Flash :: Flv Skin Only Shows When Previewing Html Locally

SKIN Shows UP On Server But NO Video
Sorry for being so green.

Running IIS Microsoft Server
1. Installed FMS 2.0.4
2. Installed Player 8 and 9
3. Using FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf and FLVPlayer in the www.in.com/flvideo directory - Loaded those in the root as well.
4. I have a flvideo directory that contains the FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf and flvplayer.swf files but I don't know how that directory got there?
5. I removed FMS 2.0 and reinstalled it
6. I removed FLASH Player 8 and 9 - But I think that shouldn't matter

Uploaded .flv and .swf files to server. A friend tested out my files and they play on other servers.

But html won't show up on browser. The Skin shows up but no video.
1. All files are in the root directory - .html, AC_RunActiveContent.js (Copy of it is in Scripts), flv and swf
2. Here are the files - http://www.in.com/rmvw.html

I tried the .swf in Version 8 and CS3 and neither works.

Would like some help and will give acces to ftp and let you run mstsc /console to get into the server

It is a personal server that a friend set up but there are somethings that I probably did wrong.
Is there something else I need to install other than FMS? I am not even using FMS, just the .swf??

Edited: 06/14/2007 at 06:49:48 AM by indotcom

Skin File Not Visible Locally Or On Server
I'm trying to create my first Flash Video. I've successfully created the FLV file from my source video. From there it gets hairy.

I'm using Flash Pro 8 and doing the following:

Open New flash document
Import Video
Choose Progressive Download from a Web Server
Select Skin "SteelExternalPlaySeekMute.swf"
Finish

Video shows up in FLA document with correct Skin.

Parameters are:
AutoPlay - true
AutoRewind - true
autoSize - false
bufferTime 0.1
Content Path TheDog.flv
cuePoints None
isLive false
MaintainAspectRatio true
skin SteelExternalPlaySeekMute.swf
SkinAutoHide false
totaltime 0
volume 100

Next I click File Publish

It publishes the file "video_publish.swf" and "video_publish.html" into the same folder as the "TheDog.flv" file and the "SteelExternalPlaySeekMute.swf" file. I upload all four files to the server and the video plays fine, but there are no playback controls, the skin if you will. What am I missing.

The URL of the video is at: http://trekkin.com/FLVTest/Video_Publish.html

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

John

Edited: 05/21/2007 at 01:30:00 PM by jhurlbut

Still Image Shows In Video Skin Until Clicked
I am new to Flash and am eager to learn more. I've watched a couple of dozen video tutorials and have searched this site using all of the keywords that I can think of, hoping to find a prior post and avoid asking this question.

I am the Media Pastor of a church that will soon put encoded Flash video clips and sermons online. A site that I once saw (and can't find again) had a still photo of the pastor (any image could apply: a graphic with a title, for example). Once the image was clicked on, the still graphic disappeared and the Flash video began to play. I would like to write Action Script code to accomplish this.

At this point I don't know AS, but I'm game to modify the code in a standard player (such as from a Lee Brimelow tutorial where he built a player) or a skin. Can someone point me to any code or a tutorial that would guide me here? Assume, please, that the still image I use will be properly uploaded in the same folder as the video and will be named "titlegraphic.bmp".

Be patient with me. I will get better at this soon.

Greg Golden
Mobile, Alabama

Dynamic Text Shows Locally But Not On Site?
I have a dynamic text box on the _root level of my movie that loads an external text file. When I test it in Flash (MX2004) locally the text shows up just fine. But when I upload it to the site it doesn't show at all. I'm exporting as Flash 6. I just want to display as html text and not embed font (if possible). Also, there are no masks on the _root level.

Here is the code to load the text:

loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("/text/about.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function() {
textBox.html = true;
textBox.htmlText = this.infoText;
};

Any ideas are welcomed and appreciated.

edit: Yes, I made sure the text file is uploaded to the /text directory!!

My Quicktime Page Works Locally, But Shows A Broken Link When I Post It Online.?
I don't understand why, but when I launch the html page from my desktop, the quicktime, PANO file seems to work.

When I post them up on the web, it shows a broken link.

The embed code is...

//<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="255"
CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" BORDER="4"><PARAM NAME="SRC" VALUE="Studio.pano">
<PARAM NAME="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="TRUE"> <PARAM NAME="CONTROLLER" VALUE="TRUE">
<EMBED SRC="Studio.pano" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="255" CONTROLLER="TRUE"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"> </OBJECT>

What is going on?

Thanks.

