Correction: Adobe Labs Ideas for Flash Catalyst

Link shown in Adobe Labs Ideas for Flash Catalyst announcement above (http://idea.adobe.com/labs) is incorrect. Correct link appears to be: http://ideas.adobe.com/labs

Have you tried downloading it directly from Adobe and installing it? http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Try and see if it will install. If not, reply back.
Clinton

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FAQ: Where can I download updated lesson files for Flash Catalyst Classroom in a Book?

The format for Flash Catalyst projects changed in version CS5.5. When you open a file that was created in Flash Catalyst CS5 in Flash Catalyst CS5.5, you get a message offering to convert the file to the new format. In the case of most of the lesson files that come with the Flash Catalyst Classroom in a Book, this is a quick, straightforward process. Once it's completed, simply save the converted file with a new name, and you can continue working on the lesson.
A few of the lesson files, however, do not convert successfully. Adobe Press has provided new versions of those files that have been rebuilt in Flash Catalyst CS5.5, and should open without mishap. Otherwise, they are identical to the files provided with the book. Adobe Press apologizes for any invonvenience.
You can download the updated lesson files from the Peachpit website. If you don't already have a Peachpit account, you will need to create one (simply supply an email address, name, and password; you do not need to enter a member code or ISBN number):
Download the updated lesson files

This may not be the same tutorial, but lesson files are downloadable with it.
http://www.digitalclassroombooks.com/CS6/Dreamweaver/files.html
Hope this helps.

How about a 'Text Layout Framwork' category on Adobe Labs Ideas in the Flex SDK section?

I like 'Adobe Labs Ideas', it's far more accessible/inviting then "Adobe Bugs and Issues" (JIRA).
Therefor I would like to suggest a new category 'Text Layout Framework' under the Flex SDK section or even it's own section (after all TLF isn't Flex only).

Am I right, that this is a tricky question? No hints or attempts so far. Really no-one out there?
I guess I am not the only one who would like to extend the Importer (Exporter) by new tags, FlowElement's and FlowLeafElement's.
Best regards
Masteradi

Adobe AIR update for Flash CS3

Hi, i'm having some trouble installing the adobe air update
for flash CS3.
I've installed it like 5 times, it always says that the
installation is complete.
But when i go to flash and try to make an AIR file it's not
in the list, the only things i see are those:
image

ow, totally my bad, i switched the splash screen and that
screen.
Problem solved

My top ten requested features for Flash Catalyst Next

Here is my top ten list of requested features for Flash Catalyst:
10. Rearranging of pages / states in the pages / states panel (also resizing to smaller icons)
9. Menu bar option to Insert Custom / Generic Component. There isn't a way to create a custom component without first adding something to stage and then converting that.
8. Edit component on double click in layers panel
7. Replace existing artwork with library component - for example, when you create a button or text input then you should be able to use that skin in all of the text input instances rather than creating new ones every time you choose convert artwork to component
6. Artboard sized to content - no hardcoded size of the project
5. Import of Flex Components / movieclps
4. Flex Capacitor library integration / support - supports deep linking and navigation through your flash catalyst or flex project without coding - all the work is done
3. Integration and coexistence in native Flex project - no fxpl or zip - flat file structure
2. Container support - VGroup HGroup Skinnable Container - set layout property
1. Component Constraints support - top left bottom right horizontal center vertical center baseline width height 100%

Additional features:
• When opening a Illustrator file the option to choose which artboard or layers to import (rather than the whole project).
• Set a default option so that all imported text fields from Illustrator use "Fit Height". Mainly because currently it is cutting off the descent but also bc it allows you to change the text content (globalization) and have the text fit.
• Show intersection lines while dragging. At least vertical center and horizontal center... similar to Flex and Illustrator.
• Add a convert to vector when selecting images.
• In the code view the default directory "components" could be renamed to something like: design, compositions, construction, architecture, form, embodiments, chassis, constitution, frame, representation, manifestation, cast, expression, mold, etc. just not skins. design, chassis, representations, cast, expressions, compositions are my favorites. It would be nice to be able to define this folder path in preferences.
• Use the layer name to name the library components. Otherwise there is a directory with 30 assets named "graphic[n]".
• Command to clean out library of unused symbols.

