Flash Mx to Flash8

I have designed slideshows and content in Flash Mx that use a
code for preloaders from a book called Flash MX Magic. I am now
using Flash 8, and have copied the code directly into new projects,
and the preloader doesn't work. I'm wondering if there are
differences between the two that would make the original code
useless?

make sure all your variables are initialized: flash 6 would
assign allow an undefined variable that's incremented to start at
zero. flash 8 doesn't allow that. incrementing an undefined
variable yields an undefined variable.
also, flash 8 is much less forgiving of typos: myVar is not
the same as myvar.

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What about older versions of flash like flash mx or flash8

Do you think that flash mx and flash 8 are outdated to learn for beginners? What do you suggest to a beginner entirely new to flash, the new ones like flash CS4 or begin with older ones like flash 8 and slowly build up?

Start with the newest version. Also start using the latest version of the scripting language. Use AS3. There is no need to learn to use AS2. It will not help you in the future any more than learning to groom a horse will help you to learn to drive a car.

Help! can't open fla doc in flash8!

Hi all -
I have been working on a Flash website using Flash8, my
laptop with over 1GB of RAM and 41% free hard drive space. However,
suddenly now, when I "Save and compact" my doc, Flash closes and I
am only intermittently (extremely intermittently) able to reopen
the file again. Every time I try to open it, I get an error message
that says "javascript error: cannot find the file." I have not
moved the file from my desktop. I'm using the same computer I
always used to work on the document. I am not getting any "low on
virtual memory" messages, but I've tried adjusting it with no luck.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Flash. I've tried opening the
file for hours on end and it won't open. Though, over the course of
a week, I have been able to open it about 3 times and do a little
work on it each time.
Please help! I need to finish this project! Thanks!

Hi there,
I've never tried it myself, but have a look at http://www.neooffice.org/
It's free too!

Flash Text not displaying certain fonts

Thanks as always…
I am trying to use Flash text for some headings, but after an
hour of pulling my hair out I've just realised it will only display
certain fonts, such as Helvetica etc.
I added the font I want to use to my font list but it still
does not display…
I'm using MX on OSX 10.3.9.
Any ideas? Thansk.
Flash Text not displaying certain fonts

Fodderstompf wrote:
> Thanks guys,
>
> I don't have Flash MX and it turns out the font is a
Postscript Type 1.
>
> Didn't realise about the true-type thing, bit of
nusiance (and completely the
> opposite of the hassle I normally have with print
work!).
>
> I'm gonna look and see I can get a true-type version of
the font (Tabitha), or
> is there any other work around?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Is your text in a dynamic text box, or static text box in
flash?
I don't think the issue concerns the "true-type" or not
"true-type" font.
In Flash, when text is part of a dynamic text box (which I
assume is the case in your situation),
then the font works just like in an html page:
if the font is installed on the computer it will show, if
not, it won't. The way around this, is to
embed the font data in the authoring flash file, and link it
to the dynamic text box, via actionScript.
So if you cannot work on the authoring Flash file with Flash
MX or Flash8, and if indeed we're
talking about a dynamic text box, your only option is to use
a web-safe font.
seb ( [email protected])
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Flash video not showing on website after upload

I created a short flash video using Flash8 and used
DreamWeaver8 to insert it into my web page. I can preview the page
in any browser using the "preview in browser" function of
DreamWeaver. It plays perfectly. However, when I upload the page to
my website the modified web page appears but there is nothing where
the Flash Video should be.
I upload in the following manner: Since I do all my web site
construction while away from the home server, I use my laptop to
modify things and then use a remote signin to my home computer that
is hosting the website which gives me access to my home computer's
(My Server) website folders. I then move a copy of the modified
page containing the Flash Video, the Video.swf file, and the
Video.fla file into the website files on the home server.
Why wont it play?
What am I doing wrong?

Hi I have a similar problem, imported a medium res flv clip
into flash, the clip is about 1Meg, works fine when playing back
the local flash site but does not work via server. A very simple
flash site with content all in same directory? using MX 8
pro

Flash Remoting script error

Hello, I'm trying to use the Flash Remoting from Flash8 to
access Java Stuff, But the action script in the .fla file always
shoms me as an error:
Code:
import mx.remoting.*;
// connect to the gateway server
if (inited == null) {
inited = true;
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl("
http://localhost:8081/PrintService/gateway");
gatewayConnnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();
flashtestService =
gatewayConnnection.getService("JavaPrinter", this);
// call the service function getMessage()
flashtestService.printTicket();
// use _Result to have Flash call this function
function printTicket_Result(result) {
messageOutput.text = result;
// use _Status to handle any errors
function printTicket_Status(result){
messageOutput.text = "status: " + result.details;
myFile.fla Error:
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1:
Syntax error.
import mx.remoting.*;
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
The NetServices.as file is located at: C:\Arquivos de
programas\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\First
Run\Classes\mx\remoting