Skin Shows When Publish Settings Set To "access Local Files Only" But Not Otherwise
first of all, completely new to flash so sorry if this is a no-brainer.

my flash is simple: www.gaming11.com. it plays a video and then buttons appear at the end, one of which leads to the registration page of my website. when i publish the .fla with "publish settings->local playback security" set to "access local files only", the skin shows up just fine (ie. when i play load the Flash generated sliver of html that contains the .swf). however, when i click on the button at the end, i get a dialog that says the .swf is trying to access the internet and that i have to change my settings first and restart.)

now if I publish the same .fla but with "publish settings->local playback security" set to "access network only", then the button at the end works fine but my skin doesn't show up. now i'm sure that the skin's .swf is in the same folder as the actual .swf itself.

any help would be much appreciated. thanks!

HTML Textfield Shows My Html Tags?
My html properties of my textfield are set on true and STILL he shows all my html tags? (property is set with actionscript AND in properties panel)

The XML with the html content looks like this:
====================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<texts>
<text><![CDATA[ <p>Vai kaut reizi esi</p>]]></text>
</texts>
====================================
Code:
var xmlTexts:XML = new XML();
xmlTexts.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlTexts.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
var varText = this.firstChild.firstChild;
mvcText1.txt.html = true;
mvcText1.txt.htmlText = new String(varText);
//mvcText1.txt.htmlText = "<p> this is text </p><p> this is text </p><p> this is text </p>";;
trace("HTML set on "+mvcText1.txt.html);
}
};
xmlTexts.load("texts.xml");

Edit The Html-doc That Shows My Swf
First off, I know this is not a html forum but our swf's are played in them so..

This morning i've read someones reply on how to get rid of the margin in the html document.
This i love !!! Now here it is...

I have made my website in 800 x 440 pix to get a nice view in the general explorers setting.. (matter of taste perhaps).
This in 100 percent / show all mode makes the site appear and almost completely use the window in a kind of widescreen look (especially with the margins set).

Now the only thing left is the place where the scrollbar usually is in the explorerwindow.
It is now usable but the space is still occupied by the damned shape of the thing.

Can someone make this go away too ?

IN SHORT... If i use show all it makes it so that there is no scrollbar... but the space where that bar normally is is still not available... how can i make that space REAL space ???

Thnx in advance !

HELP: My .swf File Shows Up Blank On My .html
I'm trying to place a flash .swf on my .html web page but it shows up blank and doesn't load, whereas when I switch the movie for any other movie I made beside the two in question, they show up just fine, perfect, even. Can someone please explain this reaction.. MAYBE MY MOVIES AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR DREAMWEAVER!@#
maybe not.

Alpha Set To 0 Yet Still Shows In HTML File
Hi! I'm stumped and was hoping somone could help. I'm creating a Flash movie and have set the alpha of a few images to 0 yet they still show when I export them to a swf file and try to view them in HTML file. I have done this several times before and have never had this problem!

Please help me from pulling out my hair!!!

Published HTML Works Locally, But Not From The Webserver
Hi there all,
Can anyone suggest why my site might work on my local machine but when I upload it to my serverspace and then go to it with IE I just get a white (blank screen) The file is there ok, and IE is getting the code because you can see it with view source, and I also get the 'click to activate this control' or whatever standard Flash message when I hover over it, but no content??
Something to do with Macromedia settings manager maybe? I have looked but can't figure out the answer...any hints would be greatly appreciated..

Kody

IE5/Mac Shows HTML Tags For 'device Fonts'
Are some fonts always aliased? (I thought that was why some fonts were designed to begin with.)

I just discovered that text assigned the 'Use Device Fonts' property displays as 'marked-up' text in IE5/Mac.
For example:
< ALIGN = "CENTER" > Title < / ALIGN >
instead of just Title

I have used Verdana primarily with the 'device font' property - which makes for a sharp character at 10-12px. Anti-aliased, however, it appears blurred (nothing new here, have heard it before, but...)

Have read a couple of FK threads, and looked at the Macromedia article Using fonts in Flash 5 and later, but still wonder: Are some fonts always aliased by default, regardless of the properties assigned as Text Options (static vs. dynamic vs. input)?

Html Formattig With CDATA When NodeValue Shows XML?
Hi all!

I've been looking around the forums and this question seems to have been asked 100 times before. I think I have a slight twist on it though...

I am loading an xml document into Flash (exporting for player v6, AS1) and want HTML formatting in my dynamic HTML text fields. I've got CDATA there and using eg childNodes[i].chldNodes the text renders the tags and everything. If i use childNodes[i].nodeValue, the text field remains empty.

