Flash :: White(stage) Surrounding Swf File

White Pixels Surrounding Jpg,gif
Hey, I've been trying to create jpg's in photoshop, from photo's, saving them as small as possible, and then bringing them to flash to use in frame to frame animation, but, every time I bring it into Flash, there's white pixels that suround the objects, sort of looks like a feather has been applied(like in Photoshop). If anyone could give me tips on importing these so I don't have to erase
the outline on everything,I'd appreciate it, Thanks Soilentgreen

Input & Dynamic Text Boxes Have A White Box Surrounding Them?
The other day, dynamic text boxes were just dotted lines around it, like they should be, and the dotted lines didn't even show up in the actual clip.

Now, all text boxes have a white surrounding with black lines for edges, and it shows up like that even in the clip!

Screenshot:

Can anyone help me get rid of this and fix it back to normal?

Area Surrounding Stage
Running in a player (e.g. exe) not in a browser window: If I create a movie where the stage size is fixed, the window in which the player runs still can be resized.

What bugs me is, that then objects which are not on stage may come into view. Does anybody know a solution to this? Either preventing the window from being resizable or stop the objcets from showing.

Thanks
fl1691

Area Surrounding The Stage
Hi

My stage is 760 by 480 . When I load my movie the area around the stage is white and I am wanting to give that a colour so it doesn't look so "harsh" .
Please could some assist??
Kind regards
Melissa

Flash Interface - Area Surrounding Stage Too Small...
Hi,

I have this project I'm working on where I have a lot of symbols positioned off the stage ready to slide in - but the area outside of the main stage has a limited size which means I can't actually see some of my symbols for editing purposes - this is very annoying, is there a way to extend the 'outside stage' area?

Thanks,

Jon

Border Surrounding Swf File In IE
Does anyone know why this happens:-

http://www.jaybe.co.uk/

The intro that I've done looks fine in Firefox but when viewed in IE a border surrounds the swf when the mouse of rollover the swf.

How can I stop this?

Thanks

Ricky55

White Background/ Stage Problem
Hey guys, I have a flash file embedded in an html file that has a gray background. My flash file also has a grey background but when you type in the address and the page pulls up, the file flashes white then turns gray. Has anyone seen this before or know how to fix it?
Here the address to my site

http://www.jcstyling.com/test4.html

thanks

Blank White Stage Before Preloader Kicks In?
Hello,
My problem is that my preloader doesn't kick in straight away?(visually anyway)

the site is http://www.singleeightmedia.com.au

The screen comes up blank white, and then the preloader appears but it's already been loading like 18% out of 100?

any cures/ideas

thanks

Stage Area Or White Space Around Movies
Hi i have created a simple strip of buttons that are placed into a html table,
I have reduced the size of the stage area around them to extactly the same size as rectangular strip, although the fit in the table is fairly snug, I put a graphic underneath it, and there is a very small strip of white space, like one pixel thickness, underneath it , so the rectangular graphic is not as snug to it as i want i cant see what this space is..

I want the graphic to touch the buttons, without any white space.. cellpadding etc is set to zero.

http://www.laww.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk site with strip and white space beneath it.

Please see attached file for more details.

[CS3] Confusing White Blip The Size Of Stage Before A Swf Plays
Hi guys, my website is
www.njtraininggrounds.com

I am new to flash and I created flash slideshows on every page. I can't figure out why when you click from page to page, the flash slide show shows a little blip of white before it starts to run. I realize that the white blip is the entire size of my stage. What did I do wrong here? Thanks in advance for all the input.

Wil

Blank White Screen, No Swf File
I embedded my swf file into the html page. Where the swf file should be, it comes up blank. The swf file is only 169k and works fine on my computer. The files are all in the same place, yet only the html files and jpgs work. The swf files don't. help please.

Easy One , Want To Get Rid Of White Loading Of .swf File
hi ,

I have my flash movie ready but , when loading its white , and my websites background color is black , the website is not 100%flash , i have the header and the menu in flash the rest html. hopefully theres an answer to this..

thanks in advanced.

[CS3] White Frame At The End Of My Flash File
I must be a total tard. Will someone please tell me why there is a white frame at the end of my flash file. I want the thing to play once and then stop in the last frame. It plays once and then just goes white, which is probably what it is supposed to do. Obviously I'm missing something. Advice appreciated.

