ] where the user writes his email and clicks submit.
How should i send the email to a php file?

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Newsletter+flash
Hi!

I would like to design a newsletter and send it to all our clients... Don't really know how to go about doing it... Must I design a webpage and when I open it in ex. IE, just go to file>send as email?? And, if I do that, and use flash on the page, it gives me an error about Active X and security warnings....?? So, can you not use flash?

please help!!
thanks!

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HELP Newsletter In Flash...
Hey everybody!!!!

I'm trying to do an "Get our newsletter" form where the person just enters it's email and press submit and it goes directly into my email...

Can somebody give a hand please ?

P.S. my server is linux, so i work with php...


Thank's in advance...

Hugo

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What Is The Best 3rd Party Flash-base Software
What do you think is the best 3rd party flash based software?
Ex. Swish - I'm looking to buy one but I'm not sure what's the best - and maybe there are some out I dont even konw of. I looking to use it to speed up animation - as well as make some eCards?

Thanks for yoru help and time
JT

ATL

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3rd Party Flash Video Encoders?
What is the advantage of using 3rd party software, such as, squeeze or Cleaner to encode video as Flash video instead of using the Flash Video Encoder?

Thanks.

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The Best 3rd-party Flash Animation Program
There are so many flash 3rd-party animation software (e.g. SwishMAX) which say they could cut your animation process by at least 50%. But what do you use and do you even use it in the first place?

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Newsletter Sign-up On Flash MX
Hey guys... I was wondering if anyone could help me with some code for a newsletter signup button.

it has one textbox named e-mail and I'm not sure how to code it.

Any help is apprecitaed.

John

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Where To Find Newsletter Flash Kit
Hi,
does anyone know where l can find a
Flash Newsletter Kit. Newsletter Admin Kit so you can manage your Newsletter with it. Or a tutorial on how to build with a php backend

there was a flash 4 version here on flashkit for download but its no longer available..

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

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Newsletter Flash System
1. Does anybody knows what is the best way to send a lot of emails from Flash using PHP?

The only way I can imagine of how to do this, its by sending an array with the email adresses from Flash to a PHP script that will keep sending emails until the end of the array...

2. Do you know any PHP script or Flash newsletter system that already does this thing?

Happy New Year!

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Flash & HTML Newsletter
I've got a client who wants to have some animations added to their HTML
enewsletter. I can see creating animated gifs but what is the current view
with Flash elements within an HTML enewsletter? I haven't seen any Flash
pieces within such emails and I'm sure there are a variety reasons for not
doing it, one of which has to do with spam filters and virus protection
issues.

Appréciâtes the feedback.

Justin J.

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Newsletter - How To Send Via Flash
Hello!
I working on a project where I have to make a "Sign up for newsletter" feature. I'm working with campaignMonitor, and my code in html is looking like this.

<form action="http://mismo.cmail1.com/s/99731/" method="post">
<div>
<label for="name">Name:</label><br /><input type="text" name="name" id="name" /><br />
<label for="l99731-99731">Email:</label><br /><input type="text" name="cm-99731-99731" id="l99731-99731" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
</div>
</form>

Is it possiple to "convert" into flash - so that I'll make aflash form instead. I have never worked with flash that way before - sending data!

Hope to hear from someone - so I can go on ;-) Thanks!

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Flash > Screensaver (3rd Party Software Suggestions)
I was wondering if anyone could recommend a software that will turn a Flash movie into a Screensaver.

Also if the third party software creates an installer.

I am interested in knowing the good, the bad, and the ugly!

Thank in advance!

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Need Flash Designer To Create Party Banner
Im creatin a website called " Go Wilder " and i have a cool logo / banner and the audio to go with it, but i am inexpericanced with flash.

It would be a great help if ne1 could help me create one for me, i have the files to send if neone can do this for me.

thanks alot

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How Access A Third Party Flash Media Player
Hello eveyone,

I was wondering if there is any way that I can know some how what buttons "Play, Pause, FF, etc. " has been clicked a third party Flash Media Player?

Thank you and have a great day.

Khoramdin

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Supplying Flash Adverts For 3rd Party Sites
I've been asked to create some ads to go on a site that specifies "Advertising requiring the use of plug-ins like Flash and Shockwave must utilize "sniffer" code to detect if the user has the required plug-in and display an alternate image if the user does not have it. ".

How do I do this? Are they expecting me to supply the HTML/Javascript that loads either my .swf or a JPEG? I would have expected the host site to have a site-wide function to handle that. What is the normal way of doing this?

