Flash :: Run Version 6, And Still Load And Run Version 5 At The Same Time

Trial Version Flash 8 Prof, While Waiting For Purchased Version To Arrive
I am using Flash 8 Professional 30 day trial on my PC until the Flash 8 Professional program arrives in the snail mail, i am having trouble publishing my ads for use on our website with this trial version, is it b/c it is the trial version. my company ordered Flash 8 Prof for me, but I won't get it until next week.

How I Can Detect The Flash Version? My Movie Require The Last Version
Hi,

Since i use tranparency in my movie, i need the "surfer" to have the lastest version of flash(specially for netscape user).

Someone can tell me where to get a flash dectector for flash 6.
LAST VERSION! i had the 6.00.29.0 and it didnt work, the 6.00.85.9 work...SO i need to detect if the user got the lastest...

how i can detect that, and let the user dl the latest version automaticly?

The Version 7 (MX 2004) Fla File Shows Correctly In Version 8
I am new to Flash.

We have an old fla file created with Flash MX 2004 that needs to be modified. About 2 months ago, I contact Adobe for MX 2004 and was told that Adobe did not sell it anymore. I had to purchase Version 8. Also I was told that version 8 would be backward capable.

I purchased version 8 and tried to load the fla file. However, the flash generated is different from what it was from MX 2004, some text or captions disappeared from screens.

Please advice.

Do Version 6 SWFs Run Faster In A Version 7 Player?
hi

does anyone know if it's the flash player 7 that makes SWF files run faster or is it the MX 2004 coding? the reason i'm asking is to see if version 6 encoded SWF files run any faster in a flash player 7. thanks.

How Can I Tell The Difference Of A Educational Version VS A Commercial Version
I was wanting to see if any of you guys knew.
Can I tell the difference of a educational version VS a commercial version
of the flash 5 and dreamweaver 4 by looking at the cd's , before I buy them.

Like is there a special code on the outside of the cd's that shows the difference?

I want to make sure I dont buy a educational version.

Thanks ahead for any help on this matter.

What Is Relationship Of Player Version And Authoring Version?
Hi, i was wondering what the relationship is between the end users player version and the authoring tool. If a swf file has been created in the latest version of flash will it play on all players or does the user need to have the latest compatible player installed. Thanks in advance

Later SWF Version Loaded Inside Earlier Version SWF
I'm trying to find out if there are issues with loading a SWF movie clip using:

onClipEvent(load) {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("empty_mc",9);'
empty_mc.loadMovie("compiledwithgreaterversion.swf");
}

If you compile the swf that this is created with to a few versions behind, say Flash V6 and AS1, and the compiledwithgreaterversion.swf file is compiled with Flash 8 and AS2 code, what happens to the player? Does it downgrade the AS VM so it runs the loaded movie with lowest code version possible, or will it run the loaded movie using the AS2 code? I'm loading inside a browser plugin of version 9 or greater.

Hoping this makes sense and someone with some knowhow can answer...

Thanks.

French Version...english Version...?
Hi all,
please help me over this "version" problem...
I installed win2000 in french as basic language. then i installed flash 5 and all the texts as well as the actionscript run without problem. so I exported all the files.
after putting on the web, when it is viewed with french-basis windows, it is fine. Once I use the Eng. windows (or chinese wndows), both the texts and the actionscipt not work properly...I really don't know why will it be that, can anyone give me a hand on this?
Thanks in advance,

Cheers,
MKit

V5 Version-compatible Version Of GetBytesLoaded()
As the title says, does anyone know a v5 code snippet that can be used to replace the v6-only getBytesLoaded()?

This is a line taken from an fla. posted by oldnewbie, and I'm trying to get it to work when published to v5, but can't remember a substitute, or if there even is one.

code:
percent = (this.container.getBytesLoaded()/this.container.getBytesTotal())*100;

Thanks for any help

Loading Fp Version 9 Swf Into Older Version Swf
Hi,
I am trying to load a flash player version 9 swf into a version 6 swf, using loadMovieNum. When I load it into _level 0, the loaded swf works, but when I load it into a higher level, it doesn't (I am not using _root in the 9 version).

