Swf files misdisplayed if contain filter

If you create a file in Flash using a movieclip symbol and apply to it a filter, then export in swf format to use it in Director, when you insert the swf in the stage of Director and set for this sprite the ink to background transparent, the swf is misdisplayed: the content of swf is diplayed above the collocation of the sprite. I tried many times in different ways but the problem remains.
Thanks in advance for any help.

I just tried that and I got the same result. I also found that once the sprite's ink is set to background transparent, it can't be moved. So even though there is an offset, you can't even compensate for it! This is fantastically awful.

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How can I tell if and how a SWF file is streaming?

My department is new to Flash, but we've now been creating
basic Flash Videos for websites for a few months. We've always
encoded our videos to FLVs (Flash 8), and then used the Video
Import Wizard in Flash 8 to import those FLVs into our FLA
document. We now need to be able to error-check all of our files
(each video comprised of four files: an HTML file, an FLV file, and
two SWF files including the player skin) to make sure that
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streaming.
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I looking in the wrong place? Am I confused about the meaning of
this variable?
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I'm sorry, perhaps I was a little unclear. The files are all
still stored herelocally, since they have not yet been deployed.
I'm looking for some property of the SWF file (maybe visible
through Component Inspector?) that will tell me how it has been
authored. Is there any place in the SWF file itself that contains
this information (since the files are not yet deployed)?

Since swf files cannot be attached to published flash documents for iPad, what format can be attached?

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The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

Creating interactive swf files that contain flash files that don't play once loaded on server

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I have left the page up for quite a while to see if it is just taking longer to load that clip and that doesn't seem to be it. I am just stumped and honestly not knowledgable on how websites and servers work - just know how to get my documents up so I can send links.

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I have recently set up my own site using flash panorama player (swf file) which has been successfully working for a few months now: annedoncaster.co.uk. I recently did an update on my firefox browser which I am sure has caused an issue with my panoramas showing, they no longer load or show on my website. I have tried all the other browsers and they all load the panorama, which is very odd.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Update of firefox 3.6.4

@'''Anne''':
That is a tough one.
I can only make it work if I disable OOPP for the Flash plugin and close and restart Firefox.
It works if I copy and paste the URL of the Flash in the location bar, but as soon as I use HTML code then it fails.
Apparently the plugin-container process isn't able to play that file.
You can try to file a bug report for it on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ to see if anything comes up.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
You can set the prefs dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.* to false on the about:config page to disable the plugin-container process.
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled (currently false by default)
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll (Flash)
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Flash Container...to big when viewing SWF files

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<param name="movie" value="banner2.swf?banner2.swf=" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />

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<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
<param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
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Thanks I await any reply’s…
Email [email protected]
I havent been able to bring the text up under this flash diolog box, always a big gap...

Hello All,
for me it's very interesting, 'cause Adobe makes some differences. In the German forum you are allowed to load up files too, see screenshot:
Allowed are all file types and they are limited to 8.9 MB.
We could send this thing to the wishform adress.
Sincerely,
Hans-Günter
P.S.
I so too can't understand why our questioner doesn't want to send a link. We're just nothing than normal users, Glen please don't worry.

SWF file contains ref. to local dir structure

Newbie here; sorry.
Flash CS4 Professional, ver. 10
Am creating a simple flash video to get my feet wet. In the
process, I am drowning.
I created the video with Flash (ActionScript 3.0) by
inserting a player object, and specifying a f4v source that I had
created using the CS4 Media Encoder to convert a wmv file; nothing
to it.
Publish Preview worked fine. Publish Settings/Publish created
the necessary files, just as decribed in a Flash 411 tutorial:
http://tv.adobe.com/?trackingid=EBYHH&pss=fl_10.0.0_win_en_full__PF_20040226#vi+f1527v1000 .
Video works fine on my local PC (XP, SP2). But when I load it
to my server, it does not work. In IE 7, the page loads; source
code is there, but the window is blank:
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.html
Adding mime type to .htaccess file did not solve the problem.
Changing permissions to the files did not, either.
It apparently is not a server problem. A simple swf file
created by Mr. Gates and simple HTM coding works:
http://www.bbhq.us/flash3.htm
What does Mr. Gates know that I do not?
Well, where do I begin???
However, when I loaded my file --
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.html
-- in FireFox 2.0, I got a blank window, but also this revealing
error message:
SecurityError: Error #2148: SWF file
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.swf
cannot access
local resource F:\pva1\pva0117a.f4v. Only
local-with-filesystem and
trusted local SWF files may access local resources.
at flash.net::NetStream/play()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_play()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_setUpStream()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_load()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/load()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/doContentPathConnect()
That tells me that the swf file has my original directory
location and file name(s) -- F:\pva1\... -- embedded in it. No
wonder!
However, I cannot see where in Flash I specify a directory
structure for my video, other than, of course, when I originally
specified the video to add to the player component. But somehow,
the swf file picks up the directory structure as part of the file
names. That boat does not float.
Adobe help did not throw me a life preserver; it tossed me a
lead weight, instead.
Must be a settings issue somewhere, or I am missing something
obvious that I just cannot see.
Goin' down here for the 3d time. A little help here, please.
Thanks.

