Flash :: Wave Developing

Developing The Site?
Ok,

So I've made my menu, I have my intro, then I have my HTML content pages. How to I put it all together?

Example:

Lets say I have a moon shaped vertical menu that wraps around my content pages. Is it easier to make the content all in flash or can I mask my entire SWF over the content pages in order to give it the effect of it all being as one.

Sorry if I'm not making much sense, but what I'm trying to do is avoid that frame page look. I see alot of great sites that are all flash and the pages are contained in flash but I haven't figured that out yet.

If someone has the source code of an entire site to show me how it's put together that would help.

Grrrr... I even confuse myself.

Developing For Mobiles..
Hey,
Where can i find instructions to start designing for mobiles.?
I know web designing... But nothing about mobiles..
What are the pre requirements..?
Pls help..

[F8] Developing An Mp3 Player
I'm working on an mp3 player for my podcast's website and I'd like the ability to create a dynamic playlist. I've been spending my time reading a tutorial over at thegoldenmean.com.

I'm looking to create a player like the one used for the player at djdownload.com. Ideally I'd like a viewer to click on a link for my popup window. I'd like to read my playlist from an xml file dynamically and in the track listing have the option to download the show or remove it from the playlist. DJDownload.com does something similar to this but I'm not understanding how they're creating each row. I can't use a basic listbox since I can't dynamically create the buttons on the page and include them in the box from what I know.

Can someone point me in the direction for what I'm trying to do? I'm a seasoned php developer but I'm pretty new to flash still. I'd really appreciate any help.

-Justin

Developing For Different Resolutions
Hey everyone.

I've recently started developing a big project in flash.
I'm trying to tackle the resolution issue at the start, but not sure what to do.

The way I see it, the only way to go is to make something for default resolutions such as 1028*768. Other then that there isn't much to do.

A browser stats site showed that something like 50-60% have that res, but other users have different resolutions. I dont want my users to see the game as too big or too small.

Any advice?

Developing For Flashlite 2
Hello,

I've been asked to develop an application in FlashLite 2 to run on a phone. Is this just like developing for other Flash apps, except that you create at the phones screensize and export to FlashLite 2, more or less, or is the entire process much different? Any tips anyone can give me will be most appreciated!

Thanks!

Developing For Two Servers...
Hi,

My company is about to start developing a Flash application for recording to Flash Media Server. The client has said they are concerned that if their server with FMS on it goes down, then the application will be unusable. They've asked if it is possible - and whether it has any affect on development - to have two Flash Media Servers running, so that if one server goes down, the SWF will connect to the other server. Can anybody let me know if this is possible/difficult to do?

Also, they had a few other questions for me, which I think I've found the answers to. If anybody could confirm though then I'd feel a lot happier :) They were:

Q1) Is there a way of informing users when the number of allowed connections is used up?
A1) Yes, you can have a preloader on the SWF connecting to the server which will have some informative text (e.g. "connecting - please wait a few moments. Try again later if it takes longer than...")

Q2) Can the application connect via port 80 or port 443 instead of the standard Flash port?
A2) Yes, the SWF file will try these ports if connecting over the standard Flash port fails.

Q3) Does FMS come with a tool to convert FLV files to MP3?
A3) Not currently. There are other (3rd party) tools that claim to do this (e.g. Total Video Converter).

Sorry for the bombardment with questions! If you could answer my first question, and possibly confirm any of the other assumptions, then that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Help I'm Developing A Tutorial...
I'm developing a tutorial and, am having trouble with the interaction. I need the "user" to be able to click on an answer (multiple choice); and the selected "ansrwer" would then display "Correct" or "Incorrect".
The problem that I am having is that I need to keep all of this as one file; no external files. No loaded .swf files.

See attached file.

Please help!!!

Thanks,
SychoPsamIII

Developing A Newsletter...
I am developing a content in flash that has an area of newsletter simple, with fields for name and email, but I am with difficulties therefore the archives are housed in a server php and the archive send and config are not sending the fields correctly. Somebody could help me?

Anybody Developing With Red5?
I just found Red5 today, seems like the best thing in the world as far as flash... but nobody seems to talk about it here. I did a search for red5 and got 2 results from more than 4 months ago. So am I missing out on something better? Or are all of you missing out on this open source alternative to the Adobe Flash Media Server?