What to do now that Adobe ended support for Flash Player 10.3?

Adobe ended support for Flash Player 10.3 on July 9. Downloads are no longer available anywhere that I can find. Adobe says 11.7 is now the "extended release" version. Since 10.3 has been the only solution when the latest Flash Player version won't work with Firefox, what do we do now? I have tested every Flash Player release after 10.3, and each starts crashing repeatedly after 24 hours. Each time, retreat to 10.3 was the only solution. The other suggestions in Firefox help don't work. I uninstalled 10.3 a few days ago to test 11.8 - the latest. It doesn't work with Firefox. Now I could only install 11.7. It hasn't failed yet, but it probably will tomorrow.
If Flash Player 11.8 and 11.7 don't work, and 10.3 is unavailable, what can we do?

You can check for problems with current Flash plugin versions and try these:
*disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed
*disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
*disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting
*http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-113-crash-mozilla.html
*http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html
*http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

Exporting file for Flash Catalyst use?

Hey everyone. I've made a video in Flash Pro, and I want to be able to play it in Flash Catalyst. I'm using 5.5 of both versions, btw. I export the Flash Pro video to a .mov file and then use Media Encoder to make that a .flv file. I bring that file into FC and publish to web. However, when I put those 'deploy to web' files on my website, the video doesn't play. Everything else works except for the video. So I put a generic, short .flv file that I downloaded from the internet into my FC file. I published it to my website again, and everything worked fine. The video played. So obviously the problem with my video must be in the encoding process.
How should I do this? I read one article online that said when I export a .mov file for FC, I should make sure that I don't have 'Fast - Compressed Header' selected in the Streaming options. Well, I checked and I don't. It's just under regular 'Fast'. So what am I doing wrong here? I've even tried converting my .mov file to a f4v file, and that doesn't work. Help here would be so greatly appreciated.

Ah. I think they just tested the .html file. Though, they were trying nearly everything yesterday, so they might have tried the swf file, too. I'll ask him this afternoon. There's a webpage included in both deploy-to-web and run-local folders. Both are entitled main.html. I'm looking at both codes in Dreamweaver to see what would be different, how the code is calling to the flv video, and I can't see any change! I switch from one code view to the other, and nothing is different. The only difference is that in the video size area, the html file from the run-local folder is bigger. So obviously something more was put into the run-local html file, but what I don't know. I can't figure that out from the code. Here's the code from the run-local file, though it looks the same in the deploy-to-web html file, too.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
    
    <head>
        <title></title>
        <meta name="google" value="notranslate" />
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
        
        <style type="text/css" media="screen">
            html, body { height:100%; }
            body { margin:0; padding:0; overflow:auto; text-align:center;
                   background-color: #ffffff; }
            object:focus { outline:none; }
            #flashContent { display:none; }
        </style>
        
        
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="history/history.css" />
        <script type="text/javascript" src="history/history.js"></script>
        
        <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            // For version detection, set to min. required Flash Player version, or 0 (or 0.0.0), for no version detection.
            var swfVersionStr = "10.2.0";
            // To use express install, set to playerProductInstall.swf, otherwise the empty string.
            var xiSwfUrlStr = "playerProductInstall.swf";
            var flashvars = {};
            var params = {};
            params.quality = "high";
            params.bgcolor = "#ffffff";
            params.allowscriptaccess = "sameDomain";
            params.allowfullscreen = "true";
            var attributes = {};
            attributes.id = "Main";
            attributes.name = "Main";
            attributes.align = "middle";
            swfobject.embedSWF(
                "Main.swf", "flashContent",
                "405", "350",
                swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr,
                flashvars, params, attributes);
            // JavaScript enabled so display the flashContent div in case it is not replaced with a swf object.
            swfobject.createCSS("#flashContent", "display:block;text-align:left;");
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        
        <div id="flashContent">
            <p>
                To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version
                10.2.0 or greater is installed.
            </p>
            <script type="text/javascript">
                var pageHost = ((document.location.protocol == "https:") ? "https://" : "http://");
                document.write("<a href='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer'><img src='"
                                + pageHost + "www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif' alt='Get Adobe Flash player' /></a>" );
            </script>
        </div>
        <noscript>
            <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="405" height="350" id="Main">
                <param name="movie" value="Main.swf" />
                <param name="quality" value="high" />
                <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
                <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
                <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
                
