Time Management
Question not so much related to a design technique but more broad into working with flash as a career. I am the web designer for my company and have started to work outside my company creating websites for other clients. I know that many people do freelance work on the side and was just wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions on effective time management and any tools you use to perform well for your employer while still having time to create on the side. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks.
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Posted on: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:53 pm
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Url Management
i'm wanting to do a photo gallery website, but would like to do it with flash.
ie, have a bar of thumbnails, user selects one, and it loads into the screen.
However, my concern comes to url's. it would be nice for people to be able to bookmark certain images.
For instance, on my current site, I have domain.com/33/ and that will bring up a picture out of my database with an id of 33.
I'd like to be able to keep a similar kind of functionality. Ie, url's map to certain images. However, my concern is that Flash can't do that (i think). So i thought I'd come and ask to make sure that this is the case, or if i am wrong.
I know how i can do this with server programming, but my concern comes with once the user is on my page and chooses a new image. Is the only way to reload the entire page (and all the thumbnails)? Or is there a way to change the URL, and main image, but leave the menu/thumbnails untouched?
thanks in advance!
tyler
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Url Management
i'm wanting to do a photo gallery website, but would like to do it with flash.
ie, have a bar of thumbnails, user selects one, and it loads into the screen.
However, my concern comes to url's. it would be nice for people to be able to bookmark certain images.
For instance, on my current site, I have domain.com/33/ and that will bring up a picture out of my database with an id of 33.
I'd like to be able to keep a similar kind of functionality. Ie, url's map to certain images. However, my concern is that Flash can't do that (i think). So i thought I'd come and ask to make sure that this is the case, or if i am wrong.
I know how i can do this with server programming, but my concern comes with once the user is on my page and chooses a new image. Is the only way to reload the entire page (and all the thumbnails)? Or is there a way to change the URL, and main image, but leave the menu/thumbnails untouched?
thanks in advance!
tyler
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Hi:
Im kind of a Newbe when it comes to AS3, i've been working with AS2 for the las 5 years so migration is kind of making me go Nuts, but still i have to migrate some day and I'm starting to learn AS3 but as of now i only know the basics like buttons, movies etc.
So i desperately need your help!
I am making an e-learning course with flash CS4, but because it is e-learning i need to have a database telling me the users that have entered, their scores, times they have entered etc.
In AS2 i used to have several PHP's one for managing the exercise's results, another one for the final test, another one for login etc, and everything was merged in a database for that course!
But now i don't have any idea if my AS will work in AS3 so i was wondering if you could help me.
I'll post my Login AS2 and please help me changeit for it to work in as3!!
the users actually inly have to enter the username, password is not required.. so here it goes and thanks in advansed:
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/* Import the required classes.
Use the wildcard (*) to import all classes within the mx.controls package.
This includes the TextInput, Button and Label. */
import mx.controls.*;
// strict type instances on the Stage.
var status_lbl:Label;
var status_lbl2:Label;
var username_ti:TextInput;
username_ti.setStyle("fontSize", 20);
status_lbl.setStyle("fontSize", 15);
status_lbl2.setStyle("fontSize", 15);
/* Define a click handler for the submit_btn Button instance,
which calls the checkForm function (defined below). */
submit_btn.clickHandler = function() {
checkForm();
};
/* Create a listener object which is used with both the
username_ti and password_ti TextInput instances.
This listener "listens" for the "enter" event,
which triggers when the enter key is pressed. */
var formListener:Object = new Object();
formListener.enter = function(evt) {
checkForm();
};
username_ti.addEventListener("enter", formListener);
// set the form focus to the username_ti TextInput instance.
Selection.setFocus(username_ti);
/* define the checkForm function, which is responsible for checking that the
required fields are filled in and using LoadVars to send login information to the server to validate. */
function checkForm() {
// ensure that the username_ti field isn't blank.
if (username_ti.text.length == 0) {
// if the username_ti field is empty, display an error message in the status_lbl Label instance.
status_lbl.text = "<font color="#FF0000">Porfavor ingrese su USUARIO.</font>";
// set the form focus to the username_ti TextInput instance.
Selection.setFocus(username_ti);
// exit the checkForm function.
return false;
}
/* if the password_ti TextInput instance is blank,
display an error message in the status_lbl Label instance and exit the checkForm function.
if (password_ti.text.length == 0) {
status_lbl.text = "<font color="#FF0000">Porfavor ingrese su PASSWORD.</font>";
Selection.setFocus(password_ti);
return false;
}*/
// clear the status_lbl Label instance
status_lbl.text = "";
status_lbl2.text = "";
/* define two instances of the LoadVars object.
