Flash :: Non Visual Hit Counter

Reset Counter - NOT HIT COUNTER
Hi all, I have a counter going to repeat some frames, and then when it reaches the number of times I want it to repeat, I have it go to another frame to play a different movie clip...then at the end of the new movie clip, I want it to start over "fresh"...

Does anyone know the coding for reseting the counter?

Here is my current code:

counter = counter+1;
if (counter == 4) {
play();
} else {
gotoAndPlay("ad");
}

Thanks,

Wendy
Wendy@pixelchix.com

Visual Basic
Has anyone seen anything anywhere about flash running Visual Basic Script? I just thought it may be possible to load and save variables using VB to create a text file?

Anyone thought about this?

//Gary

Visual Looping
So I'm trying to make a "filmstrip" effect...images scrolling past the user. The problem comes at the end of the filmstrip-I want it to be an endless loop. What's the best way to "loop" it so that as the long series of images is ending, the beginning of it starts again? This should ideally be endless without reiterating the object too many times.

I'm having trouble giving voice to what it is I want, I think, so if you have any questions about my request, let me know.

A Visual Preloading Bar
Guys,

How do I create the preloader bar, similar to that on http://semep.web1000.com ? and/or Where do I go to learn how to do it? 3rd Grade Engish please.

Mucho Gracias,
Marc

I Got A Visual This Time =)
back to the ol' buttons...

on(release)
{
getURL("http://www.flashkit.com", "mainFrame");
}

it isnt workin.. for me for some reason... see the main frame that has the header "News" ( Http://www.designforthelove.com ) i wanted the buttons to load the page there.. right now all the buttons are dead because the script wasnt workin i just put it up so all you geniuses could get a visual.. any help here? a friend of mine said i might have better luck going PHP scripting .. =/

Any comments/crit. on my new site would make my day!! Thanks once again guys!

Floating Visual
hello,
i have a top nav, and want to spruce it up a little.
i want an object "X" to slide across the top and stop,
whenever a button is rolled over. i have seen a couple of
.fla's but i cant get the code right.
thanx

Visual Basic 6.0
Hi guys

OK here's what I'm asking for

how do I interact between Visual Basic 6.0 and Action script from a Flash Movie.

Like to pass variables, in both directions.

thanks in advance

The Best Visual Tutorials?
I'm a veru visual person...pictures speak so much louder than words. Where might I find a great site on Flash Tutorials of anykind that is very picture-e-phide.

Thanks,
JT

Atlanta, GA

Visual Chat?
I'm trying to build a visual chat.. possibly tile based with customizable characters..or perhaps a login, to get a character that has been directed to or adobted by a user.

Does anyone know's how to realize this? I know the basics of action scripting, and work with flash 5 and MX. I wanderd if anyone did this before and can help me a litle.. I'm better with graphix than scripting...

Or perhaps is there a tutorial online that I can use?

Thanx in advance

Visual Chat
Hello

im planning to build an avatar chat in flash with php.

Does anybody have an exemple .fla or something?

like http://www.actionscripts.co.uk/chat/

Tnx!!!!

Visual Tours
How is the best way to make a visual tour in flash mx? video or photos?
how would this be done?

would it differ in flash 5?

thanks for your help!

Visual Effects Help
I know his is not really the place for this post but couldnt see any other area to put it, i want to integrate visual motion effects into my flash movies such as the link below.

http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-intro/10268.html

Anyone know where i could start? Without really having to learn a major program of course

Cheers

MCKtj

Visual Metronome
I am trying to make a visual metronome that blinks on their beats. I don't have any idea on how to make the Beats Per Minute setting so the lights blink on their beats. I have everything else setup though. Any help would be great thanks. Before you look at it you should have the mcTween addon for flash (http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/).

Thanks

Mp3 Visual Player
Ok, I've seen this done with flash, how do I get the values of the sounds to make a visual player that acts according to the music?

