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Hi,

I have 2 MovieClips on my main time line.

Movie1 which is on layer1 frame1

and

Movie2 which is on layer2 frame2.

In Movie1 there is a button.

When I test the movie I want to be able to click the button (in movie1) and the playhead jump to movie2 (which is on frame2 of the main timeline) and start playing....thats it.

I have tried frame labels....tell target commands,goto root commands, parent_ etc etc and everything else on the forums....but I cannot get this to work and am comtemPlating giving up with flash - Coz if i cant work what i think is a basic function..there is no point carrying on....I AM A VERY AMATUER DESIGNER!

Some-one kindly posted me a fla. movie to to help but it won't open in flash and causes the application to quit straight away....

If you are a flash genius...please hit me up....or send me a fla. that will work on Mac OSX tiger Flash MX,

thanks in advance

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Posted on: 01-16-2008, 01:32 PM

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What I have is a shell that creates text fields on the fly, based on what page they are on and then pulls the data in by referencing the langPref attribute. I can get the textFields to generate without problems.. but when I try removing them from page to page or editing them.. I tend to run into problems, especially when the textFields change from having 1 text field on a page to 2 or 3....

Here is my code, that contains two functions, one I am trying to use to wipe the textfields and another I am trying to use to create. Very buggy and there must be a better approach to doing this.. is creating an array the best way to make these fields on the fly?:

ActionScript Code:
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The Problem:

Been stuck for two weeks. Trying to create 'channels' using the combobox component to launch a different playlist of videos depending on which selection is triggered from the combobox.

How I Have Been Trying to Go About It:

a. Run a "for" loop to populate my combobox component with the channel names from XML. (Done)
b. Code a "change event" for when the user clicks on a channel, the different playlist will load. (Havnt done this yet)
c. Now where I run into trouble: It was suggested here that I try to load a different XML file for each "on change" event to populate my playlist of videos. Each playlist would be on a different XML file. I've had problems with this. Is this the best way, or should all videos be on 1 XML sheet, but just with an extra channels node like the following short sample XML:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<root>
<videos>
<channel id = "Dogs">
   <item name = "Poodle" URL = "videos/poodle.flv" Thumb= "thumbs/poodle.gif"/>
   <item name = "Labrador" URL = "videos/labrador.flv" Thumb= "thumbs/labrador.gif"/>
   </channel>

<channel id = "Cats">
   <item name = "Siamese" URL = "videos/siamese.flv" Thumb= "thumbs/siamese.gif"/>
   <item name = "Kitten" URL = "videos/kitten.flv" Thumb= "thumbs/kitten.gif"/>
   </channel>

</videos>
</root>

My actionscript:

Code:

//////Instances on Stage/////
////myVideo = where the video is displayed//////
////button instances are in buttons section/////
////scroller = an instance of ScrollPane, where the playlist is displayed/////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///Setting Up the Net Connection and a few Variables///
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns = new NetStream(nc);
myVideo.attachVideo(ns);
var videoSnd = new Sound(_root);
var lastVideo;
var isPaused= false;
var currentDuration = -1;
ns.onMetaData = function(eventObject)
{
currentDuration=eventObject.duration;

};
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////XML and Populate ComboBox///////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

var theXML:XML = new XML();
theXML.ignoreWhite = true;
theXML.onLoad = function(){
var pointer = theXML.childNodes[0].childNodes[0];
for (i=0;i<pointer.childNodes.length; i++){
   //goes through XML and populates combobox with channel labels//
   myComboBox.addItem(pointer.childNodes[i].attributes.id);

}

};
theXML.load("playlist.xml");
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///////I need to add a change event above for when the user selects a new item from the combobox, it changes the playlist to the associated channel////////

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////These were my old arrays before I realized my data needs to be externalized for ease of use, and that I wanted to add channels/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
var videos = ["videos/poodle.flv","videos/labrador.flv", "videos/siamese.flv","videos/kittens.flv"];
var videoNames = ["Poodle", "Labrador","Siamese","Kittens"];
var videoThumbs = ["thumbs/poodle.gif","thumbs/labrador.gif","thumbs/siamese.gif", "thumbs/kitten.gif"];
*/