One is used to hold the variables being sent to the server-side script,
and the other one is used to hold the variables returned by the
LoadVars.sendAndLoad method. */
var result_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var login_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
// copy the value of the two TextInput components into the login_lv LoadVars instance.
login_lv.cursoID = _root.cursoID;
login_lv.username = username_ti.text;
/*status_lbl2.text = login_lv.cursoID;
login_lv.password = password_ti.text;
send the variables in the login_lv instance to the server-side script
using the POST method (send as Form variables rather than along the URL)
and place the results returned in the result_lv instance. */
login_lv.sendAndLoad("login.php", result_lv, "POST");
// When the results are received from the server...
result_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
// If Flash is able to successfully send and load the variables from the server-side script...
if (success) {
// if the server returned the value of isValidLogin with a value of 1...
if (this.isValidLogin == 1) {
/* set the status_lbl Labal to a "success" message.
Typically here you'd do a gotoAndPlay or set any local variables
related to a successful login. */
_root.userID= result_lv.userID;
_root.status= result_lv.status;
_root.andale= result_lv.Go;
_root.name= result_lv.name;
_root.AluEjer= result_lv.AluEjer;
_root.opportunity= result_lv.opportunity;
status_lbl.text = "<font color="#009900"><b>login exitoso.</b></font>";
/* else the login information wasn't valid,
therefore display an error message in the status_lbl Label instance. */
} else {
status_lbl.text = "<font color="#FF0000">Clave interactiva incorrecta.</font>";
status_lbl2.text = "<font color="#FF0000">Porfavor intente de nuevo.</font>";
// set the form focus to the username_ti TextInput instance and select the existing text.
Selection.setFocus(username_ti);
Selection.setSelection(0, username_ti.text.length);
}
/* this code is only executed if for some reason the SWF is
unable to connect to the remote page defined in LoadVars.sendAndLoad */
} else {
status_lbl.text = "<font color="#FF0000">Connection Error please try later</font>";
status_lbl2.text = "<font color="#FF0000">or inform the site administrator.</font>";
username_ti.enabled = false;
password_ti.enabled = false;
submit_btn.enabled = false;
}
};
return true;
}
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We have done a CDrom-Project in MX.
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The 3d-animation is just at the beginning, also itīs combined with the search results of the databases.
Now we have problems on older computers cause the *.exe - file takes over 60mb (over 40mb database, 5mb the 3d-stuff)
Is there any possibility, workflow, actionscript, javascript or something to organize and manage the memory-size ?????
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In this site I made, there is a popup function that's allow to see
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Since I applied a dns management package and cloaked the site's name, that function doesn't work anymore( and it used to ).
The pictiures are in a file that's on the same level that the only
.fla wich contains the all site.
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getURL ("javascript:window.open('http://www.webcold.com/MahalR" +url +"','" +nom +"','width=" +largeur +",height=" +hauteur +"scrollbar=yes,top='+((screen.height/2)-(" +hauteur/2 +"))+',left='+((screen.width/2)-(" +largeur/2 +"))); void(0);");
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_root.popCenter("popup/IMG_1393.html", "gpopup", "410", "307");
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If you want to have a look, go http://www.mahalrayan.com ,in the photogallery section and click on the pictures.
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Last edited by depth : 2004-09-13 at 16:25.
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ActionScript Code:
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ActionScript Code:
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I tried to add the famous Pragma-Nocache etc headers to my php files but without success : swf cannot read anything when i put these headers...
So how can I manage the flash cache ? is there a special sshared object feature that manage that ?
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File And Folder Management
Hey,
I'm hoping someone has had some type of experience in this. What I'm trying to create is a Document/File Management system. I can accomplish this pretty easily using ASP and HTML, but we're looking into Flash to give the users the ability to drag and drop file into folders.
Is it possible, through Flash and its actionscript capabilities to interact with a file/folder structure located on the server? I'm basically looking for a Windows Explorer type deal, where a user logs in, sees a tree view of his/her files and folders and can manipulate it through dragging and dropping, renaming, etc.
Has anyone seen or done anything like this?
Thanks in advance,
Tom
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Delete And Memory Management
Does AS require serious memory management or does it have a GC to take care of business? Suppose I write this.
Code:
foo = [2,3];
foo = [];
Will the first array be collected or must I write this?
Code:
foo = [2,3];
delete foo;
foo = [];
Another way to put the questions: Is "delete foo" different from "foo = undefined"?
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Advertising Engine And Management
Hi guys, I would like t knou if anyone know about building a Advertsing engine in FLAS MX, I would llike to display On line advertisment and want to count each display, I mean feed some data base with information about advertising espositions for each client.
Thanks for your help.
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Hi all.
