Flash :: Put Emails From The Visit ?

Window Open First Visit, Closed Next Visit
If I had a window in flash, say an external swf, is there a way to have this not visible the second time you visit the site?
I have some info you would only read once, if possible I would like it to be in a window, when second visit only the top bar is visible to open it if you want to. Not so it disapears altogether but the window is closed.
thanks for any suggestions

First Visit: 1.swf. Second Visit: 2.swf
Hello,

I have 3 external movies that I would like to play in this order.

first time someone visits the site they get 1.swf
second time they visit the ste they get 2.swf
third time they visit the site they get 3.swf

and everytime after that they get the same pattern 1, 2, 3.

I've searched but not found the answer to this. Does anyone know how to do that? I think it would involve a session or cookie or something...not sure.

any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Caberz

Visit Counter
Is it possible to build a visit counter with Flash?

Detect First Visit?
Well I have a little problem again I wonder if it's possible to only let a little intro see when the visiter of my site visits the site for the first time that day?! Is that possible?

Grtz
Joost

Visit Counter?
does anyone have any ideas about how to get or make a site counter for visits?

New Site (plz Visit)
hey, me and my friend have just started a flash movie making site, and we need some ppl to look at it and criticize. We've only been doing Flash for a week, so we only have made a few movies, and basic games (mostly tests)
If you'd like to host movies, hit us up on the E-mail address on the site.

Play Once Per Visit
Hi,
I have a flash animation that plays on the index page.
My client wants it to only play when someone first gets to their site. (each visit)
So if they go on to the contact page and then back to the homepage, the flash movie will stay on frame one.
Hope that explains the question.

Thanks

New Image With Each Visit
Hello,

I'm looking to have the main image of the site i'm building change each time a user returns to the site. Not a slide show, but a static image that would change on a user's next return. Maybe 5 images in total.

Do I create a single .swf with 5 scenes & add the appropriate actionscript? Or do i need to make 5 individual .swfs and have the actionscript for the movieclip call those files?

Appreciate your help.

thedubc.

Hello Guys...please Visit...
please visit and review the updates of my site.. and give some suggestion...thanks and good day!

RaymondRamy
http://bizgraphix.com

Virtual Visit
Hello, does anyone know how to make a virtual visit in flash ??
i mean to have some controlers or from the keyboard and when you move right or left up or down... you can see the rest of the image.. i don't know if you understand

I think you can make it if you have an oversized image and a smaller square as mas in the center.. and as you click on the controller buttons or keyboard.. the mask moves and you can see the rest of the image.. hope understand what i mean ...
heres an example of what i want but in flash ..
http://www.thehidingroom.com
any tutorial or a fla..
thanks.

A Conversation Visit
I have started a thread in Actionscript. I would like to invite the MX crowd too because I enivitably draw upon MX actionscript in this dicussion.

just visiting oop

Book Of Visit
hi
como podria hacer un libro de visitas.
alguien tiene un .fla que me envie. gracias

somebody has a .fla what me seend
disculpen mi ingles

I Need To Be Inspired - What Sites Should I Visit
My gray matter needs inspiration, which flash based sites should I visit to see flash used at it best and most varied

Site Visit Counters
Is there a way to make a counter in Flash?

Getting Flash To Play Only Once Per Visit?
I saw this question answered once long ago, but I lost it...

I have a site with a homepage Flash intro (actually, it's only a sound embedded in a small square swf file). How can I make it so that a visitor doesn't have to be subjected to the Flash sound every time they go back to the home page?

I haven't seen an example of this, so I don't even know if it's possible...

Thanks in advance!

Load Movie ONCE (per Visit)
Anyone have any bright ideas on how to keep the annoying banner from playing everytime they load the page, but still playing on the first page the user visits?

Muchas Gracias...
gf

SWF On Index Should Not Reload During Same Visit
Could somebody please point me in the right direction?
I have a Flash movie on the Index page of my website. When the user bounces around my site and then returns to the index page, I would prefer it if they didn't have to endure the entire movie again.

Is there a way to tell their browser to go to the end of the movie if the viewer has already seen the movie on this visit?

I don't necessarily want to get into cookies (mostly because I'm not that advanced a user). I would like the movie to start when they return to the site, but if they get back to the index page during their stay, it would be better if they didn't have to sit through the movie again.

Any help you can offer is, as usual, greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!!