It streams video and audio via flash from a users computer to the server and back to other users.
It can also handle chatting applications as well as just sending data of any type to all the connected users.

For Red5 Information
http://www.flashextensions.com/index.php?page=free - Has great videos demonstrating the power of Red5
http://osflash.org/red5 - is the actual site where they develop the server application

Has anybody out there used this yet? If so, do you have any code samples to share (besides the exact ones from the installer)?

Developing For A Kiosk And Cd-rom
I'm developing an interactive application for a kiosk and the dimensions I've been given are 2650 x 1600. The kiosk will have a beefed up CPU and RAM but this application will also be burned CD-ROM and used as a marketing tool as well. And user system stats will vary of course.

This project is photo and video heavy so stretching images will look like crap in Flash.

My concern is that if I create the stage at 2650 x 1600 and use a frame rate of 30 fps it will drag be okay on the kiosk but probably drag rear on the CD-ROM.

So my question is what dimension and frame rate is a good catch-all for this project with the consideration of video and photos, if any? Thanks.

Developing For Mobile Devices
Hello All,
does anyone know of any good resources for developing flash content for Mobile phones?

Which models can support flash content?

Any issues to bear in mind when developing content (screen resolutions etc..)

thanks in advance for any help

PBH

Developing Flash Websites
Would someone please point me in the direction to design/dev Flash based websites???

Is this a Publish/HTML function? Or export as movie and embed? Or something else? I have developed a site and placed the swf in a Dreamweaver file that then went online. Although its 99% Flash, it looks and acts like a traditional HTML site. I want to create the player window that you've seen in true Flash websites...it is about 50% smaller than your monitor and lacks an address field, back button, etc.

Please provide a direction toward a solution and I'll do the rest! Thanks.

Help Developing A For Loop Statement
Can someone show me how to build a for loop statement that will 1) create dynamic text file for each item in a text file or 2)add the contents to the dynamic text field as a list.

What I have is a list of pdf's in a text file called pdfList.txt, It looks like this: pdf0=Frank&pdf1=Bob&pdf2=Maggy&pdf3=Connie

In my code I have been able to create dynamic text field and added the first pdf in the list, but I am not sure what is best, to create individual dynamic text fields for each pdf or create a list. I would appreciate any help.

my flash code looks like this:

Code:
function info(myVar) {
MyLoadVars = new LoadVars();
MyLoadVars.load("CdTypes/"+myVar+"pdfList.txt", "pdf");
MyLoadVars.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
//make dynamic text field at run time, parameters(instance name,depth, x, y, width,height)
_root.createTextField("name", 1, 280, 200, 200, 20);
_root.name.autoSize = true;
_root.name.type = "dynamic";
_root.name.html = true;
// uses HTML 1.0 settings
_root.name.htmlText = "<a href='"+this.pdf0+".pdf' target='_blank'>"+this.pdf0+"</a>";
} else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};
}

Rates For Developing In Flash?
Howdy All!
Doug here.
I am about to design my first flash site for money.
I have designed many HTML sites and once used SWISH to make a nice hyperlinked banner for an HTML site.
This time arround, i am about to develop a hole site in flash!
I would typically charge $750 for the 1st page then $100 for each additional page.
What should i charge for a FLASH site? [i'm thining more than html...]
NOTE: these prices include domain registration and one year of webhosting.

Thank you for your feedback,
- DV

Developing In Flashlite Without Adobe IDE
Here I am, another newbie for you, with another, stupid (for you....) question:
how do I start programming in Flash?

1) I have a Motorola A1000 cellphone. I think it supports Flashlite 1.1; so, first question: how can I be SURE about which version it supports, being its standard documentation not affordable?
Phone starts this SWF, but the only item containing a result is Player Version (EPOC 5,0,96): what does it mean? Why are other fields empty?
Same SWF behaves same way on Opera on PC, but Player Version appears to be WIN 9,0,16,0 .

