Integrating Flash CS3 with XML

Hello, I done a tutorial from learnflash.com on Integrating
Flash CS3 with XML, and I can't figure out why when the file is
published the scrollbar component doesn't work.

Yep, big difference. Flash CS3 is the earlier version of
Flash, so you can't open CS4 files in CS3. You are probably
confusing CS3 with AS3, which is supported by both versions of
Flash CS#.

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Flash CS3 Default.xml not found, can't open any windows!

So, here's the story. I am now running CC, but I have a very old Flash file that needs to be updated that uses action script 2. I still have a version of CS3 on my computer, but I get this error when I try to open a file:
The following panel layout is missing or could not be read:
/Applications/Adobe Flash CS3/Configuration/Workspace/Default.xml
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I click ok, the file opens, but I am unable to get any of my windows (layer, properties, etc) to appear, and Windows—>Workspace Layout does not exist as far as I can see. The last time I opened this program was probably a few years ago. (Not sure if this is relevant, but I recently got a new hard drive, upgraded to Mavericks, and migrated all the files & folders back to this computer with migration assistant) I just need to make some really quick adjustments to this old flash website, please help!
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How do i use a flash gallery with xml file

Hi there....
I am trying to include a flash banner template i have downloaded into my webpage using dreamweaver CS5.
the template comes with an XML file with it in which you can reference your own images etc..
I understand how to inclued the Flash object into my webpage by insert-swf- and then navigating to the .swf file...
what i am having trouble with is understanding how this refereces the XML file in the download pack as i cant find any references to it in the code??
I am just getting the grey flash box with no images appearing when i hit play etc..
sorry if this is a really silly question!!
mart

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What you should do is test the swf file by itself to make sure it works. Normally you can link directly to the swf file to check that out. Just type in the url to the swf file and see if it plays. There may be some other setup required that maybe an accompanying set of instructions might explain.
Also, if you have a link to the html file you uploaded, providing it here may help in getting things resolved.

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I'm going to try looking in to the evaluateXPathExpression and try to determine how helpful it might be. Maybe that will make it worth moving to CS5 ASAP.
The looking I've done over the last couple of days has pretty much confirmed your initial assessment of a "world of hurt." Oy.
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Installation Flash cs3 with Windows Vista Ultimate

I am trying to use Flash on Windows Vista Ultimate.
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mode and windows account manager
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I would download a new installer, you can get the trial
installer, then just enter your serial when you first run it.
Sounds like a corrupt exe. But yes, make sure and run as
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Marquee (horizontal scrolling) Text in Flash CS3 with AS2

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I know there is already some posts talking about marquee text, but none of them really answer my questions.
First I'll explain my problem and what I'm trying to ahcieve.
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More details:
I'm trying to move my text at 350 pixels / seconds which give me a displacement of 11.6 pixels per frame when going at 30 Fps and when going at 60 fps it give me a displacement of 5.83 pixels per frame.
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Thanks again Kglad,
I really have no preference of Action Script since I don't have any significant experience with either one.
I'll keep doing searches to see if I can get the information I need.
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got a very nice code sinppet also
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Hello,
I have a situation in my company were I may need to use
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Photoshop CS3. If so please let me know the pro's and con's of
doing this.
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No, PSE 3 and PS CS3 are totally different programs. Elements is a reduced version of photoshop for consumer use, with many of the pro features from photoshop simplified or left out.
PSE 3 is quite an old version (it's up to PSE 8 now). You might want to check your local library for books on it. It's highly unlikely that you would find books on PSE 3 in stock in any bookstore, even in a large city, since it's five years old. You can still get a few books from amazon, I think.

FLASH WITH XML

Hi Friend....
I am a Raghava working as a webdesigner I have purchased one template in Template Monster it is in Flash Actionscript with XML . I need to change the content but i am facing some problems.I couldn't know where the XML file is Loading in Actionscript..I opened the fla file while in run time the content was not displaying....if any one knows the solution please help me......

you need to post some code or files in order to be able to help you with this.

Creating metadata in Flash CS3 and reading it in AS3

Is there a way to store metadata in a library symbol in Flash
CS3, and then read it in AS3? For example, I want to have the
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m_Metadata = 'You're cool!'
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way to store this? I've been trying to find a solution, but it
looks like I'm just going to have to load in a separate XML file
with the data.
Thanks!

