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New Windows? And Customizing Color Of The Site
hi,
This is a two part question related to this site. I would appreciate some light on either one of the 2 questions.
1- How does the news section or any of the navigation's links load when you click on them? I'm talking about the window that appears. Is it like a goto and play frame action on the buttons or something else.
2- How is the customization done for the different color background? Click on the customized and you will see what I mean.

Customizing GetURL Pop Up Windows
I am using the getURL function to open a jpg in a new browser window, which works fine.

on (release){
getURL("images/picture.jpg", _blank);
}

However, I desperately want to customize the browser window that pops up so that it has no menu or toolbars, and I wish to have it sized to fit my image(s).

I was wondering if anyone knew a way this can be done. I've found out many ways to do this opening from an html page ( window.open(blah blah) ), but I can't figure out how to spawn a customized pop-up from within an swf.

If anyone could help or give some suggestions, I would be very greatful.

Customizing Popup Windows
Hi people,
I made a button which triggers a customized popup window (no borders, no scrollbars, fixed size, etc etc) that is linked to a .jpg file. However, there are top and left margins in the popup window and I would like to get rid of those so the image fits perfectly to the popup. Can someone please help me in solving this issue? Thanks in advance.

Customizing The Look And Color Of A Scrollbar
Customizing scrollbar colors
Got a scrollbar, I want it to look flat. How the hell do i get the white highlight off of the scroll bar. Here is some of the code attached to my scrollbar:

Code:
this.setStyleProperty("face", 0x999999);
this.setStyleProperty("higlight", 0xff0000);
this.setStyleProperty("shadow", 0x999999
none of these or "highlight3D", nor "darkshadow" allow me to rid the component of the white line that creates the 3D look of the up and down buttons.

Signed,
Frustrated

Customizing A Purchased Flash Site Template.
Hello all. This is my first post here. I recently purchased a template for our start-up video company and feel like I am in over my head. I have taught myself some Flash - some Lynda.com tutes and various books. I have deconstructed most of the site to find how to change it (and contacted templatehelp.com for some specifics) but in doing so realize that the swf file has gotten too big - 2.6 meg. Even the pre-customized swf is 1.9. I wish that I had not gone in this direction now (full flash) but my partner liked this template and now we are stuck with it until I have time to figure out another option.
My questions then are:

What is the best way to optimize the size of the full site?
Can I break up the main swf file so that it preloads pieces instead of the whole thing?

I realize that these are probably big vague questions. If there are any good tutuorials you could point me to that would allow me to fix what I've got for now (rather that scrapping and completely redesigning) that would be immensely helpful and much appreciated.

Here are the links to the site in testing :
Customized (work in progress): http://www.digitalfishvideoproductions.com/site_flash/index.html
Original template: http://www.digitalfishvideoproductions.com/TestSite/site_flash/index.html

Thanks for any help you can give.

karen

p.s. I also can't seem to get the video component to work for the demos even thought the skin file are where they are supposed to be. I've looked for help on this and found others who have had the same prob without solution. Any ideas on this as well? Thanks again!

Customizing The "list Component" (text Color)
Is there a way to change the text color in the list component? Would it be done in action scripting or in the xlm?

Thanks

Getting OS Windows Default Window Color In Actionscript
In my flash file i would like the background to be the same color as the MS Windows default color settings. Is it possible to retrieve that os color through actionscript?

2ND FLASH SITE - POP UP WINDOWS
I got the code from FLASHKIT and for some reason I can not get rid of the top menu bar even though in the javascript code it says No. Can somebody please give me advice. Here is the code.

on (release) {
getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('1.jpg','newWin ','width=430,height=330,left=280,top=280,menubar=N o,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,r esizable=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");
}

Help Me Please...... Windows Can't Open Site
I did a site on a mac... and pc users can't open the site. all they get is a white box after they click enter. any help on why this may be would be great.
thanks
-RIck

Pop Up Windows For A Flash Site
I have looked this up all over the board but I can't find anything that solves my problem. If someone already answered this question I am sorry for wasting your time.