Thanks for your quick response. But it left me still treading
water.
Yep; got to the content inspector; The parameters that I see
are as follows:
align
autoplay
cuepoints
islove
preview
scalemode
skin
skinautohide
skinbackgroundalpha
skinbackgrundcolor
source
volume
There is no contentpath parameter/property.
This help page references the contentpath that you
referenced:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WS0ED77F00-2006-49aa-8399-92B6D5D8CE00.h tml#WS9A834D6F-8206-4e07-B840-456EF90C03CB
It describes the contentpath as you suggested:
"contentPath (AS2 files) String that specifies the URL to an
FLV"
The reference to AS2 in parens suggests that this parameter
applies only to AS2 files. Or, perhaps this parameter is not
applicable in CS4, version 10. I donno, but I sure do not see it in
my version of Flash.
However, you and the the help page did throw me a lifeline.
WIth the f4v file already loaded on my server, I modified my
project, specifying, as the source parameter, the name of my fv4
file as it is loaded on the server -- http:www.myserver...fv4 --
not the file on my local PC. So when Flash published the project,
it uses that name, with no reference to my local directory..
Of course, the f4v file must exist on the server for it to
publish properly.
That did it.
It makes sense, but it is certainly not obvious and it is not
explained in any documentation I have found.
Am I the only one to whom this was not obvious?
Thanks; you led me to a solution.
jjt

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I have a page with 2 different swf files ( both under 50KB), which use the satay method. One works perfectly, and the other struggles to work. The pixels are magnified, the 3D animation scales incorrectly, and moves very slowly. Eventually the browser crashes and the whole operation goes down.
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How do I script SWF files instead of JPG files in XML loader?

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Button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Button3_PlayPopUp);
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var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(e.currentTarget.link);
try {
navigateToURL(urlRequest);
catch (e:Error) {
// handle error here
trace(e);
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O.K. Here is my COMPLETE function.
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LoadXML);
function LoadXML(e:Event):void {
    trace("xml load complete");
    xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);
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    buildScroller(xmlData.image); //rather than trace the xmlList, we send it to our buildScroller function
//build scroller from xml
function buildScroller(imageList:XMLList):void{
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        //thisOne.img_width=imageList[item].attribute("width");
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        thisOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, overScrollerItem);//traces the title when the mouse is over the bounding box in the Output Panel
        thisOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outScrollerItem);//traces the title when the mouse is out the bounding box in the Output Panel
        //add item
        scroller.addChild(thisOne);
But I am not sure if I expressed myself clearly. All what you have indicated happens. Images are being loaded and url strings are working. I can not figure out how to tweek the code so instead of url specified in xml file I can load swf image into the SWF loader on the same screen?