2) I don't want to by Adobe IDE to write my program, as I know several opensource/freeware solutions exist, based on MTASC compiler: FAME environment ( http://www.communitymx.com/content/a...ge=1&cid=F3ECF ) and FlashDevelop ( http://www.flashdevelop.org/communit...topic.php?t=23 ), maybe others; for the first one, I can't understand how to solve point 4 in page 2: where do I find "intrinsic classes" if I do not have Adobe IDE installed? Do I really need them?

3) Last question: once I'm able to get my source compiled, where do I start from studying ActionScript? All tutorial I find suppose I already know Flash, as they talks about "frames" (????) and suddenly use statements I never heard before and I don't know where to search for. Does it exist a real "Actionscript getting started tutorial" for total Flash newbies?

Thanks for you patience....

Developing A Flash Logo
I am currently in a web development class and for the final exam we have been given a website which we are supposed to tweak. Something we can do for extra credit is develop a Flash logo. I have never worked with Flash before, so I am wanting to know how difficult this might be because I know numerous people on this board have worked with it. I am not wanting to do anything outrageous just something professional.

I would want a car moving across the screen and then following behind that the name of the company which comes to a stop in the center. Then under the name comes the company motto. Would that be too difficult for a newbie like myself? Any other suggestions? I am welcome to any ideas you may have that may be better suited for a newbie like myself.

[MX04] Help With Developing A Slideshow
I am trying to create a slide show like this. I am somewhat new to Flash programing. Here is the Flash gallery I want to create.

http://www.sothebysrealty.com/

How hard and what would you say that you would charge a client that wants to implement something similar to this. Basically, I want a stop/start, forward and reverse buttons, and when the image is displayed, I want the use to be able to click the image and be directed to another page. Thank you for your help and if this is posted in the wrong forum, I am sorry about that.

Developing A Basic Application
Hi
I am developing a basic e learning application using flash and i am having a few issues.
Firstly i have an xml based menu which i got from an example from another site, each item in the example menu looks like this:
<item name="Definition" action="gotoURL" variables="http://www.google.com" />

Whereas with my application all i want to do is link within the flash document to a certain scene and frame so i thought the obvious code would be

<item name="Definition" action="gotoAndStop("Scene1", 1);" variables="Definition" />

This doesnt work and i am very confused.

The next problem i have a test within my application, to check whether the students have taken in anything, and i want to export the results from the test to an external file. I am not fussy how i export this data, i would prefer to put it into a database, but a text file would do. I have looked at the examples for remoting and other PHP examples, but these seem a bit too complicated for what i want to do.

anybody got any ideas? any help would be appreciated?

Fordey

Developing And Inporting Classes Help
So I am developing my first class to use on a client project. Now my problem is that i keep getting this error message:

The class being compiled, 'TweenMyMoveClip', does not match the class that was imported, 'scripts.TweenMyMoveClip'.

My code is this for inporting is:

var TweenMyMoveCip = new scripts.TweenMyMoveClip();

And my classes code is:

class Mover extends MovieClip
{
var targetMC:MovieClip; // creates the varable targetMC witch will tell flash what movie clip that this class is using.

function Mover(targetMC:MovieClip) // Sets the class to a function
{
this.targetMC:MovieClip = targetMC; // Puts targetMC in to the function for running the class
}

function updatePosition() // Tells the movie clip how to move
{
this._x++;
this.y++;
}

function startMoving() // tells the movie clip start moving based of the x and y axes in the updatePosition function
{
this.targetMC.onEnterFrame = this.updatePosition; // Tells flash to run updatePosition when you enter the frame
}

function stopMoving() // Tells the
{
this.targetMC.onEnterFrame = null;
}
}

Am I doing this right?

Learn The Games Developing
Hi I want to became a greatest game developer,

Please help me to learn the basic tutorials of games developing scripts.

Please anyone guide to me

I hope you are definitely help to me.

Regards,
Suresh David

Developing Flash With Flex
Hello, I was wandering if I can use Flex Builder 3 beta to compile a Flash 9 app, since Flex is a better IDE, and I'm already using it to write actionscript, but I'm still compiling using flash.
I don't know anything about Flex yet, so maybe that's what Flex is about, but if you can point me to a tutorial or an explanation it'll be great.

