Flash :: Web Page Development In Flash MX

AS 2 PSP Flash Development Anyone?
I own a PSP, and I was an user on PSU (Playstation forum). You know about PSP Portals? Flash applications designed for the PSP. Here is a nice examples:

- PSPfVista beta 3
You can download it here, but not sure if it works on PC

Does someone here own a PSP? it would be nice to make my portals here instead of a Playstation forum.

Btw Hai this is my first thread!

Flash Cd-rom Development
I've been ask if flash can insert into and extrat data out of a database on the users hard drive via odbc?

can this be done, it not a web app a cd-rom project

jef

Flash AIR Development
I have been looking high and low for a good example of the SQlite integration in the Flash AIR API. I am able to get my db read into the app, confirm that with trace(). I can not howerver do anything with the data...I would love to simply display the array on the stage in a datagrid. Any help or resource online would be great. thanks in advance.

Code:

import flash.data.SQLConnection;
import flash.data.SQLResult;
import flash.data.SQLStatement;
import flash.data.SQLMode;
import flash.events.SQLErrorEvent;
import flash.events.SQLEvent;
import flash.filesystem.File;

var conn:SQLConnection = new SQLConnection();

var dbFile:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("Playbook.db");

try
{
conn.open(dbFile, SQLMode.UPDATE);
trace("the database opened successfully");
}
catch (error:SQLError)
{
trace("Error message:", error.message);
trace("Details:", error.details);
}

// create the SQL statement
var selectStmt:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
selectStmt.sqlConnection = conn;

// define the SQL text
var sql:String =
"SELECT ID, inst_title, inst_desc " +
"FROM install";
selectStmt.text = sql;

try
{
selectStmt.execute();

var result = selectStmt.getResult();
var numResults = result.data.length;

for (var i = 0; i < numResults; i++)
{
var row = result.data[i];
var output = "ID: " + row.ID;
output += "; inst_title: " + row.inst_title;
output += "; inst_desc: " + row.inst_desc;
trace(output);
}
}
catch (error)
{
// Information about the error is available in the
// error variable, which is an instance of
// the SQLError class.
}

Flash Development In Cellphones...
how do you get a flash movie to work in a cellphone? I tried accessing some flash content from my phone and it doesn't work.

Touchscreen Development In Flash
Good day!

Traditionally touchscreen applications are developed in Director. We would like to start doing the development in Flash.

Is anyone aware of any impending issues that Flash might have?

Thanks!
Rob

Flash As A Web Development Tool.
Am I right in thinking that not many people currently use Flash solely as the source for developing sites?

Although Flash has all the capabilities for a great development tool – Database integration, XML support etc. I hardly ever come across a site that has been constructed just with Flash.

I know there are issues around search engine recognition, but am I barking up the wrong tree in believing that my studying the application will enable me to construct complete sites with the app. or is it more a question of Flash being used as maybe the animated component of a site constructed by other means?

Any views please.

Flash Development Toolkit
Hello

I am a multimedia designer working for a company. I currently use Flash and the company wants to go down the route of using a software development tool, that has ease of use, so that all trainers can build their own e-learning material, and were thinking of using Atlantic Link's Content Point. Does anyone have any experience of such software which claims to do everything Flash does in a much quicker time? If so which one would you recommend? What are the true advantages and disadvantages of using such software?

Thanks

Flash Development Server
Hello,

I just want to know one thing. do i need a webserver other than flash media server to play my streaming video.

I installed flash development server and using flash media encoder created the streaming video. Then uploaded the html and swf files to the server.

Its working fine on my local system. But when i am trying from other machine its not working.

Can you tell me how can I see my streaming video online.
thank you

Flash Development Program
Can someone recommend me a free Flash Development program?

Flash Games Development
Hi

We need to develop some high graphics game in Flash. We have coders well versed with Actionscripting however we have not much of experience with game development. We have a query for the game development

Does it make any impact on game performance if we develop it basis on the classes or we develop it using the actionscripting inside the FLA?

We know the class base development will save our a lot of time but not sure if this is best practice for game development.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards
Rohit - www.wintechmedia.com

Edited: 11/18/2006 at 09:36:05 AM by wintechmedia

Flash Program Development
Hi,

I'm looking for Flash Professionals to complete a project within 3 months. This project includes developing accurate ways to layout complex graphing problems. If you are interested please contact me with resume and/or portfolio.

Thanks,
Jon Ericksen
Project Manager
jone@orbitonline.com

Flash Development On Linux OS
I am building a Linux OS supported system. The only application that I can not find a replacement for is Flash. I can find applications that let you build SWF products but none of them will allow the advanced features that Flash does (like external actionscript files). Is there a version of Flash (minimum of version 5) that I can run on a Linux machine?