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////This is all just dynamic text to supplement the videos///////////
///////////////////Not Important Right Now///////////////////////////////////
/*
var pl_name = ["Ashley the Poodle","Marley the Lab","Chase the Siamese","Baby the Kitten"];
var pl_age = ["4","3","11","6 months"];
*/

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////Download Progress Bar, etc///////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

_root.onEnterFrame = function()
{
if(currentDuration > -1)
{
   loader.scrub._x=(ns.time/currentDuration)*191.9;
   if(currentDuration - ns.time < .5)
   {
      playNextVideo();
   }
} else{
   loader.scrub._x=0;
}
};

var videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus,100);
var amountLoaded:Number;
var duration:Number;

function videoStatus (){
amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded / ns.bytesTotal;
loader.loadbar._width = amountLoaded * 191.9;

};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////Video Controls Buttons////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
playbtn.onRelease = function ()
{
if(isPaused==true)
{
   isPaused=false;
   playbtn.gotoAndPlay("pause");
}else{
   isPaused=true;
   playbtn.gotoAndPlay("play");
}
ns.pause();
}
mutebtn.onRelease = function ()
{
if (videoSnd.getVolume() == 0)
{
   mutebtn.gotoAndPlay("mute");
   videoSnd.setVolume(100);
} else {
   mutebtn.gotoAndPlay("unmute");
   videoSnd.setVolume(0);
}
}

skipbtn.onPress = function()
{
playNextVideo();
};

prevbtn.onPress=function()
{
playprevVideo()
};
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////Creating the Playlist Dynamically//////////////////////
///Playlist creates a new "button" labels it and positions it properly///
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////videoNames and videoThumbs are my old arrays///////////////////

for (var q = 0; q < videos.length; q=q+1)
{
var newMC = scroller.content.attachMovie("playlistbtn","btn"+q,scroller.content.getNextHighestDepth());
newMC._y = newMC._height * q;
newMC.videoName.text = videoNames[q];
newMC.img.loadMovie(videoThumbs[q]);
newMC.videoID = q;
newMC.onPress = function()
{
   playNewVideo(this.videoID);
}
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////AutoStart Playing the First Video///////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
playNewVideo(0);

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////Functions Defined///////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function playNewVideo(videoToPlay)
{
//clears out last video from the player//
ns.close();
myVideo.clear();
currentDuration = -1;
//plays new video and displays all dynamic text with them//
ns.play(videos[videoToPlay]);
plName.text=pl_name[videoToPlay];
plAge.text=pl_age[videoToPlay];
//updates playlist to show which video is playing//
scroller.content["btn"+videoToPlay].gotoAndPlay("selected");
scroller.content["btn"+lastVideo].gotoAndPlay("unselected");
lastVideo=videoToPlay
isPaused=false;
//shows the correct state of the play/pause movieclip//
playbtn.gotoAndPlay("pause");
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////Next button and Previous Button Functionality///////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///if statement just states that if the last video is playing go to the 1st video, otherwise, play next video///
function playNextVideo()
{
if(lastVideo<videos.length-1)
{
   playNewVideo(lastVideo+1);
} else {
   playNewVideo(0);
}
};

function playprevVideo()
{
if(lastVideo==0)
{
   playNewVideo(videos.length-1)
}else{
playNewVideo(lastVideo-1)
}
}

Flash Help Required
In Macromedia Flash 8, I have imported some symbols from another person's .fla file into a film im making, and since using some of them in it, whenever i play the film, i get this error message:
"This movie uses features that are not supported in Flash Player version 7. View the Output Panel for details."
The output panel also opens, displaying this:
WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 7 player
Symbol=gun_416, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=sword_Falchion 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player
Symbol=gun_M633, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Enhanced stroke is not supported in this player

However, the film then plays as normal.

I think what has happened is that the symbols I imported have a newer feature, that is not accepted by Flash Player 7.
How can I remove these features, or get Flash Player to accept them?

SWF/Flash Help Required
I've been trying to edit a .swf document to change the logo from a website navigation bar but not having any luck. The file can be found at http://steevo.bravehost.com/navbar.swf. I'm trying to swap the current green/yellow logos to this and would like to retain the animation if possible. Is there a simple method of doing this?

Many thanks in advance!

Flash And XML Required
Hi there...

I've been using Flash for a while now but have just started using Flash Combined with XML.