How Do I Get Rid Of 'white Spaces' In My XML File? URGENT HELP NEEDED : (
I'm having all sorts of problems with reading in XML data.
I've been told that I HAVE to get rid of unecessary white spaces. I'm doing this - but it's still not working!

This is my XML files exactly how it is in the files (except the ::'s )

::<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
::<menu>
::<submenu>Starters</submenu>
::<submenu>Deserts</submenu>
::</menu>

I did post a question to the XML board - but no one seems to read that board. Doesn't anyone use XML around here?

My original post is as given below (if anyone cares to read and can help... I'd REEEEEAlly appreciate it):

I'm using the standard code supplied in the XML tutorial on Flashkit to read in XML data.

BUT... it seems to read in more bits of data than there are. : (

I can't understand it. I'm absolutely sure that I'm not doing anything wrong??

I've spent hours trying to debug it... but I'm not getting anywhere. : (

I'm reading in the XML data...
If the number of items in the XML data is x, say...
Then the count of items is reported back as: 2x+1?
This is proving to be a BIG problem when I try to do things with the data.

The code and XML data I'm using is as follows:

// ----- Code -----
urlXML = new XML();
urlXML.onLoad = convertXML;
urlXML.load("xml.xml");

function convertXML()
{
if(this.loaded)
{
// Do something like display a message.
}

mainTag = new XML;
articleList = new Array;
mainTag = this.firstChild.nextSibling;

if(mainTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "menu")
{
articleList = mainTag.childNodes;

trace(articleList.length);
// articleList.length = 13 BUT WHY!
// There are only 6 items in the XML data!!!
// HELP. I've spent HOURS on this!

for(i=0;i<=articleList.length;i++)
{
// Do some actions.
}
}
}
// ----- Code -----

// ----- XML Data -----
(The actual XML data is EXACTLY the same except without the :'s. I only put these in to try and show the XML raw code.)

:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
:<menu>
:<submenu>Starters</submenu>
:<submenu>Deserts 100</submenu>
:<submenu>Cream Cakes</submenu>
:<submenu>Doughnuts</submenu>
:<submenu>Iced Mocha</submenu>
:<submenu>Fresh Bread</submenu>
:</menu>

// ----- XML Data -----

I'd reaaaaaaaaaally appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Jam

Simply White On Effect With External Txt File
Hi guys and girls...

I have been working with a flash program called "kool moves" for a while and i have notised that you could ad a "White on" effect to your text. The problem is that this "White on" effect could only be applyed to normal text not textfileds. I was woundering if actionscript could figure this out for me?

On this webpage you could see the effect that i want:
www.alexmorph.com
Click on Alex glases and it's that effect in the news area i'm after.

I also wan't to be able to edit my text from an external .txt file so that it could be edited much easyer.

Thanks in advance!

Why Is There A White Flash Before .swf File Appears In HTML?
Here is the URL to see the page. http://www.visim.com/ironrealms/imperian/default.htm

Only "main" and "features" in the main tab currently work. When you click on them the area where the .swf menu is turns white for a split second and then shows the menu. The top area which is also in flash doesnt do this. Why is the menu doing this?

Also when you first view the page notice how the main area is sitting. When you click on one of the swf buttons the page shifts a bit, any ideas on this one as well?

Thanks for any help.
Neil

White Square For .swf File In Dreamweaver Site
Hi

Apologies if this is a very basic question.

I have built a dreamweaver site and embedded a .swf file (a slideshow of photos created in flash) into the page.

When I view the page online, the .swf file takes a few seconds to load, and while it is loading I get a white square where the slideshow should be (the dreamweaver and flash documents have a black background).

Question - how do I either
a) get the white square to be black
b) get a loading bar to show that the flash video is loading

Many thanks

White Space In An External Text File
Is it possible to use an load an external text file with multiple variables and line breaks? In other words could I make:

Code:
&defaultParkNum=1&printEnabled=no&usePointer=yes
look like this?

Code:
&defaultParkNum=1

&printEnabled=no

&usePointer=yes
I want to do this so it is easier for people other than me to change these settings. However, when i try to put line breaks into the file, the variables don't get loaded.

Perhaps theres something like ignoreWhite i could use?

