Flash :: Masks Don't Work When Published

Published SWF Does Not Work Properly
Hello,

I'm trying to stream video through a website using a ready-made FLA file that was provided to me as the SWF video player frame. This FLA file is basically a video player, and in the html code of the website it has parameters that call a different swf file which is the actual video that will be played inside of the original swf player.

Player.swf (the flash movie player frame) loads strategy.swf (the actual flash movie).

Here is the code for example:

Code:
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="Player.swf?videoFile=strategy.swf&Name=First Title&Title=Software Developer"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF>
<EMBED src="Player.swf?videoFile=strategy.swf&Name=First Title&Title=Software Developer" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="175" NAME="Player" ALIGN=""
TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>

My problem is the original swf of player.swf works just fine, however when I modify player's FLA file (like the color of the player) and republish it, the video player starts acting very strangely. For instance, the original swf that I was provided with plays videos just fine in internet explorer however when I make a change, and republish the FLA when I try and play the video in IE it takes several clicks on the play button for the video to begin playing.

This makes me think that either the original FLA file was created with a different version of flash, or the publish settings aren't correct. I'm using Flash MX 2004 and I'm publishing for Version Flash Player 7.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Brian

Flv Will Not Work When Published, Does Locally
i tried everything but my flv will not show when published. banner not showing video. player 8 2.0
http://www.onefam.org here is where its located
http://www.onefam.org/vidbanGold.flv

LoadVars Don't Seem To Work When Published
Hi all.

I really hope you can help me with this problem, because I can't figure out why it won't work.

I use LoadVars to receive data from Mysql via php. It works perfectly when I try it on my computer, but when I upload, nothing really happends.

Do you have any ideas why that is?

Why Doesn't #include Work When Published As Swf?
New here, searched for this subject all-over, but havn't found anything.. Maybe some one here knows.

I'm building an interface for an educational program (dont ask..)
Tha problem is this, I'm including a huge set of variables from a text file, wich is no problem. (works just fine when i test the movie with "test scene") Now when i publish it as an Swf file, it refuses to include this text file. But is i publish it as an .exe, it all works just fine.

How can this be, and how do i get it to work for the SWF aswell?
Thanx anhowZ

Player Wont Work When Published As 7
please feel free to check out the file ive uploaded.
its a basic video player but it seems like have depercated script because when i try to publish as flash 7 the time line scrubber will not work.
i was hoping i coould get some help wiht this here cause tat this point im lost and im not sure what sintax needs replacing.

thanks in advance for any help!

My Swf File Didn't Work When Published
I have problem on my flash!! When i publish it to ie and run it let say: http://localhost/myFlash.html... all the functions inside didn't run!! what could be the problem?

Need your help..

RequestURL(*.txt) Doesn't Work When Published On The Net
Hi!

I'm new here and to AS3. I have built a page in Flash and it works perfectly when I view it locally. But when I put it up on the server I use it doesn't work as good.
I use dynamic text, to make it simple to update the page. I use this code:

Code:
var htmlText:String="valkommen.txt";
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var requestURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(htmlText);
loader.load(requestURL);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,completeHandler);

function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
var htmlText:String = loader.data;
this.pageText_txt.htmlText = htmlText;
}

b1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,b1Listener);
b2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,b2Listener);
b3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,b3Listener);
b4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,b4Listener);
b5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,b5Listener);
b6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,b6Listener);

function b1Listener(event:MouseEvent):void {
loadFile("content_sektionen.txt");
}

function b2Listener(event:MouseEvent):void {
loadFile("content_styret.txt");
}
.
.
.
function loadFile(htmlText:String):void{
requestURL.url = htmlText;
loader.load(requestURL);
}
I hope this code will help you help me.

Here is a link to the published site.

The text is in Swedish so you will probably not understand anything of the site....the text should shift when the textlinks are clicked. (named sektionen, styret, föreningar...)

Hope this isn't a repost (I couldn't find anything like it) and also hope you can help me out.

Thx in advance

Published ComboBox Doesn't Work
Hello,

I'm confuse. I'm using a ComboBox component populated dinamicaly from a XML data. When I test it in Flash (Ctrl+Enter) it work's well, but when I publish it, it doesn't work!.

