Flash :: Tracking User Progress

Elearning Tracking Progress
Elearning
How can you store user progress in flash without using a LMS.
i want to to be able to let the user pick the application up where they left off.
The application is a swf that will be on the users pc, i can store the data that gets inputed in the application name, company etc. But i want to track the progress...
Anyone else come across this problem..........

Tracking Loadmovie() Progress
Hi, How can I track the loadedbytes/totalbytes of a movieclip that I load dynamicly with a button ?
I cant manage to do it

XML Not Tracking Loading Progress
I have a very large XML file that I am loading and it loads up just fine.

The problem is that I am trying to make a progress bar and it's not working right - I have a trace tracking the progress, but the progress does not show up until the file has already loaded! In other words, the MovieClip just hangs (stalls) until it's loaded... once it's loaded I see all the progress on the output tab.

Here is my code:

Code:
stop();
var timeDatabase:URLRequest = new URLRequest("databases/Main.xml");

//Assign a new loader
var dataLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

//Add a complete listener
dataLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeListener);
dataLoader.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressTracker);

//Load the database
dataLoader.load(new URLRequest("databases/Main.xml"));

//Track Progress
function progressTracker(e:ProgressEvent) {

trace(e.bytesLoaded/e.bytesTotal);
}

//Load complete
function completeListener(e:Event):void {

//Remove load listeners
dataLoader.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,progressTracker);
dataLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeListener);

//Assign the database
var time:XML = new XML(dataLoader.data);

//Notify
trace("complete");
}
Any ideas?

Tracking Loadmovie() Progress
Hi, How can I track the loadedbytes/totalbytes of a movieclip that I load dynamicly with a button ?
I cant manage to do it

Shared Object Progress Tracking HELP Please
Hey,
I need some help with this concept. I have seen the shared object used for many purposes but not this and so far my tests have failed. I am working on a cd rom..I need to be able to record where the user left off and resume at that point on their next use of the cd. Ideally i would like to have a number of framelabels as milestones throughout the program both to record if they've been to there and to return to these points based on if they've been there.

One concern is i want to make sure that if they have viewed 50% of the content, and re-enter at the midpoint but choose to navigate back to earlier sections, that their next visit resumes at their farthest progress and not neccessarily the last area they had open.

Can anyone help by showing an example code. That checks the shared object on entering the movie. Then starts at the corresponding point they left off at last time...

Any help would be appreciated.

Tracking Combined Load Progress
I have a project that loads an XML file, an audio file and an external SWF. I currently track the loading of each of these processes individually, check to see if all have been fully loaded and then start my movie.

I'd like to develop a single preloader that accurately reflects the percentage of the combined loads -- is there a relatively painless way to go about this?

Thanks.

Tracking Users Progress Through A Site / Course
Hello List,

I currently have a course built for a client who eventually would like to be able to track a users progress throughout the course (this was not specified at the time creation). The pages were built in MX 2004 and the current structure involves every new page/movie being loaded into a shell contained on the root timeline. I am using an Array to contain all of the file names for the movies that are to be loaded in and using basic navigation methods (forward and backward) to load the load the pages sequentially.

My question is what process should I take now that the pages are created to implement a tracking mechanism for each student as they make their way through the course? Its OK if I have to go back and modify the pages.

I built the structure thus far by myself but am at a point where I need some advice as we are beginning work on the next course next week and I would like to implement as many of the coding changes as possible as well as research the XML, database, or LMS issues that will arrise.

All advice is greatly appreciated.

Tracking Progress Of Movie Clip
I have a movie clip playing on the main timeline. I want to begin playing a second movie clip when the first one is complete. The trick is, I only want to do this using actionscript in the root timeline, NOT the first movie clip's timeline.

Any suggestions?

Tracking PHP Data Send Progress Correctly ?
I already started a thread on a different forum so I'd rather link you guys to that thread instead of repeating myself again: http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s....php3?t=185432

You'll see that tracking the progress is quite easy just that there's a tiny problem. The displayed percentage is just crazy... instead of having something like 24% 55% 87% 100% I'm getting stuff like 100% 56% 87% 99% 100% 56% 100% and I have no idea why and how to solve this.

You'll find a link in that thread to an example I uploaded that demonstrates the problem. If anyone has any ideas why this is happening and how to solve it, then I'd really appreciate some feedback.

Thanks.

Tracking User
I'll be building an online course in Flash and need to know how I can track a user's progress.

