Flash Professional 9 ActionScript ?

I use flash 6 and almost upgrade to flash 8 but I read Adobe
Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 release in Spring. Do I wait
for the newer version with actionscript. My hobby is using flash.
What do I do now?

I don't know why you are asking us. That's totally up to you.
Jumping from Flash 6 to Flash 9 may or may not be a big difference
to you, but I would imagine it would be to most. Quite a few things
have changed since Flash 6 (as far as new features,etc). But again,
that decision is up to you.

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The Flex Actionscript is exactly the same as FLASH PROFESSIONAL Actionscript

To learn Flex you start with scripting relative languages mxml, etc , or with learning the menus in Flash Builder? how you proceed after you startup? Learning Flex you must choose a server side scripting language from the ones you know very well, and use it by a way in Flex works? like Java if I am familiar with?
Only Actionscript/MXML (+client side) or/and one server side lang REQUIRED, like java/jsp? Can you recommend any textbook in Actionscript/MXML? the Actionscript is exactly the same as FLASH PROFESSIONAL Actionscript? how many months study in Actionscript/MXML, to move to learning menues in BUILDER? IF REQUIRED one server side lang, what level of JAVA I must have, SE & EE & ME to proceed in learning Flex/Actionscript/MXML and thereafter BUILDER-MENUES?

You are asking a ton of questions here, but in general ActionScript in Flex and Flash is the same, but in some cases it is used differently, but most of the time the same.
Great book on ActionScript:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-ActionScript-3-0-Colin-Moock/dp/0596526946
If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such.
Greg Lafrance - Flex 2 and 3 ACE certified
www.ChikaraDev.com

ActionScript doesn't seem to work in my trial cc version of flash professional, sometimes I use cs5.5 related AS3

Who can explain what I need to do when actionScript doesn't seem to work in my trial cc version of flash professional, sometimes I use cs5.5 related AS3?
thanks for a reply,
mike

did you get my earlier message? Here's what I wrote;
I also meant to add the way the instructor for the course showed how to
write the code
for example; home_btn.addEventListener(Mouse...................) as so
on You mention no period after the btn unless a width or something how
could I change the code to be proper.
and also one for {
content_pg.gotoAndStop(2);
same period example. should there be a space and no period after home_btn?
thanks again for your assistance.
mike
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 7:00 PM, -mikey1969- <[email protected]>

Help! I am trying to learn actionscripting in Flash Professional CS6

I've recently purchased the Adobe Press Classroom in a Book for Adobe Flash Professional CS6. I am stuck in Chapter 6: Creating Interactive Navigation. I input coding EXACTLY as the book told me too and the program is coming up with errors and the animation won't stop at the first screen to allow the navigation to take place. What am I doing wrong?

Look at the Compiler Errors panel. It shows you four identical errors. You have misspelled "gotoAndPlay".
Good luck with your studies!

Need help with actionscript (flash professional)

Ok so its been a while since I've used flash and i need a
little bit of help. I've searched through the help books and tried
to figure it out on my own but im stuck.
I'm making a website for my music page using flash
professional on Mac OSX.
I'm trying to make a menu along the left side that when you
press the "more" button at the bottom of multiple other buttons it
will make the set of links (which i have as buttons) switch out
with another set of links. (also buttons)
I cant get this more button to do it though!
here is a link to my .fla file
http://rapidshare.com/files/196874495/website.fla.html
Help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks.
-Ken

_parent tells the guy that's holding the movieclip (its
parent) to do something.
The reason I say something seems corrupted with the file is
because I took your button out of the movieclip and used it with
the code you had for the movieclip, which should have worked as you
had it on(release){ gotoAndPlay(2)} because for whatever reason,
buttons don't consider the guy holding them as their parent...
bitter adopted orphans I reckon.
but it didn't work, and I gave up trying to figure out why.
Sometimes files just need to find a new home in another
file.

Are Flash Professional Buttons broken in Flash Builder 4.7/AIR 3.4?

Moved my ActionScript Mobile Project game from Flash Builder 4.6 / AIR 3.2 yesterday to the new release of 4.7 / AIR 3.4. I immediately ran into a problem with Flash Professional Button's working incorrectly. The buttons have linkages in a SWC exported from Flash Professional CS6, which the project has linked. The content of the buttons doesn't seem to matter. It seems to break in different ways visually depending on it's composition (sometimes it loads unreleated bitmap data or displays with a strange transformation). Has anyone else seen this behaviour so far?