Buttons Not Working On Re-visit
I have a file set up with buttons that will lead to a section of the screen zooming in (via movie clip). At the end of the movie clip, and have a different button that returns the user to the main timeline, and also unloads the movie clip. However, in testing, when I've done this and I've returned to the main timeline, the button no longer works, which essentially means that it's a one time use feature, which I don't want...Where am I going wrong?

Here's the code that I'm using

Button Code:
on (release) {
//Movieclip GotoAndPlay Behavior
this.HICNm.gotoAndPlay("2");
//End Behavior
}

Movie Clip Code:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(1);

//unload Movie Behavior
if(this == Number(this)){
unloadMovieNum(this);
} else {
this.unloadMovie();
}
//End Behavior
}

Reload File Each Visit
Hi,
I've got a txt that I access through a loadvars.
Once the swf has been viewed, changes to the file won't show up on the user's computer because a copy of the old one is in their cache.

How can I make Flash get a fresh copy of the file every visit?

Thanks
Neal

Play Once Per Browser Visit
Hi I have created a flash piece I have placed on my companies web site however want it to play only once per browser visit. This is the code I places on frame one to make this happen:

replay = SharedObject.getLocal("save");

if (replay.data.name == undefined){
gotoAndPlay(2);
replay.data.name = "played";
} else {
gotoAndStop(422);
}

But now my movie is doing all kinds of stange things and wont even play. What can I do to make this happen?? Please help!! Thank you for taking the time. )

Here is the site: http://www.aspenhome.net/

Just skip the splash page and it is the black boxed area on the home page.

Thanks again,
Shay

Load .swf From Server On Each Visit
Hello everyone,

I need to have my primary .swf file load fresh from the server on each visit, rather than loading from the user's cache. I've done quite a bit of searching, but unfortunately haven't been able to locate anything.

With the old object embed method I could use PHP to tag a random variable on to the end of the .swf reference, like this:

Code:
<param name="movie" value="index.swf?variable=randomNumber" />
But now that I'm using the method that uses AC_OETags.js I don't think using the random PHP variable will work. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Swf Header To Play Once Per Visit
Well, I have done some searching to try and find a way to do this, but I have not found much info on this and wanted to know if anyone on here may know of a solution to this. I have created a swf header and the client now wants it to play only once per visit to the site. Is this possible and if so, has anybody seen any tutorials or any simple scripts that can be added to make this happen?

Playing Audio On First Visit Only.
I am trying to use LSO's to have a piece of audio only play on the users first visit. Does anybody know the best way to achieve this? Is there a method I could use to set a variable (The LSO) either when the audio finishes playing/is stopped by the users, or when the Flash app is closed? Any help would be appreciated.

How Can I Do A Visit Counter In Flash?
is it possible?

Play Intro Once Per Visit
Hi there,

I have searched around for a bit and can't find a solution...

I have a flash intro that is supposed to play once an the first visit in a SESSION. Once the visitor navigates away and then returns to the page that the flash is on, we want to go straight to the last frame. If the users ends the session and then comes back to the site, we want the flash intro to play again. Below is the code that I have their now, but I can't figure out how to clear the SharedObject at the end of the session.

Code:
var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("animationPlayed");
if (my_so.data.played == undefined)
{
my_so.data.played = true;
my_so.flush();
}
else
{
gotoAndStop(230);
}

Swf In Emails
Is there a way of sending someone an email (like when someone sends a html web formated email) with a swf file of motion graphics or whatever playing?

I have attempted several ways .. most notably:

1. creating a html/swf document with the swf embedded
2. named them "test.html" and "test.swf"
3. uploaded the "test.swf" to my server (www.myserver/test/test.swf)
4. edited the embed and object tags in the "test.html" to reflect the new
path to the "test.swf" .. from "test.swf" to "www.myserver/test/test.swf".
5. composed an email and attached the "test.html" file - sent it to myself
6. received the email .. the html format was correct but there was
simply a blank area where the .swf should be.

Can this be done?
Is there a better way of accomplishing this task (email promotions using flash assets)?

tia.
trickyMoe

Swf In Emails
I have a client that would like to send out an email blast with an embedded swf file. I know it can be done, but I am concerned it will not reach everyone due to older email apps and security settings. What are some best practice techniques for doing this?

Swf In Emails, Yet Again
I don't want to flog a dead animal, here. However, I do need to confirm that the beast has in fact expired.