I'm trying to make a poll system in flash which grabs data from a PHP generated xml file.

This is the contents of the xml file at the moment.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <poll>
<pollid id="1" />

<question text="Do you surf or skate or both?" />

<answer value="Surf" answerid="1" />

<answer value="Skate" answerid="2" />

<answer value="Both" answerid="3" />

</poll>

Now I've managed to load all of the data into flash using the following action script:
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true
myXML.onLoad = myOnLoad;
myXML.load("poll.xml");
function myOnLoad(success) {
if(success) {
trace("XML loaded succesfully");
processXML();
} else {
trace("Error - Could not load XML file");
}
}
function processXML() {
// Decalare variables
pollId = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.attributes.id;
pollIdName = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.nodeName;
question = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.attributes .text;
questionId = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nodeName

// Load variable valuables in
trace("Poll ID Node Name: "+pollIdName);
trace("Poll ID: "+pollId);
trace("Question ID Node Name: "+questionId);
trace("Question: "+question);

//Load in Answers and answer ID's
xmlLoop = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nextSiblin g;
while(xmlLoop.nodeName eq "answer") {
trace("Answer No."+xmlLoop.attributes.answerid+" "+ xmlLoop.attributes.value + ". Answer ID = " + xmlLoop.attributes.answerid);
xmlLoop = xmlLoop.nextSibling;
}
}

This produces the following output in flash:-
XML loaded succesfully
Poll ID Node Name: pollid
Poll ID: 1
Question ID Node Name: question
Question: Do you surf or skate or both?
Answer No.1 Surf. Answer ID = 1
Answer No.2 Skate. Answer ID = 2
Answer No.3 Both. Answer ID = 3

What I would like to do is load the answers into their own variable to display them in flash. I could do it if there was only ever going to be 3 questions to each answer but the number of questions could be 3 or more.

Is there a way to create a variable for each answer regardless of how many answers are in each question. I was thinking an array but I'm not sure of how to actually code it properly

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The Jester

Help Required In Flash
Hi myself anand deep singh i want to know any site regarding flash cartoon making and flash animation

plz reply me the concern site

******GENIUS NEEDED*******
ok here it is......

2 sqaures on main timeline (movie clips)

when i drag movie clip1 i want mc2 to be half way between that and the home position.

my thoughts are mc2 needs to get the x & y property of movie clip1 and divide by 2.

correct? - i don't think so

this is now driving me mad

can somebody, anybody pls suggest something!

cheers

Need An Array Genius
I am trying to populate a combobox by:
Getting variables from a string sent from ASP, into an array and then poping them in but i am havin trouble with me array.
(my asp string is CatName=Accom;Bar;Bed)

Category = new LoadVars();
Category.load("search.asp");

outputArray.onLaod = new Array();
l = (length(Category.CatName) + 1);
word="";
delimiter=";";
for(i=1; i < l; i++) {
c = substring(PlayerName,i,1);
if (c == delimiter) {
outputArray[outputArray.length] = word;
word="";
} else {
word=word+c;
}
}
if (length(word) > 0){
outputArray[outputArray.length] = word;
}

for(i=1; i<outputArray.length; i++) {
comboBox1.addItem(outputArray[i], i);
}

stop();

Why i am going terribly wrong???

Genius Needed
IM sure this has been asked b4 but how are the liquid button effects seen at http://www.derbauer.de done? ive tried for long time but just cant get anything looking half as good as those ones. I understand the principle i think (masks gradients shape tweens) but just cant get it looking good. If any1 could help i would appreciate it a huge amount, might be too much to ask but if u could maybe post a quick demo fla? Any1 who can do it gets a shiny new penny

If You Can Solve This One Your A Genius
Heres a real toughy.
I made a Flash "image upload" button with an .html pop up and .php page to give status and a IMG tag of the uploaded image. They work fine, but all I need is the images to come up IN FLASH once they are uploaded throught the HTML form, and after the PHP page that shows the image.

The way I want to do it is with a "load variables" button, that will add the PHP variables and plug them into a "loadmovienum" URL destination. And then the "load movienum" will put the .jpg (recently uploaded into the "uploads" folder) into a targeted movieclip target.