I don't have the time to create a unique project for adobe bug database. So many are having the same issue, I'm shocked that Adobe doesn't know about this already. This discussion that I'm writing in right now was started in december, almost 7 months ago.
Joseph Labrecque says in his blog that adobe does know of this issue and is working on it, he said that 6 months ago. Is he incorrect?
Joseph LabrecqueJanuary 4, 2013 at 6:21 pmGood news that Adobe is actively working on a fix for this issue.
http://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/2012/12/flash-builder-4-7-useflashsdk/

I need help migrating an existing project from Flash Professional CS6 to Flash Builder 4.6.

I have followed tutorials...instructions on the web...all I get are unsolvable errors.
I have a large Air application that compiles fine and works in Flash. However I would like to take advantage of the as3xls api which does not work in Flash Professional (for no reason in particular the internet just tells me it won't work because Flash Professional cannot access some part of the Flex framework).
So I want to make my project work in Flash Builder. However, when I attempt to reference my document class, flash builder gives me an error telling me the package path com.andrewbefus.ModelMapper no longer works. It does this no matter how I select the folder to reference my document class. If I change the path to nothing...Flash Builder is happy with my document class and unhappy with every other class I have made.
Then I decided to make a new Flash Builder ActionScript file and simply replace the ModelMapper.as document class that Flash Builder created with my completed ModelMapper.as. After some messing around with paths and directories, I got Flash Builder to be happy with my program structure but then all hell broke loose on almost every single Class outside the Flash Builder framework. One by one I attempted to tell Flash Builder where to go to get my components, fl.motion classes, and my custom classes but Flash Builder refused to recognise them unless I reference the folder containing the files, and then proceeded to tell me that the project path of every single class needed to be changed. I imagine if I spend the rest of my day mucking around with this something else will come up.
I went looking for a tutorial explaining how to migrate a Flash Professional project over to Flash Builder. The closest thing I could come up with told me to just select my fla. file by going Project<Flash Professional<Create project using Fla file... which worked great except refused to compile my project as a desktop application for no sane reason - giving no option to select my project when I attempted to create a new Run Configuration.
One frustration after another....

I've also followed all the instructions here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html
Still no luck...
L.

Installing and using Adobe Air SDK 2.5 with Flash Professional CS4

Hi,
I am trying to install the Air SDK 2.5 with Flash Professional CS4 with the intention of creating a program to use Actionscript 3 to communicate with the UDP interface using datagrams. (The server is the IL2 device link interface) As I am very new to this development environment I was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions.
1) Can I use datagram sockets with Air 2.5 with Actionscript 3 and Flash CS4?
2) Is there special procedure for installing the AIR SDK 2.5 or do I use the instructions layout in "How to Overlay the Adobe Air 2 SDK for Use with Flash Professional - Flash professional CS4"?
3) If I do use those instructions, when I edit the namespace for my application do I set it to 2.0 or 2.5?
4) As a stepping stone to building my program I was trying to try to build the Actionscript 3 DatagramSocketExample program that is published by Adobe. Unfortunately I am getting a '1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: DatagramSocketDataEvent'.
Is there a step by step tutorial on how to get the example code up and running?
Thankyou for your time and patience with my noob questions
Ian

This was part of the AIR 2.0 beta release note, but I used this for 2.5 and it works nice.
You can try it too an make sure you use 2.5 wherever the not says 2.0beta2.
Goodluck.
How to Update Flash CS4 to Use the AIR 2 Beta SDK
If you use Flash CS4 Professional to build Adobe AIR applications, please follow the instructions below to manually update the version of the AIR SDK to use version 2.0.
Update Flash CS4 Professional to version 10.0.2 at http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html or select "Help > Updates... " from within Flash CS4.
Quit Flash CS4 Professional if it is open.
Navigate to the Flash CS4 installation folder. The default location on Windows is "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS4\" and on Mac OS "/Applications/Adobe Flash CS4/"
Within the "Adobe Flash CS4" folder you should see a folder called "AIK1.5". If this folder is not present repeat step #1.
Rename the folder "AIK1.5" to "AIK1.5 OLD" or delete it if you do not need to save a copy of it.
Make a new folder called "AIK1.5"
Download the Adobe AIR 2 SDK from the labs website and uncompress the contents of the folder to the new "AIK1.5" folder you just created.
Copy the "airglobal.swc" file located within the "Adobe Flash CS4/AIK1.5/frameworks/libs/air/" folder into the "Adobe Flash CS4/Common/Configuration/ActionScript 3.0/AIR1.5/" folder.
Flash CS4 is now configured to use the AIR 2 beta 2 SDK.
In order to take advantage of the new AIR 2 beta 2 features, you will need to update your application descriptor file to use the "2.0beta2" namespace.

