Flash :: Embedded Swf Performs Like A Junky

XML Menu That Performs Multitasks
I see lots of XML menus that perform one type of action, e.g.: open a new URL everytime a menu item is clicked, but I haven't seen a good example of how to allow for different actions for different menu buttons. In my case I need to load mainly CDATA test with the exception that one menu item will load an image gallery. I could either call a function to create the gallery or I could use loadMovie to import an external SWF. The main problem is how to change the code below so that when
Code:
items[i].attributes.type == "imageGallery"
I can do something other than assign the text childNode.

Code:
function CreateMenu(menu_xml){

var items = menu_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes; // menu -> menuitems -> child nodes array
for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {

if (items[i].attributes.type == "textDisplay") {
// create variables for our elements
var navlabel = items[i].firstChild;
var content = items[i].childNodes[1];
}
if (items[i].attributes.type == "imageGallery") {
var navlabel = items[i].firstChild;
//var content = items[i].childNodes[1];
//NEED TO CALL A FUNCTION HERE
}

var item_mc = menu_mc.attachMovie("menu_item","item"+item_count, item_count);
item_mc._y = item_count * item_spacing;
item_count++;

item_mc.menu_txt.text = navlabel.firstChild.nodeValue;
item_mc.content_text = content.firstChild.nodeValue;

// Apply font attributes
item_mc.menu_txt.embedFonts = true;
item_mc.menu_txt.setTextFormat(mainNavText);

// Problem using "DisplayInfo()" syntax or placing within onRelease function
//item_mc.main_btn.onRelease = DisplayInfo;
item_mc.onPress = DisplayInfo;
item_mc.onRelease = function() {
activebtn.menu_txt.textColor = default_color;

// Change selected MC text to selected color
this.menu_txt.textColor = selected_color;
activebtn = this;
};
item_mc.onRollOver = function() {
if (this != activebtn) {
this.menu_txt.textColor = rollover_color;
}
};
item_mc.onRollOut = function() {
if (this != activebtn) {
this.menu_txt.textColor = default_color;
}
};
}
}

Button Inside Movieclip Don't Performs Action...
Hi there,

I created four buttons and instanciated them inside a movie clip, to create a "packed" control panel.
Well, in the instances of each button, I put a action like GotoAndPlay ("Scene1",1), etc.
Well, when I instanciate the movie clip the buttons works fine (changes its states), but for an unknown reason they don't performs its actions. I tried to instanciate the button directly in the stage (just the button) and it works, that is, jumps to the desired scene.
Someone could help me with that issue???

Thanks!

Clicking A Button Performs Multiple Tasks
I have a symbol called print_mc which is a movie clip that contatins a button, print_btn. Within this movie clip is a lengthy print function, and I need to be able to reuse it many times throughout the flash file.

The problem is that I need each instance of print_mc to behave a little differently, so that it will send the appropriate variables to the print function based on what page is visible in the movie.

Basically, I need the print function to be in every instance, and some sort of passVariables function to be different for each instance.

How can I do this?

Dynamic Textfield - Embedded Font - Embedded Characters Problem
Hi everyone,
In AS in flash 8, i'm doing the following : a font "Garamond" in my library,creating a textfielda textformat that is used on my textfieldi define the characters that should be embedded...
This last point doesn't seem to work...
This is my code (you can also check my fla) :

--
var myFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.font = "Garamond";
myFormat.size = 20;
myFormat.color = "0xFFFFFF";

createEmptyMovieClip("myContainer",10);

myContainer.createTextField("myText", 11, 0,0,400,500);
myContainer.myText.border=true;
myContainer.myText.autoSize = true;
myContainer.myText.html = true;

_root.myContainer.myText.embeddedCharacters = "ęąłńśźćóĘĄŁŃŚĆŻÓ";
myContainer.myText.htmlText = "test characters : : ęąłńśźćóĘĄŁŃŚĆŻÓ" ;

myContainer.myText.selectable = false;
myContainer.myText.wordWrap = true;
myContainer.myText.embedFonts = true;
myContainer.myText.setTextFormat(myFormat) ;

--
I was also trying with the following :

myContainer.myText.useDeviceFonts = true;

But without problem (otherwise I wouldn't email here, huh?)