Bob

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Live Flash Streaming For 3rd Party Programme
Hi

I want to use a programme called Wirecast to produce a series of webcast television. My problem is that I want to stream h.264 as flash as it is the most ubiquitous platform on the web, and delivers the content in the quality that I desire.

The makers of Wirecast ( Vara Software) at present are only able to give me the option of the streaming in Real player. This is apparently because Adobe won't allow them to include the code to stream flash.

I know that I am not alone in the frustration this causes, and in fact I have held off purchasing the software package until it has the flash capability, even if that version were to have a premium added.

Could someone at Adobe please help me, is it possible that you could license your product to them?

Thank you in advance

Kevin Magee

PS I want to do this on a Mac

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3rd Party Tool Previews/reviews For Flash
I searching for an accurate listing of 3rd party tools.

Any assistance is appreciated!

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Flash Newsletter Form And Php Backend
Hello,

I have seen a flash form with php backend tutorial somewhere. Does anyone know where I can find one. I have the flash form created and a flash response. I wasn going to use the http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...83/more7.shtml creating an interactive flsah form script and modify it for a post instead of a get and call my php email script. Anyone have a better idea? or a link to that php flash form tutorial script. I just can't locate it again, and it takes forever to navigate this site.

Regards,
kryptik

http://www.silicontoads.com

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::URGENT:: Making A Newsletter Out Of Flash.
Dear Reader,

Im about to make a newsletter to send out to many subscribers. I couldn't decide whether to use Quark 5.0, or Photoshop 7.0.
Then I remembered I had seen that a newsletter can be made with flash.
How does this work?
Can I include it in an email, or do I have to link them to a site?
Does the .swf remain small?
Are there any examples on the web, or tutorials anywhere?

Thanks.

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Open-source/3rd-Party Flash/flex Tools
To all and sundry,

First off can some one please provide a list of 3rd party /open-source tools that reasonably emulates the Flash 9 authoring environment and secondly are there any tools out there that can convert from SVG format to Flash 9 (AVM2) native vector format...

I've checked out a few things online at Open Source Flash including SVG2SWF converters but conversion is typically restricted to Flash 8 and below...

Thanks in advance to anyone you can supply any help...

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How To Create Line Graph In Flash Without Third Party Tool?
Hi to all,

I want to create bar, line or pie charts in flash using external file.

need your help asap.

thanks&regards
nizar

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Third Party Tool To Show Or Hide Panels In Flash
Hi, I used to have a program that did this function:

Panels like the actions or the timeline one could be hidden, and if
you moved the mouse to the edge of the screen, they would appear, it
also worked with Photoshop (i think).

I'm looking for it, I had it installed on my old computer, and I recently
changed to a new one, but sadly I don't remember the name of that
program.

thnks.

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How To Create Line Graph In Flash Without Third Party Tool?
Hi to all,

I want to create bar, line or pie charts in flash using external file.

need your help asap.

thanks&regards
nizar

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Launching 3rd Party Apps From Flash While In Full Screen Mode
I was told that there is a script(s) that can be used to Launch 3rd party (ppt, pdf, etc) apps from Flash while in full screen mode. When the the 3rd party app launches, Flash window is reduced and after working with the 3rd paty app like saving a PDF document and when clicking on Flash app window it resumes to Full screen mode. Can some one point me to this screen.

FYI: if in full screen mode in a Flash app for CD-ROM, and if you try to launch a pdf document, it is launched in the background on then PC and in foreground on the Mac. Currently we use Director to control save frile from CD-ROM but sometimes it is a pain. Help will be much appreciated.

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Need A Php Script For Sending Out A Newsletter To Multiple Members In Flash
Hello all...

I need a good tutorial or instruction on creating or installing a php script of some sort done thru FLASH!! to have people provide their email address to a database or something. When they provide their email...they simply submit it and when I want to send an updated newsletter to everyone I can.

Does anyone have any info or a good tutorial on this for flash???

Thanks in advance for any help..

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Flash Web Service Bug?
Problem: Flash Web Service is working from any PC from Intranet but not using External IPs.

I have created ASP.NET Web Service "RunSQLQuery", and Web Application "Web_ServiceTest" consuming this Service using C#,
and Flash ".swf" calling the same Web Service. For debug purposes this ".swf" is included to "Web_ServiceTest" only web page as iframe.
All ("RunSQLQuery", "Web_ServiceTest" ,".swf") are placed to the same machine.