Recently,I started looking for a relatively cheap,or FREE management system, that I use to update my Flash site. I do have a couple of questions about the whole thing.
Is there a CMS out there that can work for a site built entirely with Flash MX????
If so, which one best rated???
Thanks in advance for any info.
soli.
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I have a problem with managing my
full Flash site.
On my site I have 7 buttons. I wanted to
create a folder for each button, because they
contain a lot of swf's and sub-swf's.
That would make it easier to find files
if I need to change them.
Is it that all the files and sub-files have
to be in the same folder in order for Flash
to find them?
Tried to find threads on this issue, couldn't
find any... Could use some help and tips please.
Thanks
regards
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I'll try to make it more simple, and use other names for my files.
I have "main.fla" in a folder. In the same folder is a folder called "files".
In that folder is "file_1.swf", "file_2.swf" and "file.txt" (The last 2 files are loaded in "file_1.swf").
When I test "main.fla" in Flash, it loads "file_1.swf", but gives an error message
that it can't find the files attached to "file_1.swf", namely "file_2.swf" and "file.txt"!
When I put them all in the same folder, it's allright. Everything works.
Could someone help me with this? I realy need a good folder structure for my
complex site.
If I put everything in the same folder, I'll have a hard time finding files when I need them.
regards
Hugo
files: www.inflicted.nl/folder_files.zip
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Hi, I have created my companies website with Flash MX, I have been recently asked to create a content management system for the news page within this flash site. I am unsure as how to go about this... should I be using ASP to store the data in the database and then retrieve it using ASP and then view this data using dynamic text boxes in the flash site? This however is going to be a little messy when more and more news articles are added... can I loop the dynamic text boxes in some way?
Please help as I am not sure in which direction I should be moving? I do not have access to Cold Fusion, is this something I need to do this successfully?
Thanks
Michelle
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Hi there,
i have the following problem:
I want to create a flash-based website with very large amounts of text.
The first question is if its possible to create a mysql database where each text thats used on the flash film is saved with an individual id...
Second: The main page in this flash film contains three text boxes and a navigation bar. If the user activates one link on the navigation bar the three text boxes should be filled with text from the database.
Each textbox should get its own ID to make sure that the right text is filled in. Can this problem be solved by using Flash 5 and PHP or only by later and more expensive software like Flash MX and ColdFusion ?
Further question: If the functions described below are possible, do i have to write one PHP script to get the informations from the database for all IDs or for each ID an individual script ?
Last question: Does anyone know where to find informations or tutorials to get more knowledge about the questions asked below ? Or maybe a book which shows solutions how Flash, PHP and MySQL work together.
On the users manual, delivered with Flash 5, there were no informations to find.
I hope that someone can help me in this even if its only a little bit...
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
P.S.: Excuse my not perfect english...
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Ok, scenario - we build a flash website for a client, and on the site there are two main pages that the client would want to update on a regular basis (weekly)
What would be your solution for this? Ok I know that xml and text files can be used for this, but lets assume now that our client is an eighty year old who has no possible way of opening these files and doing it without screwing the whole thing up completely - is there a fool proof way to do this with flash at all - a simple file like a word document with no html type of tabs - that can be simply typed into - saved and uploaded to the server to overwrite the existing file?
There must be a way because otherwise it would mean contacting the designer every single week with updates and thus making a huge bill at the end of the year - and lots of boring work for an already busy flash web designer.
Any thoughts on this dilema? it must be happening all the time, this sort of thing
Thank you.
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Hello.
I have a dynamic list of objects that are created based on the number of entries in a database. The problem is that the number of entries could change, and I seem to be having problems passing objects into functions and then altering their properties. The point of the manage_depth function is to bring the objects closest to the mouse to a higher depth. The other functionality not shown here continues to work, but the depth of the objects are not changing, creating some ugly overlapping. Im not sure if I am passing the object reference incorrectly, or if my methodology is just plain wrong. I am a PHP kinda guy and I often finding the subtleties of flash bitting me in the ass. Thanks for any help.
Code:
_root.CarDisplay.manage_depth(this , offsety, 1);
function manage_depth(caller:Object, yoff:Number, stat:Number) {
if (stat == 1) {
heightarray.push({pcaller: caller, pyoff: yoff});
} else {
heightarray.sortOn("pyoff", Array.NUMERIC);
for (var i = 0; i < heightarray.length; i++) {
var order = heightarray[i].pcaller;
var num:Number = _level0.CarDisplay.getNextHighestDepth() - i - 1;
var depthstring:String = "swapDepths";
//I have tried this syntax
[order][depthstring](num);
//and this syntax
order.swapDepths(num);
}
heightarray.length = 0;
}
}
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