Can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong that my embeddedCharacters don't seem to work?

Thanks in advance!
Greetz,
Dzjoepke

How Do You Define Which Character Set Gets Embedded With A Font Embedded In The Library (i.e. Korean)?
I have project that uses a shared fonts. The fonts are all contained in a single swf ("fonts.swf"), are embedded in that swf's library and are set to export for actionscript and runtime sharing.

The text in the project is dynamic and is loaded in from external XML files. The text is formatted via styles contained in a CSS object.

This project needs to be localized into 20 or so different languages.

Everything works great with one exception: I canâ€™t figure out how to set which character set gets exported for runtime sharing. i.e. I want to create a fonts.swf that contains Korean characters, change the XML based text to Korean and have the text display correctly.

Iâ€™ve tried changing the language of my OS (WinXP) and re-exporting but that doesnâ€™t work correctly. Iâ€™ve also tried adding substitute font keys to the registry (at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFontSubstitutes) as outlined here:
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000211.php
but the fonts I added did not show up in Flash's font menue.

Iâ€™ve also tried the method outlined here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16275
to no avail.

I know there must be a simple solution that will allow me to embed language specific character sets for the fonts embedded in the library but I have yet to discover what it is.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000211.php

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16275

Difference Embedded And Not Embedded Font
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone had the same problem I did.. I'm using a font called DS-Digital (free font) in one of my movies and well if I don't embed the font and use the textFormatter to determine my dynamic text width then everything is find, however if I use the embed font feature and determine it's with the same way then it's about 5-10 pixels smaller, which causes the text to display incorrectly..

Is there a way to fix it easily. Right now I just add 25 pixels to the textFormatter width just to be sure the font is displayed properly, but I hope there will be a different solution for this problem..

Thanks for any help..

Embedded Video + Embedded Cuepoints
I am using embedded video with embedded cuepoints.

When i put setBufferTime on 0 the cuepoints of the flvmovie will be readed good, the right moment.

If i put setBufferTime on 10 or 20 than the cuepoints will be readed 10 or 20 secs faster.

Somebody known of this problem?
And have a workaround for this?

I am using Netstream connection.
(not the flvPlayback or mediaPlayback component)

Embedded Fonts Vs Non Embedded
I am in the process of learning flash inside and out. During the testing phase of my design site I noticed that some of the text appeared very thin and hardly legible while other text was bold and vibrant. I checked the settings of the fonts to see if it was a Bold character setting issue but the fonts that were vibrant and thick had no Bold character setting at all. After many hours of comparing the different text boxes on the screen I realized that some of the text box had the embed font option on. This makes text less vibrant. Atleast it did with the particular font I used. Is it possible to cut down on memory while embedding the fonts and still have vibrant looking text? Try making several white text boxes on a black background with some of them being embedded and others not and you will see what I mean.

Best Regards,
Sam

P.S. THIS FREAKIN SITE ROCKS!

Why Do Embedded Fonts Blur When Non-embedded Fonts Dont?
If someone could offer a suggestion here I'd be much obliged. I'm trying to build a web site using pixel fonts but since very few people have this particular font, I'm trying to embed the font. The problem is that when I don't embed it looks perfectly sharp, but as soon as I embed it blurs them (as if it tries to anti-alias a pixel font.. which I don't want it to do)... any ideas?

Flash Embedded In Flex Embedded In Flash
I have a flash 9 as3 movie that contains a flex flv player that uses an embedded flash flv player. All works great, except the main timeline of the top level flash movie, I need to unload the embedded flex/flash when someone exits the video player. Currently the player is unloaded from the stage, but the movie continues to play (still hear audio).

The flex application & flash flv player (as2) communicate via local connection. Works great standalone.