I would suggest you update your flash. You are running flash 10 and the latest is flash 15.
Download and install the latest version of Adobe Flash for IE.
http://aihdownload.adobe.com/bin/live/install_flashplayer15x32ax_mssd_aaa_aih.exe

How to add HTML tags to 'mailto' body

i'm trying to figure out how to add font color and bold to an
email body.
i have the code working properly to build the email and drop
the text in the correct locations. however, when i try to add the
html tags to the process, it doesn't work.
when i use the escape command to URLencode the input, it goes
through and you can read the html tags in the email. if i don't
escape the text/tags, the mailto command fails completely.
dual 2.5 g5, 10.4.8, 3gig ram, plenty storage
flash 8pro. ripping flash8 swf, actionscripting 2.0
here's my current code:
emailto =
escape("[email protected],[email protected]");
emailsub = escape("REQUEST - order");
tempemailbody = "" +
header + "other text = " + somethingelse +
" ";
emailbody = escape(tempemailbody);
emailvar = "mailto:" + emailto + "?subject=" + emailsub +
"&body=" + emailbody;
getURL(emailvar, "_blank");
please advise.
thanks in advance
jason
ps. i tried adding this post twice and it didn't appear in
the topic list. sorry if the previous ones eventually go thru

You can't send HTML email right from Flash. You will need to
use a
server-side script that adds the necessary headers into the
email.
Dave -
Head Developer
www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
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Some ppl can't see my site!?

Is this a problem with versions? I am exporting my flash
files as Flash8. There doesn't seem to be a correlation btwn who
can see my flash file and who can't. Do i need to put something in
my HTML that tells the person to download version 8 to be able to
view my site? i thought it was supposed to do that automatically.
Please help!

Try the Flash Detection Kit:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/download/detection_kit/

FlashRemoting ActionScript Error

Hello, I'm trying to use the Flash Remoting from Flash8 to
access Java Stuff, But the action script in the .fla file always
shoms me as an error:
Code:
import mx.remoting.*;
// connect to the gateway server
if (inited == null) {
inited = true;
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl("
http://localhost:8081/PrintService/gateway");
gatewayConnnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();
flashtestService =
gatewayConnnection.getService("JavaPrinter", this);
// call the service function getMessage()
flashtestService.printTicket();
// use _Result to have Flash call this function
function printTicket_Result(result) {
messageOutput.text = result;
// use _Status to handle any errors
function printTicket_Status(result){
messageOutput.text = "status: " + result.details;
myFile.fla Error:
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1:
Syntax error.
import mx.remoting.*;
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
The NetServices.as file is located at: C:\Arquivos de
programas\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\First
Run\Classes\mx\remoting

Thanks it did solve the Script issue. But another problem
came up... The Remoting cannot find the Java Service. Then I get
this exception: status:
flashgateway.adapter.NoSuchServiceException: No service named
JavaPrinter is known to Flash Remoting MX.
I'm using Tomcat on the 8081 port, the context name is
PrintService and the Java Class is called JavaPrinter... The
flashgateway.jar is in the lib directory.
So there may be some mistake in the following code?
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl("
http://localhost:8081/PrintService/gateway");
gatewayConnnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();
flashtestService =
gatewayConnnection.getService("JavaPrinter", this);
Every help is appreciated. Thanks
Wilson

Accesing externally loaded variables

i would greatly appreciate a pointer or two as i am having a
painful transition to AS2.0
an 8k zip test is at: www.cyan-animatica.com/v2/exttest.zip
//(wasn`t there an option back in macromedia days to attach a
file?)
i am having a poblem accesing externally loaded variables :
A.--------------------------------------------------------------------
the external .txt has folowing content:
&a1_0=hello&a1_1=bye&a1_2=whatever
B.--------------------------------------------------------------------
loaded on the first frame thus:
var thumbs:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
thumbs.onLoad = function(success:Boolean):Void {
if (success) {
trace("LoadVars loaded successfully: "+this.loaded);
} else {
trace("Error");
thumbs.load("my_externals.txt");
C.--------------------------------------------------------------------
if want to access one of 3 loaded variable hardcoding, this
works just fine:
trace(_root.thumbs.a1_1) //bye
BUT i need to do this based on the mc/buton name that calls
it:
on (press) {
var kk:String = _name;
trace(_root.thumbs.kk);
i get UNDEFINED...obviously i am mixing datatypes if not
worse
pc win 2000
flash prof for flash8 player[

thanks for a prompt reply, blemmo.
you write:<<to ADD vars to the LoadVars object, it has
to be referenced correctly
what i want to do is READ vars from LoadVars object and
referencing is exactly what is killing me
sorry bout the lack of clarity. the zip would help
(www.cyan-animatica.com/v2/exttest.zip)
i am loading 3 variables into an object var thumbs:LoadVars
from one external .txt file:
a1_0=hello
a1_1=bye
a1_2=whatever
i want to see the contens of let us say the second variable
trace(_root.thumbs.a1_1);
produces bye , perfectly - this is exactly what i want, but i
want it based on a constructed reference
so, i have button in an mc named "a1_1", the button script
is:
on (press) {
var kk:String = _name;
trace(kk); // produces a1_1
trace(_root.thumbs.kk); //this should be same as
_root.thumbs.a1_1 and produce the same result, but does not
i suspect that the problem is that kk is declared as string
datatype, but no matter what i do i cannot get a result
thanks for your help