For instance - there is a voice over on the first screen that is supposed to play when a user first comes to the screen, but not on subsequent visits to that same screen.

Also - there needs to be a checkmark by a menu choice to show when a user completes the lesson. There will be a text file I can hit to determine the user's progress, but I'm not sure of the Actionscript to use for these procedures.

Any help greatly appreciated.

User Tracking
Even though this is my first post, I visit this forum quite frequently for help with Flash MX (I’ve been using the program for about a year), but don’t know enough about actionscript right now to do what my project requires. If anyone can offer any help, I’ll be very appreciative.
I’m going to be releasing a flash projector on an ECD for a band that I work with. For the lyrics portion of the projector, I’d like to do a transition of pictures over time. Basically, I’d have several pictures of the lyrics altered in several spots, with each picture different. I’d like to somehow have Flash track how many times a person has accessed the file (on CD) and load a corresponding image, so that the user would see a succession of images over time. I don’t even know if this is possible in Flash, so I’ve come here for your help. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have.

User Tracking
Hey all

is there a way of tracking the number of hits to a Flash site - I think this would be done through a PHP hit counter

But my main query is that - is there a way of seeing exactly what the user has been looking at and what links the user has clicked on and the time they spent on the site etc? in report format?

Cheers

Dips

User Tracking
I am developing a Flash site and I need to track the user as they go through and hit various content areas, these areas need to display on a "Fulfillment Meter" at the bottom of the screen -- the fulfillement meter fills up in a variety of sections as they hit a variety of content areas.

Any ideas if this is possible? Or how it can be done?

Tracking User's Movement
I am looking for a way to track the user's movement throughout a fairly large site without having to open different windows. Is there a way (like in a program like dreamweaver) to have the user hit targets but without jumping between windows?

Tracking A User's Actions
I have a site with different sections. The first time a user views a section I would like it to "build" the screen. After a user has viewed a section and is going back to view it again, I would like the screen to appear without the build. Can I do this using a variable? If so, how would I code this?

Any ideas are appreciated...thanks!:)

User Tracking In Flash
I am about to embark on a project where I will need to track each users's activity within a flash site.

The movie will be made up with other swf's and clips alike - so potentially a lot to track!!

IS there a component that can track and output stats? Or am I in for the daunting task of having to write every button press to a db with session vars!?

Tracking User Behaviour
I have a flash website that is all flash based, with ojus tone page of html in which the site is embedded. Is it possible to track visits to individual pages within the movie, as one would for a regualar HTML website?

Is there some code I can add to button event handlers that could record user behaviour?
Thanks

CD-ROM: Flash/HTML User Tracking
Hi there,

I have a project involving help files on a CD-ROM that wen clicking a "show me" or similar link, open a Flash demo within an HTML page. This all happens locally on the user's machine.

Now, the client has requested that we develop some tracking that shows when each relevant flash movie is viewed, and preferably who's viewing it (probably IP address). The tracking would need to be quite simple - either a real time email sent to an admin address, or writing to a simple text file or DB that is the content is then either accessed by the administrator when reqired or content emailed daily/weekly.

Does anyone have an idea of a simple to implement solution for this?

Cheers
Dave

Dragging, Tracking And User Input
Flash MX: Dragging, Tracking and Input
I have a draggable MC (called square1) with some code attached to an onClipEvent(mouseUp) handler that tracks the x and y positions of the MC when it is dragged to a new position.

These will later be passed to a sharedObject in order to save these positions for later reuse.

This all works OK, but I need to also allow the user to enter 2 values for x and y (into 2 boxes named xPosition and yPosition) and then have the MC move accordingly. Here is the current code:

onClipEvent (load) {
this._x = _root.xPosition;
this._y = _root.yPosition;
}

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
xPosition = Math.round (_root.square1._x);
yPosition = Math.round (_root.square1._y);
}

Changing the values in the input boxes does not move the MC and if I change the onClipEvent(load) to (enterFrame) then the dragging functionality fails to work.

What am I doing wrong?

Tracking User Clicks And Compiling Results
I am building a simple tie-died clothing website using flash 5. I have set it up so that you select the clothing type, then the style, then pattern, size and quantity. The user clicks a specific button at each stage. I would like to be able to record each button they clicked and keep track of which items they've built and purchased. So that once they reach the invoice page, I will be able to display a description of the item they wish to purchase and pass that information back to the vendor via email. I will also be integrating the site with PayPal. If anyone could give me a few tips on what method would work best here, I would greatly appreciate it.