Flash Game Development
I am planning developing Flash Games for a cell phone. If I post them to my website can people play them on their mobile web browser? Is it in Flash or Flash Lite? Or do people have to somehow download the game to their hpone to play? Thanks.

Flash And Database Development
I am in the beginning stage's of building my website... I am planning to use an access database- whereby new entries are made and they would then be updated to the ISP... how would I link the Access database up with my flash site so it would show the new and existing entrie's... please advise or point me in the direction of a tutorial I can review...

Also on a separate matter - how would I make a login and password screen to access the next page of my Flash movie- to have access to the database record's...

Flash Development Tool
Hey all,
i am thinking about using a flash development software and i am wandering what is the difference between these three:
1. Flex
2. FDT
3. Flash Devloper

I know that flash developer only works in pc but i heard it has some better features over fdt. (i use both mac and pc but prefer mac) All i know about flex is that it is for Rich application development. I also looked up the prices on these and they are expensive. Do you developers buy these or download from bit torrent?

Thanks, in advance

Flash Development Question
Hi all,
I'm new to flash and am working on designing a magazine/newspaper site where every week everything will be updated...
My question is, what is the norm for this? Is everything developed in flash or just the buttons/menus? Is there a way to have a template where you just use include files for the new material?
I am using Studio MX and am completely new to it all, but have a background programming in many other languages...any advice appreciated.

VOIP Development In Flash?
Is this at all possible? Can anyone suggest a good tut? Has anyone seen an example?

Thanks,

Aries.

Cheapest Flash Development Kit
I want to start learning to write Flash. What are the basic pieces I need to get started on this - assuming I want to stick with actual, official, supported components and not something some hacker cooked up over his kitchen sink) and how cheaply can I get away with it?

While I'm learning this stuff I'll be hosting my little experiments on a shared server on HostMySite.com - what do I need to make sure they have/support/provide to do that?

Thanks in advance.

Question / Flash Development
OK, so, my 10-year old son is totally enthralled by some of the Flash animations he sees online, like the ones at www.spinnerdisc.com. It's to the point where he's building flash-like animations using complicated PowerPoint presentations.

So, a few questions:

1. What tools do you need in order to do very basic Flash programming?

2. How realistic is it that a 10-year old smart kid (but not a prodigy) could actually DO something with Flash?

Thanks very much!

Steve

FLASH WEB DEVELOPMENT / MANAGEMENT
Hi there

could anyone point me in the right direction of a web development / management company in the UK.

the site that is currently being designed is to a high standard, but i am in need a of a company that can integrate all the back end (forum, ecommerce etc) into a flash site.

If anyone has any idea of a relieable company that can develop and manage such sites it would be much appreciated

thanks

j

Top Flash Development Firms?
Hello:

I'm looking to find out who the top Flash design/development firms are in the U.S.

Examples are:

2advanced.com
fantasy-interactive.com

Any ideas?

Thanks! -Deanna

Flash Game Development
Hey Guys

I will keep this short and to the point.

I am developing a portal site at the minute that is a hybrid of flash and html/css.

I want to include some flash based games like crossword games or word/number puzzle games etc.

I have never really developed anything like this before so I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction, either by recommending a good book or website that will get me started with some good examples!

Thanks in advance!

Streamer

Flash Mobile Development
Is anyone creating or has created a Flash Mobile Device with support from a MySQL?

It seems there is little consideration for Mobile Development on and wondered whether I just haven't seen it yet.

If anyone has any tutorials or links please get back to me!

Thanks

Mobile Flash Development
hello,

not sure if this is the right place for this topic, but i am wondering if any of you have some good resources on mobile flash development? i know there are a whole different host of issues when developing for phones (especially memory management) and am looking for good resources to read up on that.

thank you!

Using Eclipse For Flash Development
I have come across several articles about people using Eclipse with the ASDT plugin to write actionscript. I went ahead and downloaded the and installed the plugin, and it seems that I can create actionscript files ans swfs(I took a basic tutorial).

I have been studying flash for the past week or so, and I a bit confused on how actionascript ties in with the movie. I guess coming from a programming background, I'm looking for some overall super classes and such so that I really don't have to use the Adobe Suite - I like Eclipse.

I'm guessing I'm looking for how to tie my code into keyframes and such without having to Flash8 from Adobe. Can someone help me out here?

Shouldn't I be able to create a whole flash movie - from top to bottom - simply from actionscript alone? I haven't been able to answer this question and I've been Google'ing for days for the tutorial that's going to answer it for me.

What Should I Purchase For Flash Game Development
I'm interested in jumping into the world of Flash game development. What products should I get buy to get started?