Flash .exe or swf files will not play on Vista

I decided to learn how to create captions for flash video,
using CS3. I tested this project and it worked fine. I could just
double-click on the app or the swf and the captioned video played
fine on my Mac. I only had Flash (CS3) on my Mac, so I created the
files there.
I then published an exe to move over to my Vista machine.
When I double-clicked on the file, it brought up Flash Media Player
version 9, but only showed a blank white box. Very frustrating.
After some research, I read that Windows Vista was not
compatible with Flash Media Player 9. Only 10.02xxx or later (I
forget the exact version - it was long) was supposed to work with
Vista. Since CS3 uses version 9 to pack into the executable (PC) or
app (Mac) projector files, I thought maybe this was the problem.
So I downloaded the demo of Flash CS4, thinking this version
would pack version 10 into the projector and this would solve my
problem.
While the CS3 version of my saved flash video project would
open in Flash CS4, it would not play when I tested the movie inside
Flash CS4. It would just show a skin at the bottom of the video
player only (with a play/pause button), and it had moving blue bars
on the skin like it couldn't really load either.
I then decided to create the whole flash video with captions
from scratch under Flash CS4. This time when I tested the movie in
Vista, it worked fine. When I published either the projector exe or
the html/swf combination, it worked fine. So proudly (and finally!)
I sent the exe over to my boss. But..... you guessed it. The Flash
Media Player 10 that started up when the file was double-clicked
just showed a blank white screen again!
So then I moved the exe over to another partition to test to
see if there was some dependent directory pathway saved as part of
the flash video file. The exe wouldn't play on the other partition!
So I thought I was onto something. I then tried moving files that I
thought the exe might be dependent on (although isn't the point of
a projector to be stand alone?) to the same directory on this
partition as the flash exe projector file.
I ended up moving the captions.xml file, the swf files (flash
video player skins included), and the html file that the swf file
is supposed to be embedded in. NOTHING worked.
I even read that someone with this problem saved his Flash
CS4 file as a Flash CS3 file before he published it, and that
worked for him. So I tried that too, but with no joy.
So I am totally stumped. Does anyone out there have advice or
even a solution?
Much Thanks,
Chuck

HI
You can use FlashJester Jugglor to create one EXE file by
adding the FLV in
the Additional Files section.
Try it
http://www.jugglor.com
Let us know if you have any further questions.
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Swf file not playing in browser

I have a problem with a swf file which will not play in web browser.
It played fine until I updated my site. I therefore suspected a pathing issue within dreamweaver and looked thorugh that forum for an answer.
I tried typing the absolute path to the swf file in the browser address bar and found it straight away. When I clicked on it the screen stayed blank.
I checked the path to the file and the flv file was relative to the document and not the site.
swf plays fine in flash player, flash, and locally on dreamweaver.
I moved the swf up the file tree and changed the links accordingly but still would not play.
I also tried saving it as a new swf from flash, but that doesn't play either.
I added another swf to the containing folder and that played fine in the browser.
When I open the fla file in flash it only shows a flv playback movie, not the elements, I think this is because it was created in after effects.
Here is the link to the containing folder, the swf file is Home_page_movie_V2.swf
http://www.joinerycadsolutions.com/Flash/01 Home
I have other swf files playing fine and this swf played ok originally so I still think it's a pathing problem but I am not that savvy on flash and cannot figure it out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, just bear in mind my low level of ability.
Thanks
Stuart

The .swf is loading just fine... but it is expecting to load a .flv video file.
The path inside the .swf to the .flv file is not correct. The path inside the .swf to the .flv file needs to be relative to the .swf as it's located on the Web page, NOT the physical location of the .swf.
Here is the absolute address of the .flv:
http://www.joinerycadsolutions.com/Flash/01%20Home/Home%20V1.flv
Here is a test player using that address:
http://www.cidigitalmedia.com/tutorials/flash/cidm_simple_vid_player.html
So unless your .swf is broken, it just a pathing issue.
From an old post:
Pathing issues
Almost always when it works on the local machine and not the server, it's a pathing problem.
You can put your Flash related files in whatever folders you want, they do NOT have to be in the root, they do NOT all have to be in the same folder. But if you have a problem and if sticking them all in the root folder works, then you know that the issue was a pathing problem.
Just remember that paths used in the .swf become relative to the Web page on which the .swf is placed, NOT it’s physical location. So for example, if your .swf is in the flash/data folder and you use that .swf on a Web page in the root folder, you are in effect, removing that .swf from flash/data and putting it in root. So if the .swf is loading any related files (xml, images, video, etc), the path used inside the .swf to load the .xml file has to be relative to it's new location in root and then back down into flash/data. This is true even though when testing the .swf by itself, it can be inside flash/data and work just fine, since relative to it's location, the path is just fine, they are in the same folder. But if that same path is used when the .swf is placed on a page two folder levels up, the relative path has changed, the old "same folder" path will not work.
In fact if you are placing the .swf on a web page in a different folder than the .swf is stored in, and that .swf calls external assets, then direct clicking and opening of the .swf in it’s folder should NOT work! That’s because the paths to the external assets should be relative to the Web page and not the physical location of the .swf.
So just be sure that you use addresses relative to the final Web page locations (not physical file locations) and you can put the Flash related files in what ever folders you want.
Best wishes,
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

How can I call in swf file to movie clip?

