Flash :: Tracking An SWF

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!!!

Tracking Without LMS
Hello

I have finally built my quiz !!!! Hurrarhhh

However, does anyone have any idea how you track the data with the flash quiz template if you DONT have a LMS ???

The data must be there somewhere....but i can't find it

thanks guys

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.

Tracking Variables?
Is there a way to keep track of/have access to a variable that was on level0 when another movie is loaded in level0?

TIA,

Rick

Mouse Tracking
Okay, this is TWO questions in one post.
What I want to do is track the mouse movement. Now, I CAN do this, but there are two things I want to ask.
I have two dynamic textboxes called posX and posY.
First, a look at my code:

Frame 1:
var posX = _root._xmouse;
var posY = _root._ymouse;

Frame 2:
gotoAndPlay(1);

Now, here are my two questions.
1) How come I always get whole numbers whenever I move my mouse around? Is that the way it always is? Is there a more accurate way? Or should I not even bother?

2) Is there a better looping system then using 2 frames and going back to another frame? There's got to be a better way to do the loop so that it's more exact.

Riki

Tracking Traffic Thru An Swf
hi all,

does anyone know how i may set up tracking inside an swf file. I need to track all traffic source from asp file which has the swf embedded, through to completion of a form in flash. Basically we need to know what the "src" is when a customer submits a form in flash.

any suggestions????

thanx

Tracking The Mouse? Possible?
Hi
is it possible to continously track the position of a mouse in an MC
I tried using the
_xmouse
_ymouse
properties and returned the values to a text field
but it only gave me the position of the mouse for only one position.

i need to continously track the mouse so i can implement an action that does something when the cursor goes out of a specific area that is designated in the form of a square by two x values and two y values

Thanx

Tracking Question
i know how many people click to go to my site but the opening page is an enter button i want to be able to track how many people actually enter. can any one help
thanks

Tracking Activity Within Swf
Is there a precedent for tracking activity within a swf file (scenes entered, images clicked, time spent on a page, etc.)?

If so, please point me in the right direction.

Thank you

Tracking Probs
Well my main mc rotates according to the mouse angel and i have a bullet that should follow the mc but it doesnt anyone know the math to have the bullet go tward the mouse?

Button Tracking
What is button tracking & how do I do it??
Please help
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Tracking Banner Ad
(MX) I am creating 2 ads: a banner and a pop-under, and need to inlcude a tracking pixel that the ad will load from an external hosting server that I control. The ad itself will be hosted with the advertiser. I want to put in a 1 X 1 pixel image in the ad where the pixel will be hosted on my server, that the ad will load when displayed so that I can make sure I am getting what I'm paying for. What do I embed and how do I do it?

Tracking Information
I link to a few affiliated sites from my website, however they seem unable to track that the links are coming from my flash animated site. I tried using the POST and GET variable, but neither seem to help. Have you got ant suggestions?

Lucas

Text Tracking
I know you can use textFormat to set the leading, how about the tracking for text? is it possible... if the object doesn't do it... any workarounds to set the spacing between characters? thanks

Music Tracking
Hi

I am attempting to create a music studio using flash mx so that users can preview and insert samples into a timeline and play back/save their creations. I am fairly new to flash and I need to be pointed in the right direction. Any help MOST appreciated.

Bungledog

Tracking In Flash
okie...

i have a website that is fully flash, importing swfs on to many levels.

Now i'm wondering.. is there any way of tracking the users clicks..eg. users click "1.swf" more than "2.swf".

I was thinking the only way to do it is to write something to a database when the user clicks on the button..ie in the "on (release)"

Has anyone done something like this... am i on the right track..??

any feedback would be great.

eChimp!!

Tracking _x And _y Coordinates...
I have attached movies... with swatches that you can drag upon... using this code...

code:
swatchHDash.onPress = function() {
if (_root._currentframe == 51) {
if (Key.isDown(18)) {
_rotation += 45;
}
startDrag(this, true);
}
};
swatchHDash.onRelease = function() {
stopDrag();
};

If I put it in debugger the corridinates do not move while i drag the item... i need these corridinates... am I doing something wrong???

Thanks,
Carlos

Click Tracking
Anyone know where i can find info. on tracking button clicks in a swf file?