Flash 4.0 or 5.0?
Flash Director?
Flash Freehand?

I want to start with simple stuff and work up. Thanks.

Flash Best Practice Development Guide
Hi all,

Does anyone have or know where to find guides on subjects such as
Flash MX 'Best practice' and so on.

I am about to embark on a fairly hefty project and need some sort of overview as to how this should be handled. I am fairly new to flash but will nee to consider areas such as.....

1. Security.
2. Structure.
3. FIle locations.
4. Use of remote or local classes.

I need to create a very very secure front end that is to integrate into a coldfusion server that in turn will speak via EJB's and the like to the back end systems, hence i need to ensure the most stable, efficient and secure front end possible.

Cheers in advance.

Pat

We're Looking For Some Programming And Flash Development Staff
We're looking for some programming and flash development staff.

We need PHP/ MySQL programmers and flash developers with moderate abilities in Action script.

These positions are, of course, volunteer and open to anyone interested and able. Please e-mail jobs@cyberpetshq.com if you are interested

Trade Hosting For Flash Development
I am needing a simple flash redirection page built and will trade up to three months of Linux hosting for it.

If interested please contact me.

Jeff

jeff@romdev.com

Killer Flash Cd Development App. Check It Out.
There is a killer app called SWF Army Knife at the following address that lets flash do a bunch of the stuff it usually can't do like opening files, getting external file names, open/save dialog boxes, etc. It's free to try and cheap to buy. You can check it out here.

http://www.anigem.com/SAK_Info.htm

Flash Online MPG Game Development
hi, i am developing a project which is exactly a Multi-Player RPG Game;details as below:
1.multi player move from one scene to another,and every one can watch the action of others in real time;
2.they can chat together;
3.they can play some games that two or more players can play online;
en,it is just sth like www.penguin.com;and i have no idea about it；So, can i have your help?thanks very much!

Flash CS3+AS3. Really Serious Problem With Game Development. Help Me
Hi,

I need your help I am in a close deadline.

I am using Flash CS3+AS3.
I have game.FLA file with the art content and a game.AS file that extends the MovieClip class.

Here is the problem, I just realize that the code that runs inside the constructor of the class extending the MovieClip works just for the current frame.

My Game.FLA has 2 frames. The first one with the game instructions and a Start button and the second frame with the actual game.

In the constructor I create the event listener for the EnterFrame event. But this event is not suppose to fire until the game is started by clicking the Start button.

Ok, I figured, this is clumsy but is the only way. Inside the click event listener for the button I have this code:

function startButton_click(e:MouseEvent) {
play();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, run);
}

The play method advances to the next frame (the other frame has a stop() call in the .FLA frame actions area). Fine, then create the EnterFrame event and that is. Well it works but appears to me that the call to <<play>> is asynchronous so the the next call fails the first time but then works because the frame is actually loaded.

The problem is I need a way to know that the frame for my game has completely loaded so I can start the EnterFrame event and detecting keys presses.

Thanks,
Jorge

Flash Application Development Flowchart
Hi, Everyboby

I want to make a flowchart for the application development process in flash.

I mean the flowchart which can define a step by step process of flash a web or desktop application development in flash.

Actionscript 3.0 Development In Flash Studio8?
My company has licenses of Flash Studio 8.0 and I would like to begin learning to develop applications that use the most current version of actionscript (in this case 3.0). I only see references to 2.0 in the IDE. Is studio 8.0 capable of developing for flash player 9.0? Maybe some sort of plugin is available? Pardon my ignorance but I real want to learn this stuff. We do not want to buy Flex 2. Any help would be great!

Thanks
Dave

General Flash Development Question
When people design their flash sites, do they create the site from within Macromedia Flash. Or is the easiest method for creating a site and all its elements from within a program like Macromedia Fireworks. If so what is the best format to output the elements. Would *.png be the option? I would appreciate some direction for this subject.

Trev

just starting to join the flash development scene. Tips appreciated.

Flash Game Development Books Help
Hi,

I am looking to get into creating interactive products to get various 'content' out to end users.

I am looking to get key content out via the use of games and flash seems the most interesting way to go about it.

Can you guys recommend any decent books I should purchase? I am looking to go from a beginner all the way up to a good understanding of games and flash. So can you recommend simple/beginner books as well as higher thought provoking one?

When the user plays these games they will hopefully be given key information and therefore I am looking to create a package of different games for different end users.

The web is good but I just want to sit down quietly and practice away by looking at books and get a better understanding.