Developing A Flash Interactive Map
I am trying to find an application already scripted, and was curious if anyone knew of something similar to the link below,

http://www.perkinsrowe.com/map

thanks

Game Developing Question
Hi,

Can you tell me or prompt me to a tutorial on how the actionscript should look like for 2 ball that I can select and move (separatly). And also how can I modify this script so with each ball I can perform only 1 or may moves.

Thanks.

Learning By Developing AS3 Projects
Hey guys,

I am trying learn AS 3. I think that the best way to learn it is by actually implementing it in projects. Now I have this project (A showcase website of images) which is simple if developed with AS 1 or 2 but i would like to get started with packages in AS 3.

I started by defining the functionalities of the project, just to name a few

preloader
Populate thumbnails
Screen resize alerts
image SlideShow
Next and back buttons

Well now i don't have any idea on how to plan and start scripting all of this and all help is welcome.

Thanks,
AM

Developing A Training Video
I want to develop a simple training video in which your mouse poiner moves on the screen automatically and a sound is placed in the background explaining the description of each item
Moreover when the mouse describe about a particular item ,the item blink for a sec

how to go for the design - timeline, actionscripts,screens,scenes

Note ->there is only one screen

Currently Developing A Flash Game
Hello to everyone! I'm am currently making a flash game. I have posted some previous questions and most of them are left unanswered. I would really appreciate it if anyone would at least give me a hint on some things that I can't fully understand on how to do it. Here...

1. Projectile movement (solved.. thanks to Laguana)
2. Making the projectile bounce(solved... by myself actually. harhar!)
3. Limiting the players movement within a rectangle, only that one side is arched inward. (baffled)
4. Making a certain number enemies appear at random positions within a given time limit(baffled)
5. TIMER!!(dumbfounded)
6. Collision detection(there's a lot in the tutorials section)

So there... I said most of it. Waahhh!! I know its a lot! There's a deadline I have to meet. So please.. anyone!

(EDIT)
Anyway, here's the site http://www.freewebs.com/romainechester
Just go to the only link there... I've only started my web page...

Developing A Flash Website
[disclaimer]sorry if I am in the wrong place but I think this is where I will get the most help out of this[/disclaimer]
hello all, I wish to bring out one point, and this is because going over the forums and online tuts I have not found any tut that tell some one on how to build real great flash websites like how u set up the frames or which methods is the most effective means of building a flash website that has several states. should I create a swf for each page and load them dynamically or for each page I should create a frame with labels or how. in all flash is a very big tool and any thing u do gives result even if it is not correct. So many people face this dificulty, so I wish to ask if there is any tut or someone can help me with what he or she uses to build a website

Anybody Developing For WXGA Resolutions?
Hi All,

I'm looking at the prospect of developing a customizable presentation which will loop repeatedly on an LCD display. I'm looking for a rather large display -- along the lines of 32" -- and everything on the market pretty much supports WXGA resolution or nothing via VGA or DVI inputs.

So, my concern is what resolution I should be developing this presentation at. WXGA is 1366x768, and that makes for one huge mother of a stage in Flash. Has anybody had any success in developing an application at this kind or resolution without having a supercomputer running the thing?

Of course, my other option is to develop it at a resolution more along the lines of a DVD's resolution (720x480), or even just halve the display's resolution and go with 683x384, but I'm concerned about just how bad bitmaps are going to look.

Anybody? Anybody?

Thanks in advance!

Developing YouTube Website
I am trying to understand how YouTube and Google convert the videos into Flash videos.

If I were to create a similiar website (using .Net), how would I convert the uploaded videos into Flash video?

Thanks

Developing A Timeline In Flash
I'm looking for some information (starting points) on how to go about implementing a timeline in flash.

My target is something similar to Google Finance, effectively acting as a control for selecting a date (range of dates). I understand the Google Finance team used a combination of both Flash and JavaScript, though being new to flash I'm looking of a good starting point.

Appreciate any guidance.

Ryan

Flash Dev For Developing Countries
Hello Forum

A client of mine is looking to have a website built for his company. They have clients in both Europe / USA as well as developing countries in South Southamerica and South East Asia. He would love to have the site built in flash, since he is a very design sensitive person, but he's concerned about viewers with slow modem connections.