I tried:
- To test the loaded XML and it's ok. The data is charged without problem;
- To test the component's dataProvider with a "trace" to check the number of itens and the result is right;

I'm using this in a loop:
faceList.addItem( { label: face.name, data: face } );

Edited: 07/15/2008 at 01:03:30 PM by andergmartins

Published Hyperlinks Wont Work?
my hyperlinks work fine in fla but when I export them to a flash movie they dont work. Is there somethin I'm forgetting?

Why Don't Alpha Tweens Work When Published Or Tested?
I have figured out how to use the alpha tween feature and it work great when I preview the animation in the design window. The text (that I converted to a graphic symbol) fades in and out just like it is supposed to.

However, the alpha tweens DO NOT work when the scene is tested or the animation is published. I have read everything I can get my hands on including most of the posts in this list pertaining to alpha tweens all to no avail. Any ideas? (I have played with the alpha percentages, changed fonts, recreated the symbols all to no avail.) Keep in mind, everything looks great when I press enter in the design window and watch the animation.

Jmcclary@mcsinfotech.com

Fade In/out Wont Work When Movie Is Published
I have setup a fade in/out effect where the first keyframe is the symbol with alpha 0% and the last keyframe is where the symbol alpha is 100%. I have setup a motion tween between the 2 keyframes to produce the effect - it's opposite with the fade out.
The problem is, when i publish the movie, the fade in/out do not work and it really does mess up my movie.
Can anyone provide solutions for this?

Constraining Published Movie To Work Area
Hello all,

I have just finished a website that contains images that extend beyond the stage area set for my site. It was my intention for the published movie to crop these images off at the publishing stage, so only the part of the image in my stage area is visible. In reality, the published movie shows everything in the work area beyond the stage. It seems like I've tried everything I know to fix this.

Is there something I can do to remedy this? I would like the swf to be aligned top and center in the window.

Thanks,
Mike

[F8] Dynamic Text Doesn't Work When Published To Web
I'm working on a piece advertising a program my employer runs every summer. There's a block of text at the end that I need a non-flash programmer to be able to edit. I accomplished this (I thought) by loading a variable from a text file on our server where the flash piece is being published.

First I tried:

loadVariables("http://acui.org/acui/studev/ILEAD_EndText.txt","_root");

It worked fine while I was testing it. Worked fine when I published it and ran it locally. Published it to the website... no longer worked.

So I tried to use a relative rather than absolute path:

loadVariables("ILEAD_EndText.txt","_root");

Once again it worked fine when testing, published locally, and again did not work when I published it to the website.

What am I doing wrong?

LoadVariables, Works In DE, Doesnt Work When Published
Hi guys,

I need some help with a Flash App I've made, it uses loadVariables to load in values from an ASP.net page, it works fine in the development environment, but when I publish the App as a swf file it doesnt work.

My code is this

loadString = "

[F9] Does AddChild Work With Masks?
Perhaps I'm missing something about masking or the display list, but here's my problem:

I have a clip with an animation, a mask and a static image I load under the mask. If I place the image there myself, everything looks fine. I am trying to use add/remove child to dynamically change which image is displayed under the mask.

So in the layered that is masked, I have a blank MC named "container", into which I am trying to load an image. Just using one for test purposes like so:

bulb.container.addChild(new iconShot());

If I make the mask layer invisible, then everything shows up. If I use the mask layer, then the clip underneath it never shows up. Any ideas why?

Does AddChild Work With Masks?
Perhaps I'm missing something about masking or the display list, but here's my problem:

I have a clip with an animation, a mask and a static image I load under the mask. If I place the image there myself, everything looks fine. I am trying to use add/remove child to dynamically change which image is displayed under the mask.

So in the layered that is masked, I have a blank MC named "container", into which I am trying to load an image. Just using one for test purposes like so:

bulb.container.addChild(new iconShot());

If I make the mask layer invisible, then everything shows up. If I use the mask layer, then the clip underneath it never shows up. Any ideas why?

Noob Trying To Work With Masks
Hi all. I'm relatively new to working with CS3, and at this point I'm trying to replicate other tutorials out there so that I can get a basic understanding of CS3. The piece I'm working on now is using masking on a text layer to show a "highlight" effect.

I've run through the tutorial many times verifying I have the same settings and "design" as the person presenting, and while the mask does work when I'm in CS3, if I test the movie, the only thing I see is the mask layer moving on top of the text, and not the way it plays CS3.

