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- Problems...Text on Main Pagehttp://www.angelfire.com/pro/davejako/flash_copy.jpg
We just reformated our hard drive and I re-installed flash mx. Once I
restarted the comp and tried to run it the font was all messed up. Do you no
how to fix this problem?
I have no idea why it is doing this, it never used to until after we
reformated the hard drive...I thought it may be w/ the fonts folder, but I have
all the default fonts and a few others. I also tried changing the resolution
and that didnt help either....
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- Make entire SWF file a clickable link?Hello,
I'm creating a banner for my web site and I'd like to make it so that you can simply click anywhere on the SWF file and be taken to the index page.
I'm a beginner...as you've guessed from this question...and I've only found information about making buttons or particular elements in the movie as clickable links. Nothing about making the whole file clickable.
Any pointers?
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- Fades Not PublishingI know I've done this before, but it's not working now! I've created some
lines of text, converted them to movie clips and placed them on separate
layers. Then I added 15 frame alpha fades at the begining and end. Pretty
standard stuff, huh?
When I do a Control -> Play, it goes just as I expect it to. However, when I
do a Control -> Test Movie or Publish it, the line of text just sits there for
the entire length it's on the timline, no fades at all.
Is this just something really, really basic that I'm forgetting?
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- Movei with 25k frames problembundas1000,
>I have a movie with 25800 frames (it was a video I've imported
> to the time line) I was able to add a lot of symbols, but for my
> surprise after the frame 16000 (16001) I cant control the symbols
> on stage,
The number 16,000 is a known and documented limitation in many of
Flash's features. Here's a quick recap, which even mentions timeline
frames:
http://www.flashmagazine.com/437.htm
You could try dumping that video and re-importing into a movie clip
symbol, though my hunch tells me that too will fail. For a video of that
length, my absolute first impulse is to convert the original video file to
FLV and load the FLV at runtime. You're using Flash 8, so the following
article can step you through that. (Note: Even Flash CS3 handles
ActionScript 2.0 just fine, but the following article is written for AS2)
...
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/how-to-load-external-video
Of course, you can also use the built-in FLVPlayback component, which
doesn't require ActionScript at all.
> Is this a bug on the software?
Not a bug, but an arbitrary limit. It had to be *some* number, of
course. ;) 16,000 is a plenty high number of timeline frames for most
purposes, and your best bet for long video clips is runtime loading anyway.
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."
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- PLEASE!!! Someone HELP!!!So far, I haven't had a satisfactory answer to this question. Please Help!!
I have created SWF files for my site in an older Flash Version [2004MX]. The
site is www.bowzerbird.com & http://www.bowzerbird.com/index2.html [and other
SWF's for the site]:
Here's the problem:
The stage is black [#000000] for the http://www.bowzerbird.com/index2.html and
a darker blue for the home page. BUT, BUT, BUT!!! it shows up white! So, I
created a Black JPG in Photoshop and imported it into the Flash file and placed
it on the bottom layer. First exported it as such, ftped to the Net and still,
no black back ground, shows up white. THEN, made the layer bigger then the
stage and exported it, same thing, on the Net still shows up with a white back
ground. THEN put the actual JPG on the bottom layer above the stage instead of
the symbol I created from the original JPG and STILL it shows up with a WHITE
back ground!!
Another interesting phenomenon, when I preview the Flash file from Flash in
either IE or Firefox it shows up perfectly. However, when I ftp the changes
[after bringing the file into Dreamweaver, resaving it etc.] It changes and
views with the WHITE back ground. What happens in cyberspace to change how it's
viewed???
I never changed anything until I noticed recently [approx. one month ago] that
this WHITE phenomenon was occurring with these files. For now, I'm only
experimenting with this one SWF file, the one on the
http://www.bowzerbird.com/index2.html.
It seems that it ONLY affects SWF's with either a dark back ground OR a black
back ground: when I say back ground, I mean the stage has been set to black
[#000000] or a dark back ground.
The pages have viewed just fine until about one month ago. So I tried the
experiments above [ie. black JPG for the bottom layer etc.].