                <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="Main.swf" width="405" height="350">
                    <param name="quality" value="high" />
                    <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
                    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
                    <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
                
                
                    <p>
                        Either scripts and active content are not permitted to run or Adobe Flash Player version
                        10.2.0 or greater is not installed.
                    </p>
                
                    <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
                        <img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash Player" />
                    </a>
                
                </object>
                
            </object>
        </noscript>
   </body>
</html>
But I don't see anything where it calls to my bathinline.flv file. Yet this one plays just fine. I've played both .html files, and only the run-local html file plays fine on my computer (not viewing from website this time). So I agree with you that I think it's a pathing issue on the deploy to web thing, but I have no idea what. The code isn't showing any difference.
Any more ideas. You've been really, really helpful so far!

How about this idea with flash catalyst? Can it happen in next version or before the release?

Hi friends,
Let me come straight to my interest!
I create a datalist control asset using photoshop. Bring this into Flash catalyst by importing the artworks. Then selecting respesctive artwork and making it as an horizontal list control with custom way for sliding between thumbnails with some description text.
Till now it is 100% possible with flash catalyst beta 1.
Can flash catalyst team further tweak this ui design tool to go ahead and select the data template and add custom interaction where, we can go ahead and give the path in such a way it makes a 180 degree carousel in seconds without any coding. I just need to go into the template and draw/move the positions for 5 thumbnails which sits within the width area of the datatemplate, then all the thumbnails follow the path.
This might be two much, but next wish is to, create states within the data template for loading the thumbnails into list control with custom animations, loading the thumbnail when some search is changed , i mean on layout updated on the datalist.
So in short , my wish is second level tweaking of layout needs to be done within data driven controls.
Please come with comments!
Regards,
Muthaiah Thiagarajan,
EMC Corporation, Bangalore.
www.fmass.com

Hi Adam,
You are almost right !
I am just rephrasing my question for you to understand!
But I don't mean only carousel, I love to see the list control comes in some innovative paths. As you know in flash CS4 adobe has come with motion editor concept for tweening, where you can go ahead and fix some path for the motion of any object on the stage like in aftereffects.
Now how about i take a template from illustrator where i define the data template of a data list control and scroll bar as vector assets. Now in flash catalyst, i come and fix them as data template and scroll bar. Now i double click and go into the datatemplate and then have a editor like in flash, where i can set a path for the motion of the repeated items, then in runtime it follows that path. This is my first idea.
Second one was i have a search box on top of it , then i type some name to search from the above mentioned datalist control, now it refines and updates the exisiting list with relavant repeated items. When this layout updates , each item should animate and sit back on the data list.
It's a small example for my idea! Hope you got my point!
As you said , I am also mentioning the same repeated items(a.k.a. Data Template, a.k.a. Item Renderer)! One more level of animation to avoid coding and easy to create stunning path following list controls. Even it can be used to define other controls too ! I don't mean images, it can be anything!
Can it be possible ?
Thanks!
Regards,
Muthaiah,
Principal Web Technologist,
EMC Corporation, Bangalore.

How to make a fullscreen button for Flash Catalyst?

Hey everyone. I really hope someone can help me with this. How can I make a fullscreen button in Flash Professional that would make my Flash Catalyst project go fullscreen?

