Flash :: Preloader With No Standard Font

The Standard Flash Font
just wondering where to get the standard small flash font that everyone´s using. you probably know what I mean... it's very standard on many pages.
mostly the nicer and more hightech ones.. (it's small and "system" like style)

I thought it was a standard font from the font list in mx, but I can't find it in there. is it something that I need to buy first and add it?
does it come in vector format.

thanks! /nic

Is Garamond A Standard Font?
Will probably use it in my project, is it safe to assume virtually all computers that can rush Flash Player 8 have Garamond? I can't remember ever using a computer that didn't...

Font Standard 07_54
Someone showed me this font and i fell in love with it. Anybody can upload it, or tell me where i can get it? thx.

Standard Flash Preloader
On the web I have noticed some flash movies seem to have a default Macromedia Preloader?

They all look similair, is this the case? if so how do you get it?

Thanks

Non-Standard Preloader Issues
Ok so I'm making a preloader for my main site swf and instead of having a boring loading bar I wanted it to play the animation of a certain MC as it loaded...I've looked at the tutorial on here but it was rather confusing and I could not get it to work...here's the code I'm using now which is just clipped on to an mc situated in the first and only frame where all the preloader stuff is located.

PHP Code:

onClipEvent (load) {
    bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
    bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
    getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
    _root.loadline.play();
    _root.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
    if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
        _root.enter.nextFrame();
    }
}

Ok so the only problem is basically the loadanim doesn't play (the loadline) the loadText instantly displays 100% and the enter button appears. So the file isn't big and I wouldn't be suprised if it jumped to 100% that fast but I can tell it's not working beause the loadanim isn't playing! Any help on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated !

Fargate

LoadMovie Preloader (Not You Standard Question)
Hi all,
Im using this code on a button to load a jpeg into my movie:

on (release) {
loadMovie("../illustrations/image01.jpg", "_root.stageMC.ill_display.myClip.imageStage") ;
_root.stageMC.ill_display.myClip.imageStage._x = -174.5;
_root.stageMC.ill_display.myClip.imageStage._y = -170.5;
}

I want to put a preloader that shows the loading status once this button is released. I've built stacks of preloaders before but none involing the loading of an external file before. Im familar with serveral ways to make a pre-loader but cant seem to get any of them to work.

Please help or steer us in the right direction.

Bk

Font In Preloader Uses Substitute Font
Hi therem

Just a quick question

I have created a preloader using Microgramma font for the updating percentage value

When the preloader is displayed on a pc that doesnt have Microgramma installed it chooses a substitute font

Is ther any way to get round this???

Cheers

J

www.omega-completion.com

Preloader Using Own Font
simple,how to make a preloader that shows load percent that using the font of our own??

Preloader Font
hy there!
i created a preloader, but the font i chose can only be viewed in my computer, or another who has it installed! whow can i overwrite this problem? ive checked many sites witch fonts i havent got installed but i can still see them!

whow can i make a specific font to be seen by other users?!

can anyone help me?

Font Embedding With Preloader
Hi,

I've following problem.
In my flashmovie I use an embedded font for dynamic Textfields. My preload-Animation runs between frame 1 and 3. But it appears when the font is loading completely. (10 seconds is showing a blank screen). What can I do to start the animation immediately?

Thanks a lot

Rocco

Preloader & Font Problem
Hey people, i got this problem, i'm making a preloader for a web site, and i'm using this kind of font that is not common, i mean is not an universal font like arial, times new roman, etc. Well the thing is that i need to know if i can use it, because is not an static text, but dynamic; and i'm pretty sure that i have see it before, in other sites (preloaders with the percentage number 67% in a diferent type of font). I hope you understand this, and some help will be really appreciate it. thanks in advance

i'm using flash mx 2004, and the font i'm talking about is for the percentage counter, is a dynamic text.

for example:
loading 25% -------> this will be the font (the counter)

[F8] Percent Preloader......font?
How do I assign a font to the text of a percentage preloader so that the viewer will see the same font regardless if the font is on they're machine or not? example: http://www.transformersmovie.com/

much thanks...