Hi all ...
This is my first post for advise, although fairly conversant
with flash and as2.
I am developing a new full screen background style website
and have menu buttons contained within a movie clip (nav_c1) ...
this re-aligns to the top centre of a page when user scales the
browser window.
I then have the content area (centre_content) movie clip ...
this realigns to the centre of the page when a user scales the
browser window.
I have scripted the menu buttons to goto a labelled frame in
the main timeline but I need, when at the labelled frame, to be
able to call/load in an external swf file to play 'inside' the
centre_content movie clip?
for example:
If I click my news button the flash file moves to the frame
label news on the main timeline. This then shows a duplicate of the
moive clip 'centre_content' which is called 'centre_news'. I need
to be able to call/load an external news.swf, containing all the
animated news info, to sit and play 'within' the movie clip
'centre_news' ... so that it is effectively contained 'within' the
movie clip file but loaded in place from an external swf file.
Can anyone help please?
I can post a rough working example online if need be.
Many thanks
A puzzled Adrian
ps: I don't think I am needing to load the swf to a level 1
area as I have tried this and instead of the swf file being loaded
and contained within my movie clip file/area it instead seems to
sit fixed on the main timeline (ie: not contained within the movie
clip area).

Thanks Sketchsta for you code. This looks like we're on the
right lines as I see what the code is trying to do.
Unfortunately though I can't seem to get this to work?
I created a new file to get rid of other scripting that was
going on and have placed a movie clip called centre_content onto
the main timeline in frame 1 ... then I have applied your script to
an actions frame above the movie clip also on frame 1. I change the
path_to_file line with my swf name (callin.swf) which is a 1 frame
flash file with some text on it ...
... but it doesn't bring in the callin.swf file ... it just
shows the centre_content clip.
Am i doing anything wrong?
I also tried putting the script onto the first frame inside
the centre_content movie clip but this doesn't appear to work
either.
Regarding the pre-loader ... can I simply build this into the
swf file that is being called in to the movie clip?
Thanks in advance for your support, it is much appreciated.
Adrian

BitmapData draw method doesn't work when the project is published as the .swf file of the web applic

Hi,
        I am totally confused by this strange error. When I tried using the draw method of BitmapData to draw a movieclip symbol of my project, it seems to work fine locally. However, as I uploaded the published .swf file to my web server and launched it as the plugin of my web application, it failed. The source codes as follows,
function printscreenClicked():void
     //ExternalInterface.call calls a javascript function to print message1
    var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(stage.width,stage.height);
    //ExternalInterface.call calls a javascript function to print message2
bd.draw(stage);
    //ExternalInterface.call calls a javascript function to print message3
message3 didn't show at all. Instead, the browser console shows "Uncaught Error: Error calling method on NPObject.". My understanding of this error message is that the .swf is calling something crashing, and I believe that bd.draw(stage)is the crashng method call.
Also, here is my html embed tag:
    <embed src="/tests/videoplayer.swf" id="flash" quality="high" height="510" width="990" scale="exactfit" name="squambido" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" style="margin: 0px auto;clear:both;position:relative;"/>
Can someone help me?

Thank you for your reply.
I tried stageWidth and stageHeight, but it still doesn't work.
The draw() methid is triggered when I clicked a screenshot button in my application as follows,
ExternalInterface.addCallback("printscreenClicked", printscreenClicked);
function printscreenClicked():void
     //ExternalInterface.call calls a javascript function to print message1
    var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(stage.width,stage.height);
    //ExternalInterface.call calls a javascript function to print message2
bd.draw(stage);
    //ExternalInterface.call calls a javascript function to print message3
Would you please give me an example of "waiting for Event.RESIZE is good, or just at least Event.ENTER_FRAME"?
My real purpose in this application is to capture a snapshot of a streaming video. The video is contained in a movieclip object. I tried stage first since BirmapData.draw() doesn't work when drawing the movieclip on the web site. Do you have any suggestion for this situation? Also, is there any good method to find out what happened if the browser have "Uncaught Error: Error calling method on NPObject."?

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