It must be some new updates in IE and Firefox that have changed the way the
Flash files now "view." But it's strange that when I preview the Dreamweaver
files with the Flash SWF's in IE and Firefox before I ftp them to the Net, they
view just perfectly!!!
Please help, no one has answered this question. So I thought I would include
enough details to help you see the problem more clearly.
The advice I got about "SWFObject and JS Flash Player detection" was not the
answer. It has to do with changes in the browsers recently, and I need to know
what to do with the Flash files when exporting them as SWF's to change
something. I still use Flash 2004MX sorry I'm not up to date. I wish I knew
what it is!
Thanks in advance to ANYONE who can help me here
Ellen
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- Performance bugs in shape tweenI have a bitmap, which I broke apart using "trace bitmap". This bitmap is
tranformed to another bitmap using a shape tween. The tween is a bit slow (each
frame takes about half a second to render), so I wanted to convert to keyframes
to speed up the animation a bit. However, it just hangs when I try it.
If I make the graphic much more simple by changing the trace bitmap parameters
it works, although extreemly slowly. Considering that it only takes half a
second to render each frame in the tween, it should also only take half a
second to convert each frame to a keyframe. Also, if I try to move the
keyframes after converting it hangs. Seems to be a lot of performance bugs
releated to shape tweens. Can anyone offer a solution to these problems?
I am using Flash MX 2004 professional 7.2 on Windows 2000.
Thanks,
Ed
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- Thumbnail image in Flash to larger image in new window?Try putting your thumbnails on one scene, then creating a separate scene for
each full size picture. Make each thumbnail a button, then Actionscript each
button to
on (release){
gotoAndStop("SceneX", 1);
}
HTH
eddie_y
"innerdream" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
news:bufr77$en2$email***@***.com...
> I have a series of thumbnail images in Flash and I want the user to be
able to click on the thumbnail and get a larger photo. I know how to make
the link what I want to know is how to get a nice clean new window in a
color with the phot centered and no white boarder. So say the photo is
250x250 and the page I want to bring up I would like to be 500x500. I have
it where it comes up like this
http://www.innerdreamrecords.com/planningpartners/01.jpg
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> That doesn't look good, I don't want the white and all that space.
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>
> Thanks in advance.http://www.innerdreamrecords.com/planningpartners/01.jpg
>
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- converting an animation to a symbolhello. i'm very new to flash and i've created a simple animation. i
wasnt thinking ahead when i made it and now i'd like for it to be a
movie clip so that i dont have a clutered up timeline. is there any
way to put this whole animation into a movie clip so that i can simply
place that movie clip symbol into a frame on the main timeline and
still go back into that symbol if i need to tweak any keyframes?
somethign like "convert whole animation to symbol" for instance would
be nice.
thanks,
jtg
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- Buttons in Movie Clips...It would seem that loading an animation with numerous buttons into a movie clip
kills the buttons...does anyone know a simple fix?...again, I'm talking
multiple buttons...not just one...
Thanks much!
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- Shared Object TroubleI'm trying to make a menu have down states that remain down from when you click
on them until you click on another one, even when a different page loads.
I'm trying to use a SharedObject, but for some reason it is not being writtin
in my ... ApplicationData/Macromedia/FlashPlayer folder.
Here is the code for my 1st frame in the actions layer.