Strange Visual Bug..
If you open a new .fla file and plop in this code

ActionScript Code:
import flash.display.*;

drawClosedBox(50, 50, 10)
drawClosedBox(50, 70, 20);
drawClosedBox(50, 100, 40);
drawOpenBox(100, 50, 10);
drawOpenBox(100, 70, 20);
drawOpenBox(100, 100, 40);

function drawClosedBox(xStart:Number, yStart:Number, boxWidth:Number):void {
graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
graphics.lineStyle(0,0x000000);
graphics.drawRect(xStart, yStart, boxWidth, boxWidth);
graphics.endFill();
graphics.moveTo(xStart + boxWidth * 0.25, yStart + boxWidth * 0.5)
graphics.lineTo(xStart + boxWidth * 0.75, yStart + boxWidth * 0.5);
}

function drawOpenBox(xStart:Number, yStart:Number, boxWidth:Number):void {
drawClosedBox(xStart, yStart, boxWidth);
graphics.moveTo(xStart + (boxWidth * 0.5), yStart + (boxWidth * 0.25));
graphics.lineTo(xStart + (boxWidth * 0.5), yStart + (boxWidth * 0.75));
}

I get a strange graphics error to the right of 2 of the boxes, where flash does not ever draw. What? I'm so confused - can anyone else replicate this?

Music + Visual...?
Is there a tutorial for when a song is playing the bars for bass, treble, sfx and stuff move up and down?...Its hard to explain, but I think its called an Ambience or Equilizer..im not sure, but is it possible to do that in flash mx?

Visual Effect.
I saw sotw site http://www.simplyinteractive.net/mainframe.htm and i was wondering how the designer made the effects at top of the page inside the 2 windows. All i know is that it is blue color and animating. Can anyone tell me how the designer did that? I hope there is a very simple way of doing it.
Thankyou,
Peace.

Sliding Visual
Hi all, I am after something similar to this :-

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/slidingMenu.htm

Except its going to be a series of screen shots in a window and I will have two arrows, one on the left and one on the right. Each arrow will either advance through the slides or go back. I am sure I have seen something similar before but cannot for th life of me remember where.

I think the version I used before was a numbered version,

any ideas guys?

Any links or help would be gr8

Cheers

AS3 To Visual C#.NET - Some Difficulty.
The last few days I've been trying to get started learning C#.Net. I'm not thrilled about it, but I think it's probably a good idea to know at least one other language besides AS3, which is my main focus.

Anyway, I found a couple of e-books and videos that cover the basics of C# and they've been helpful. One problem these books and videos all share, however, is the approach they take to creating windows form applications. I'm just finding it too visual. I'm supposed to manually drag and drop components onto a form and place little snippets of code on each instance--which means that if I've got a dozen buttons on my form, I've got a dozen little code snippets to keep track of. It feels like a big step backwards compared to what I'm used to. With AS3 I am used to creating objects and placing them on the stage using pure code. One C# video breezes through a 'longhand' version of creating a simple window with a couple of components, no drag and drop, but it goes by so fast it's impossible to follow. Just from what I can see, though, it's a lot like what I had been expecting.

I hope it isn't totally against the rules of this forum to ask a C# question. Perhaps someone will understand my problem and point me to the right C# book, website, video; or, if it is permitted, wouldn't mind posting a small code sample of a window with a button and textfield being created in 'longhand' -- when the button is clicked a message appears in the textfield.

Fingers

Real Visual Eq Here
ok i uploaded the real working visual Eq for all u ppl who wanna try it out! i might also put up some other good files!
/enjoy

Need Some Visual Tips
I have recently upgraded my Tooltip class and I would like ur opinions on that.

Ex. does animation is good, graphics or layout of tooltip.

Also I'd like to hear what behaviors you could imagine (to incorporate into it).

For now it supports an icon, a textField, sound with progressBars (play,load) and detection while it won't fit into stage (showing direction changes int 4 ways).

I was also thinking about possibility to show it in a specific place and close manually or have some buttons etc...

To check what I'm talking about, just rollOver that menuor border to see it changing directions:
http://felixz.mark-naegeli.com/example/

off topic:
-------------------------

Can you suggest me the look of submenus?
This is the old one: http://felixz.mark-naegeli.com/

I could submit code but for now it is dependant on my project and won't be friendly (some external linkings). Usage
ActionScript Code:
Tooltip.attachTooltip(internalBorder,"<B>It's a border</B><BR>Just RollOver and RollOut in different places."),"Info",null,genarateColor());

New Visual Caster
This is rare for me to post in this forum, but this is something that has recently been released and should be a great benefit for presentations, its still in testing, so if you have any problems just shout.

www.visualcaster.co.uk

Visual Basic & Flash
Anyone know why these properties appear to be exposed to Visual Basic, but in reality they aren't?