What could be the reason?

I also have a lot of problems using the MovieClipLoader class or loadMovie for this.

(I need this to combine the use of the swfObject and building some kind of preloader)

thanks,

Jerryj.

Problems When Switching From Version 6 To Version 7 ()
i´ve got this xml price list imported into flash, and all script written for version 6. When exporting to version 7, some problems occur:
the import/parse split-into-arrays part is working fine.
the duplicateMovieclip dosent work, and the arrays' values comes out NaN.

Can anyone tell me if the syntax have changed from v. 6 to v. 7 ?

Some actionscript attached: (scaled down for simplicity)

ActionScript Code:
var Leiligheter:Array =[];
for (i=0; i<my_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
Leiligheter.push( {
Nr:Number(my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.Seksjon),
Pris:Number(my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.pris)
});
}

dupMovie = function() {

for (i=0; i<AntallLeiligheter; i++) {

_root.Prisliste.MC_Nr.duplicateMovieClip("MC_Nr"+i, i, { _y:MC_Nr._y+ListItemHeight+(ListItemHeight*i)});

_root.Prisliste["MC_Nr"+i].Txt.text = LeiligheterSortByNrAsc[i].Nr;
_root.Prisliste["MC_Type"+i].Txt.text = LeiligheterSortByNrAsc[i].Type;
}
};
thx, MOS

Quick Time Version That Support Macromedia Flash
Hello,
I'm new here & I really appreciate any help on this problem,
I tried several time to export my flash work as a quick time movie, but it always fail & give me this massege which i am not able to understand, "The installed version of Quick Time does not have a handler for this type of Macromedia Flash movie. Plase consult the documentation for futher information."
I am using windows XP, what is the quick time version or update that i have to download to solve this problem, or there is another solution?

SWF 1.0/2.0 Version Detector To Load A 3.0 SWF
Hello all, I'm in a pickle here.

I need to create a flash file that's embeddable on other web pages (think of YouTube videos being posted on MySpace forums). The problem is, the flash file is written in ActionScript 3.0, so if a browser with Flash 8 or below views this page, the Flash file will still load, but it will simply loop through all the frames as if there were a compiler error! (BTW I think this is RIDICULOUS; it shouldn't load at all)

Since MySpace doesn't allow javascript on its forums, I believe that the only thing I can do is to use the ActionScript Detection Kit available from Adobe. It uses code that's compatible with AS 4.0 and above to check the version. If it's greater than or equal to 9.0.115, it will load up the proper ActionScript 3.0 file (and hopefully, it is possible to pass in "FlashVars" from the 2.0 to the 3.0). If not, it will simply say the latest version of Flash is required.

1. Is this scenario possible? i.e. if you have 9.0.115 or greater, to load a 3.0 SWF file into a 2.0 SWF file or replace it?
2. Is there a better scenario (that doesn't use javascript)?
3. Is it possible to make my 3.0 SWF file simply NOT LOAD on Flash Players 8 or below? (This would be the best scenario)

Thanks!

Load The LATEST Version.
Hey people,

I have developed a swf, lets call it "project.swf" which will require updating over time, so to avoid a user loading an old version I will name the files thus:
"project1.swf", "project2.swf", "project3.swf" etc everytime a new version is published.

I load this file from a movie called "get_latest_version.swf", into which I hard code the latest version of "project.swf". Not very efficient at all!!

So heres what I want to do:

In "load_latest_version.swf" can I create a way of detecting the highest version number (newest version) and automatically loading that instead of always hard coding a new version number everytime I add a new feature?

I'm thinking: loadMovieNum("project"+getNewestVersion+".swf", 0);
But how would I detect the latest version (highest number) of a file?

Is this possible? I'm struggling here. Please someone help!!

Thanks.

Load Swf Compiled In Other Version Problem
my application compiled in flash8 load dataObject.swf maden in flash mx into container. and when i run it in player it's work correctly.
When i run it from html in Firefox it don't load dataObject correct. I mean that my application don't see the functions into dataObject, like getBytesTotal and custom functions. also it don't see the properties. What to do? why it work correct in player but don't work in mozilla browser?