White Noise In .flv File FlashMX 2004 Professional
I have exported a .mpg video file to .flv file for use within a MediaDisplay component. The .mpg file video and audio are very clear however when I export the .mpg to .flv format the end result creates white noise over the original audio. The picture still looks great. It sounds like the white noise one hears when a TV station has just gone off the air ...

My Audio Stream and Audio Event settings are set as follows:

Raw, 44kHz, Mono

I've also tried to export the original .avi to .flv for use in the component with the same white noise result.

I'm on a tight deadline and could really use some assistance please.

Thank you in advance!

Printing A MC With White Background, Not Stage Background?
Iâ€™m trying to print a movieclip with a white background while keeping the stage background black. The movieclip, printResults_mc has a white rectangle in the bottom layer, 850 pixels x 1100 pixels. The following function scales printResults_mc to the printerâ€™s printable area but because itâ€™s impossible to predict the aspect ratio of the printable area some black background always leaks out. I tried making the white background 20 pixels larger than I need (870 x 1120) and then setting a crop rectangle in addPage of (10,10,850,1100), no luck, the black stage background just fills in the area outside the crop. A simple solution would be to temporarily set the stage background color property to white, print, then set it back to black, but I canâ€™t find any such property. Anyone have some ideas?

Attach Code

function printResults(e:MouseEvent):void {
var myPrintJob:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
var result:Boolean = myPrintJob.start();
var pageMargin:Number = 0;
if (result) {
prepPage();
var cropRect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(pageMargin,pageMargin,printResults_mc.width-pageMargin,printResults_mc.height-pageMargin);
printResults_mc.width = myPrintJob.pageWidth;
printResults_mc.scaleY = printResults_mc.scaleX
myPrintJob.addPage(printResults_mc,cropRect);
myPrintJob.send();
} else {
//User does not have printer or user canceled print action
};
}

SELECTABLE WHITE TEXT ON BLACK BACKGROUND - WHITE CURSOR - CAN IT BE?
SO i have a dynamic white text on a black background... can select but can't see what.
It is possible to change the selectable cursor's default black color with white?????
THANK YOU!

Removing White Space/line Returns From Text File
My .txt file has the variables on a new line so it's easy to read. However, there is all the whitespace with a new line. Anyone know a script to remove the whitespace?

TIA

/B

Surrounding Gradient?
Im curious as to how you can put a gradient which goes to transparent from the movie border ******ds.

Sort of like the effect here:

http://www.pro-dentalarts.com/home.htm

Notice the border fades to the background colour. Obviously just making 4 boxes around the movie and doin graident fills would look similar but wouldnt appear seamless when they met.

Surrounding .swf With Images
Working on my site. I built a PHP mySQL backend and trying to come up with an appealing design. However, I find its easier to work in Photoshop. Is there a way I can make the images and surround the swf file convincingly within it? Or is there something like Lee did with the Video Player where I can put a little box designated for "some.swf" to load into and then import the Photoshop design in?

Flash File Gets A White Border On Page Loaded And Link Changes To Hyperlink
Hi,
Flash File Gets a White Border on Page loaded and the mouse pointer changes to hyperlink Pls Help Its caused only in a System which has Win XP or higher version U can view the Bug at " www.prosystems.in"

Regards,
Francis

Access To Surrounding Class...
Hi there,

I got the following code:

Code:
function playFolder(folder) {
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lv.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (this.tracks>0) {
for (var i=1; i<=this.tracks; i++) {
_root.debug=""+(addSong);
addSong(this["track_"+i], this["track_"+i]);
}
start();
}
}
lv.load("http://"+host+"/playlist");
}
addSong and start are methods from the same class as playFolder is in. But I see not possibility to call the addSong from inside this method. this reffers to the loadVars object root referrs to the main timeline.
Can anyone help?

Thank you

Text Surrounding Movieclip?
Hi community

How can I put a movieclip surrounded by text or something like that?

Thanks

Can I Get A Movie Without The Surrounding Window And Chrome
Hi,

I'm trying to make a kind of media browser using flash and don't want to be restricted to a rectangular shape and don't want there to be chrome, menus or a title bar around the movie. Window's Media Player has it, the window and the edges of the page outside the player disappear unless rolled over. I guess this would mean making the stage transparent as well.

Can anybody help?

Cheers

Creating An Embeddable Out Of One SWF And Surrounding Code
Hey mates,

I have a simple PHP page that I want to make into an embeddable....