Trying to get some actual logic for this.

Are these only Flash commands? Are they only available if called from an HTML page. Do you have to use java?

Did someone at Macromedia simply not check some check boxes when compiling the .OCX?

Nothing makes sense on this.

Property AlignMode As Long
Sub Back()
Property BackgroundColor As Long
Property Base As String
Property BGColor As String
Function CurrentFrame() As Long
Property DeviceFont As Boolean
Property EmbedMovie As Boolean
Function FlashVersion() As Long
Sub Forward()
Function FrameLoaded(FrameNum As Long) As Boolean
Property FrameNum As Long
Event FSCommand(command As String, args As String)
Function GetVariable(name As String) As String
Sub GotoFrame(FrameNum As Long)
Function IsPlaying() As Boolean
Sub LoadMovie(layer As Long, url As String)
Property Loop As Boolean
Property Menu As Boolean
Property Movie As String
Event OnProgress(percentDone As Long)
Event OnReadyStateChange(newState As Long)
Event OnReadyStateChange(newState As Long)
Function PercentLoaded() As Long
Sub Play()
Property Playing As Boolean
Property Quality As Long
Property Quality2 As String
Property ReadyState As Long
Sub Rewind()
Property SAlign As String
Property scale As String
Property ScaleMode As Long
Sub SetVariable(name As String, value As String)
Sub SetZoomRect(left As Long, top As Long, right As Long, bottom As Long)
Sub Stop()
Sub StopPlay()
Property SWRemote As String
Sub TCallFrame(target As String, FrameNum As Long)
Sub TCallLabel(target As String, label As String)
Function TCurrentFrame(target As String) As Long
Function TCurrentLabel(target As String) As String
Function TGetProperty(target As String, property As Long) As String
Function TGetPropertyNum(target As String, property As Long) As Double
Sub TGotoFrame(target As String, FrameNum As Long)
Sub TGotoLabel(target As String, label As String)
Property TotalFrames As Long
Sub TPlay(target As String)
Sub TSetProperty(target As String, property As Long, value As String)
Sub TSetPropertyNum(target As String, property As Long, value As Double)
Sub TStopPlay(target As String)
Property WMode As String
Sub Zoom(factor As Long)

Creating A Visual Calendar
I'm trying to make a calander that is visual (like some of the examples in the movies section), that loads an event list from an external file.

I'd like to have it so that if the user clicks on a date on the calendar; the event for that day pops up.

After looking at the examples, I'm still not sure how to create this.

Can anyone explain how to do this, or direct me to some doccumentation on how to do this??

Thanks a lot!

Visual C++ Vs. Flash ActionScript
Easy----VC++ is extremely powerful and can be used for almost anything. Flash has automatic variable identification, no use for pointers and is WAY easier to program in.....

Flash has easy DOT syntax and of course, produces vector graphics and ways of making animations, moving objects and loads of other stuff. VC++ is extremely powerful, but has a dificult time with non-windows-based-GUIs

This is one of my first posts and i just want to see what everyone thinks.

Also, I'm kinda new to the while flash thing and wondered if anyone could give me some pointers.

PRoblem With Visual Interdev?
After installing ASPTurbine, I am getting a message: Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions:
http://gardners - Error #80002 Message: System exception: access violation.

When trying to setup a new Interdev directory. Fixes reported on MSDN do not help. Can anybody give me a CLEAR fix to this problem?

I can continue to work with existing projects...

Thanks.

Visual Basic And Flash
I have been asked to write a programme that integrates with Flash! The programme has to be written in VB6 and I know how to use the fscommand to get data from flash and into VB6 can anyone explain how to get data from VB6 into flash and I can't use director?