I am trying to make a pop-up flash radio for my website. But I'm having trouble making the window pop-up. The code I'm using is:

Code:
on (release) {address = "http://www.freewebs.com/dualedgeproductions/flashradio.htm";
target_winName = "DualEdge Radio";
width = 350;
height = 250;
toolbar = 0;
location = 0;
directories = 0;
status = 0;
menubar = 0;
scrollbars = 0;
resizable = 0;
openWinCentre(address, target_winName, width, height, toolbar, location, directories, status, menubar, scrollbars, resizable);
}
What am I doing wrong?
(The code is not mine. I am using a tutorial, But the code the tutorial says to use doesn't work)

Maximized Site Windows
< Hiya peoples and peeps. Usually flash sites will have a html page telling certain requirments you need. Such as 2advanced. Well, to enter that site, you have to press the 'enter' button. This brings up a new window which is the main flash site.

I was wondering...what html code do you have to put in ur html page for that button to open a MAXIMIZED window?

I want the main site to be maximized and unresizable.

The current code I have right now is :

center a href="http://www.geocities.com/snk821/whatevername
(I took off the < and the >'s cause I wanted to show the code)

What should I put in there to have the window maximized + unresizable as soon as it opens???

Site Structure And Pop Up Windows In Flash
right this is a bit complex to explain so bear with me.

i'm building a portfolio site in flash that is going to have a lot of content and so i want to build a site structure to categorise the content into understandable sizeable chunks [ie all the interactive flash files to go in an 'interactive' folder, all the ecards in an 'ecards' folder, etc etc]. for me this is an easier way to navigate around the site when building it and updating it - well this is how i work in html and i'm trying to impose this practice onto flash.

so i have a main flash movie containing the main navigation embedded into a html document. when clicking on a link within this flash movie you get thumbnails and text about the project as well as a link to 'launch the project' all in the main movie.

all the 'projects' are swf files embedded into html documents and i want these to appear as pop up windows sized accordingly when you click on a 'launch project' button in the main flash movie.

i am using the basis of tutorial 8 from actionscript.org from the tutorials page:

http://www.actionscript.org/tutoria...ash/index.shtml

this tutorial all works fine within a flat site when all the files are in one directory, but once i put a structure to the site ie put files in other folders etc. and use relative or absolute paths to the html pop up windows that are situated in another folder, all i get when i click on a button in the main movie is the pop up window opening with the correct dimensions but no flash file embedded, just an error saying the file could not be found.

does this tutorial thing not work with a site structure, or am i doing something wrong?

i can't really post my code as it's spread accross flash and html pages and it's the smae as in the tutorial [all i've changed is the path to the html popup window]- i just wondered if anyone else had come across this probelm and could advise me whether having a site structure is a no go and i should have all my files in one directory.

this would be a nightmare if i've got loads of different sections and loads of files. i would prefer to have a site structure so if any one could help me out that'd be great.

cheers

e

Site Pages Open In New Windows In Ie
Flash5- movie is my nav bar. For each button 'geturl' is set to correct page, 'window' is set to "_self"
Site works fine except in IE every time you click any button for a new page the new page opens in a new window and the task bar is filled with the site pages. I tried "blanking" the 'window' but that doesn't change anything. This doesn't happen in NS7. Help, please!
Charles
www.designersatwork.com

How Can I Put My Flash Site In The Middle Of Windows?
how can i put my flash site in the middle of windows(html)?
thanks for any help.

Flash Site Not Opening In Windows
[url=http://www.arcgroup.net]
I designed the above site a few years ago in Flash 5. It was working fine on mac & pc. Now the company has told me that employees using windows 98,200 & XP / IE 6.0 are not able to get into the flash part of the site. I'm not having a problem on my mac. I revised the code but still a problem. Any ideas??
thanks

Closing Windows Once U Visit A Site
I noticed that if there is a flash site open in a window and then I open a new window on top with another site it is slow. Is there a script, html, java, AS whatever to have all windows close once people visit my site?

All Flash Site W/ 2 HTML Windows
I want to make an all-flash site.

The flash site has a flash menu, and 2 HTML windows - one big and one small HTML window.

The flash menu loads different HTML files into both of the HTML windows.

The HTML files contain rich format text (different font sizes, bold, underline, color, and so forth). It also sometimes contains flash movies. The Big HTML window also sometimes has links that open HTML documents in the little HTML window.

I have read the instruction manuals for Flash MX until I am exhausted for the past two days, because I can't understand how to get it to work.

Please, can someone point me to some kind of very clear and explicit tutuorial on this?