Graphical Font Preloader
hello,

i try to make a preloader with graphical numbers (percentage) and i'd like to use instead of the normal fonts graphics like:

1.gif instead of number one 2.gif instead of number two and further

is there somewhere a flash file or a tutorial available? (i'm a beginner)

huge thanks in advance

christine

Preloader With Specific Font
Hi,
I usually do my preloaders with this code in the first keyframe:

Code:
bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadBar._width = getPercent*100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}
But my client wants specific fonts and specific font size for the load text. Does anyone know how I can achieve this?

Best regards/
wtk

Preloader With Pixel Font Problem
I am very new to actionscript and I am tring to incorporate this preloader component into my website. I have the preloader working fine with the exception to the Font. I want to use the Pixel Font Intellegent for the data area of the preloader. Obviously I am having trouble embedding the font with the preloader. I have attached my .fla file so you can see. I am totally lost. Is there a script I can use in the current file that will embed this font for me??? I would appreciate any help. THANKS

http://www.rogercline.com/rok/

Embedded Font Delays Preloader
I have embedded my font and works well.
But when i export it the preloader displays delayed, for example starts from %40.
When i do not embed the font preloader works well.

I had the same problem with a sound file and when I unchecked the Export in first frame from the linkage, the problem was solved.

I tried it for the embedded font too but the preloader is still delayed.
Does anyone have an idea about this problem?

Preloader Counter Uses The Wrong Font...
Hello,

I've fixed the main problem with my preloader - only to encounter another

My percentage counter now works as it should but the font it appears in is not correct. (The intended font will only be used if the user has that font installed on his machine). It seems to revert to a default - times new roman I think.

http://www.sjmoore.co.uk/flash/v3.htm

However the rest of the site is fine (the font is used elsewhere on the site but it is only the counter that is displayed incorrectly). Could this be something to do with the counter being a dynamic text field?

Is the counter loaded before the font is loaded? Is this why?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

Shared Font Library Causes Pause After Preloader Loads Main Movie
Man I never saw this coming. I finally built my first preloader for a small navigation banner and the shared font library it uses is messing up the preloader. Basically, after the main movie loads, the preloader disappears and there is a pause while the shared font library downloads - the dumb thing is like 21KB*. On a 56K modem, this takes about 8 seconds. What can I do?

*
Code:
Font Name Bytes Characters
---------------------- --------- --------------
Verdana 20479 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿˆ˜–—‘’‚“”„†‡•…‰‹›€™

Web Standard
I was hoping to find out the "web standard" when it comes to the basic web site construction. Should be using a simple get URL, the load movie action, or browser frames. Also, how can I control the placement of the movie if I load it. If I use loadMovie into a given position ie: a place holder movie clip, it seems to offset the movie. I would appreciate any help or opinions on this one. Thank you.

Standard
Is there any kind of a document size standard for using Flash in a presentation. I know it depends on settings of the monitor etc. But I was wondering if there was a general standard set anywhere.

Thanks...

Standard Functions?
How can I create a standard function?

Lets say I have a function called my_func and this function reorders an array in a way I defined and returns it. So when I call this function by array_name.my_func() I want the array_name to request the my_func function.

Mzzl, Chris

Standard 07_55
anybody know where i can get hold of standard 07_55 font for mac?

sorry this is the wrong forum. nobody seems to use the fonts page.

jim

Standard 07_53
Does anyone know where i can download this font for free?
Thanks.

Standard Fps For Website
What is the best fps for a website? Is it better to go as high as you need or better to stay lower and work around the slower rate?

What Is The Standard Dimensions For An Fla Doc.
hi everyone >>> was woundering ..... im making a web site using only flash ...

what is the best dimension for my fla document? if i want my swf to fit with the window browser considering some adds on the righr side for yahoo geocities ?