Mark

Visual Basic 6 And Flash
Hello, I am trying to include a flash movie on a vb6 form. I can do it at home but not at work. As soon as I try to use the shockwave flash component from my toolbar, vb crashes. I even compiled a vb/flash exe that works at home, then brought it to work to run it there, but it gives me an error about not being able to read memory. Can anyone help me?

Syncing Visual With Audio...Possible Or No?
Hello,

I was attempting to make an Intro video with Swish, but as it turned out, syncing the video with the audio was impossible, because it wouldnt appear the same on other computers. My question is, would this be the same with Flash, or would Flash videos actually appear the same on all computers, or at least better than Swish. I'm currently using Flash 5.

Embedding .swf In Visual Basic
First of all, if anyone knows a good resource for using the ShockwaveFlash component (swflash.ocx) in a Visual Basic program, I'd really appreciate that. I've tried using VB's MSDN help library, and found nothing.

I've stumbled along for a few months, using VB's Object Browser and guessing how to use a few of the properties and events. Now, however, I'm stumped.

I'm randomly loading and playing a movie, and matching the VB form background to the movie background (the movie .swf background color was set in Flash 5). There are three possible colors. That part works.

The problem is when another movie is loaded. For some reason, the new movie keeps the background color of the first movie that was loaded, even though in the Flash .swf file, the background color was set differently.

I've tried this (VB code, as I'm playing the movies in a VB program), and it didn't work:
Select Case GroupData(nr).bkgColorG
Case "blue"
frmGroup.BackColor = RGB(0, 0, 153)
swfMyMovie.BGColor = RGB(0, 0, 153)
Case "purple"
frmGroup.BackColor = RGB(153, 0, 153)
swfMyMovie.BGColor = RGB(153, 0, 153)
Case "green"
frmGroup.BackColor = RGB(0, 102, 0)
swfMyMovie.BGColor = RGB(0, 102, 0)
End Select

And this didn't work:
Select Case GroupData(nr).bkgColorG
Case "blue"
frmGroup.BackColor = RGB(0, 0, 153)
swfMyMovie.BackgroundColor = RGB(0, 0, 153)
Case "purple"
frmGroup.BackColor = RGB(153, 0, 153)
swfMyMovie.BackgroundColor = RGB(153, 0, 153)
Case "green"
frmGroup.BackColor = RGB(0, 102, 0)
swfMyMovie.BackgroundColor = RGB(0, 102, 0)
End Select

I tried setting the WMode (whatever that is) to transparent (someone suggested that it will show the form's background color). The movie shows the VB form's background color, but the play speed is greatly increased, which I don't want.

Help!

Visual Basic: Widescreen
I have this problem and wondered if any one could help. I have this swf file which has been made in widescreen proportions. I am loading this in to a flash object in VB. I have to display this on a widescreen tv for work. When I display it on a normal monitor it is letter box, with white spaces top and bottom, and when it is viewed through the widescreen tv the same thing happens, the image is just stretched even wider. I was wondering if any one could help me.

Thanks,
Laura

Matching Audio And Visual
I have an mp3 in my flash movie. When I hit enter in the stage screen to preview the timing is how I want it. When I hit ctrl + enter or ctrl + F12 the timing is off in the preview panes.

is there an accurate way to align the song and the movie so that doesn't involve guess work?

Thanks!

Flash + Visual Basic?
I want to put my swf file into a VB program so I can extend some stuff by activeX controls/FSCommand and the like to do some things I can't natively do in Flash itself. I found a really promising tutorial that looked like it was just what I needed.

Problem was, the tutorial was for visual basic 6.0 and I have Visual Basic as part of Visual Studio.net, which I bought an academic edition of through my school. Deal with this is, the tutorial says to go ahead and add a .swf file to your VB form as a component. You can just do that, apparently, as long as the flash player's installed.

WEEEEEELL, with my version of Visual Basic.Net (or whatever) it doesn't seem to work like that. The interface is a little different from the screenshots, and even though my flash player is MOST DEFINITELY installed (I downloaded the versions for both mozilla, internet explorer, and have Flash MX itself installed on my computer) there seems to be a problem- there's no option anywhere to add a .swf component to my VB form. Does anyone out there in Flash land know how to do this? Or point me to someone who knows the intricacies of Visual Studio.net and what it's malfunction is?