When I trace the nodeValue is comes out as 'null' and the nodeType is shown to be type 1 - element_node.

So the (for me) 1 000 000 000 kronor question is: am i missing something that defines a text node?

Here's an extract from the XML:

Code:
<page>
<name>Arbetsskada</name>
<avtalText>Som arbetsgivare är du skyldig att göra en anmälan till försäkringskassan.</avtalText>
<header>På blanketterna till försäkringskassan och till AFA ska du som arbetsgivare endast intyga anställningsförhållandena, inte bedöma om det föreligger

arbetsskada, eller ej. Utredningen och ställningstagandet görs av försäkringskassan och AFA men underlättas av din redogörelse. </header>
<pic>arbetsskada.jpg</pic>
<contents>
<subHead>
<name>Den skadade anmäler</name>
<cont><![CDATA[Den skadade ska anmäla arbetsskadan till:
<li>Arbetsgivaren</li>
<li>AFA - på blankett aLink2</li>]]></cont>
<pic>skadAnmal.jpg</pic>
</subHead>
<subHead>
<name>Arbetsgivaren anmäler</name>
<cont>Som arbetsgivare ska du:
- Anmäla arbetsskadan till försäkringskassan. Försäkringskassan tillhandahåller blankett, du hittar den också här: aLink1.
- Du ska också komplettera blanketten aLink2, som den anställde fyllt i, med hans/hennes anställningsuppgifter och sedan underteckna den. Den ska sedan skickas till

AFA. </cont>
<pic>arbGiv2Sub.jpg</pic>
</subHead>
</contents>
</page>
All wise words greatly appreciated!

samiam

ComboBox Over HTML Text Shows Link
I have a ComboBox that opens over an HTML text field. The HTML text field contains html text as links i.e. "<a href=""> etc which change colour on rollOver. Rolling over a link in the open ComboBox also triggers the rollOver on the underlying html text!

It's as if the ComboBox is transparent, but I can't get it's background to be solid so as not to trigger the rollovers underneath. BTW the html links do not respond in any way other than to the rollOver. They do not link anywhere if a mouse click happens in the ComboBox. If the box is closed however, they do link as designed, to other pages.

SendAndLoad Problem Running Locally But Through Html Page
Hi

I have a flash application that uses sendAndLoad to load in some data from xml. This works fine when i run them locally through the Flash Player, however still running locally but inside a html page it doesnt work at all.

For some reason the xml onLoad returned result is just blank.

Anyone any idea why running it locally inside a html file would stop it working? I dont see how it could be a crossdomain thing, as i am running it locally so it isnt on a domain.

Any help?

Thanks

SendAndLoad Problem Running Locally But Through Html Page
Hi

I have a flash application that uses sendAndLoad to load in some data from xml. This works fine when i run them locally through the Flash Player, however still running locally but inside a html page it doesnt work at all.
For some reason the xml onLoad returned result is just blank.

Anyone any idea why running it locally inside a html file would stop it working? I dont see how it could be a crossdomain thing, as i am running it locally so it isnt on a domain.

Any help?

Thanks

HtmlText Issue-shows Html Tags On Render
Im experiencing problems with the following similar problem.

the textfield (adviceText) renders my html string with the html tags, so it isnt picking them up!
this is the code that doesnt work...
--------------------------------------
adviceText.html=true;
adviceText.autoSize = rue;
adviceText.htmlText =_parent["player"+pressed].theAdvice;
--------------------------------------

now the variable is correct and is a string i cant see a problem with. it comes from a hard coded (for now) xml file within a CDATA tag to allow the html tags to be ignored during the xml parse.

if i set the string in the flash document the text field will render correctly i.e.
---------------------------------------
adviceText.htmlText ="test<br>test";
---------------------------------------

im desperate for ideas, the above line of code if substitued works correctly so im assuming that means the text field is set up correct.

thanks

Linking A Flash To A Locally Saved File Or Html Document
hey there guys im doing my final major poject for college in media and were making a set of films and making a flash interface to go with them i was just wondering how can i make links in flash that either link to a an localy saved Html document or a localy saved .mov? i know how to link them to a website but not a locally saved file?

i would much appricate the help has this is the most important of my projects.

so thanks in advance

Matthew

I Have Uploaded A Html File With A Swf File, And Its Shows A Blank Page
hi guys
http://www.virtualmorley.co.uk/bridge

what am i doing wrong, click on the above address to see what i mean, it shows only a blank page, and doenst work

with thanks carl

Loading Bar That Shows Loading Time Of HTML Page Not The Movie
Hi,

I have a flash intro that I'm using for my site, but I would like to (if possible), have an intro HTML page that uses JS to pre-load the images on the site and show my loading FLASH movie while the page pre-loads.