I'm used to building flash sites with little or no animation. Most of the animation is created with code. I try using the flash app simply as a shell and load all content only when requested to keep initial loading time at a minimum. Still the main app with all the main graphics and fonts ends up being in the 80-250k range (that's not including any photos or xml files loaded on top of that). I also started using SWFObject and SWFAddress javascript files to accommodate deeplinking at enable the backbutton.

I guess we can always build 2 sites with different bandwidths... but I'd rather just build one site that works for everyone, mainly also to accomodate the budget.

I have a few specific questions,but I'm certainly open to any advice regarding this problem.
1) Are there country specific flash penetration statistics?
2) Any opinions out there regarding flash vs regular HTML for this case?
3) if we do offer 2 separate sites, are there ways to determine where people are logging in from (what country or continent) through the IP I'm guessing... or what their connection speed is like and then depending on that auto refresh them to the higher or lower bandwidth version of the site?
4) Would it make sense to get a serverspace in Asia and one in America, we had other sites hosted in the past in Thailand or SouthAfrika for example and they show up extremely slow here in the US but acceptably fast their respective countries.
5) anyone know of any guidelines or stats in terms of bandwidth / loading time for different countries?

Any insight or advice regarding this topic is very much appreciated! We want to create something beautiful, engaging and appealing but at the same time we want everyone to have access to it...

Thank you very much.

Regards

Stephank

Developing Ideas For Flash
I know there are a lot of Flash geniuses on this forum, and I am curious how do you guys/gals come up with ideas when you create & design a movie or intro. One of the most difficult things for me is to develop ideas and concepts for a movie. Can some of you guys/gals please share some of your methods?

Thanks!

Controlling FLA Versions By Developing
Is possible to read in AS somehow filename of FLA?

I often solve problem with FLA (SWF) version, you surely too.

Example:
1/ I create a flash website, website has 20 SWFs. Each SWF is one diferrent FLA.

2/Wer runs 1 month, than need costumer some changes.
You make needed changes in 5 FLAs and publish.

3/ Later need costumer some changes you forgot the FLA name which was previously published.
You make needed changes in 10 FLAs and publish.
**********
Is possible somehow recognize and store in SFW invisible information of filename of original fla?

I do it by stupid way, but other possibility is unknown fo me.
After all changes, that i know - this will be published:
I copy filename to clipboard and create very small invisible btn on webpage, e.g. on roll over display text field the FLA name.

This is sure not ideal, but some use has it for me.

**********

I expect your ideas about controlling FLA versions by developing, thank you.
P.S. I hope you understand my poor English

Help: Developing XML Slidedown Menu
Hey guys! This is my first post and ive been learning actionscript from scratch at my new job! Im developing a website for them and im trying to create a custom slide down menu using xml.

I seem to be going in a good direction... until i reached a brick wall i can go past!

If you guys can help me that'll be awesome!!!

*View Attachment - includes XML file*

When pressing on the category, the project name slides into the scene. I started to test it by calling the "moveDownSubMenu" function into an onRelease function apply to each category in a loop. Its only applying to the last projectname! Any words of wisdom?

HitTest (game Developing)
Me and a friend are making a game in actionscript 3. It's a typical horizontally-scrolling spaceshooter, only with a viking theme.

We are having some trouble getting the enemies to disappear when they are hit by the dragon's fireballs (yes, we have a dragon AND fireballs). The event that occurs when the collision happens resides in the enemy-class file.

What is the best way to resolve our problem?

Here is the code for the collision-detection in the enemy-class:

(Keep in mind that we are completely new to actionscript and that this is our first as project).