Thanks,

Only Flash As Serious Site Development Option
it's fair to say flash has developed considerably and now is the only technology widespread on the web that allows engaging interactive experiences within a robust environment. video, sound , graphic design integrity and data connectivity is pushing the web into more dynamic areas.

as good as it is, from an application development p-o-v sites built entirely in flash suffer because they cannot get indexed by search engines and the accessibility regulations make some development prohibitive. flash does have an accessibility option, but does that *really* meet to criteria?

how is flash going to overcome these two core areas of web development?
- getting search engines to list content
- making sites properly accessible to many impaired users

imo without it flash could be another relic of cyberspace.

Flash Player Development For Flashlite
Hello

I watched Lee's VIDEO BASICS series for making an FLV player. I really liked it. i myself is nt a designer but working on a project which is flash based for mobiles. I have fewnquestions:

1)Can I use NetConnection and netStram classes on Flashlite?

2)What methods could be used to play,stop and seek for Flashlite based video

P.s: I don't know how Lee enabled the intellisense for NetConnection or other classes when he wrote "var nc:" it shows mentionec classes in drop down.

How do I do that?

Thanks

Can You Use Flash Development Kit In Linux Computer?
Hi. I want to learn flash and can I use flash development kit in linux computer?

Also what is a good and latest version of flash development kit?

Any feedback will be welcome.

Thanks.

New Flash MX / Device Development Resource At Macromedia.com
This week we are premiering the Mobile Development Center at the Macromedia Designer and Developer Center. That means there is tons of new content and resources at macromedia.com

Mobile Development Center
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mobile/

Designer and Developer Tips Library
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/tip...ary/about.html

Flash Extreme : The Pitter Patter of little Patterns : Branden Hall
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mx/flash/extreme/

JD's Forum : Why you should care about devices : John Dowdell
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/jd_forum/jd011.html

Logged In : The Future of Flash on Devices : Top Developers
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/logged_in/index.html

Selling Macromedia Flash Device Content to Clients : Phillip Torrone
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob...e_content.html

Flash Enabled : Flash Design and Development for Devices
Chapter 5 : Understanding the Flash Application Development Workflow
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob...h_enabled.html

Macromedia MX Featured Community Site : PocketPCFlash.net
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mx/flash/site_reviews/

Nokia Communicator, a Silver Brick of Gold : Glenn Thomas
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob..._comm_dev.html

Developing for the Nokia 9200 Communicator : Chris Pelsor
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob...resources.html

Creating Full-featured Macromedia Flash Apps for Pocket PC : Anthony Armenta
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob...ashassist.html

Getting Started with Macromedia Flash on Pocket PC : Bill Perry
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob...es/f5_ppc.html

Creating Apps for "Sometimes-connected" Devices : Mike Krisher
http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mob...connected.html

Mike Chambers

mesh@macromedia.com

Rates For Flash Development / Work Contract Also
Was wondering what the hourly rate was for a flash development site with an intermidate-difficulty site.

Does any have a contract that has helped them in locking down pay rates, timeline, scope of work?

Much Appreciated!
Andrea

Undertaking Flash Web Development - Advice Needed
Hi,

First of all, apologies if this is in the wrong forum.

I will soon be developing a set of Flash applications that will provide dynamic data. The framework I have in mind is a Flash MX 2004 front end with PHP and mySQL powering everything under the bonnet.

I will need the data in the flash app to update automatically in real time (its for sports results)

Basically, I am just looking for any advice, tutorials, book recommendations etc. on the general area of PHP, mySQL and Flash working together and also, live data in flash.This will be a large project and I want to learn as much about it as possible before starting.

Thanks in advance,
Martin

Macromedia Flash/Web/Multimedia Development Colleges
I'm looking into colleges right now; I was wondering if anyone knew any prestigous schools with programs in multimedia and web programming?

Thanks,
-Danny

New Development In Flash Captivate And Content Management
My compay currently uses Serena Collage for Content Management along with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 for web site development. We have an upcoming e-learning project that we are considering developing in Captivate and Flash. We are mandated that all development be Section 508 compliant and e-learning must be SCORM compliant as well.

Can I continue to use Collage to manage content developed from Captivate and Flash or will I have to use a different product? According to documentation Captivate SCORM and 508 compliant and is Flash 508 compliant is this correct?

Please advise.

ESSPL Flash Lite 1.1 Web Site Development
New Flash Lite solutions from ESSPL
Enterprise System solutions (ESSPL) has started providing the follwoing Flash Lite 2 solutions to its clients:
Flash Lite Solutions
Flash Lite Application building
M-Learning using Flash Lite
Mobile Business presentations/ Information applications
Flash Lite interactive design
Flash Lite Website for mobiles
For more details send a mail to samirk@esspl.com or shailu@esspl.com .