Has anyone experienced what I'm trying to describe, and what stupid thing am I doing that is causing this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Matt

Why Wont My Masks Work?
Today I was working on some masks, I put up a box with a gradient in it and on the layer above I put some text and then right clicked it and and clicked mask. Anyway in the workspace the mask worked but when I previewed the movie it only shows the box. What is this?
Thanks
Fidelity

Script (F5) Doesn't Work When Published In Flash Player 6, Why?
Helle there.

I tried to post this subject on the Flash MX help forum but no one could help me, so I really hope any of you might have some ideas to what could be the solution. I found a script, that doesn't work when published in flash player 6 and I'm wondering why that is???

Here's the script (shaved down to the essentials):

accel = .8;
convert = .2;
Movieclip.prototype.sticky_load = function(menunumber) {
_parent.released = 0;
iterations = 5;
xstart = _x;
drag = 0;
ystart = _y;
targetx = xstart;
targety = ystart;
r = 5;
x = (2*Math.PI)*(number/iterations);
t = Math.tan(x);
_parent.drag = 0;
};

It workes perfectly when published in Flash Player 5.

Regards

Michael
[Edited by fahlsten on 04-08-2002 at 05:02 AM]

Movie Works For Test, Doesn't Work When Published...
hi,

when i test my movie in flash it works perfectly, it even connects to a webpage from within the test page... but when i publish it and click the link from the web browser, it says the file is not foundon the server, but i uploaded it at the same time as my other file... any suggestions??

[FMX2004] Why Does This Script Not Work When Published As Flash Player V7 ?
Hi there,

I was hoping someone could help me. I was given this piece of script by a friend. It's placed on a movie clip instance and makes it bounce away from the mouse pointer in random directions and distances. It's a great piece and works fine when you publish your flash movie as v6. But I'm wanting to use it in a movie that I have to publish as v7 with as2, and it doesn't work at all when you do that. Anyone know why?

Here's the code:

Code:

onClipEvent(load){
var x=_x;
var y=_y;
var n=function(){
c=10000;
b=Math.floor(Math.random()*100);
d=b*b;
a=Math.sqrt(c-d);
if(Math.random()*2>=1){
b=-b;
}
if(Math.random()*2>=1){
a=-a;
}
tx=x+b;
ty=y+a;
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
xm=_parent._xmouse;
ym=_parent._ymouse;
if (this.hitTest(xm,ym,true)) {
if (done!=1) {
n();
done=1;
i=30;
}
}
i--;
if (i<=1) {
xdif=x-_x;
xspeed+=xdif/4;
xspeed*=.8;
_x+=xspeed;
ydif=y-_y;
yspeed+=ydif/4;
yspeed*=.8;
_y+=yspeed;
} else {
done=0;
xdif=tx-_x;
xspeed+=xdif/4;
xspeed*=.8;
_x+=xspeed;
ydif=ty-_y;
yspeed+=ydif/4;
yspeed*=.8;
_y+=yspeed;
}
}

Hoping someone knows,

BeeKay

Actionscript MCs As Masks - Wont Work - HELP
I have an mc that is just a thin line, no stroke, fill 5 wide and 100 high. I have written actionscript in another mc that rotates the original, instance name "block" about it's bottom edge.

the scprit is the usual
frame 1 - initiate variable
angle=0
frame 2 - tell mc instance to rotate
block._rotation=angle
frame3
angle=angle+5
gotoAndPlay(2);

Basically the mc is spinning about an axis on it's bottom edge. I now want to use this as a mask layer to view an image underneath but only as the mc rotates

When the mc is brought from the library and placed ontop of the layer i want to mask and i dont mask it, the mc rotates fine as i want.

However when i make the layer with the mc in it a mask layer for the image layer, nothing happens

Any help would be greatly recieved - thanks

Why Don't Masks Work In QuickTime Exports?
why don't masks work in QuickTime exports?

I am using various masks with bitmap images moving behind them. They work fine when saved as an .swf, but when using the quicktime export, all motion behind the masks is lost. Any suggestions?

Does Dynamic Text To Work With Masks?
How the heck do I get dynamic text to work with a mask? I can't seem to figure it out?!

Why Wont My Font Display Correctly When Published? - Desperately Need To Work It Out
im using a .tiff font for pc and flash 8. ive trying the font with all the diff anti-alias settings and published the movie, in publish it looks fine, but as soon as i import it to dreamweaver and pres play the font doesnt display. werid. i have no idea why its doing this.

i changed the font settings to 'use device fonts' an dit works. but the charchetrs of the font look well bad..

any suggestions would be super appericasted as the client is on my back about this!!

thanks a mil

Masks Work In Preview, Not In Test Movie Mode
Does anyone know a reason why a mask would work when i run the timeline (by hitting the enter button) but if i "test movie" the mask does not work?

is there a switch or something? i can't figure this out...