It contains an input box for people to type some text (this saves into a DB). Then, on the right side, there is a flash SWF that pulls the text from the DB and makes the text look fancy.

These are two elements that need to be enclosed into 1 embeddable for a few of my friends to place on their blogs for fun.

I know most embeddable are just one clean swf file, but how would I integrate a SWF and it's surrounding PHP into one embeddable without having to do either of these last-resorts:

a) iframe the whole thing ... technically feasible, but not ideal.
b) remake the entire thing into one SWF (which takes a lot of work and re-design)

Any JS methods to make the embeddable code clean? (just a guess)

Thanks so much to anyone who may know....

Even if you don't, a good starting point on customizing embeddables would be wonderfully helpful!

How Do I Change The Color Of The Surrounding Html Page.?
I want to have my flash centered, but I want to be able to change the color of the surrounding html page it's within. HOw do I do this? What is the default?

Thanks.

Making The Area Surrounding Text Into A Button
I'm trying to make a button using text, but instead of just the actual text being the button how can I make the area surrounding the text inot a button too?

Expanding Button Moves Surrounding Buttons Away
I've seen an effect used in a few places that i'd like to try and recreate. Say you have a row of thumbnail buttons(thumb1_btn, thumb2_btn etc..), on rollover of one of these the button expands and the buttons to either side 'bounce'(well just move but as if the movement has been caused by a collision with the expanding button) away to accomodate the increased size of the new button. can anyone point me in the right direction to get started on this please.

Thanks.

Displacing Surrounding Images When Roll Over On An Image
Hi I need some help here. How can I display the images like whats seen on http://www.topix.com.
If I roll over on an image the surrounding images should be displaced.
Need help on this one as soon as possible.

Thanks

Aneesha

How Can I HitTest A Diagonal Line (Not The Square Surrounding It)
I'd given up on this for a while but it keeps coming back to me. If anyone can help me out with a simple method, an extremely complicated method, or just tell me if i'm wasting my time please let me know.

To fill you in if your not sure what I mean, if you draw a diagonal line from co-ords (0,0) to (10,10) and convert it to a movie clip and drop another movie clip (a (1,1) pixel) downwards from a y co-ord above this (eg -5) and a x co-ord of 5.
If you have a hitTest operating between the two clips and the second clip keeps dropping at 1 co-ord a frame, the hitTest will activate when the second clip is at co-ord (5,0) even though the line I've drawns y co-ord at 5x is also 5.

Sorry if i've confused you more by my explanation than you were before, but if you can help me out here I'd really appreciate it/

How Do I Change The Color Of The Surrounding Html Page?
I want to have my flash centered, but I want to be able to change the color of the surrounding html page it's within. HOw do I do this? What is the default?

Thanks.

Hit Test...blue Border Surrounding Objects In MX Help
Ok for some reason the hitTest I have setup in the attached file seems to work in relation with the blue box's that surround objects and not with the actually objects... does anyone have any answers to this?? I'm really stumped ...Anyways I'm pretty sure that it has to do with the border....thanks in advance!

e.g.

Selecting Text Without Intefering With Surrounding Elements
Evening Guys,

I was wondering if I could grab a hand on a problem.

I'm in the process of putting together a project and at the moment I've created an interface where the user can add instances within a movieclip and change text.

The problem occurs when the user tries to highlight a text within an input box and the whole interface would move.

Main Frame Code

ActionScript Code:
interface_mc.onMouseDown = function(){ startDrag(this);}interface_mc.onMouseUp = function(){ stopDrag();}

Generated Obj Code (First Frame)

ActionScript Code:
tooltip.onPress = function() { startDrag(this._parent,false,-540,-412,540,412); // used to constrict element within the interface_mc};tooltip.onRelease = function() { stopDrag();};

I was wondering if someone wouldn't mind taking a look at letting me know where I've gone wrong, I've been banging my head against this laptop all day trying to think of a workaround but my knowledge isn't as good as some of you guys on here

Thanks,
Steve

Changing A Button Stage In One File From A Seperate File.
ok - here's my problem.
I had to go in and redo a flash file that my company had done by an external person.
It didn't work when it was placed onto the domino server so - they are having me rework it.

so ok- i have one file which is the "frame" so to speak with 5 buttons on it- when a button is pressed it calls or loads a seperate swf file into the current one. (ex. would be to picture a tv - thats the main file - the external files being called into it are the different channels)

now ive gotten the buttons to change when it is hit so that the user can keep track of where he's at- but the problem comes in the other external files. - in the external files ( or the channels so to speak ) there are foward and backward buttons ( < > ) to progress or go back in the presentation. once it hits the LAST frame in that movie it loads the NEXT movie - the problem im having is when the last > button is pressed and it brings in the next movie how do i make the MAIN movie that has the buttons on it change the state of the button to the down position?