Flash Version? How To Tell Which Version A SWF Is?
Hello,

I have a very specific question. I am designing a flash banner for a site that clearly states that all flash movies must be in version 5. The movie was created in both Flash MX and Flash MX 2004 and then exported as a flash movie version 5 yet I have received a reply from this site that the flash movie is NOT in version 5.

How can this be?

And since I think they have made a mistake I wanted to check which is the flash movie version but don't know how to get around to do it. Does anyone know how to do this? I would really appreciate any help possible ASAP because this banner is already way overdue.

Thanks,
Matej

If this helps I've attached links to the movies where v5 stands for version 5 and v4 as version 4. Movies are 180x150 px if anyone can extract the version number from there.
http://www.panteon.si/test/v5.swf
http://www.panteon.si/test/v4.swf

Load JPEG Upon Flash Player Version Check
I thought Flash had a built in feature along with the Player checking that could load a static JPEG in place of the movie if the proper Flash Player was not detected. I don't find it in Help or searching this forum. Anyone point me in the right direction?

Question About Quick Load .swf File Online (any Version)
Hi...

I'm quite new for flash. I've done a number of splash intro for my assignments and sorts using flash.

sometimes i find it slow to load when i upload the .swf file online.
i've reduce the size of pictures and have done whatever it takes to make the .fla file smaller.

my question is...looking at a fully flash loaded websites like x-men, etc; filled with pictures and all, or some like animation websites / flash games, eventhough i have to wait a while for it to load fully, i find that they load much faster than my simple flash .swf file. is there anything that i must do in order to make my splash intro to load faster online?

thank you so much in advance.

Dela

"Clean" Load Of Swf File Behaves Differently Than Refreshed Version
Howdy folks,

Has anyone here had problems with flash files not loading all the way or behaving badly online vs. locally?

I'm just trying to get a movie clip on the timeline to play, but for some reason if the .swf is loaded "clean", that is after cleaning out your cache, the movie advances to the correct frame in the timeline to play the clip, but the area where the clip should be is empty and the clip won't play. Once I reload the page, the movie plays fine.

Anyone?

TIA, TB.

Cab Version ?
Is there a way to have Flash MX export an HTML page with the latest cab version of the plugin? Right now it still sets it to:
<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"

When it should be:
<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"

And actually Dreamweaver 4 sets it to cab version 5...Is there a way to update the app somehow so I don't have to do it manually everytime?
Thanks guys
- Patrick

Cab Version ?
Is there a way to have the Flash MX application export an HTML page with the latest cab version of the plugin? Right now it still sets it to: version=6,0,0,0

Could this be set in Dreamweaver 4 too? It's a pain to have to change the code manually.
Thanks
- Patrick Mullady

Version 5 To Version 4
Hallo, i am new around here...

How do i convert a flash 5 file into a flash 4 version.
Probably is the easiest thing on earth to do... once you know how to!!

I only have the .swf file

Thanks a lot.

Version 5 Or 6?
how do you tell whether an swf file is flash version 5 or 6 ?

Old Version To New.
Has anyone had problems opening .fla files that were made in previous version of Flash in MX 2004? I have no problems opening MX 2004 .fla files but files that were made in previous version of Flash don't seem to work, they have an "Unexpected file format." error. Does anyone know whats wrong?

Anyone Use Oem Version?
I have access to Flash MX 2004 through my work but have considered purchasing a version for my son who has dabbled with prior versions and wants to learn more. Has anyone tried or does anyone use one of the OEM versions like those located here: OEM Software
How has your experience been?
What are the Pros?
What are the Cons?
I just want to make an informed purchase decision.