XML Thumbnail Gallery Works When Published In As1, When Published In As2 It Fails
if anyone can help, I believe it's a scoping issue?????

//import mx.transitions.*;
//import mx.transitions.easing.*;

// Create a new XML object.
//var myPhoto:XML = new XML();
myPhoto = new XML();
myPhoto.ignoreWhite = true;
myPhoto.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {

trace("success");

var numimages = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
spacing = 70;
j = 0;

for (i=0; i<numimages; i++) {
picHolder = this.firstChild.childNodes[i];
thumbHolder = thumbnails.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail"+i, i);
thumbLoader = thumbholder.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail_image" , 0);
thumbLoader.loadMovie(picHolder.attributes.thmb);
trace(picHolder.attributes.thmb);
thumbHolder.style = picHolder.attributes.style;
thumbHolder.designer = picHolder.attributes.designer;
thumbHolder.cost = picHolder.attributes.cost;
thumbHolder.main = picHolder.attributes.main;
thumbHolder.caption = picHolder.attributes.caption;

thumbLoader.main = loader.createEmptyMovieClip("main_image", 0);

/////// load movie /////////

/*var mcl_obj:Object = new Object();
mcl_obj.onLoadInit = function(loader:MovieClip) {

//image_src._alpha=0;
new Tween(loader, "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, .8, true);
};

var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
my_mcl.addListener(mcl_obj);
my_mcl.loadClip(picHolder.attributes.main);*/

////////// end ////////////

if (j == 4) {
y += 50;
x = 0;
j = 0;
}
thumbHolder._y = y;
thumbHolder._x = j*spacing;
j++;

thumbHolder.onRollover = function() {
roll.gotoAndPlay(2);
roll.startDrag(this);
roll.test_txt.text = this.caption;
};
thumbHolder.onRollout = function() {
roll.gotoAndStop(1);
roll.test_txt.text = " ";
};
thumbHolder.onRelease = function() {
roll.gotoAndStop(1);
loader.loadMovie(this.main);
style.htmlText = this.style;
designer.htmlText = this.designer;
cost.htmlText = this.cost;
};
}
}
};
myPhoto.load("xmlphoto.xml");

¿How To Enlarge Masks On Rollover While Shrinking Other Nearby Masks?
Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to acheive a similar effect to the main 4 buttons, at this site, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/

There is a grid of 4 rectangles, each quadrant is a mask/button. When you rollover one quadrant, the mask/button enlarges, and the other 3 mask/buttons shrink. This all happens inside of the fixed-size grid.

Can anybody lead me in the direction of a tutorial or let me know the name of the technique so I can search out help resources on my own?

Thanks in advance...
kp

Is FMS 2.5 Published?
Where can I get FMS 2.5? is it published or just developing?

Published AS Not Run
I created a big complicated gallery fla and tried to publish it, but that didn't work. It consists of a couple of things placed on the stage via the interface, but most of the functionality is in the actionscript on the first frame. When I published it, none of the actionscript was running (though you can see the stuff I had directly on the stage). Just to be sure it wasn't a flaw in the code, I commented it out and put some really simple code into it:

import flash.text.TextField;
var eformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
eformat.font = "Trebuchet MS";
eformat.size = 14;
eformat.color = 0xff0000;
var errorOutput = new TextField();
errorOutput.defaultTextFormat = eformat;
addChild(errorOutput);
errorOutput.text = "Test Error";

When I publish it and run the html on the local drive, the code is run (you see "Test Error" at the top left). When I put all of the same files on a server and run from there, you don't see those words.

Do I need to change some publishing options or something? Any help would be appreciated.

Just Published
i have just publihed my movie, opened it on the web and the bloody thing is to big, and to add to my problems... it's looping
question:- should i have done my site at 550x400 pixel? the thing is, when i did it at that and pubished preview, it was looking small, so i did it larger, if i do it at 550 x 400 pix will it show bigger than publish preview? and is there a way to make it the correct size without having to do it over? and why is it looping? and what fomat do i save it at to send it on the web?
please help
cheers
quintin

Published Fonts Etc
When I publish my flash stuff on a website, the text and symbols etc made in flash are all blurry and weird looking.. when i write text in flash it looks good but on the website it's messy... did i do something to my publish settings to cause this? Where would I find these settings and what should I change?