The wrapper flash movie is dynamically loading the flex application via Loader.
The main timeline contains a flvPlayer:MovieClip instance of "movieClip".

movieClip contains the actionscript to load & display the flv player via myLoader:Loader.

So... root->movieClip->myLoader

I have another movie that contains animated navigation... I need to check & see if the moviePlayer is loaded when any navigation button is clicked... if it is, unload it.

Currently I have...

ActionScript Code:
if(MovieClip(this.root).moviePlayer)
if(MovieClip(this.root).moviePlayer.parent ) {
trace("Deleting");
var c:MovieClip = MovieClip(this.root).moviePlayer.myLoader.content as MovieClip;
c.myLoader().unload();
c.removeChildAt(0);
}
...which doesn't work.

I have a feeling that I just need to stop playback of the actual movie first? If that's true, then I need to be able to access the Local Connection (toFlash_lc:LocalConnection) of the Flex Application to fire the setPath of the flex-embedded flv player. toFlash_lc is in the swf loaded via myLoader.

So I need to be able to call a function (local to Flex) that contains...

ActionScript Code:
toFlash_lc.send('lc_from_flex', 'setPath',String(event.currentTarget.mediasource))
... or call this directly.

I'm out of things to try. Can anyone help?

Kevin

Embedded Swf
i would like to know how i can embed a flash-movie within an email.
i want the movie start playing by itself. is that possible and how?

Embedded WMP?
Anyone know how to embed WMP and avi.'s
do I need to set up a redirect or a referrence?
any help?
thanks

How To Tell If Swf Is Embedded Or Not
Is there anyway that Flash can tell whether or not it is embedded in an HTML page or running as a stand alone swf?

_t

Getting The URL For Use In Embedded Swf
I am using a couple of methods to get the URL for use in an embedded flash file. First I am using the wrapper method as described in theis thread:
http://actionscript.org/forums/showt...=119360&page=2

as well as the use of the fsCommand/JS method as described later in the thread. So my logic flows as follows:

1 file is requested via and php file that looks for the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER'] - if it is there I reload that page appending the URL to the query string (getTheFlashFile.php?refer=http://www.somesite.com) to let flash access the URL using _root.thisURL= _root.refer

2 on the first frame of my flash movie I issue the FSCOMMAND to use javascript to get the current location

Code:
_root.thisURL = flash.external.ExternalInterface.call( "function get_url() { return window.location.toString(); }" );
3 if the JS command fails (presumably because the swf is embedded in a site that does not allow JS) the swf falls back on the refer defined in the URL

this works great in firefox, but IE gives me the finger (and I think it quietly makes fun of me)

below is code:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
my swf is embedded as such:

Code:
<embed width="320" height="280" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www.vidrokkermedia.com/swf/getTheFlashFile.php?file=filename" />

the flash file is called using this PHP in the file getTheFlashFile.php

PHP Code:

if($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) {
    if(!$_GET[r]){
        header("Location: " .$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ."?r=" .urlencode($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ."&file=" .$_GET['file']);
        die;
        die;
    }
    //this is where you store it, if you really wanted to, you could write it to a file, i just stick it in the database
    //dB functions here

}

//okay, now the referring url is stored, give them the swf they wanted
readfile('player4.swf');

then the swf parses what it has been given with the AS code below on the first frame:

Code:
_root.thisURL = flash.external.ExternalInterface.call( "function get_url() { return window.location.toString(); }" );
if(!_root.thisURL){
_root.thisURL = _root.r;
}
does anyone have any thoughts on why IE would return "undefined" while firefox gives up the URL for the current page?

many, many thanks for any pointers, etc.
-nathan

Embedded SWF's
Is it possible to let's say, have a button in an swf file that affects another embedded swf file? Thanks in advance. I really need help.

Embedded Flv In A Swf.
I'm trying to use video within this site and I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about it. Currently I have an embedded FLV in a swf but it doesn't seem to allow me to start playing it before it's fully loaded. I tried simply using an FLV progressive download but I need to be able to jump to any frame within the FLV not just keyframes.