Its kinda hard to explain - but the only thing i can think of is the concept of a tv.
U have ur buttons below it and buttons in the channels to go threw each presentation.
I mainly need to know how to control one thing in a swf file from another swf file.

would it deal with labeling? the frames..then using the telltarget? or what?

I can't figure it out for anything and its gettin me madddd
ughz.. so please any help i would realllly appreciate!!!!

Thanks!

Michelle C.R

White Box? SWF Shows As White Box In Dreamweaver
The SWF starts animating, but a white box will show for a second and motion starts on /home.

on /portfolio and its lower levels the buttons showup but the graphics dont...

Im a noob, but I know the home page is only 48k, so I wouldnt guess size is an issue...

link

Php File On Stage
Hi
I have a php login file that pops up when you hit a button _blank but I really would like this login file to show up on stage inside my movie instaed of a pop up. Can this be done

[CS3] White Backgrounds Instead Of White, Why?
This is just about the only question that I have right now, until I actually get into doing some work with flash. Anyway:

My problem deals with viewing some flash animations online. Before I updated my Flash Player to version 9, I have been able to view some of the animations on, say, Newgrounds, without a problem. However, after the update, what used to be black backgrounds are now white. A good example of this could be seen on VGCats.com.

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/extras/stillalive.php
On the loading screen and the replay screen, as well as throughout the lyrics, the background is white where it should be black.

As well as here:

http://tta.fireball20xl.com/
Here, I know for a fact that, behind the green star, the background used to be black. But now it's white for some reason.

I've tested this on a couple computers, just in case. All the ones that updated to Flash Player 9 have white backgrounds. The other computers that have not, however, stayed black as it should be. So, I'm only guessing it has something to do with the update, but I do not know what.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both CS3 and Flash Player, and I did the usual things like clearing caches and cookies, but nothing I've done so far has seemed to solve my problem.

More or less, I'd like to know who else has had this problem at some point? Hopefully someone else has, I don't like being the only person in this situation. Makes me feel like an idiot trying to ask.

But I would like to know how to solve this, so I can get on my way with enjoying the animations as they should be.

Thanks.

Looking At Trying To Put A .mp3 File On My Stage Using Flash 8
I need to understand how i can put a combination of music and voice for a 60 seconds comercial on my flash scene in a page on my stage in flash 8.

First is what type of control should hold this .mp3 file what do you sujest i should go about doing it. I need to display some kind of graphics on the stage and a button when click will start the .mp3 file and play the comercail voice and sound. What is the best way to do this in flash 8 and the .mp3 could either play in the backgound or i could pop up a little window and have a bunch of controls to go back and forth in the .mp3 rewind and forward and play and stop and repeat over again until you press stop.

Should i do this in a action script or how would someone do it any ideas THANKS.

Adding To Stage From A .as File
Hi Just wondering if anyone has a better system for adding to the stage from an as file than this:

I am trying to add a text box to the stage and this works but it seems like there should be an easier way to do this. Do I really need to pass this to the .as file?

In my .as file I have:

ActionScript Code:
package{

public class Create{
public function createObjectAndAdd(myStage:Object){
var tx:TextField = new TextField();
tx.text="Stuff";
myStage.addChild();
}
}
}

In my .fla file I have:

ActionScript Code:
var c:Create = new Create();
c.createObjectAndAdd(this);

Thanks all.

White(stage) Surrounding Swf File

When I publish my fla file, I have like 1 inch white border going around it that represents the stage in flash. I would really like to get rid of that because in my html page i have a background picture. Background + swf with a white border around it = sucks How can i get rid of dis? ThanksRyan

When I publish my fla file, I have like 1 inch white border going around it that represents the stage in flash. I would really like to get rid of that because in my html page i have a background picture. Background + swf with a white border around it = sucks
How can i get rid of dis? Thanks

Ryan