Using Flash Pro and Flash Builder together | Learn Flash Professional CS5 & CS5.5 | Adobe TV

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 and Adobe Flash Builder 4 enable time-saving workflows. Learn how to develop content in Flash while editing associated ActionScript code in Flash Builder 4, switching easily between the two applications to edit and test.
http://adobe.ly/w50IJm

This doesn't seem to work the same way in CS5.5 / CS6
In the video the class files are associated with the FLA, when you switch back to Flash Pro...
So far, when I follow these steps the classes are not associated with the FLA, the class field for the stage in Flash remains blank.
Also, clicking the edit icon in the properties of a MovieClip and allowing FB to create the file, does not associate the as file with the MovieClip.
Returning to Flash Pro and clicking the Edit button attempt to create a new file once again, but since the file already exists in FB it just remains on the New ActionScript Class dialog, with the Finish Button grayed out (because a file with the same name already exists in FB).
The resulting AS files for a given are created in a sub folder under:
Documents/Adobe Flash Builder 4.6/[Project]/src-[Project]/*.as
Yet the FLA is located in Documents:
Documents/[Project].fla
Should the as files exists with the fla, is a folder reference supposed to be set, or did I miss a step somewhere?
Is a source path supposed to be added to Flash Pro for:
Documents/Adobe Flash Builder 4.6/[Project]
I am currently on a Mac, but noticed the same behavior in Windows at work yesterday.
Thanks,
Josh

Using clips created in Flash Professional

Hello!
A newbie question:
When working with AS in Flash Builder, Is it possible to use a MovieClip that I have created in Flash Professional?
How?
I wrote a simple game in Flash Professional, 99% of it is pure code (AS3) but one of the building blocks is a movieclip containing a small art and a dynamic text field. I'd like to port this to Flash Builder to be able to use Facebook SDK but I have no idea of how to import (or even create) that movieclip.
Please, any ideas?
Thank you for any help!
Marcos

Well, nobody replied to this one, so I ended up finding the solution myself.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashbuilder/using/WSc5cd04c102ae3e97-6e5d439512e1414e588-7ffc .html
This is just what I need!
Now an even better piece of information:
http://www.codeandvisual.com/2009/how-to-import-movieclips-into-a-flash-builder-actionscri pt-project/
A bit oudated, but the idea is ok.
Making things simpler, what you have to do is create the movieclip in Flash Professional, export as a SWC file.
To use it the Flash Builder AS project, go to Project -> Properties -> ActionScript Build Path->Add SWC... browse to your SWC file and click OK.
That's it!
Important: if you make any changes to your mc in Flash Professional you'll have to edit it in FB, same place... I did not see any "update" option in there, so I suppose all you have to do is browse and select the updated file.
Marcos