Essentially the actions I'm looking for are as follows: Site loads video, when video has buffered enough jump to a random frame from 1-50. Any ideas?? Thanks very much.

Embedded SWF's
Is it possible to let's say, have a button in an swf file that affects another embedded swf file? Thanks in advance. I really need help.

Embedded SWF
Hello All,

I have used an application to create SWFs from Powerpoint files, I want to have a link at the end of the SWF to take the user somewhere else.

What are my options for doing this?
1) Can I open the SWF, add a frame and resave?
2) Can I load the SWF into another Flash file and listen for the end of the embedded SWF then present a link?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Swf Embedded In HTML
I'm in a soooop.
My site has a top panel in HTML but the main content - ie rest of the page - in flash. On clicking on a button in the HTML, I need to replace the originally embedded SWF file with a new swf.
But the catch is (a) not have a popup window open on button click and (b) call a particular label in the loading swf file.
Please help.

Can't Get Embedded MC To PLAY...arg
so I realize I am missing something really easy here...

~I have an instance of an MC named poem
~It is in the main timeline
~I am trying to make a button (also on the main timeline)play that movie but start playing it at a particular point
~I have labeled a frame at that particular point called "point"

on (release) {
tellTarget("_root.poem");
gotoAndPlay("end");
}

Is my syntax wrong?

can I just put in "poem" as opposed to "_root.poem" ?

thanks!
morgan

Embedded Fonts
when i embed a font my "q"s and "z"s will not embed. any idea as to why this is happening??

thanks for the input.

herunar

Why Has It Not Embedded Files...?
Hi All,

I have a couple of flashtyper .swf's that i am using in a movie...when i Ctrl > Enter...i see everything fine...

How do i export the movie to include the flashtyper swf's...in fact, how do i ensure an export/create movie will export everything that is being used in the movie to give you the sample movie shown when Ctrl > Enter is pressed???

Im a little confused as to what i should be doing when publishing to ensure that i am getting all the things in the devlopement environment to transfer to the finished movie...

Cheers =)

EMBEDDED FONTS IN MX
hi
does anyone knows how to embed fonts in mx? because i used a font in my site and when other people enters it, they see other font (i think it's times).

Know What Page .swf Is Embedded Into?
_url is all well and good, but it doesn't tell me what I really want to know, which is what page the .swf is embedded into.

Any way to make a Flash movie detect the address of the page it's embedded into?

_root Of Embedded
zipper'll

from embedded movie, when i try to refer to its own _root i'm getting the _root of the movie that it is embedded in...

howo do i refer to the _root of an embedded movie from that embedded movie...?

thanks & thrill

Loading MC Into MC Embedded In A MC
I have a MC that loads in MC, on level (22). can I load a MC inside the second MC, Level (2)? if so what is the code.
I would also like to be able to unload and reload both embedded MC
at the same time.
hope I it is clear.

Embedded HTML
Is there a way to put HTML into your flash movie? I want to have, say, a "News" html page that will be surrounded by my flash movie. Is that possible?
-Greg Koreman

Embedded Text?
How do you actually "embed" a font that you download from a site? Easy enough, I select the font that I liked, but the thing is, it only shows up on my computer. The tutorial on embedded fonts (that came with flash mx) didn't help me that much. from the tutorial it said, if it's jaggy after you select anti-alias text then Flash cant export it. um, more details please! I selected anti-alias text and the only thing it did was blur the font a little. but when I only select anti-alias the font looked a lot sharper. any help is appreciated. thanx.

Embedded Video?
I'm kinda confused about embedded video and non-embedded video.
Why would I want embedded and why would I want the other?
Any help?

Thanks
Aaron

Help: Embedded Mpeg
Hi I imported and mpeg movie file into my flash movie, but on play back i don't see anything only hear the sound. What am i doing wrong?

Embedded XML Object
Posted in the XML forum but thought id try here too..