I tried using a function to write the name to a text field inside an instance:

function buildInvoice (Type, Style, Pattern, Size, Quantity, Price){
_root.invoice.invoiceType = Type;
_root.invoice.invoiceStyle = Style;
_root.invoice.invoicePattern = Pattern;
_root.invoice.invoiceSize = Size;
_root.invoice.invoiceQuantity = Quantity;
_root.invoice.invoicePrice = Price;
};

and calling it with this at each selection stage:

on (release) {
_root.buildInvoice("t-shirt" ,"","","","","");
}

Not sure what I'm doing wrong but maybe someone can help...

Thanks!
[Edited by Master Bates on 08-15-2002 at 02:58 AM]

UserID, UserLog - In, User Tracking Preferences
hi everyone, i'm new to actionscripting and i just learned from forums like this, so any reply will be greatly appreciated. i would like to know if you know some site which offers tutorials on creating userID, UserLog - in, User Tracking Preferences through actionscripting in Flash 8, thanks in advance.

Tracking How Many Times A Button Is Clicked By User
I am building a website the I need to know how many times a button is pressed and how many times a movie is loaded. I'm in the process of trying to make a hit counter activated bya button click but am having no luck.

I have searched all over the web and have found nothing. I'm sure that someone has tried this before.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, or just point me inthe right direction.

Thank you
Kevin

Tracking User Interaction - Flash Menu
I'm kinda new to AS and having a problem with a menu system I'm trying to create. I think I'm close but can't quite get it to work and not being sure about AS, I don't know if the things I'm trying are making it worse or better?? Can anyone can help??

The system I want to create needs to check if a button (and subsequently it's content) has been clicked/loaded before, if not the button function should be x.

If it has been clicked before and is in <= a certain position the button function should be y.

Else the button function should be z.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?? Sorry, my hosting has run out, so I have nowhere to post what I've done already...

Thanks in advance, much appreciated!!!!!!!

Page 2 - Tracking User Interaction - Flash Menu
Hi, try this out:

Code:

Pos1MC.bar.onRelease = function() {
if (ui.profileMC == undefined) {
xTargetPos1MC = Pos1Out;
Pos1MC.yTargetTitle = TitleDwn;
var amc = ui.Pos1MC.createEmptyMovieClip("profileMC", 1);
amc.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 1);
amc.createTextField("msg_txt", 2, 10, 200, 200, 50);
amc._x = -530;
amc._y = -197;
amc.holder.loadMovie("profile.swf");
amc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.holder.getBytesLoaded()>=this.holder.getBytesTotal()) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
// get rid of the loading progress textfield
this.msg_txt.removeTextField();
} else {
// show how many bytes have been loaded
this.msg_txt.text = this.holder.getBytesLoaded()+" loaded";
}
};
} else if (this._x>=pos1In+1) {
// if already created and loaded, just set it visible
Pos1MC.bar.onRollOver = function() {
ui.xTargetPos1MC = pos1In;
ui.Pos1MC.yTargetTitle = Title1Up;
ui.profileMC._visible = false;
};
} else {
Pos1MC.bar.onRollOver = function() {
ui.xTargetPos1MC = pos1Out;
ui.Pos1MC.yTargetTitle = TitleIn;
ui.profileMC._visible = true;
};
}
};

When your coding within flash you can use the syntax checker. It's the little blue tick next to the format button, just above the code editor window. That pops up a window telling you what line the problem is on. Anyway the above is error free although it's hard to tell if the way I've worked it is how you want it!...

Lauri : have you tried contacting the forum admin? They might of stumbled on your problem before and may know a solution...

Store User Progress
Elearning
How can you store user progress in flash without using a LMS.
i want to to be able to let the user pick the application up where they left off.
The application is a swf that will be on the users pc, i can store the data that gets inputed in the application name, company etc. But i want to track the progress...
Anyone else come across this problem..........

Tracking User Input In Dynamic Input Boxes
I need to track if a user correctly typed what I have asked them to. If they do, they will go to the next step, if not , they will be prompted what to type. I set up an input text box with the instance name "name_txt" I have put this code in the first frame of the main timeline.
code:
var theName = "";
name_txt.onChanged = function(){
if (theName == "ron jones"){
trace ("correct");
gotoAndStop(2);
}else{
trace ("Please type ron jones");
};
trace ("My name = " + theName);
};
stop();

it tracks the users keystrokes, but when you type the final letter. the trace on the variable shows that it equals "ron jones" but the file does nothing, i put in a trace statement right after the "If" statement, apparently this never = true, because it is going right to the "else" statement. any ideas on how to accomplish this?

any help would be great

IMS

Progress Bar For Showing Progress Of Loading Data From A CFC?
Hi all,

I wondered if anyone knew any way of showing a progress bar when calling a CFC through actionscript? I have a CFC which returns a ton of data, and so would like to show the progress of the data being loaded.