I have researched methods of embedding Flash in emails. I have followed the teachings of the Old Masters. I get (and I quote) "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly." So does everyone I know. This appears due to Microsoft 'security' updates.

Is there a peaceful way to send swfs to folks in emails? Or are we once again at the mercy of the Cylons - sorry: Mucrosoft? Microsoft?

What kills me about 'security' is that I can't provide Flash emails for my clients, but I have to run AdAware three times a day just to keep my machine up to speed...

Web Emails
hey, not sure if this is the right forum to post this into, if t isnt, can you please change it the the right one? thank you

anyway,

What I want to learn how to do which I cant do (obviously) is send emails to clients, that look like a web page, do you get what I mean? game developers and stuff do this to show updates and stuff, and apple use this also to show updates in quick time,

any, any help would be appriciated,

thanks alot

Giles

Telling Flash To Visit A Frame
Ive noticed that when i go into a MovieClip and do my animating in there, and set a button to say "Gotoandplay(36)" it goes to 36 in that movieclip, not in my actual movie, now i know this is called "Scenes" and i know this is simply done, ive seen this done before but i cant figure out how to do it again, it was somewhere along the lines of

.onPress; function =
"hey"

When i put in the frame label, the movie would instantly warp to my First scene, which is the scene i want, and go to the frame labelled "Hey" Help a n00b in n33d

CSS Not Working On Any Site I Visit In Explorer
Hi! This problem is really irritating me. I have the latest Internet Explorer. When I go to any web site with css then the css part does not work. For example if someone has used css to display the fonts on there site as italics. I will see it as regular font.
Is there an option that I might have disabled accidentaly in IE?

This is really driving me nuts.

Online Visit Counter In Flash
hi ppl
As u can c in the attached file, i made 2 scripts:

i saw in http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/hitcounter.htm
and then made it...

then i got the online_users_script from http://www.dittoscripts.com/
and make it, but i couldnt make it with flash...

can any1 help me to modify the .fla and the ditto_online_users script so i can see the online visitors in flash...

my actionscript knowledge is very very bad... so i pray
u to help me...

thanks alot in advance.

------------------------------------------------
i think u have only to manage to load the data from flash from the file online.txt... just that...
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Setting Cookies To Play Only Once Per Visit?
Hi, I've been searching this site looking for sample code that will allow me to set a cookie with javascript or asp to instruct Flash.

I have an index page with three small swf animations and the client only wants them to play the first time a visitor comes to the homepage. If they return back to the homepage, they want the animation to not play again. If the visitor returns tomorrow, we'd like the animation to play again.

Are cookies the best way to go and can somebody point me to a script that would work for this? Many thanks in advance...

[F8] Flash/Cookie To Not Restart During Visit?
Sorry, I know that's pretty a vague title but considering my knowledge the question is kind of vague too.. Well I'll get right to it.

What would be the best way to have an animated/sound playing header logo to not reload or at least not play sounds every time a user clicks on a link in my site?

I'm using php so the header gets reloaded whenever anyone clicks any other links on my website. I don't want to be spamming them with sound throughout their entire visit (Which will be quite short if I do).

I considered trying a frame for the header but of course everyone I talked to said "Ye Gods man! NOT FRAMES!!" well.. something along those lines anyway.

The only other suggestion I've received is to try using cookies to tell if the user has already seen/heard the header this visit and to have it either not play sounds or skip to the last frame if they've already seen it.

Having never dealt with cookies I'm curious if this is a simple task to accomplish or if anyone has any other suggestions that would be better for my situation?

Thanks for the advice,
Rylynn

UIscrollbar Loads Only On Second Visit To Page
I have some text boxes (with text loading dynamically) and uiscrollbars. When I publish the movie and go in the pages with text boxes the scrollbar doesn't show up (it's just a white box), but if I go to another page and return to the page with the textbox the scrollbar appears! I can't figure out what gives. Please help

I'm using mx 2004. Any help is greatly appreciated.

How Can I Get Rid Of Little Numbers Appearing On My Site, When I Visit It On A Mac?
This is weird...

How can I get rid of little numbers appearing on my site when I visit it, using a mac??

If you have a Mac, please have a look at www.harveybbrown.com
1) if you visit it using safari: the number 4 appears every now and then during the navigation
2) if you visit it using firefox: the number 4 appears as well, but also the background image does not upload
3) if you visit it using opera it is perfect!