Hard to describe. So I've put the html and php scripts below:

Code:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Movie2</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<form action='upload.php' method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<table cellspacing='10' style='background: #DDD; border: solid #009;
border-width: .3em 0 .5em 0;'>
<tr>
<th colspan='2' style='background: #BBB; color: #000;
text-align: center; padding: .3em;'>File Upload</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style='vertical-align: middle'><b>FILER ></b></td>
<td><input type='file' name='file' /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2' style='text-align: right;'><input type='submit'
value='Submit' /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

PHP Code:

<?php
if ($HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['size'] < 50000)
{
move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],
'uploads/' . $HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['name']);
echo '&status=ok&';
} else
{
echo '&status=error&';
}
print "<img src="uploads/" . $HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['name'] . "">";
?>

So to sum it up I need an " on (release) " that will make the .jpg inside the "uploads/" folder to be loaded in flash automatically.

Thanks in advance!

Genius Needed
hey,

im using the great parallax scroller i found here,
but would like to alter it...

http://www.popmontreal.com/TEST/TEST2/

im trying to limit the scrolling activation to within the border...
so that its not constantly moving around!

i have spent hours..setting up the action to a button on (rollOver) event...
only to realize that the overlaying button cancels out the embedded buttons.

any help is greatly appreciated,

thanks !
anton

[F8] Urgent, I Need A Genius To Do That For Me
This one is a monster for me, 'cause I can't figure out where and how to make any ActionScript code.

The goal is to create a Mouse Chaser game; The whole setup is given.

When the game starts, the creature will be placed at its home on the stage. It will immediately start moving toward the mouse. A target will be[indent]placed randomly on the stage, and the user must click on the target to return to the creature to its home. When this happens, the target will move randomly, and the creature will begin to chase the mouse again.

Each time the target is clicked, the creature will move faster until the user’s mouse is finally reached, at which time the game will end. The number of targets clicked will be kept as score. Choose any number to keep track of the scores. The first time the creature reaches the mouse, you update the value in Highscore with the value in Score. From there on, every time the creature reaches the mouse, you compare the value in Score with the value in Highscore. If the value of Score is greater than Highscore, you update Highscore with the value in Score, else Highscore remains as is.

You need the following objects: the creature, the creature’s home, the mouse pointer, the target, the score display.

All I could figure out it's that code:

stop();
batMove() {
if(bat._x>root._xmouse, bat._y>root._ymouse){
bat._x = bat.x-speed;
}
}
or some try-ons...

Because apparently I need a function to move the bat, to reset the game's scores, to hit the target and to create a random numbers to calculate target's X and Y while respecting the stage width and height, but after 8 weeks trying to learn ActionScript, I still don't know what and how to do it.

Sorry to put that on you, guys! Check out the file under.

Array Genius
I want to loop through an array that has a list of movie clips currently loaded
and remove them but I cant seem to get the damn thing to work. If I select an array item say:

removeMovieClip(menu_list[2]);

works just fine....

my crappy code:

menu_list = ["menu0","menu1","menu2"];
function test() {
for (var i = 0; i<menu_list.length; i++) {
removeMovieClip(menu_list[i]);
}
}

does not work sadly enough

Any insight would be great!

Thanks-again
Matty Boom Batty Blunt Style... BoNg!

A CHaLLENGE FOR A GENIUS>>>>
I have a website
http://www.charlesmarsden-smedley.com/index1.html

that I am building.

In the projects section, if you navigate to Projects > Museum > Tower of London. You will see 'more information' link.
This loads an external Movie clip for the text feild. I would like to make the 'more information' dissappear when it is clicked and the text appears in the target.

Currently the target holds either the image gallery, or the information text. I want the green button 'back to images' in the external MC to controll the main website timeline.

How can I control the main timeline from an extrernal movie clip?