I know you can do this when loading a webpage, through using URLLoader, and getting the progress by listening to the ProgressEvent.PROGRESS event. However, when I call the CFC, I don't use the URLLoader class. My code for calling the CFC service looks like below

Code:
var service : RemoteObject = RemoteObject( ServiceLocator.getInstance().getService( "productService" ) );
var responder : GenericResponder = this.initResponder( getProductOptionListResult, getProductOptionListFault, resultHandle, faultHandle );
var call : AsyncToken = service.findOptionsForProduct( product );
thanks in advance for your help!

Mark

AS3 - Coding A Progress Bar To Show Progress Of A Timer.
Coding a progress bar to show progress of a Timer.

I have a timer that is set for (8000, 0). Pretty much what I would like to do is show the progress of where the timer is at but with a graphic. Something simple like a loader bar. Pending on where the timer is at the progress bar would load accordingly.

I am going to give it a try with out help but thought I would ask on the forum incase someone has an idea of how to do this before I go on a wild goose chase. Anyhow here goes the chase. If I figre it out before someone can help me I will post my code here.

Thanks,
Artofacks1

User Levels, Cell Phones, And User Registration, Plus Cookies
I need to quote a client on the following and need to know how much work is involved, ie hours. The programming may be done in PHP (unless its easier to do it all with AS), and the so the .swf needs
to talk to other files on the server.

Requirments are as follows:

1. contact form that: validate form, generate email, generate SMS for cell phones

2. registration form that: validates form, checks record, stores record if new, creates and sets cookie so they don't have to login next time, re-directs to appropriate page, sends email confirmation, deletes record if bad.

3. "extranet": validate i/p, check group (user level), send to user group destination

I just need to know if this is a simple couple thousand dollar thing or a complex many thousand dollar thing.

I can't guarantee anything (I don't write the cheques around here), and depending on the complexity of it we may be looking to subcontract some of it out.

Email me directly at: jonny@northstudio.com if you can be of any help.

Progress Bar Not Showing Progress
Hi all

I have putted the code below in frame1, and then the actual movie in frame 2. The problem is that the code below doesn't show the progress unless i put the movie to start from say frame 5. Could someone please tell me why that is and any good progress bar code with percentage? I've actually tried a few tutorial sample and only this one works but need to move to higher frame no.

// stop the movie from continuing
stop();

// create a function called onEnterFrame
// with this name, it is an event handler
// and is called automatically by the flash
// player every frame at intervals specified
// by the frame rate of the movie
onEnterFrame = function(){

// percent loaded is loaded/total
var percent_loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal();

// assign percent loaded to preloader movie clip
// in the form of the variable named value
preloader_mc.value = percent_loaded;

if (percent_loaded == 1){

// delete the onEnterFrame event handler
// so that it is no longer being called
// every frame
delete onEnterFrame;

// tell the main timeline to play
play();
//gotoAndPlay(12);
}
}

Tracking
I was wondering if anyone could supply some script that would allow an object to rotate itself to track another... Such as the little eye effect where the eyes follow you cursor, or in games where the enemy shoots at you, not just randomly. Any help is appreciated. TY

Tracking
i have a mail form on site for people to respont is there any way to track it, to find out the email address of the people who do fill it out
thanks

Tracking
I am currently developing a fully flash web site and I want to have animated transitions between pages. How, when i click to go to another 'page' or section of the animation, do i get flash to remember where it is and play an 'out page' animation before bringing in the new page?
I hope i've described what I want well enough for someone to understand what it is i want to do. I am reasonably comfortable with flash but i'm far from an expert.
Please help!

_x _y Tracking For Mc In Mcs
may i ask...

if i have a mc embedded in another mc, and then in another mc, is there any way to track the real exact x and y position of the deepest embedded mc?

say, i have _root.ball.spot
and i want to track the exact x and y position of the spot mc, even if after _root.ball has been rotated, resized, whatever...

is that possible? because i know references to _root.ball.spot._x would not change if _root.ball had been rotated or reshaped or transformed in any way.