Tracking Clicks
Is there anyway to track how many times buttons in my swf clips are clicked?

I'm sure there is someway. I'd like to see which sections get the most traffic.

thanks.

Data Tracking
Looking for links, advice or threads discussing ways to implement - Tracking User Info (ie: User Login, quiz scores, etc.) and being able to export data to a .txt file, and being able to call it back into the .swf later (on command).
Thanks,
Geoff

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.

Tracking/optomization
If a site is completely done in flash with loadmovie swfs... Is there a way to be able to track visits and hits? I know its quite easy hith standard html pages. Any advice on this?

what about search engine optomization? do the bots look through swfs?

Animated Tracking?
Hey there,

Is there a way to script textfields to animate the tracking (kerning for the whole sentence). In the past when I wanted a word to animate the tracking and tighten it up, I had to break the characters into shapes and then motion tween them.

Is there any way to script this? Or am I stuck having to break them up?

Like this:

H E L L O W O R L D

Into:

HELLO WORLD

Thanks!

Tracking Code?
If someone asked you to put a tracking code into a Flash file, what do you do? I've never seen that before.

Tracking Memberships
I need to do the following:

I need to set up memberships. User name and passwords after they pay a small fee for using the contents of the site.

Members get one e-mail per month consultation per month._ I want the site to track this automatically and re-direct them back to the portion of the site_where they can purchase extra consultations if they overuse the feature.

How is this done? Flash? (Actionscript)?
Do I need to know PHP?

What are the possibilities for doing this?

Thanks.

Help Tracking External Swf With
I am creating a quiz that when you click on the quiz button it random loads an external .swf file. I then have a row of buttons (which are actually linked together in a mc symbol) that list the options of the different answers. I would like the user to click on the correct button and be taking to a certain frame that says "correct" or if they choose the wrong one that says try again.

I am having difficulty trying to track the random swf file with the button. Right now this is what my code looks like (this is on one of the buttons)

on (release) {
if ("letter1.swf") {
gotoAndPlay("correct");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("try again");
}
}

Essentially I want to say:
if this.swf is loaded than go to frame "correct" if it is not than go to "try again" frame.

Thanks!
Sam

Banner Tracking
Hi, I am tryig to create this flash banner tracking

http://www.macromedia.com/resources/...signers_guide/

I am having no luck what so ever. my button will not even work on the flash file.

do you have any suggestions, that may make it more clear? thanks!

Tracking Of Text
is there a way to control the 'tracking' of text via AS. By tracking i mean the space between each letter..

please help

thanks

Hit Counter, Php/IP Tracking?
i am aiming to make a detailed hit counter for my flash website. To do this i am in the understanding i need to use PHP because Flash cannot write to files on the server for perminent storing.

Can anyone give me some tutorials on achieving this? I need to learn the (i should hope) simplistic PHP code to write to a file (as i do not wish to use a database for tracking this), and also what the best ways to track IPs to allow displaying of "Original Hits", "Total Hits", and "Hits from You"(in otherwords, hits from a specific person/comp).

Thanks to anyone who can steer me to some tutorials that are in the area of what i need

Tracking Buttons
Hello All,

Is there a way I can setup my buttons that I can check afterwards on which buttons a visitor to my website have pressed. I must add that you have to login with your own account to get onto the site.

thanks.

Tracking OnEnterFrame
Hi!

How do I track progression of the framerate in .onEnterFrame?

Instead of using "framecount" below:

Code:
var framecount = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
var slice_mc = circle_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("slice_mc"+framecount++, circle_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
};
...it seems like there should be some built-in property that counts already.

What am I missing?

Thanks much in advance!

Tracking Downloads
is there any - easy - way to track the number of times a document is downloaded

i have a number of pdf's on my site and i want to know which one is downloaded the most

is there an easy way to do this in flash ?

Email Tracking
hi there to all,

I need some help regarding ASP (Active Server Pages) I know this is not a right place for this. But i am sure i will get some good answers.

I want to make a email tracker in asp for bulk emailing.... In which i can track who recieve the mail ....... who open it ...... and who visit the links.

waiting for urgent responses....
thanks.