What Are Standard Dimensions?
Hello. What are the standard dimensions for creating a flash website?

I know the default dimensions in flash are not the standard for creating an entire website in flash so If anyone can relay the answer to me I would appreciate it, thank you.

STANDARD ARCHITECTURE? Plz Help
Hello, this may seem like a silly question... But I am having real trouble grasping something and I can't seem to get a solid opinion about it.

I am making my website at the moment, and this is my first time really stepping it up with AS3 and no timeline use. In your opinion what is the correct architecture for a site? I am so confused I keep running around in circles building onto my site and then removing it. If you are having trouble understanding what I'm talking about, I am saying what is the correct website style/methods/architecture/etc comprised of? is it swfs loaded in dynamically? is it all called in via AS using the child list... or is there another way.

What I'm really getting at is what would you guys consider the "ideal" architecture for a standard 4 page (home, about, port, contact) website? The only dynamic data I need is the port, and home page would have a news feed...thats about it.

Any thoughts?

Thank you very much

Standard Text Link
I'm trying to make a nornal text link just like ones produced with HTML code. I have a box of which I can add the links, can someone tell me how to enter this? for example my links page looks like this:
Bands
Relic 4th Element No Match

I need it so that when you click on and of the bands listed below the word bands, it will open a new window with the specified website.

Standard Frame Rate Fps?
What fps do the pros usually use for their Flash projects for the web? I know that 12 fps is the default in Flash, but I'm wondering if that is normal to stick with or not. I'd like to know what the Flash gurus use for their web projects? Thanks for sharing!

Fader - Standard Values?
Hi everyone,

I am using a fader with 0 to 100 values. But I want fader to stop only 0-25-50-75-100 values. For example, when the user drag it, it should stick to either 25 or 50. How can I do it? I have looked to common libraries -> faders of MX04 but they are 0-100 scale and same as I got.
Hope I explained my problem, Thank You

Ali
ali@canlidinc.net

Forms Versus Standard
Is there a difference in the way you treat a loaded swf created using a Form app opposed to a traditional swf?

for example:
_root["_level"+activeSlide].stop();
will stop the loaded swf at a level specified by activeSlide.

However, this won't work if the swf was created using Forms.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Standard System Fonts?
So English Windows has a few standard fonts that are on everyones machines, arial times courier.

Japanese Windows has MS gothic.

Can anybody tell me what a standard font it on a Chinese windows machine?

Thanks

Flash Professional Vs Standard
Hi

can anyone post a source where I can find detailed information what is the difference between flash pro version and standard?

we need to buy one in the company but not sure if need to spend extra money on pro version...

will be really greatfull for your help, thx in advance

Web Page Dimensions Standard
Hi People!

I'm just starting to redesign my personal site and thought:

"I wonder if the web-standard for web page dimensions has shifted at all?"

I know that its been was at 800 x 600 for ages, is it still there?

Anybody know if it has increased at all?

Did have a look on WC3 but it was a needle-in-a-haystack Job!

I apologise, as this isn't a Flash question, but this is my favourite forum & I there's always a wide range of opinions here...

Cheers

D.

[F8] Standard Stage Size?
I've read several different answers, most of them "roughly"... But when developing a full screen flash site, isn't there any most used stage size?

Dreamweaver shows e.g. in it's menu for a 1024 x 768 maximised site 935x600 and a 800x600 maximised site 760 x 420. Are those pretty standard sizes for a flash stage too?

Is There A New 'standard' Frame Rate?
I've developed in Flash for a few years and have nearly always used the default frame rate -- 12 fps -- out of a desire to maintain animation speed on slower computers, and since there's plenty of classic animation out there that looks just fine that way.