Thanks in advance

Published Swf Won't Play
i have created a simple game in flash 5. when i test it from within flash it works fine but when i publish it as a swf or exe it doesn't work properly. i'm using windows 2000.
what's going on?
thanks!

Differences When Published....
hi. heres a question. Why is it that there are several important differences between my swf when i test the movie (using show streaming0 and when i actually publish it on the web?
the way i set i up is the following.
i have a swf that is approx. 120 kb of which 60-odd are a compressed mp3 the rest are several jpegs that range from 4 to 12 kbs. Because i was intendinng the site for people that might actually have lower than 56k modems i desided to only preload the sound file. as the images are used at different points along the 40 sec. animation i tried to use the animation itself as the preloader because the pics had time to load before they were needed. i built it to work for 28kps conections using the show streaming option.
also i added a bit of code towards the end (on a empty movie clp)
saying roughly : onEnterFrame decrease sound using setVolume. when i export the movie and use showstreaming at 28kbps the whole thing runs just fine.
When i put it on the web - and view it on a BROADBAND connection not only does the last piece of code using the setVolume not execute, but the animation and the sound are out of sync, as if the animation is lagging behind somewhat. it looks like it doesn't have time to load the images fast enough, even though the connection speed is almost tripled.
sorry that was so long winded... i juwst wanted to paint a complete picture for you guys. hope someone can help thanx

Published Problem
there is this little problem which i dun understand. in flash, the image appeared to be fine and good. however when published, i realise that the image becomes rigid and looked like a smuggy sponge. why is it like this? here's a screenshot.

Actionscript Changes When Published
Hello!

I have this piece of actionscript inside a MC:

stop();
_root.novo.gotoAndPlay(2);

I change it to:

_parent.novo.gotoAndPlay(2);
stop();

Publish it and close the file, then when I open it again it went back to:

stop();
_root.novo.gotoAndPlay(2);

Anyone knows why this happens?

Thanks in advance!

Why Does My Published Swf Look All Crappy?
Hi, I've been maken an animation and it looks and goes exactly how I want it to in Flash MX but when I publish the animation to a swf the txt isn't fading anymore and its all pixaly.

Any help would be most excelent!

Please Help I Need To Re-import A Already Published Swf
Hi,

i know this is stupid, but i happend ...
I somehow deleted the last 2 versions of a web site i created. All i have got left is the uploaded *swf file i had on the web server.
Is there any chance of getting this swf re-imported into flash with all my scenes so i can edit things again?

Thanks in advance,

G.

Published .html
Ok... So I published my file to a .html... But it won't play on my friends' computers.... And I'm kinda confused

Why Click Into A SWF After Published
I'm still new to flash, sorry if this is a simple question.

After publishing a SWF, uploading and viewing it in Internet Explorer (on PC only), users receive a pointer when hovering over the loaded SWF. A highlighted stroke also appears with the pointer finger, surrounding the SWF. They then need to click on the swf to allow for navigation and button animations.

Is there something I can do to make it so people don't need to click just to see the full potential of the design?

P.S. This is not a problem when viewing pages in Safari. Animations work perfectly without having to click on the SWF.

Thanks so much in advance.

WhiteDG

How To See The Trace() In A Published Swf?
Hi,
I'd like to make the trace appear even in the published .swf file, not only inside the flash editor. Is this possible? How to setup that?
Thanks.

Published SWF Files HELP....
HI!!!

I need some MAJOR help (pleeeeeeeeease)

currently I've done some animating....what i did was have some clouds move across the sky...simple motion tween animation. But some of the clouds overlap the document and when i open the swf file IT SHOWS! there is a white line at the top with the extra clouds showing THAT I DONT WANT TO. how do i get rid of this? Is there a way when exporting or publishing the file into swf that I can make the file only the size of the 'document'...i really don't know why this is happening, never had this problem before and my project/job depends on it (ugh)

Published .swf Different From Timeline
I imported a video clip and turned it into a symbol. Then I inserted some key frames, made a fade in and cut out a large chunk from the beginning. In the timeline, it shows the correct sequence. But when I publish, it reproduces the entire clip, unchanged.

I also have "loadMovieNum ("overview.swf", 0);" in the last frame in one of my scenes but it does not redirect. Any ideas?

Nicholas

edit: working with CS3 Pro, publishing with Flash 9