menuSet = SharedObject.getLocal("menuSet");
var theDownButton = menuSet.data.currentButton;
setMenu();
setAsDown([theDownButton]);
function setMenu() {
this.homeButtonDown._visible = false;
this.aboutButtonDown._visible = false;
this.customButtonDown._visible = false;
this.portfolioButtonDown._visible = false;
this.retailButtonDown._visible = false;
this.newsButtonDown._visible = false;
this.servicesButtonDown._visible = false;
this.requestButtonDown._visible = false;
this.contactButtonDown._visible = false;
this.homeButton._visible = true;
this.aboutButton._visible = true;
this.customButton._visible = true;
this.portfolioButton._visible = true;
this.retailButton._visible = true;
this.newsButton._visible = true;
this.servicesButton._visible = true;
this.requestButton._visible = true;
this.contactButton._visible = true;
}
function setAsDown(whichButton) {
menuSet.data.currentButton([whichButton]);
menuSet.flush();
displayButtons([whichButton]);
}
function displayButtons(whichButton) {
setMenu();
var downButton = +([whichButton])+"Down";
this[downButton]._visible = true;
this[whichButton]._visible = false;
}
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- playing flash from cdI have a flash template of photographs on our website that I would like to put
on a cd and hand out to my clients. Can the .fla or swf be exported to a cd and
then seen on a computer that does not have flash installed ? Or is there
someother prosess needed? If it is possible to do this what would be the
correct steps to take?
Michael Mezalick
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- Problem with Target Frame LabelI'm having problems targeting from a button inside a movie clip
with the instance name "menu" to a frame label inside another
movie clip with the instance name "1820" . Both movie clips are
on the same timeline.
Here is the code I am using:
on (release) {
_root.fades.gotoAndPlay("1820")
}
I would appreciate any advice. Thank you!
email***@***.com
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- Hiding a Flash Animation after playing it.I am playing a flash animation over some non-flash elements on my web site,
using CSS. Is it possible to hide the flash when it is done play? If not, does
anyone have a suggestion of how I can have my Flash play and then vanish when
it is done?
Thanks.
- Bryan
P.S. - If at all possible I would like to do it without Javascript
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- can you link flash buttons to a embedded cue pointI have a video that I exported to flv with 10 embedded navigation cue points. I
also have 10 buttons in a flash file that I would like to link to those cue
points. I can't find any info on how to do that. I see info on making a cue
point make a event happen, but nothing on linking a button to a cue point.
Basically I'm looking for the same interaction as a DVD were the user clicks on
a chapter they want and the video goes to it.
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kevin raleigh
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 Posted: 2007-1-19 11:48:22 |
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Flash, Help menu text size
My font for the help menu is about a 4 or 5 in size. Absolutely impossible to
read without a magnifying glass ;-)
How do I get the help menu to read in the standard 10 or 12 point font that it
is supposed to display in?
Kevin
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urami_
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| Posted: 2007-1-21 21:15:00 |
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Flash >> Help menu text size
kevin raleigh wrote:
> My font for the help menu is about a 4 or 5 in size. Absolutely impossible to
> read without a magnifying glass ;-)
this is one of the cheapest I could find :)
http://www.desertoutdoors.com/12ledimaglne.html
> How do I get the help menu to read in the standard 10 or 12 point font that it
> is supposed to display in?
You must click in empty space while the help is open, hold down CTRL key and turn
you mouse wheel button,
or
you can directly edit help CSS file responsible for the font size :
X:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\en\First Run\HelpPanel\_sharedassets
help_pc.css
--
Best Regards
Urami
!!!!!!! Merry Christmas !!!!!!!
&
Happy New Year
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>
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- Sliding text windows in Flash?Trying to figure out how to create a floating text window such as in
http://www.weblications.com/. After a few seconds a floating window comes in
from the right hand side. Any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Wil
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- Quiz Template - Frame Numbering Messed Up, etcI have modified the default quiz template in FlashMX2004(pro), by adding
several frames after the results page. My reason in doing so is this:
I am working on a tutorial/quiz which the user will take, and then after the
results page, the user can click on "retake" or "print certificate." The
"certificate" is really a frame populated by fields (score and user name, etc)
- it has a button saying "submit," which submits the data as a cgi form.
The only problem(s) are that the addition of the extra frames mess up the
frame numbering (in the lower right-hand corner of the frames), as well as make
the score field not work. Is there a fix to this situation?
Thanks very much,
Louis
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- Screenweaver problemHi everyone,
I hope someone has a solution to the following problem:
I have a Flash animation, which I converted to a screensaver with
Screenweaver. In this animation there is a link, to which I connect, with
getURL("http://www.die_seite.de", "_blank"); this is followed by an
swApplication.quit(); so that the Screensaver goes off and the browser window
stays open.