I would like the flash movie's loading bar to reflect the images that are pre-loaded on the HTML page.

Question-1: Is that possible to do?

Question-2: Where do I start? I don't even have a loading bar. All I want is just a simple rectangle that has a bar inside that moves from left to right indicating that the page is almost finished loaded. Then when the page has pre-loaded the images I need it to re-direct to the main page.

Can someone help me accomplish this, or tell me where to find out how to do this.

Thanks!

NATE

design@spyderix-designz.com
http://www.spyderix-designz.com

Previewing On Mac
Im, soo confused, i have never done as before and i am sooo confused, i cant get the tutorial to work. And i did everthing it says but i am confused about how to preview it on a mac. any one know!
This is the tutorial

Previewing In MX
ok when i do a test movie/show streaming, everything works but

what i need to know is, how fast is cable when translated into bytes so that i can input that info inthere. that way i can test this movie file i have there on a simulated cable connection, not 56k

n e help is appreciated. thank you

Actionscript Not Previewing
So I'm using Flash MX for OS X and I'm trying some tutorials, and when I try to play movie or test movie, the actionscript doesn't work, but when I actually export the .swf, it plays fine. What gives?

Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions?

Error When Previewing
Every time i preview my preloader and intro in Flash MX, It opens up a new internet explorer page, the computer freezes, then i get an error saying:

A script in the movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 6 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?

I have never seen anything like that before. do you have any ideas what might be causing it?
any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
BUFFALO

Previewing In Firefox
Anyone else having troubles doing this? I have it as my default browser. When I hit the ctrl-F12 firefox opens the html but the flash never loads. The address reads:
file:///E:%5CClients%5CFree%20Range%5CDuck%20Hunt%5Css-models.html

Funny thing is if I drag and drop the html file into the browser window it works just fine. The address line for the same file dropped in reads:
file:///E:/Clients/Free%20Range/Duck%20Hunt/ss-models.html

How do I get Flash to write the address in a way Firefox likes?

Previewing Scenes
Can anybody tell me how to only preview the scene i'm working with, and not the others when working with multiable scenes.

//dasphatman

Previewing Problems
I'm not sure what happened. It worked awhile ago but now it doesn't. When I try to preview my scene, the loading bar goes half way to preview it and closes, then the whole program closes down. What should I do?

Previewing .swf In IEv6
Hello,
I am previewing the Flash MX 2004 published html with an imbeded .swf in IEv6. The problem is that ever time I preview the file, IE displays a warning "To help protect your security, Internet Exlorer has restricted this file from showing active conent that could access your computer. Click here for options...". I then click for options and choose "Allow Blocked Content," followed by clicking "Yes" on the warning dialogue box.

This is extremly annoying since I preview my Flash projects frequently. Is there a way to allow Flash to launch the html file without the warning? I have not been able to locate any option that would allow me to do this.

Thanks,
Mperla

Previewing .FLA File
Hi,
I suddenly have problems previewing my .FLA files (by using the control panel 'play' button or pressing 'enter' on the keyboard). Only 2 or 3 keyframes are played and then the preview stops. I have tried deleting the preferences file, repairing permissions and reinstalling Flash, but the problem persists. Any ideas ?
Many thanks for any help/advice.
Garry

Previewing In Flash MX - How?
OK, I am new to Flash and I really like the tutorials. I started with Video Basics Part I and everything is clear to me except previewing the movie.

I got three questions:
1) how do I preview what I made?
2) I did use the option 'test movie' which is in the control menu but then I hear the audio but no video. The video itself shows OK in a FLV player.
3) Why aren't the 'play', 'rewind' and 'Go to end' options available in the Control menu?

Error When Previewing Movie
Every time i preview my preloader and intro in Flash MX, It opens up a new internet explorer page, the computer freezes, then i get an error saying:

A script in the movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 6 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?

I have never seen anything like that before. do you have any ideas what might be causing it?
any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
BUFFALO

Error Messages When Previewing....
Hello, I was having a problem when I was previewing a movie in flash. I created an shape in Illustrator then saved it as a PNG-24 file and then imported it into Flash. I added a motion tween to it and basically had the shape rotate, but for some funny reason its telling me that the preview can only be done in Flash 5, why is that? I'm using MX. Thanks.