Being desperate I step-by-step placed "crossdomain.xml" file
with
<allow-access-from domain="*" secure="false" />
to almost all folders like:
C: ; C:inetpub; C:inetpubwwwroot; and all folders and subforlders were "RunSQLQuery", "Web_ServiceTest" and ".swf" reside (even to "bin")

When I'm calling Web Service from ASP.NET part of "Web_ServiceTest" everything is OK from any IP,
but neighboring Flash works for Internal (192.168.xxx.xxx) company addresses only, not for External.
And no any response/results...

Unfortunately I can't use Proxy or Flash Remoting.

Does anybody has any idea how to resolve this issue?

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Flash And .Net Web Service
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with a troublesome problem I cannot seem to solve.



itemUID = "00000000RZ";

var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables("var1=" + itemUID + "&var2=4");
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();

try
{
request.url = "http://192.168.1.20/services/Service1.asmx/getImageData";
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
request.data = variables;
}
catch (error: Error)
{
//throw some error
}

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.load(request);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);

function completeHandler(event:Event):void
{

var retVal:String = event.target.data;
lblError.text = "retVal: " + retVal.length.toString() + " " + retVal;
}

I would like to access a .Net 2.0 web service in flash. It works fine when being developed tested within a local environment but when it comes time to test flash using a remote client (web browser on another machine) accessing my server (iis 6.0),
I get the following error messages:


Error #2044: Unhandled ioError:. text=Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: http://192.168.1.20/services/Service1.asmx/getImageData
at imageViewII_fla::MainTimeline/imageViewII_fla::frame1()


The web service works perfectly and has been throughly tested. I have simple http get/post over soap as flash professional 9.0
doesn't fully support soap, only flex does. I have tried in flex and get similar errors.

At this stage I can only assume that there is either a permissions issue with iis or I am missing something major
about how the flash loader works.

Has anyone had issues like this before or have any insight into solving this problem

Thanks
Matt

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Flash As A Service
Is it possible to have a flash program (exported as an exe) run as a service?  Or even, just run in the background, but one that doesn't need focus to capture key strokes?  Basically, it would run like a keylogger would (I know, evil word) but instead of tracking all key presses, it would only keep track of how many times certain keys are pressed.  I have the code to capture the key presses, and it outputs a report along the lines of

A pressed 312 times
F pressed 118 times

etc.

I want this to run in the background, preferrably in the tray, and keep track of key strokes as the user types an e-mail, etc.  

Thanks in advance

Al Ridley
Lucid Web Designs

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Flash & XP Service Pack 2
I have recently installed Windows Service pack 2, and whenever I publish a flash file and run the .html Internet Explorer is stopping the flash file from playing.

Information bar says something about unsafe active-x controllers.

Anyone knows how to fix this?

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Flash Web Service Problem With Asp.net
basically, i have a webservice i made in asp.net which returns a dataset.
im currently using the following actionscript. problem is i cant get it to trigger the web service at all, it just says error opening url when i go to run it. if i run my web service manually it works, is there anyway to trigger the webservice in actionscript so i can then load the data as xml? id rather not load it in as a actual xml document (instead of using a webservice) because the files potentially are going to be pretty big and id be able to communicate back to .net as well for certain bits

sorry if its in te wrong section







Attach Code

textHeader = "Loading XML Document Data";

function doLoad () {


checkXML = new XML();


checkXML = thisXML.childNodes[2].childNodes[3].childNodes[1].childNodes[1];

for(i=0;i<checkXML.childNodes.length;i++){



textDefault = checkXML.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
}



eventTitle = textDefault;

}


thisXML = new XML();
thisXML.onLoad = doLoad;
thisXML.load("http://localhost/test/WebService.asmx/GetData");
trace("this xml" + thisXML)

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Connecting To A Web Service In Flash
There were several unanswered threads from a long time ago that dealt with accessing a web service using Flash. The following takes a web service I created in my ASP.NET web service tutorial and displays the information in Flash:


Code:
import mx.services.WebService;
import mx.services.PendingCall;
function WebServiceCall(input:Number) {
var returnedValue:String;
var wsURL:String = "http://www.kirupafx.com/WebService/TopMovies.asmx?WSDL";
var ws:WebService = new WebService(wsURL);
var re:PendingCall = ws.GetMovieAtNumber(input);
re.onResult = function(result):Void {
returnedValue = result;
trace("Value returned: "+returnedValue);
};
re.onFault = function(fault) {
returnedValue = fault.faultCode+","+fault.faultstring;
trace(returnedValue);
};
}
// 5 corresponds to "Schindler's List"
WebServiceCall(5);
Hopefully this is helpful. This will definitely be expanded into a tutorial at a later time

Cheers!
Kirupa

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