I built this site using a PC. Are these problems of incompatibility between PC and Mac? How can I solve the problem? Moreover, do you know if I would be able to open a flash file, created on a PC, using a Mac?

Thanks for your help, if you can help!

Make A Movie Only Play Once Per Visit
Hi guys,

I've been looking at ways to make it so a flash intro movie only plays once per visit to the site.
Is there a way to do this using actionscript/flash only or must i do it with a scripting language like php?

I'm a total n00b when it comes to actionscript so sorry if it's a dumb question.

TIA
Joe

How Do I Change Movie/scene Each Visit?
I am a novice, so please excuse this daft question. I wish to load a new scene or movie when a person restarts or reloads a movie. This change event should occur say 6 times then the movie goes back to the original movie.
Does this make sense and can any one help

Thanks Wilbur

Preloader Gets Stuck After 1st Visit To Site
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I have a website.

the first page is a splash page that sends you to my homepage with my swf on it.

the first two frames of the file are as follows

frame 1

ActionScript Code:
if (_framesLoaded ==_totalframes) {
gotoAndStop(3);
}
frame 2

ActionScript Code:
gotoAndPlay(1);
AND I KNOW WHY ITS HAVING A PROBLEM.
after the first time someone vists the site,,it gets cached to hard drive, and is already loaded on pc. so when the try to visit the site the second or third or any time, it doesn't have to LOAD the frames, and therefore the preloader script never knows when to advance, since it never loads 3 frames.

how do i get around this??
plz help asap!@

leif

Individual Visit Counter: Plot Dev
Thx so much for the assistance on The Boondocks question I posted a few weeks back. I've got another question, which I'm thinking is not nearly as difficult to answer. On the Plot Dev site, there's a "Did You Know" box that appears once you've launched the site. In this box, it shows you how many time YOU have visited the site:

http://www.plotdev.com/flashindex.html

I've seen site counters, but nothing like this one that shows how many times a single entity has visited a site. I'm thinking this is done with some type of cookie.

Does anyone have an idea on how this was done? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Visit Http://www.flash-generator.com
Flash of macromedia is a good software.
But if you are new and you want to use flash animations in commercial application,

Visit http://www.flash-generator.com

Showing Preloader Very Quick At Second Visit
Hi!
I have my project almost done.There are a couple of things I wanna fix like if I load my site for the first time the preloader works(both movie and sound) but the second time since it is already in cache the preloader appears very quick and the animation starts.

I wanted to show the preloader or the bar progressing even if I had been to the web site before.

How can I do that?

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?

How To Prevent .swf From Playing On Return Visit?
I have an .swf that kicks off and plays when a user visits my site. Users can then click normal HTML links and go to different pages. When they click the HOME button, I don't want them to have to go through the whole .swf thingy again. Is there a way to stop this? (Cold Fusion or JavaScript, maybe?)

HELP HOW DO YOU ADD FLASH IN YOUR EMAILS
I'VE BEEN TRYING 4 AGES!!!!! BUT I CANT FIGURE IT OUT!!!! I WANT TO PUT A LOGO BUTTON SORT OF THING IN THE END OF MY EMAILS. IAM USING OUTLOOK EXPRESS (LATEST VERSION) AND FLASH 5.

P L E A S E H E L P!!!

P.S HOW DO YOU INSERT A FLASH SIGNATURE IN THESE THREADS?

THANX IN ADVANCE!!!

Flash Emails
I am trying to send a marketing email that contains a flash movie. I've tried lots of different ways to do this but can't get it to work on a mac (it works on a PC fine). I need it to show in the window automatically. Any ideas?

Flash In Emails
I want to put flash in an email but don't know exactly how to go about it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Caj

Using Flash In Emails
I tried doing a search on the boards for this but the engine kept timing out and producing errors....

I have a client that wants to do a email campaign specifically targeted to a group of people whop all use Outlook for email purposes. They want to include Flash in the emails to give more flair.

I know this can be done using the stationary in Outlook by creating an HTML file and calling up the stationary. However, because these marketing pieces will be using Flash and text elements, it would be preferable to create them without using stationary.

My question is if there is anything out there that will help in creating a Flash-based email or if there any tutorials to help along. The method of delivery has not been determined at this point. Would using a "newsletter"-type program with HTML capabilities be more useful in this case?

Thanks for any help.

Charles.

Put Emails From The Visit ?

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put Emails from the visit

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