I'm sorry I really don't know Flash Catalyst as much as I'd like to. Designing interfaces is left up to me, no designers at my agency use Catalyst. Though this is the Flash forum so that's as much as I can tell you. I didn't know Catalyst didn't support basic scripts (I thought I read that it did).
Ultimately, for a very cheap price you can do something like go to http://www.lynda.com/ and buy a membership. Dirt cheap compared to what you get. They offer many courses on all this stuff and I'm sure your answer would lie in one of the (nicely broken up by subject) video training videos.
Just searching for Catalyst brings up a bunch of courses:
http://www.lynda.com/search?q=catalyst&x=0&y=0
edit:
For instance I watched the essential CS5.5 training and I saw in 2 minutes flat that when you click on a button you should have an "Interactions" panel that lets you do things. If they didn't put fullscreen as an interaction that's another thing but I'm just pointing out it's very easy to learn how to do all sorts of things in video training. If you do not want to purchase a membership there just find a video you think would have the info in it and I'll watch it and let you know if it told me how to do it, and how to do it.

Reminder: Adobe needs users for Flash video & button task studies - get an Amazon gift card

Adobe is looking for participants for a brief (~1 hour) online work observation and interview. Compensation will be a $100 Amazon gift card.
There are two sets of criteria, each applying to a different study. Read the criteria *carefully* before responding. Also, it is important to indicate in the subject line of your response which one of the two studies you meet the criteria for and wish to participate in.
There will be 2 studies of Flash workflows. One is about deploying video content in Flash. The other is about creating a button to perform some control of the Timeline. The studies will be conducted over the telephone and Adobe Connect (software for screen sharing).
For the video study, participants must meet the following criteria:
- some experience with Flash CS4
- some experience viewing video on the Web
- no experience using video in Flash
- have any version of Creative Suite 4 or Flash Professional CS4 installed (with most recent updates) on a computer that can be connected to the Internet
- ability and willingness to install and use Acrobat Connect on the same computer as the above software
- a 90-minute block of free time between 9am and 5pm Pacific Time on a weekday.
If you meet these requirements and would like to participate in this study, please contact me at jarmstrong [at] adobe [dot] com, with the subject line "Flash video study".
For the button study, participants must meet the following criteria:
- some experience with Flash CS4
- no experience creating buttons in Flash
- have any version of Creative Suite 4 or Flash Professional CS4 installed (with most recent updates) on a computer that can be connected to the Internet
- ability and willingness to install and use Acrobat Connect on the same computer as the above software
- a 90-minute block of free time between 9am and 5pm Pacific Time on a weekday
If you meet these requirements and would like to participate in this study, please contact me at jarmstrong [at] adobe [dot] com, with the subject line "Flash button study".
Participants in these studies will be thanked profusely in addition to receiving the Amazon gift card.
Jay Armstrong
Flash Professional documentation lead
Adobe Systems

@Karl, Thanks. If you are interested in participating, please send me an email as instructed in the original post. - Jay

Adobe Air Update for Flash

I installed the AIR update for flash cs3, when I boot flash
on the welcome screen there is now a "create new Air document"
option in it to create new air documents.
However if I already have a file open in flash I cannot see
the welcome screen and when I go to FILE>NEW there is still no
option for a new AIR document. this is becoming very frustarting
because if I have several files open I have to close everyone to
get the welcome screen back so I can create a new Air File.
Is there a way to atleast get the welcome screen to show up
when other files or open or any other way to create a new air file
without having to close every other open file???
Thanks!

You can, instead, create a new standard Flash document then
go to the "publish settings" and select the AIR profile. This
should convert the Flash doc to an AIR doc. You still may have to
edit the the "AIR - Application and Installer Settings", though.
-KGA

ADOBE FYI: Getting Adobe Tech Support for Flash Player problems

ALL:
I wanted to take a second to remind everyone here (and
incoming new users) that this forum and most of our other forums
are currently for user-to-user discussions of Adobe products, and
are not an official customer support channel for Adobe. If you need
direct assistance from a support agent please contact Adobe
support.
Flash Player installation help is available via web case only
at
Flash Player
Support. No phone or chat support is available. An AdobeID
login will be required, which is easy to set up.
If at any moment you feel that your Flash Player webcase is
not being handled correctly you have the ability (via the web case
portal that you'll see after logging in) to request an escalation
or provide feedback to the agents. And I encourage you to do so.
You can also re-open a case that may have been incorrectly closed.
If you are a Flash developer experiencing a Flash Player
related issue or an issue with existing content not playing
correctly as the result of a security update please contact support
via
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash.