Please let me know. This is driving me nuts.

By the By, I am using Flash MX (not 2004)

Thanks!

Syncing Audio And Visual Help Please
I am wanting to make a visual sync/effects that will do a AVS thing like winamp does. Anybody here made one before and wouldnt mind giving me some hints or where I can find a tutorial on how to do this? thanks alot

Visual Basic ( VB) And Flash
Hello!

I have been asked to create an animations collect data and send to a VB program...

Has anyone communicated between flash and a VB script before? The details are just a var (numeric)to pass.

Anyone?

Visual Effect Video
does anyone know some websites where i can download some digital visual video like the ones used in neubix.com

Static Visual Media
Okies a quick one to ponder a few ideas about....Does Flash MX allow you to incorporate all types of static visual digital media?? Can it deal with a wide range of file formats for each type of static visual blah blah. Yes I'm trying to do a write up but am stuck any help appreciated.

Visual Preloader For LoadMovies
Hi there, have any of you come across a simple % preloader that works when put at the beginning of a movie that is to be loaded (via loadMovie) into another movie?

I mean, I have a 2 frame % preloading script with visual load-bar that works in all my movies (found it on the net some time back, works great, and my own scripting abilities are very sadly lacking, and always will be...), but when I take a .swf that has this script, and load it into another main movie dynamically when a user wants it...the preloader/scripting don't work, and my loaded movie is just blank until the content comes in.

Has anyone found something that works when loading into another movie?

Specifically, I am building a Flash page that will have a bunch of thumbnails, and the images that are loaded will include text, motion/animation, images, etc., so I want them to be loaded dynamically instead of contained in the main movie, since there will be about 30-40 of them. I would like users to have visual confirmation that, once they have clicked to have content loaded, it is, indeed, loading...in this case, from an external .swf.

Thanks very much, as always...

Shawn

Visual Representation Of Streaming MP3...
Hi,

I've built a custom streaming-MP3 player in Flash MX and I'd like to add a box that moves across a line from left to right, showing how much of the song has played so far. Something like what I've indicated below:

___[_]________________________

Is this possible? Must I know the length of the MP3 song file, or can I have Flash query to find out how much has played?

Thanks for any help,
-Todd

Very Difficult Visual Effect... Can It Be Done?
Many of us know how to make an object semi transparent, that is an effect all of us learn in the early days of flash. However, I saw a sight recently that made me wonder how they did it. It basically had a white semi transparent box moving over an image but everything under the white box was also blurred.

Can anyone tell me how to achieve this effect in flash? Or if its actually not a flash effect, how it is done at all?

To aid in visualizing what I saw I have screen shot from the latest beat of windows longhorn that shows the same effect. I know its not the site I saw but it does show how objects under semi transparent objects are also blurry.

http://files.serenity-x.com/lh2.png

If anyone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

Visual Navigation Clues
This is my first post so go easy:

I have several movie buttons. The active button is to have a different color to let the user know where he is currently on the site. Sounds easy right?

I tried this:

var activeButton:String;

buttonOne.onRelease = function():Void
{
_parent[activeButton].button_txt.setTextFormat(normalButton_fmt); //reset previous button to normal look - failure
activeButton = this; //need this to control what button is active (orange) - success
this.button_txt.setTextFormat(activeButton_fmt); //set text to orange...success

<do something>
}

BTW: Trace(activeButton) returns: _level0.btnOne_mc

activeButton doesn't work. Does anyone have any example of how they do this? I'm sure there is an easier way.

[F8] Help Creating Visual Presentations
hey guys, im rather proficcient with most of flash and kno some basic action script. ive been using it to create visual presentations but are having some troubles and am hoping that u will be able to help.
i usualkly use lots of images and some videos along with tweening and the use of some filters etc. the problem i am having is that when i go fullscreen with the filters etc on, it lags dramatically.
also, is there a way i can load prelaod all of the images and video into the cache before it begins in the form of a preloader or something? it is run straight off the computer. thanks for any help

Non Visual Hit Counter

I simply want a hit counter that doesnt display to people visiting how many people have visited, but instead adds it to a number on a txt file on my server, yes ppl, it supports cold fusion, should make it a bit easier?