ActiveX, and Downloads Save Folder

So I'm using Safari 3.0.4 Beta on the Windows version. Is there anyway you can install an ActiveX plug-in? Some of my friends' kids come over to watch videos on http://cartoonnetwork.com/video but in the Safari for Windows browser, you cannot?
And can I request a feature? Can you make the downloads save folder to anything, like instead of just a specific folder, you can download something (for example, a image.png) and save it to a choosen folder everytime? Also may it be possible to search from the Search bar AND the address bar (just type something for example: "define bbcode" (without quotes) into the address bar and it'll use your default search engine to find it.
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Prajnaparamita wrote:
> Dear sirs, all you know the problem with ActiveX and IE6
> I downoladed this extension (italian version)
FlashActiveContent_it.mxp at
> this address
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html#flash8
> the active content HTTP and active content HTTPS options
don't appear in my
> HTML menu.
it's not in the HTML menu, it's in the main commands menu:
'Apply Active
Content Update'. You have to have already published an HTML
page for
your SWF - it asks you to browse to that page and then
applies the fix
to it.
I don't think it's very good though, and still prefer
deconcept.com's
swfobject. Compare the two solutions (do a view source on
each page to
see the difference):
Adobe solution:
http://www.moloko.f2s.com/flashtest/mm_index.html
SWFObject solution:
http://www.moloko.f2s.com/flashtest/moloko_index.html
The latter is much more elegant and includes flash player
version
detection as well.
MOLOKO
Macromedia Certified Flash MX 2004 Developer
Macromedia Certified Flash MX Developer
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In Macromedia Flash8 we had an option insert timeline effects rotate. Do we have any option to rotate an object in Adobe Flash cs5 and above

in Macromedia Flash8 we had an option insert>timeline effects>rotate. Do we have any option to rotate an object in Adobe Flash cs5 and above.

You can also use the following:
1 Select the object to rotate > Right Click > Create Motion Tween.
2 Click on the last frame of the Motion tween and choose the desired Rotation settings from Properties panel.

Macromedia Flash8 and Adobe Flash CS3 compatibility.

I have macromedia Flash8 and am trying to open and edit Adobe Flash CS3 template and getting an unexpected file format error message. Are these softwares compatible or is there anything that I can do to enable me open and edit Adobe Flash CS3 template with Macromedia Flash8. Thanks

Flash CS3 was developed after Flash 8, so like most software, older versions cannot open newer version files. You would need to have the CS3 file saved as a Flash 8 file, which CS3 can do since it is one version ahead of Flash 8 and each version is capable of saving to the previous version. You may lose some features if they were not supported by Flash 8.

Flash8 or Flash CS3 determine what frames and objects use a given library object

I am doing cleanup on a FLA file(a large fla file). I am
looking for an easy way to determine where each library item
may be used in the given flash document and at what frame and
layer it may be used at.
Yes I have updated the use counts by selecting "update use
counts". Which is really nice. Becuase I can then
easily delete all the unneeded objects(note: I was also
guaranteed they(library items) were not called into the FLA file
dynamically by action script, Which was a relief).
So what I am looking for is a way to run a report for one
object or for the entire library to show me where
a given symbol, button,swf, flv or picture is being used in
the parent or it's chidren or in another library item.
Here is an example of the report I am looking for.
Library Item "logo.jpg":
ocurrence #1> _root;layer8,frame 25
ocurrence #2> _root;layer(showlogo),frame 25(imageframe)
ocurrence #3> _root;layer(showfinishpage),frame
125(exitpage)
occurence #4> LIBRARYITEM(logoTween),frame23,layer2
Does anyone know how this can be done...?
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determine where library items are used in a give fla file
flash library "update use counts" objects frames report
flash "library use" objects frames report
flash 8 fla library usage where are they being used

Will Edit > Find and Replace help?
I don't know of any report, other than Generate size report
(found in publish settings under Flash), but you could probably
write a .jsfl script to do it for you I imagine.

Fla written made in Flash MX/AS1 jerks when published in Flash8/AS2

Have an old fla written made in Flash MX/AS1 which run OK.
Opened it in Flash-8, changed publishing settings from AS1 to
AS2.
The resulting SWF runs jerking.
What might be the reason?

It works, but slowly as if somer AS1 code is interpreted into
very
ineffective machine code by AS2 interpretor
My question was if it is know which particular AS1 features
have these
problems in AS2
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> some AS1 not working when the movie run in AS2...
> if you want to publish it as AS2, then write it in AS2.
>
> * it is time to learn AS3
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