Trying to understand capabilities of Flash Professional and Flash Builder 4

I recently purchased the CS5 Master Collection and am struggling to understand the uses for Flash Professional and Flash Builder 4. I was inspired by Jay Pavlina's Super Mario Crossover game and wish to make similar applications.
However, I am confused about whether I should be using Flash Professional or Flash Builder 4 or both? I purchased the two books that Jay Pavlina recommended "ActionScript 3.0 Animation Making Things Move!" and "Essential ActionScript 3.0". I've been trying to find resources that will help me understand exactly the purpose of each of these applications.
It appears to me that ActionScript 3.0 is used in both? So which one should I be using? Or both? Or is one more design oriented and the other more development oriented? Can one make flash game like Jay's using just one or the other? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I thought about it a bit more. I think you should take my advice with a grain of salt. I am still standing behind what I said but there are some circumstances that we are not in control of.
If your task is to be the beginning and the end of your code - don't bother with Flash IDE. BUT, if you plan to monetize on your Flash/ActionScript skills, you may not have choice but be familiar with as many environments as possible.
Here is my personal experiense that illustrates this point.
I always prayed to gods, chanted to mandalas and made offerings to spirits to avoid a single thing - not ever deal with custom Flash components. Rightly or wrongly I perceive them as one of the lamest Macromedia creations. I am not talking about SWCs but about this thing that you create with preview and all other crap. Above all, it did not (and still doesn't) make much sense to me from functionality standpoint.
Anyway, as, I guess, a karmic retribution, I was dealt this card. I got involved in a project(s) where I was not told that my main task would be to, you are right, write and reverse engineer Flash custom components. If I did not know Flash IDE I would be totally lost. Custom components are so counter-intuitive that only people without programming background can view them as a convenience. Well, it is a convenience if they are written correctly.
The point is that, if you want to make a career out of it, you should gradually get involved with Flash IDE for now. The truth is that there are tons of agencies out there that do not have resources to hire high level developers and they employ "drag n' drop, cut n' paste" individuals. And this is a real market segment. Even well seasoned development houses have to succumb to this reality and cater to such entities.
It is your choice, of course, but I thought it wouldn't be fare to you to be very fascist about pushing my one-sided views.

(.asc) Code Hinting in Flash Professional CS5.5 || Flash Builder 4.5

Problem: I would like to enable code hinting and highlighting in either Flash Professional or Flash Builder when developing an Actionscript Communications File (.asc).
Steps Taken:
Searched Google with limited success, most signs all pointed to FMSGuru.com where one may obtain an Eclipse Plugin, but:
It was created in 2007 (likely out dated)
It has known bugs that haven't been addressed
Searched this forum / adobe's web site to find a solution, to no avail.
Posted this, now, in an attempt to put this to rest
Request: If anyone knows how I can enable FP or FB to give code hints / syntax highlighting, I would really apprecaite some direction. If not, I appreciate the fact you even read this.
Have a good one. Happy Coding.

To note, Dreamweaver has the ability to provide code hinting if I remember correctly but I'm perpetually disappointed in the FMS team for not providing even ONE item that helps in the development of server side coding for FMS. They have never provided anything and it's been up to the good will of developers for the platform to put together tools. As it is now, you'll probably never see anything better as most people (that I know of) have moved away from FMS, partially for this reason despite multiple requests that Adobe do something. Not to insult the FMS team, as they do what they have to do to pull in the paycheck, and the bean counters provide that and seem to be making most of the decisions.
ok. rant all done now

Create Flash Professional component in Flash Builder 4.7

Hello,
I would like to make a Flash Professional Component in Flash Builder.
This is a lot easier for code hinting and you don't have to use a FLA file.
Also you don't have to right click the component in the library and "export component SWC"
The ONLY difference i've seen in the swc file files between a Flash Professional Component and a Actionscript Library Project (created in Flash Builder), is 3 lines of code in the catalog.xml file.
<components>
<component className="centomedia.components:CvPlayerComponent" name="CvPlayerComponent" icon="CvPlayerComponent_IconFile.png" />
</components>
Is this in any way possible?
Thanks for the help!

Come on, someone must have an answer? no?
even if the answer is, impossible

FP 11 beta in Flash Professional CS5.5?

How to publish using FP 11 beta from Flash Professional CS5.5?
best regards
G.

Here's an example of a new player target, but be sure to change the playerglobal.swc path in players/playerDefinitionPath/as3 to the one you downloaded from labs.
FlashPlayer11_0.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<players>
<player id="FlashPlayer11.0" version="13" asversion="3">
   <name>Flash Player 11.0</name>
   <path builtin="true"/>
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   <path platform="MAC">Device Central/adcdl</path>
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   <feature name="exportEventSound"                  supported="true"/>
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   <feature name="gradient_overflow"                supported="true" />
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   <feature name="shape_join"                     supported="true" />
   <feature name="shape_mitre"                     supported="true" />
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   <feature name="linkage_exportForRuntimeSharing"      supported="true" />
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   <feature name="linkage_importAndAddToCache"           supported="false" />
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   <feature name="symbol_blendMode"                supported="true" />
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   <feature name="symbol_blendMode"                supported="true" />
   <feature name="filters"                     supported="true" />
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   <feature name="component_schema"                supported="true" />
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</debugmenu>
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I was wondering is there an easy to display a web page in flash professional?

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