Code:
package {

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.utils.*;

public class Fiende1 extends BalderSpill {

public function Fiende1() {
this.scaleX=.7;
this.scaleY=.7;
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, beveg);
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkCollision);
}
private function beveg(event:Event) {
this.x-= 15;
}
public function checkCollision(event:Event) {
if (drage_mc.hitTestObject(this)) {
this.removeChild(this);
}
}
}
}

Help :Developing A Webpage And Buttons
Hi

First Flash website! Did a beginners course but struggling .
I am trying to develop a website in Flash. I have created the buttons in Flash and imported the images that I need. Now I don;t now how to make the buttons
load the information and where is this information stored . Example when user click on Home or contact us I want the information to load in the designated area . Now how do I do that where do I start , there must be some kind of "FORMULA" on how to start this .
Please help
Thanks

Developing Flash Apps On Mac Or PC?
I've heard that Flash performs better (faster) on a PC, but I am a mac user. Sometimes Flash 8 will quit unexpectedly while running on my powerbook. I was just wondering if anyone has had any know problems running Flash 8 on a mac.

Developing A Discussion Forum
Hi All,

I am trying to create a discussing forum, flash as the frontend. I would like to know what softwares are to be used for this and how to do it.

Anyone can help me in this regard.

Thank you in advance

Rani

Help On 2 Fronts In Developing A Flash Thingy
Hello all,
i am seeking help on 2 different but similar topics in flash for something that i want to develop. The first is how to get text to load from a text file into a text field/box in a movie. The second is if its possible to have a password system, that is user name and password which is masked, checked against and exteral file to the flash movie. If this is possible let me know and also some insight on how it might be accomplished. Thanks in advanced.

Developing For Plasma Screen What Size?
I am developing three presentations for a 50" plasma screen in flash. I need to know what size to make my movie. Would it be 720*480 or 640*480 (ratio aspect)

Sound Program For Developing Cartoons
A friend told me of a product called Tune Boom I think? I can't seem to find any information about it. Has anyone ever heard of a program to record voice.

Thanks

Developing An Interactive Magazine Online
Hi. I am developing an online interactive magazine. It is currently being constructed using Dreamweaver, using layers and CSS. It works OK but doesn't really do what I want it to, so I'd like to re-design it using Flash MX2004 (Professional) and use Dreamweaver just to lay out the site.

You can see the current (experimental) version at http://onlinemagazine.daycentreconnections.org. It would be helpful if you would refer to the site rather than me trying to explain every detail.

What I would like to do is have it so that when someone rolls their mouse over an article the article is highlighted and displays some text that describes the article. The idea is similar to the maps on www.myswitzerland.com - click the link 'Switzerland Map' to see what I mean.

I'd like to be able to load the content for articles using external text files or a MySQl database. But for now the most important bit is to be able to interact with the articles. I also want it so that when an article is clicked the text for it shows either in a pop-up or a separate area and that people can e-mail an article to a friend and print off individual photos and/or articles.

Hope someone can get me started.

Developing An Interactive Online Magazine
Hi. I am developing an online interactive magazine. It is currently being constructed using Dreamweaver, using layers and CSS. It works OK but doesn't really do what I want it to, so I'd like to re-design it using Flash MX2004 (Professional) and use Dreamweaver just to lay out the site.

You can see the current (experimental) version at http://onlinemagazine.daycentreconnections.org. It would be helpful if you would refer to the site rather than me trying to explain every detail.

What I would like to do is have it so that when someone rolls their mouse over an article the article is highlighted and displays some text that describes the article. The idea is similar to the maps on www.myswitzerland.com - click the link 'Switzerland Map' to see what I mean.

I'd like to be able to load the content for articles using external text files or a MySQl database. But for now the most important bit is to be able to interact with the articles. I also want it so that when an article is clicked the text for it shows either in a pop-up or a separate area and that people can e-mail an article to a friend and print off individual photos and/or articles.

Hope someone can get me started.

Help With A Training Multimedia Package I'm Developing
Hi everyone,

I'm currently developing a training multimedia software package. It contains sub-sections on various topics. Is there any way within Flash that you can implement something which stops the user accessing certain sub-sections of the package/swf until they have finished reading previous sub-sections?

I.e. I dont want them to have the ability of being able to just access everything in one go as that isnt a successful learning tactic, I only want them to progress after they have read each section.

I'm thinking that I need to store some kind of data in a database or something which stores which sub-sections the user has been to and which they haven't.

Can anyone shed some light on whether this is possible, and if so, what areas/aspects of Flash would it involve please?

Thanks

Wave Developing

hey guysjust wrote a little script what do you think about it click here

hey guys

just wrote a little script
what do you think about it click here