Trying to create a dynamic Object that has an embedded XML object in it and having a few problems. My code is as follows

//attract object
function Attract()
{
this.myXML=new XML()
this.myDoc=("XML/Attract.xml")
this.myXML.load(this.myDoc)
this.myXML.onLoad=this.testLoad
}

Attract.prototype.testLoad = function(success)
{
if(success)
{
trace(this.myXML)
}
}

myAttract=new Attract()

stop()

the trace in testLoad gives me undefined and yett when checking the contents of the new ATTRACT object myXML is loaded fine.

I am fairly new to Object orientated programming, and i think i may have the a problem with scope, but......bit cant see why.

Any help would be appreciated

Fonts - Embedded Or Not?
Hi!
I believe that the fonts I use on my own machine are embedded i the swf-file unless I choose as a option not to do it. Is that correct or not?
I use MX.

regards
ikaros

Embedded MC Scope
How can you call an Object method from an embedded MC onEnterFrame Event. Its another problem with scope that i cant figure out

Code:

function newTarget()
{
this.MyClip=attachMovie( "fly", "fly1",100);
this.MyClip.onEnterFrame=function()
{
//'this' here refers to the MyClip Instance, i need to target its object parent
this.Update()
}
}

newTarget.prototype.Update=function()
{
trace("called")
}

newClip=new newTarget()

I've tried various different solutions and cant get it to work. Any help or pointers appreciated.

Cheers

MX Embedded Web Site
ok i know i just asked a question, but heres another, i want to make a webpage that has my flash logo embedded i dont have dreamweaver but i'm not bad at html so its no problem to code it, i just, for whatever reason, cant find a decent tutorial on how to do this
thanks
zac

Embedded Fonts.
Ok here it goes:

I created a FLA with a lot of text fields, I create a Dynamic textBox and then choose 'Character' in the properties window and then bullut 'all characters'. Now is that what I am supposed to do to embed fonts.
The problem I'm having is that when I open the FLA on another PC with FLash it creates those fonts so big it ruins the movie : (
COuld someone please point me to a tut or somthing to explain this.

A Swf That Embeds And Swf That Has A Swf Embedded
Can you use loadmovie to load a SWF which SWF dynamically calls jpegs thus making it another loadmovie inside a loadmovie???
Anyone know if this is possible mine basically freezes on the 1st frame and does not go any further.
ESE51 thanks

Embedded Fonts
Ok, i am fed up with embedding fonts. attached is the .fla file and a .txt file. will someone look at it for me? the problem is that the font i embedded isnt crisp when its a dynamic text box. i cut most of the stuff out to keep file size down

thanks

Embedded Fonts
I have a font that is not in my standard which I've loaded into my fonts folder and would like to embed in Flash but can't quite quite. I am using Actionscript to fill a dynmic text box:

info.text = _root.myText;
info.border = false;
infoFormat = new TextFormat();
infoFormat.font = _root.myVariable;
infoFormat.embedFonts = true;
info.setTextFormat(infoFormat);

When I test the movie on my machine, the fonts show. When I test it on another, they do not. Did I miss a step? thanks in advance.

ClickTAG, Url In An Url, Embedded Url:s
Hi!

This may be more of a html problem then an flash problem, but it's related to clickTag aswell.

The problem I have is how to send an url witch includes both & and ? signs with clickTAG. This is how I tried to do it:

myflashfile.swf?clickTag=http://webpage.asp?var1=a&var2=b

but when i click on the link it results in this:

http://webpage.asp?var1=a

everything after the second "&" sign is cut away, and it doesn't matter if i use &amp, & or surrond the adress with ' och " signs. Anyone who could help me?

Oh, urlencode and similar ASP command is not an option because the link is edited via an html interface.

HELP HELP Embedded Text
Once you have embedded a font, how do you remove the embedded font and restore your movie to a state where there is no trace of a font ever being embedded? Anyone?

Here is the deal! I embedded a font within my movie. I have multiple Dynamic and Input text boxes scatterred through out the movie. After embedding the font, my input text boxes did not draw the characters fast enough to at least catch up with the user who inputs data into them. Now even if I delete the input boxes and recreate new input boxes, and making sure that font outlines are not utilized, the input text boxes are not visible nor can you enter anything into them. The mouse cursor changes to the "I" insert cursor however you cannot enter anything into the box. Mystery!