Which Version To Use?
im so new that I dont even have a copy of flash yet. and therein lies my question.

a buddy is putting together a sort of CD of powerpoint, and perhaps flash programs that will serve as a wedding invitation.
My assignment should I choose to accept it, (or even to figure out how the heck i'm gonna do it) is to create some type of simple, frogger type game.
For lack of desire to learn C for one game, one time, i thought of Flash.
a couple issues
1) is this really easier than C?
2) what version do I need?
3) how much is this gonna cost me?
4) if this is feasible, what kind of time are we looking at here?
5) is there a better, easier, cheaper, or faster way?

i appreciate your input
thanks
john

Which Version To Buy?
I am looking to upgrade from Flash 5, but I'm not sure what to upgrade to. Which is the best, but within a $150 range?

Is this a good one?
Flash MX Professional 2004 - complete package

Which Version To Buy?
I am looking to upgrade from Flash 5. I have heard that I should upgrade to FLash MX, but is that true? and if it is, I am looking at one on Ebay and am wondering if this is the right program. Can anyone tell me?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...07342 45&rd=1

Version 4 To MX
Hi All

I have recently begun diving into MX . . . from Flash 4. Yes, its almost 2005 and I’m just dropped software from 1999. Anyway, I have a question regarding MX and how best to approach it. I have taken on a small project replacing the current designer – so this may be a good way to jump in and get familiar.

In version 4, I used library, action scripting (limited to the buttons they gave me), motion/shape tweens, and masks.

So question – aside from of course using FK, what palettes in MX do you think still exist from version 4 and which new ones will I find I be using the most/least? this will be helpful to me . . .

Thanks!

Get Version
I would like to know if there is any way for a flash movie
to detect the version of the flashplayer in the viewers computer
and upgrade it automatically to the latest version?

/Stroke

Which Version?
I used to use Swish2.0 to create simple audio snippets to embed in my web pages. Nothing fancy. I no longer have that program and I need to know which of the many Swish programs out there would best suit this simple need. I don't mind buying some other version as long as the ability to create simple audio files in .swf output can still be done with minimal hassle. Any suggestions? I don't want the jukebox version because I don't want to see the player buttons. I just need a little background music for some of my web pages. Please let me know at gvr@cfl.rr.com

Get The Version Of An Swf
hi all;
i get some swf and i want to see their version , means by which version of flash they were made.
i remember a soft that test the swf in different version of flash player but i forget the name

MAC And PC Version
Hello,

I have a slideshow project. I need to publish it for PC and MAC as an autoexecutable file. When I publish it for PC I get a perfect single file called:
SlideShow.exe. But, when I publish it for mac, I get a bunch of folders, subfolders, files, etc... a complete chaos. What's happening? I used to get a single file in Flash MX, now in Adobe Flash, I get this mess. Could someone point me out to a possible solution? I need the MAC version to be as simple as possible for the client, not a bunch of folders!

Thanks

$version
i was wondering if anyone out there can tell me how to read the $version

in other words if i trace($version)
i get WIN 8,0,22,0

obviously it says windows is my operating system and i have flash 8 player.. but what is the 0,22,0

anyone

Getting The SWF Version In AS3
I'm trying to migrate some scripts from AS2 to AS3 that use getSWFVersion() to determine the version that the main movie (not a loaded one) was published in. The AS3 docs say the new syntax is:

flash.display.SWFLoaderInfo.swfVersion

but I can't figure out what this means. SWFLoaderInfo isn't part of the flash.display class. I found docs for "flash.display.LoaderInfo.swfVersion", but since I'm trying to find out the version of the root movie, I don't know how to do that with LoaderInfo.

Any ideas?

(I don't want to hard-code the swf version beacuse this code will eventually be handed out as part of an API and published in a variety of movies.)

Which Version?
Hello fellow Flashers,

In the last year, I have been developing a website, aimed at providing useful information to hikers, in a highly updatable format. However, recently I've come across a dilema, which version of Flash do I target?

I'm using largely elements of Flash player 6: loadvars, textformat, external JPEG loading etc. So, I'm probably going to target 6. Now, second problem, I could do with features of Flash 7, things like embedded movieclips in dynamic text or CSS could really benefit my site; but how do I know that users of Flash 5 or below won't abandon my site, because they don't want to download the latest player?