Oh, and I KNOW ZERO HTML! I know a tiny amount of C++, and that's it.

Thanks,
Jerry

I'm Trying To Put Windows Media Player In A Flash Site.... Help...
I've never done this before, but could you explain to me the best way to approach creating a flash site, with a section dedicated to the windows media player.

Is iframes the best way to structure the html page? Is there another solution? Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I'm Trying To Put Windows Media Player In A Flash Site.....
I've never done this before, but could you explain to me the best way to approach creating a flash site, with a section dedicated to the windows media player.

Is iframes the best way to structure the html page? Is there another solution? Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Windows Look Alike Scroll Bars And Site Search Engines Help
Hi all,
Last time i was here there was a newbie discussion board so i dont know if i am in the right place?
Okay my problem is i dont have much time and i have a slow 28k connection.
what i want:
I want a nice pale blue windows scroller to put on to my site
I will have a small box with text links to scroll through and would like the scroller to be a windows look alike.
could you post the link to the open source movie (in movies)

I would also like a on site search engine. Not a search engine for the web but one to search my site.
My site will be reviews of gallery shows so lots of pages of text on site is there a search engine for my site. ie to search through my site only for key words.

I am not bad at flash but still a newbie with a very slow connection could some one help me find what i am looking for
Thanks all keep up the good work

Embed Live Streaming Windows Media In A Flash Web Site
I am new with Flash, and still trying to learn. There is one thing I can't find information about. How do I embed a Windows Media stream on a flash web site? If possible at all.

[F8] Fading Color Between Different Parts Of Site
Hi,

I'm looking to achieve an effect for my site but am unsure on how to progress and was hoping someone could help.

I am looking to have my page slowly change from one color to another after the user selects a menu item.

For example Home page is purple, use selects contact and the color gradually fades to an orange.

A live example of this happening is here

Anyone got any idea how to implement this. I've attached my fla for clarity. Feel free to modify should you have any ideas.

Thanks

Problem In Running A Flash MX-2004 Application On Windows 98 Adn Windows NT.
Hi all
I have this problem ......here it goes.....
Actually I developed a Flash MX-2004 application which has to run on both mac and windows platforms.
This application does the funciton of a dictionary and has 46 xml files and close to 13000 sound files.
This application runs fine on most Windows platform, however it doesnt work on Windows 98 and Windows NT where though the intro animation comes & the home screen loads....the application part of the program doesnt load.

Why is this so??? I am totally clueless...please help....
Do I have to make the intro and exit animations as separate swf files adn call them????
Please help....

Flash Popup Adverts/windows That Aren't Windows
Hi there

Just wondering if anyone knows any links to tutorials to make those flash adverts you find on websites? They are actual popup windows but flash boxes that appear above a webpage.

I think they use div layers as well as some flash? But im not sure where to find a tutorial!

For an example visit:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/index.jsp

(you might need to click on several pages down the left to get one to appear)

Any help on this would be a great help.

Thanks

Is It Possible To Make Windows Icons For Windows Xp With Flash Mx?
I have gotten bored of the simple icons that you automaticly get... and I wondered if its possible to make my own! Is it?

Customizing MX
I want Flash to start with a custom panel set. Is this possible?

Thanks a lot!

Help With Customizing
Hi guys, I'm playing around with different menus and looking up some examples that others have submitted...I found this one particularly fascinating but didn't know how to customize it the way I wanted it to be...

http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Inter...6535/index.php

That's the link for the one I'm speaking of--I want to add 2 extra balls, and I guess 4 extra lines that connect those balls (it'll look like a 3d diamond)--on the sides of the "square"...how do I accomplish that? I played around with the settings and stuff but it just doesn't seem to work for me...

Any help would be fantastic and truly appreciated, thank you.

Customizing?
hello. i'd like to customize this image gallery http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Scrip...9791/index.php to use in my website. the few questions i had were:

1)how do i change the colour of the blue background behind the texts ("Photo 1")??
2)how do i insert my own photographs into the boxes to open up?

thanks.

Customizing Flash
Hi

Can you guide me on the following.

I have a file called "a.swf" I will encrypt it to "a.sec" to the secret format.
I will put a.sec file as movie image file name on the html code.