The screensaver runs okay in test mode from the screensaver window, but it
doesn't work properly when it's running in actual use. The screensaver goes off
okay, and the browser window opens up as it should, but then it immediately
closes again.
I hope someone has a tip for me...
Thanks!
[E=derbishkin]email***@***.com[/E]
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- FLVPlayback bufferingHi,
I am just trying to find out if it is possible to stop the FLVPlayback Flash 8
component from buffering the video until the play button is clicked.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Cameron
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- php vars into flashHi
i have a problem.
When i take vars in Flash from php, the type of vars is "object".
How translate them into String ?
Thank's.
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- visited link?I have made a site is flash. Now, what i was wondering was the following: Is it possible to have the a button change color if the target has been visited already? Each page is made out of a different swf file, so it would seem logical.
Cheers,
Sam Granger
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- preloader for streaming contentYour going to want to place the code within the actual movie clip being
attached....
So, when you attach the clip to the main timeline, it will handle
itself...this is just good programming practice, always make the clips handle
themselves whenever possible.
So just put your preloader script inside the clip you wish to attach.
Good Luck
Jim
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- New CS3 ProblemHi Friends... .... i was just drawing a fish on my canvas, suddenly flash
started to automaticly converting the lines into " Drawing Object "... i dont
no what's going on but i hate that alot.every single line or what ever i try to
draw on my canvas is automaticly converted to DRAWING OBJECT.. at first i got
that in flash 8 professional then because of that i switch to CS 3 but it
continue... any solution........?
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- focus rect showing through- why?I have a two frame order entry form swf. First frame has all the entry
fields(all TextInput components). Second frame is for printing the receipt.
This uses just dynamic textboxes (since i do not need any entry). The problem
is that the last entry field on frame 1 shows its focus rectangle when I go
from frame 1 to frame 2. What is even more interesting is that the TextInputs
are keyframed Only on Frame 1.
Why does the focus show through then on frame 2? How do I get rid of it?
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- Simple preloader + animationHi. Here's the situation.
My site (SWF) is full of animations and buttons(movie clips) and they play
perfectly.
I have preloader in first 1 frame (couple of layers) and in 2nd frame I
imported that swf.
Preloader does his job (goes to 100%) and then swf starts to play.
A
ll the animations play nice and when it comes to push the buttons I can't.
Like they are not buttons.
What can be the problem?
Thanx
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- HELP! Buttons only work on desktop computers but NOT on Powerbook!!!???Ok this is going to sound crazy but seriously, this is happening and I cant
figure out why?
I made a mini flash movie of buttons for my site that I crated in dreamweaver.
The buttons are links to the url of the other sections of my site ie: photos,
retouch, whatever. The buttons totally work on my PC and my G5 tower but
were acting funny on my powerbook.. Some times the buttons would work but
mostly on my photos page all of the buttons would lead back to the url that i
had set for the photos button which is what i have set up as my first photo.
On the Design/ retouch section the buttons seemed to be working even though it
is the SAME movie on every page. Well now today, I just checked it on my
powerbook, and all the buttons lead to the link that i have set as my photo
button. BUT the site works FINE on my PC (explorer) and my G5 tower (safari)..
But is totally broken on my 15" power book. I sent the site to 2 friends that
both have powerbooks and one said she had NO problems and the other said he was
experiencing the same problem as myself. It is driving me NUTS!! Has anyone
ever heard of this? i checked my buttons in flash and they all seem to be
leading to the propper url's. i dont have any thing accidently in any of the
frames. i cant seem to de bug this problem...I am trying to send my site to
someone for a job but how can i if its broken??? does anyone have a powerbook
and somesort of tower to check it on to see? its the wierdest thing?
Oh I also checked it on a dell laptop and its fine.
I used flash MX 6.0
and dreamweaver MX
thanks everyone!!
Lori Naps
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- Text boundsIs there anyway to set the bounds of a text box to a custom shap (i.e. a circle or something) instead of always been rectangular? (without breaking the text apart)
Thanks
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