Thanks in advance~!

_x And _y Tracking For Mc Within Mcs...
hiyo...

i have this question - i have a mc with an mc, can i get the exact _x and _y positions of elements within the mc with script? because when you change the scale and rotation of the outermost mc, the internal mc's _x and _y doesn't register...
attached is a fla that might explain things better...

hope some1 can answer this for me!!

Tracking Swf's
one of our clients needs to track where people go in their website, which is all flash
the server tracks swf's loaded, but inaccurately
i believe that if the swf is in the browser's cache, it wont always call for a new swf
so the stats arent correct

i tried to do something where i add a counter to the swf calls like this:
loadMovie("a_movie.swf?counter=1");
but that doesnt work, it works for xml, asp, php
it even works on the html file that calls the initial swf, but not within flash

the only other idea i have is to build a database and actually push file names into the database as they are clicked
i'd rather let their server stats take care of some of that if i could

any sugggestions?

Tracking Via .PNG From A SWF
Hello,

I am trying to track impressions on a flash rollover using a .PNG (can't use gif or jpeg, as our server logs for some reason won't let us) through a .swf. when I try to call the .PNG by rolling over the png will not display, but in theory as I understand it should still make a request therefore making it trackable and accessible in the logs. Is there an easy way to use external images to track from a rollover state (trying to figure out how many people are rolling over the button). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated

Thanks,
Brandon

IP Tracking
Does flash provide any method for determining the IP address of the user?

Tracking An SWF
Hi! M workin on a project to develop an audio commenting system.I hv developed the widget to perform the audio recording and playback.This widget would be available to any general user to host o n his/her site.The problem i hv is that i want to track the usage of the widget.I f it is copied and hosted on any other domain i want to keep tracvk mof the number of times the widget is being viewed,well thats jst the first step.Wat i want to do is to find a way to capture the url of the page that is hosting the widget.Like say if the widgetis named MyWidget.swf and if it is hosted at http://somedomain.com/audiocomments/comment.html i want a way to capture that entire url.So far all i hv managed is to capture the domain along with the name of the swf.That is for the above example it wld be http://somedomain.com/audiocomments/MyWidget.swf Its possible to capture the url that i want using a javascript call from flash,but that requires the javascript function to be present in the page that has the widget embedded in it.I hv been tryin to find a way to get the reqd url using jst actionscript.Does anyone hv any idea hw to do this????

Tracking From A CD
What is the solution for tracking users progress when a course is delivered on cd. the user should be able to pick up where they left off just like using an LMS

i know when a course is published with SCORM an LMS will automatically track the users progress.

Ad Tracking
We want to create flash ads and track the click-thrus.

We are using coldfusion. We have build all of our standard ad tracking in-house and do not wish to use any 3rd party software unless it is the best option.

Is Flash Remoting the best option? Or am I looking at the wrong product?

Is there any server overhead with flash remoting?

Tracking?
Is there a way to track users who log into a Flash site? We have company id's and we would like to see who has accessed our products. If it's possible maybe even track how long they used them and any quiz results.
We used Authorware to do this but now we are switching over to Flash 8.
Any tips would help.

Thanks,
Adam

IP Tracking
Hey!
Is there a way to track the users ip address?
I wonna do this because i want to create a survey/poll but i dont want anyone to cheat and since my site is 100% flash, there is only one way and it is to refresh the page. So i want to create a log that will track the users ip address so that he/she wont be able to vote untill ofcourse the next one.

If anyone knows how to track ip addresses please post a tutorial or anything helpful, or if anyone knows an alternate way please post also.

Thanx to everyone in advance!

alphaOne.

FMX- Tracking Xml Sent To ASP
Hello to all flash coders worldwide!

this might be more of an ASP question but I figured that a lot of us deal with that programming AS so here it goes...

is there a way to track an xml sent to an ASP? I mean, is there a way to make sure that the xml was actually received by the ASP?

Here is a summary of how I send it to the ASP:

xmlToSend=<data><userId>5</userId<elementId>6</elementId>...</data>
objToSend=new XML(xmlToSend);
objToReceive.onLoad=myResponse;
objToSend.sendAndLoad(regURL,objToReceive);

myResponse is just a function that gathers and parses the ASP response.

My problem is that the ASP (which I'm not programming myself) might not be receiving the xml because it returns an error message (it could be due to many things I guess). I've used the same method for a login system and worked perfectly....so...I'm kinda stuck!!!

help! thanks yo all!!!