I have even tried deleting all the textboxes, removed the font in the library, and still cannot enter data into nor see the text boxes.

Embedded Scroller
I have imported a scrollerinto my library and then placed it in my site, but I can't get it to work even though it works by itself.
I think it has something to do with the _root entries.
I've attached the files. Any help on how to get these to work would be appreciated

Embedded Video
I downloaded a flash intro that I wanted to learn from and ran into more than I could handle.

There is an enbedded video in the file that I am not sure how to edit.

I would like to take their text, ie. (place company name here - once upon a time in movie) out and use my text so I can learn how they did these features for my advancement in flash.

I have attached the fla file so you can see what I am talking about.

How would I go about removing their text, placing my text in this movie and still keep the same effects?

Any help is very greatful.

Thank you,

Carey

Java Pop Ups From Not Embedded Swf.
I am quite new to Flash, but I know that you guys know the solution... Please help if you can...So here is my problem:

I have an swf that is not embedded in html… But I need to load pictures and quick time movies in separate java windows over it… I know how to do it if you flash is ebedded in html but I can’t figure out how to make it talk to the browser…

Please help if you can…

Thanks for your tome,
Peter

Embedded PC Objects.
I imported some text from Microsoft word, and saved it in my Flash movie. Now when I try to open the movie it won't allow me to open the .fla file and a warning box comes up saying "this document contains embedded objects that were created with Microsoft Windows version Flash". These objects must be deleted before opening on the mac." I click OK but the document fails to open. How can I open it to delete the offending object??

ps. I have never used a PC version of FLash.

Variables In Embedded .swf S
Can anyone help me with this - PLEASE.

I'm using a master .swf with navigation code to control a number of slave movies. If only!

I've stripped it down into two simple .swfs and I still can't get it to work.

In my master I have an empty movieclip and I want to load a slave .swf into it. This bit works fine with code of the form

holder_mc.loadMovie("slaveMovie.swf");

In my slave movie there is a frame label "blue" and a test variable. I want the master movie to be able to access the variable and move the slave movie to the "blue" frame:

// below currently returns undefined and goto is ignored
trace ("holder_mc.testVariable = "+holder_mc.testVariable);
holder_mc.gotoAndStop("blue");

in the slaveMovie are the actions:

var testVariable:String = "success";
stop();

Please could someone have a look at the files and tell me how I could make them work. The success of my project rather hinges on .swfs being able to talk to each other.

Thanks lots.

ActionScript/Embedded SWF Help
Hi All,
I'm making an interactive clickable map in flash. I'm generating the location points by polling a database. Once the user clicks on any area, I make an ASP page pop up with different information about the location. However, I need to have a flash meter embedded into that page. The variable factor is the degree to which the meter would rotate.

Any idea how I can pass variables from within the ASP page to the embedded SWF ? I saw a tutorial on the macromedia site which does it in Javascript but its with a textarea in flash.

Any help would be deeply appreciated..

Thanks!

Sid

Embedded Fonts
you know when you have a text field and you can embed certain characters so that the font looks smooth?
instead of embedding them every time i make a new field, is there a way to just do it for the whole movie?

Embedded Swf File
hi,

is it possible, to embed a swf file in a other swf file ?

e.g: i have a main swf file, this file would load other swf files, via loadmovie (movieloader, …)
if the main.swf file would have the other swf files embedded (one large file), i have only one loader and progressbar, and i can load one great swf file (it’s very hard, to load several little swf files, and i can’t give the user a load progress)

my problem is, that i am using flash professional 2004. some ui components (i need the richtexteditor from flash ui components set 4) don’t work in flash professional 2004. so i must make an extra fla file, and safe this file as a flash mx file. if i import this flash mx swf file (loadmovie) into my flash professional 2004 swf file it works.

any ideas, to make one big swf file with embedded swf files, or is it not possible?

thanks
david