Hi Bentley,
I just noticed something. The link that I pasted, to your
post, does not work either. I noticed why, however, and it seems to
be why the link in your original page does not work, and why the
link in my post that goes to your post does not work.
It seems to be that if a link has a period after it (i.e., if
it is at the end of a sentence), the period is incorrectly included
in the "real" link. Somehow, whatever mechanism that processes the
post has a mini bug in it.
If you go to the link that is results in "Sorry, this page is
not available", and look up into the browser address bar, you will
see the period there each time.
I just thought that I would point this out, too, so that the
web techs in charge of the workings of the forums could look into
it.
Here is the original link, without a period after it, to your
original page.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=44&catid=184&threadid =1400586&enterthread=y
Thank you again,
Karen

New Features/Ideas for FLASH related work?

Let's see....I know there are always new cool and money
making features and ideas floating in our industry. I am looking
for this kind of ideas. The goal for me is to maximize utilization
of Interactive team and bring more revenue. No different from
others, I assume.
Can anyone share some really interesting ideas on how we can
grow our interactive department - flash animations, action script,
serious back end integration etc.
We specilize in Pharma and e-Learning areas.
Thx in advance.
Egor Radzievskii, Director, Creative Services
www.klickstudio.com
www.klick.com
[email protected]

Flash video is where it's at (IMHO)...
Since your company does e-learning, why not create some video
tutorials or demonstrations. This is very time consuming so it will
keep everyone busy. Plus there is the ability to shoot these
yourself with fairly reasonably priced equipment, then all the time
to edit and add effects digitally, and then merging the video
content with Flash.
There are 18 million different ways to incorporate Flash
video into new and exciting money making ideas. Now why don't you
send my your site's fla souce since I just gave you a million
dollar idea.
*holds breath*
Seriously though, your site is one bad-a$$ piece of flash
work. Nice job.

Adobe connect asking for flash v10.3 or higher but I have v11.4 installed????

I never had this problem before, but recently upgraded my flash and yesterday (Sept. 5) while testing a connection to a meeting room received this message:
Adobe connect requires flash v10.3 or higher
and provided a button to download the latest version, which I did, and downloaded v. 11.4. tried the link to the meeting room a second time and again was told to install flash v10.3 or higher.
So I UN-INSTALLED flash player altogether, got cclean and cleaned up my registry files and downloaded flash player again (v11.4, again) and I still get this message telling me I need 10.3 or higher.
Should I un-install v11.4 and install an older (but higher than v10.3) version????
Please help - I provide technical support and registration assistance and if I can't solve this issue it's going to cause me a lot of problems in terms of providing proper support to my clients.

Hello,
I would like to strongly recommend that you update your version of Flash Player to our currently released version (17.0.0.169) and enable auto updates. The version you are using is insecure and opening your computer (and all of your data) to being easily exploited by bad guys.
As for the error you are receiving, this is most likely a restriction from the website. Each developer is able to specify what the required minimum version of Flash and require their users to have at least that version installed. The detection that is occuring and the message that you are seeing on the website isn't part of Flash Player, but instead part of the website's code.
If you go to this page and click the "Check Now" button, what is displayed (OS, browser and version number)? Do you see the "tree" animation playing below?
Flash Player Help
Thanks,
Chris

Any Ideas For Flash Player Install problems?

I cannot get adobe Flash player to install on My MBP running Snow Leopard. It Starts to install but hesitates at from 80% to 95% then finishes but does not work. Help!!

Have you tried downloading it directly from Adobe and installing it? http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Try and see if it will install. If not, reply back.
Clinton

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