In the client side, I want to write a customised FlashViewer.exe plug-in or some application which will decrypt it to "a.swf" first and then play it as ordinary Viewer does.
Is it possible to prepare the custom flash viewer?

Also Is it possible to disable few menu items like File | Open in the existing viewer, while playing some file.

I am c++ programmar and new to flash. Is there any c++ sample code available for creating flash viewer.

Please guide me in this.

Thanks & Regds,
Madhu

Projector Customizing
Does anyone know how to eliminate user's ability to resize a projector window? I've tried FS commands, which don't seem to work, and I can't find anything using exescope on my projector file either. I'm sure that I've just missed something stupid as this seems like such a simple thing...any suggestions?

Customizing Textfield
Hello All

I was wondering if it was possible to change the appearance of a "input text" textfield? For instance, by default the textfield background is white, how can I make it transparent? also by default the outline of the textfield is black, I would like to make it white.

So in conclusion I would like a text field that has a transparent background and a white outline. Thank you.

tone

ScrollPane Customizing...
Hi,

I have figured out how to change the background of the scrollpane (by going to "edit in place"), but I was wondering if there's a way to change the color of the scrollbar of the scrollpane? I've been messing around with it for a while, but haven't been able to figure it out.

Thanks!

Customizing The Scrollpane
I've looked all around the site, but can't find the answer.

I'm using MX. I have the scrollpane contained inside a MC.

I would like to get rid of the arrows on the scrollpane, so there's simply a Bar there. Any suggestions? I'm stuck trying to figure out the code.

Any help is greatly appreciated, i can't even imagine how easy this.

-Alex

Customizing Components?
Hello anyone!

How can I customize a scroll pane's scroll bar and text box boarder? I have art that I'd like to use for the arrows and scroll bar. And I'd like to get rid of the boarder of the scroll pane as well.

Please, help!

Anne Hetrick

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Help With Customizing Scrollpane
I have a working scrollpane component on the stage that scrolls text, but now I would like to customize the look of the buttons and scrollbar.

I read other posts that say all you need to do is change the symbols in the library, but after dragging the scrollpane component onto the stage, nothing appeared in the library. All there is, is the component and the text movie clip.

I typed this into the first frame of the main stage (scrollpane being the instance of the component):

scrollpane.border_mc._visible = false;

...and it actually made the border invisible. How is that possible? there is no border_mc movie clip anywhere in the .fla

Please help!

Customizing Scrollbars?
hey i was wondering how one would go about making a custom scrollbar? i dont want any arrows, just the track with the slider bar thing.

Help? Customizing This Movie
Hi. I am trying to achieve a vertical scrolling version of the transition effect used in the attached movie. I have downloaded the sample movie from this site, but I am new to actionscripting and do not understand all the code to be able to decipher it and alter it to fit my needs. I'm not interested in the top outline box as much as the sliding between images, but it would be nice to know how to achieve that as well.

What I would like to know is, because this effect seems to appear quite regularly, does anybody know where I can find a tutorial for creating this effect, so that I can go through it one step at a time and understand how to modify the code? I want to be able to understand what's happening so that I can recreate it in the future.

Many thanks.

PS> I don't have a copy of Flash installed on this system, so if the file is MX 2004, I can't backdate it for MX. Sorry.

Customizing A Component
how i can customize the look and feel of a scrollpan?
the arrows, the slider, the color...everything.
thnx.

Customizing UI Scroll Bar...?
Hey, me again! lol..

right, i've added the UI Scroll bar component - but I don't want the standard bar which it gives.
Is it easy enough to change, or is it better leaving it? lol...

I looked up some tutorials on the macromedia site, which completely blagged my head lol...
So I was just wonderin if anyone could give me a hand... again. lol..

Thanks

Customizing Components?
is it possible to customize the flash 8 components
thanks

Customizing Swfs
hey guys

i created a small flash app(calculator thingy). i will be putting this up so that people can take it and call it watever they want. for example if pepsi wanted it on their site, they could edit the name of it (a dynamic text box) and call it Pepsi Calculator, without using flash.

I know that i can use a txt file and call variables from there into flash, which is easy to customize for the end user. for other reasons i cant use that because of a referencing issue with the cms system.

any other way i can go about doing thiis? Is it possible to open the swf and resave it thru the swf?

how do the sites that create banners with flash do it with javascript?

any tips would be great.

thanks!!!