Symbol=FLabel, Layer=Class Methods, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 0

Symbol=FLabel, Layer=Class Methods, Frame=1: Line 62: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 5 player
Symbol=FLabel, Layer=Label Asset, Frame=1: Flash MX Text Field Instance Name
Symbol=FUIComponent, Layer=Actions: Class, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 0

Symbol=FUIComponent, Layer=Actions: Class, Frame=1: Line 349: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol= ScrollBar, Layer=Actions : Class, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 1

Symbol= ScrollBar, Layer=Actions : Class, Frame=1: Line 369: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol= ComboBox, Layer=Actions : Class, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 3

Symbol= ComboBox, Layer=Actions : Class, Frame=1: Line 478: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol=FScrollSelectList, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 2

Symbol=FScrollSelectList, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 184: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol= FSelectableList, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 1

Symbol= FSelectableList, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 354: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol=DataProvider, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 0

Symbol=DataProvider, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 109: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol=FSelectableItem, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 2

Symbol=FSelectableItem, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 185: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol=FComboBoxItem, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 3

Symbol=FComboBoxItem, Layer=Methods, Frame=1: Line 24: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Previewing/navigation Probs
Hi

I'm having some general preview problems. I can't work out if it's a bug or my programming....

In my main movie I have an empty movie clip into which an external swf loads. I have added a preloader comand to the external swf (see code below) and that works well when I test it separately, using the 'show streaming' option. When I test the overall site, however, the streaming of the external swf does not work and the external swf seems to stop at the end of the preloader, before it gets to any content. any ideas?

preloader code on external swf:

1st frame:
percent = Math.floor(getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal()*100);
myOutput.text = percent + "% is loaded";

2nd frame
if (percent == 100){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}else{
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

link to swf file code:

_root.mtclip.loadMovie("school9.swf")

As a further problem, I seem to have an extra 21KB of invisible content on frame one of all my movies which I can't get rid of no matter how much I delete. Is this a bug? I'm aware that there is a bug with overall filesize flas with MX but this seems to affect frame 1 of every movie I do and as it comes up in the banfdwidth profiler I'm nervous that it'll end up on the final site....

thanks in advance for your help guys!!

Previewing At Different Modem Speeds
Hey all,
A Flash Newbie here, trying to work out if it's possible to preview your movie at different modem speeds.
I've got a broadband connection so it flys through on a flash preview with show streaming clicked.
Just wondering how long it will take on say a 56k modem.
If anyones got the time to help me out, I would be stoked.
Cheers,
Hobbonz

Previewing Sound On The Stage
I'm using Flash 5.

On some .fla files that I have downloaded I can move the playhead and hear the sounds play on each frame it moves over.

However, when I do this on .fla files I create I don't here any sounds. I am trying to lip sync some animation and it would be alot easier to do this if I could preview on the stage instead of having to Test Movie.

Speed Scroll + Previewing
I am controlling a scrolling movie with the script below, but have no idea how to stop it from going off the stage completely and to control the speed so that it scrolls faster the closer your mouse goes to the edge of the movie?

onEnterFrame = function(){
if(_root._xmouse < 50){
scroll_the_group(1);
}else if (_root._xmouse > 500){
scroll_the_group(-1);
}
}
function scroll_the_group(aDir){
scroll_group._x = scroll_group._x + 10 * aDir;
}

One more thing thats probably simple; Im in flash mx, pc, how can I stop my movie scaling up every time I preview it (ie when I ctrl+enter)It is the right size if I publish it according to the settings ive chosen- is there a way of making these the default?

thanks in advance

Previewing Site In Browser
Hi, I've just switched from being a PC user to an Apple lover.

However, I have a small problem in that when I try to preview my swfs in the browser from within Flash (File -> Publish Preview -> HTML) it opens Dreamweaver instead.

Does anyone know how to set it so that my files open in Safari or IE as default please?

Thanks

pinK

Swfs Not Previewing As Intended
I have created some swfs for someone to be included in their site. When I preview them and also when i have placed them in an html page and posted them for their review, they preview correctly. When the developer inserted them into their site -- I believe they are using some kind of administrative area to upload the different swfs into the site -- some of them seemed to be scaled so that elements that are off the stage and should not be seen, are now visible. I believe that this is an error on their end, and they have scaled these swfs, but is there anything i can do to control that on my end? I just want to have an answer if they come back to me with questions. Also, in some cases, some of the swfs also now have transparent backgrounds, which they should not have, but this is not as big of an issue. I did read a little about why this may be happening, but also is there anything i can do to control that, rather than them having control over this.. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

thanks!