However, I'm finally starting a project that will require Flash Player 9, so we're doing it entirely in AS 3.0, and there will be no backward-compatibility issues; it's a clean slate. The site will be relatively traditional — no 3D, no wild bitmap parties — but will contain various animations of both vectors and bitmaps. Of course I plan to use bitmap caching wherever practical.

So my question is: what framerate should I use?

The arguments IN FAVOUR of a higher framerate are:
— smoother animation
— since I'll be using an AS3/FP9 combination, I can rely on the 30x speed improvement of the player over past versions, and even 'slow' computers can handle my relatively simple animations (this is 2008, after all)

The arguments AGAINST are:
— older computers aren't as fast as I'd like to think, and there are enough regular folk out there who won't see a 30 fps rate even WITH FP9
— Adobe still (as of CS3, anyway) has the default rate set at 12, so presumably they feel the lowest common denominator still can't reliably handle more than that
— since decent animation can still be had @ 12fps, and since it's hard to get reliable information on what to really expect from a broad base of users, stick with what you know works

All things being equal, it's pretty obvious that 20, 24 or 30 fps looks smoother than 12, so I'd like to use it ... all things being equal.

Any thoughts/arguments most appreciated.

Is There A Standard Framerate For Big Sites?
Just out of curiosity.... is there a standard frame rate that people use for flash files done on larger sites?

In particular, I am working on a site that will use a relatively large flash file within an html coded site. I'm worried about things chugging, either the flash file, or the images in the html, on loading.

I want everything to load in smoothly... I think 12fps looks pretty sucky for flash, but I'm affraid that if I go any higher it'll just make things worse on slower computers....

any suggestions?

Standard/Pro Actionscripting View
Hi, I'm a newbie to this site, plus an amateur at flash. I have Flash MX (04 i think) and I never have put in the time to using action scripting properly and so have used the basic view action scripting that MX allows (you pro's are probably rolling ur eyes and have never used this option). It is just so much easier to do somethign quick, buttons linking to pages and other things etc.

I am now using Flash 8 at work and need to know if it has this option - the basic flash commands, click and away u go....? I of course should be learning the proper coding which I do intend to do, but for now I need to know if it has this option. I am working on a Mac and have used Flash MX on here too, but it doesnt have this viewing option that my PC version did.

Thanks, hope you can help.

Standard As Layout Questions
should I be putting all my functions outside of the constructor? in the package, with the imports? I see some people do, but not always..

so i guess my question is, when do functions need to be in the constructor? if they call the stage??

and also, i'm working on using a preloader swf, so anything in my main swf that calls the stage needs to be added to a listener for ADDED_TO_STAGE right.. what are some other things that wouldn't work, when wrapped in a preloader swf..

thanks, i'm just looking for basic logic here..

How Do I Convert To Standard Time?
ActionScript Code:
var time: Date = new Date();
//// Gets the time values
var seconds:uint = time.getSeconds();
var minutes:uint = time.getMinutes();
var hours:uint = time.getHours();

var time_str:String = (time.getHours()+ ":" +time.getMinutes()+ ":" +time.getSeconds());
trace(time_str);
time_txt.text = (time_str);

//Currently displays time in military format - 18:46:34

Requesting help to display time in standard format - 6:46 PM

Non-Standard Variable Names
Hello,

I am working on making a Flash-based form to work with the excellent PHPlist mailing list program. It is fairly straigtforward stuff - the input textfield variables firstname, lastname, email get passed via LoadVariables to the PHP page that does the processing.

However, I am having trouble specifying one value, namely the particular mailing list number the user is subscribing to. The HTML-based form which I'm basing my Flash form on has this parameter specified as follows:

<input type="hidden" name="list[1]" value="signup">

(The "1" inside the square brackets is the list number to be subscribed to.)

I have defined a variable in my movieclip as follows:

list[1] = "signup";

...but I am pretty sure that a variable name that uses square brackets is illegal in Flash, though there are no errors generated by my ActionScript. In any event, I can pass my name and email to PHPlist, but I can't seem to associate my name with a particular list.