As you can see, I feasibly can't use any features below Flash MX, but I also have to keep asking myself, why is this a problem? What is the point of new features if we as Flash devleopers can't take advantage of them?

As experts, can you tell me if people will avoid my site and why?

Version 9.0.1.6.0
I go to a gaming site that has problems with the most recent Flash Player version. My slightly older laptop has version 9.0.1.6.0 installed which works fine. How can I download this version on my other computer? Adobe's site will only let me download 9.0.2.

Thanks

PC Version Will Do What Mac Version Won't...why?
Hi Everyone,

I come with an annoying problem that's probably easy fixed except I don't know if it.

I'm new to mac, and I have flash 8 pro on there, often, to add a fade effect to my text I write it up,
convert it to a graphic and add the motion tween and at the beginning keyframe I set the alpha to 0%,
and it fades in as it goes to the last keyframe on 100%. EASY!

But, that was on the pc, but on my mac version, if I do the very same process...there's no fade effect,
it just shows up as 100% at the beginning and end of the keyframes...however, it will work if I'm doing it
to shapes.

Why?

Which Version To Use?
When I publish a flash document for the web, I'm not sure if I should set it for ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0. Will some users have problems viewing the site if I chose one or the other? What about which flash player to use? I know there are more people likely to have the older ones, but will the quality be lower if I choose 7 or 8 rather than 9?

Any advice? Thank you!

Old Version
Hi,

I would just like a couple of questions answered and thanks in advance

1) Where can you buy flash mx 2004?
2) is flash mx 2004 pro basicly the same?
3)Does flash cs3 contain the same features as flash mx 2004?
4) does flash cs3 support actionscript 2.0?
5) whats the difference between actionscript 2.0 and 3.0?
6) to view full screen can you program the button to let you view full screen in flash mx 2004?

64 Bit Version?
Base on this http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=6b3af6c9&sliceId=2, 64 bit should be comming out with flash 10.

Is adobe going to make a 64 bit version for linux and vista or not??

64-bit Version Of FMS
Will there be a 64-bit version anytime soon? We've moved most of our datacenter application onto 64-bit machines running 64-bit native applications. FMS 3 is one application that is still 32-bit.

Thanks - John

Which Version...
Hello all, I have never used FMS before but need to use it in a project over the next few months, but due to a lack of sales support from adobe I still havent had a response advising me which version we need so thought someone here may be able to put some light on it hopefully...

Basically we're building a microsite for a comedy channel and we need to record client-side webcam streams (multiple) and encode their short 20 second clips into .flv files, saving on our server ready for streaming/re-play.

I have not been able to determine if FMS 3.5 will be able to do all of this. I read some posts from a couple of years ago which stated you need a 3rd party encoder tied into FMS to do the full record/encode job. Is this still the case ? (I was looking at Autodesk Cleaner XL) or can i now do it with FMS?There's not enough detail on the product site to explain exactly what Flash Media Encoding Server does... does it only sit on the server and encode? or does it have all the functionality of FMS 3.5 + the encoder??

Sorry if these questions sound obvious, I'm an AS developer and it's the first time i've needed to use FMS.

Thanks,
Sean

AS Version?
MX uses Action Script 2.0 right? Or 1.0?

What Version?
Since I've upgraded to Flash 8, I've had countless development problems and bugs... I was just wondering what many of you use for your Flash these days. Are you still using MX or have you moved to Flash 8 as well?

Next Version?
Hello,
Does anyone know anything about Adobe's plans on releasing the next version of Flash? When will this version be released?
Thanks

Version 4.0
Hi,

I am trying to learn flash. I got couple of books from the library , but they are for flash 4.0. I have instaled 7.0 , I am wondering how much the flash has changed from version 4 to 7. These books may confuse me more then helping me ?

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Run Version 6, And Still Load And Run Version 5 At The Same Time

Hey i was wondering if it is possible to have a flash 6 player going, and still have a swf file loaded into it, runing a flash 5 movie clip?thanks simp

Hey i was wondering if it is possible to have a flash 6 player going, and still have a swf file loaded into it, runing a flash 5 movie clip?

thanks

simp