Am i being rediculously long about this operation?
thanks

Harky

Edited: 05/08/2007 at 08:51:46 AM by feedmeapples

I Need Genius, Do You Have It? WPAH
hello reader, i will be requiring your genius today, as i cannot be stuffed trying to figure it out.

what i need to accomplish is a script that checks if a picture is larger than the Stage.width and height and scales it down to a resonable size ( preferably a certain percentage of both the width and height), keeping the same proportions, i will be animating the resize so you dont need to worry about that.

ive tried a few things, they were unsuccessful....poo.

i would also like to know why a function would not execute from a onLoadComplete event.

peace

Here's A Doozy For Some Genius Out There
k ... here's the deal

i have a combobox in my movie .. actually two .. but the point remains the same.

i have data in them and i have set the click handler to "selected" but i don't know where to go from there.

its been suggested to me that i use an array to define what i want each selection to do ( but i don't know how to do that) it's also been suggested that i use a long string of if-then statements. i understand how to write an if-then statement in flash so i think i can do this one ... i just don't understand how to refer to the objects in the combobox.

any help on this would be greatly appreciated
thanks in advance

Flash Group Required
Need some flash experts with php know how.

Need a site worked on (from scratch)

Help Required With Flash For Pdf File
I wish to place my flash 6 swf into a pdf using Adobe Indesign.
The problem I have is that the a.s. used in the file only works when saved as a v6 file but the pdf requires me to use a v5 swf.

The a.s. is:
onEnterFrame = function () { FLUID._y = (_root._ymouse/1)+0;};

It basically makes an instance of a blue box (fluid) follow the cursor in a vertical manner as the user moves the cursor. See fla attached.

Could anyone either change my a.s. in the file attached so that it still works in a v5 file. I have attached an fla file.

Thankyou

Flash Form Help Required.....
Hi,

I have followed a tutorial type thing in the Flash MX 2004 Bible to create a form. I would obviously have to customize some settings for my Server, but I am having problems with an error that I can't spot.

Once this is fixed I can then look at where I add my own server settings etc.

Would someone be able to take a look and see where I've gone wrong ?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Flash Developer Required
Hi Group

I am the commercial Director of an internet services business. We are looking to offer a functionality in our system which our IT team have chosen Flash to deliver.

The challenge we have is that our IT team have no experience in developing in Flash and the progress is not as fast as we would like.

Therefore, I am considering outsourcing the development but have no idea how to go about finding a Flash developer.

Hence my post on this board as you lot must all be (or know) the experts.

We are based in the UK but I don't see how this effects any deal we could do to have some flash development done for us.

If anyone can hep or point me in the right direction please email me on mikepalmeruk@gmail.com

Many thanks

Mike

Flash Clarifications Required
1). How can we increase/decrease font size in swf using script. and embeding fonts.
2). while loading swf file with loaders. here iam using loadMoiveNum() for calling the next swf file. while doing like this where ever u open the site the swf will be in temproray folder. i need that the swf file will not go to temproray folder how to do this..
3). in mx how can we attach the MP3 file with out importing in source fla. nor even a swf file directly mp3 file will be call.
4). i watch lots of flash templates there i observed if we select one menu option the previous diplayed content will be gone and second will come how it was done. did u understand this check the flash templates any one. ex:if we select home button and later selecting the contact button the home will be moved and contact was apperead.like selecting them ramdomly which one was appearing that will be movied and the selected one will be appeared.

Flash 8 PDF Documentation Required
Hi ,

I've just now started to learn flash and I'm a novice user in Flash . I'm planning to develop a Computer Based Training (CBT) material in Flash , so need the Flash Documentation provided by Macromedia. I tried the Link provided by Adobe , but unfortunately the link was broken and I was not able to downlad the documentation.
So , If anyone have the Documentation or Any other Study materials for Flash 8 would be very useful. Kindly send me the web-link for that.

Thanks in Advance,
Lokesh R

Help Required Regarding Adobe Flash 10
I've recently reformatted my PC and as a result I have to redownload all plug-in's etc for my internet browsers. I'm currently running:

Operating system: Windows XP Home (Service Pack 3)
Internet browsers: IE 7 / Firefox 3.0.3

I downloaded Adobe Flash Player 9 for IE 7 last week, and all was fine until yesterday when any online video media just kept hanging (Ie, YouTube videos or BBC iPlayer etc)

I've just tried downloading Adobe Flash Player 10 via IE 7, but when I deselect the Google Toolbar option (Optional) and click "Accept & Install", it just rediverts me back to the same page in loops. When trying with Firefox 3.0.3, I get the same page minus the Google Toolbar option, and a file does download - Although, when I try and install the Flash player I just get an error message telling me that the file is corrupt:

See Error Message Here

Edited: 10/15/2008 at 01:47:07 PM by Gemini-Phoenix