Any ideas how I can successfully pass this weird variable name and value pair to the PHP back-end?

Thanks for any thoughts,

Barnaby

Standard Code Practice
Sorry may of posted this in the wrong thread (this is my first time writing threads, hope Ya forgive me).

First off, a massive thanks to ActionScript [org] for giving us the freedom and to all members for thier contributions e.t.c., with-out which we would all (possibly) be at a loss.

Ok, now to my frustration;

Where to begin, so many questions, so little time.

HISTORY:

Im a self-taught graphic designer (since 2001) and i grasp the consepts of most programs including flashMX.

QUESTION:

When it comes to writing code im slightly confused by all the different way's people construct their code. Maybe its just me. Is there a Standard Code Practice that i should follow (if so where can i get some e.g.) or do i just make it up as i go???

Standard Debug Questions
We have a flash application with video that was developed by a third party vendor

http://www.lfg.com/LincolnPageServer?LFGPage=/lfg/ipc/index.html (Click on tell me more)

We just plugged in the code on our site to open their application. We do not have the source code to debug.

Management comes back to us with second hand reports that it is not working properly. We know since there is streaming video (vital stream), they can ask the user if they are using a dial-up connection. It always works fine for us using our high-speed connection.

I was wondering what other questions you ask when people tell you a flash application is not working?

Or what other things we can do to try and consistently break the application so we can ask the third party to fix it.

Thanks
Mathias

Using Web Standard Markup In Flash
Hello,

Simple question: I have numerous transitional xhtml pages marked up and ready to go. The code is basic but uses a few tags that are not recognized in Flash via HTML import- <h1>, <div> etc. Is there a best practice method for using this code without having to "dummy" down the code for use in Flash? Is there any advantage to importing the xhtml pages as XML and going that route or will I have the same problem?

Thanks,
Bob

[PHP]Mean Average & Standard Deviation
For some stats revision I made these, you may like them,

For more information + source code go to the relevant link:
http://blog.digitalcarnival.com/2007...-mean-average/
http://blog.digitalcarnival.com/2007...ard-deviation/

and previews:
http://php.digitalcarnival.com/meancalc.html
http://php.digitalcarnival.com/sdcalc.html

FUNCTIONS:

PHP Code:

function mean($x) {$summation = 0;$values = 0; foreach ($x as $value) { if (is_numeric($value)) { $total = $total + $value; $values++; } } $mean = $total/$values; return $mean;}function standard_deviation($x) {$summation = 0;$values = 0; foreach ($x as $value) { if (is_numeric($value)) { $summation = $summation + $value; $values++; } } $mean = $summation/$values; foreach ($x as $value) { if (is_numeric($value)) { $ex2 = $ex2 + ($value*$value); } } $rawsd = ($ex2/$values) - ($mean * $mean); $sd = sqrt($rawsd); return $sd;}

Using The Standard UI Component Set Of Mx2004
Hi,

I recently updated the MX 2004 Component set from the adobe website. This included a lot of components etc. Now I am aware that my Flash is still MX04 and NOT professional, which means that I cannot use Data Binding, Alert Components etc.

But I have some samples in Flash that use the Alert Component and it worked on my MX 04( probably because it was a compiled clip). Anyway, that's not the point. I see so many other components like Menu,Date Picker, MenuBar,Tree etc...

1. How can I use these components ?
2. Do I need Mx Professional for these ?
3. Are there help sites for all these ?

I don't expect to be spoon fed, but I would like a tutorial or a post that points me in the right direction.

Please reply to this question....as I know I have a great software sitting here, but don't know how to tackle it.

Preloader With No Standard Font

hi,I have seen a lot of websites with preloaders made with fonts that are not standard, or with pixel fonts,how can i do that??help

hi,

I have seen a lot of websites with preloaders made with fonts that are not standard, or with pixel fonts,

how can i do that??

help