Unfortunately there's no simple way to add instance level
code in Flash CS3 or CS4 with AS3. This is a significant authoring
tool deficiency in my opinion.
Making a component... depending on what you want to do, there
can be a lot of overhead. There may also be some very flaky/buggy
behavior in Flash CS3 with custom components if your experience is
anything like mine. However, for basic metadata, try this:
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3. In the Parameters data grid you can add
parameters/properties. Make sure you set the "Variable" field as a
unique identifier for each parameter. These are the properties
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4. Now on each instance on the canvas you can go to the
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5. At runtime, you should be able to access the values via
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Error publishing Air in Flash CS3

Hi All
On the Adobe Air Flash CS3 wiki page
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Flash_CS3_Professional_Update:Getting_Started_wit h_AIR_for_Flash_CS3_Professional)
I found a simlpe tutorial "Creating an Adobe AIR application
in Flash"
I thought well this can't be hard can it?
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Applications and Installer Settings' window I will get the
following error:
"namespace is invalid in the application descriptor file"
Now I have tried to look into the XML file but I cannot see
any problems.
I also tried to use the descriptor-template.xml which came
with the Air - SDK
However also that will not work.
Has anyone got an idea why I get this error?

Hi FragFood!
I received the same error "Namespace is invalid in the
application descriptor file" repeatedly on many computers
(XP/Vista) and here is how i repeatedly worked around it.
I made a step-by-step sheet explaining exactly how to install
Flash CS3 (9.0) with the Latest Flash Player (v9.0.124), and with
Adobe AIR (1.0) as of today (3/May/2008).
If you have already installed Flash CS3
Uninstall Flash CS3
Goto all the "Program Data" folders, RENAME/DELETE the "en"
folder
Goto "Program Files" folder, RENAME/DELETE the "en" folder
Now to get the latest version of Flash CS3 installed!
Please follow these steps exactly; each one is extremely
important.
Installing Adobe Flash CS3
#1. Install Flash CS3
#2. Open Flash, Close it
Installing Adobe AIR Runtime
#3. Download & Install "AdobeAIRInstaller.exe"
--->
Adobe AIR Download Center
Installing Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional
(9.0.2) -- 12/12/2007
#4. Download & Install "flash9-en_US_9_0_2_Update.exe"
--->
English/Windows,
English/Macintosh,
Other
Languages
Installing Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Professional --
2/25/2008
#5. Download & Install "flash9-en_US_9_0_3_Update.exe"
--->
English/Windows,
English/Macintosh,
Other
Languages
Installing Adobe AIR update beta 3 for Flash CS3 Professional
– Updated 12/14/07
#6. Download & Install
"flashcs3_air_extension_p3_en_121407.exe"
--->
Multi-lingual/Windows,
Multi-lingual/Macintosh,
Other
Languages
#7. Open Flash, Close it
Installing Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Professional --
2/25/2008
#8. Install "flash9-en_US_9_0_3_Update.exe" again
---> see #5
#9. Open Flash, Close it
Installing Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional
-- 04/17/2008
#10. Browse to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3",
DELETE the "Players" folder
#11. Download "flash_player_update6_flash9.zip"
--->
Multi-lingual/Windows/Macintosh
#12. Copy the "Players" folder from
"flash_player_update6_flash9.zip"
#13. Paste into "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3"
To test your Flash Player installation... (Optional)
Open Flash
Create New > Flash File (AS 3)
File > Publish Settings
Checkmark "Windows Projector .exe", OK
File > Save, Save it someplace with any name
File > Publish
Now browse to the folder you saved the FLA File
Look at your EXE File
You should see a "Red colored square" icon instead of the
usual "Blue colored circle" one
To test your AIR installation... (Optional)
Open Flash
Create New > Flash File (AIR)
Click OK on the message that appears
File > Save, Save it someplace with any name
Commands > "AIR - Create AIR file"
Then on the dialog that appears asking you for a Digital
Certificate:
Press Create...
Type some info, and a password, and save it into the same
folder you saved the FLA File
Now type the same password again, Press OK
If you see an error "Unable to contact timestamping server",
press "Continue without timestamping"
You should see a message "AIR File has been created" !!!
Enjoy Flash CS3 with the Latest Flash Player (v9.0.124), and
with Adobe AIR (1.0) !!
Faithfully,
Robin.

How do I update Java for Adobe Flash CS3?

Hi,
When I ran Secunia Software Inspector today it told me that
the version of Java I have installed on my computer is out of date.
It tells me that it is finding 3 out-of-date files:
Once here:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04\bin\java.exe
Twice here:
C:\Windows\System32\java.exe
and three times here:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\JVM\bin\java.exe
I updated Java via the Sun website and consequently the first
and second warnings disappeared when I reran the Software
Inspector.
The software inspector however is still finding an
out-of-date Java version here:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\JVM\bin\java.exe
Question is: How do I update Java for Adobe Flash CS3?
Is it adequate to copy the updated file "java.exe" from
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04\bin\" to "C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\JVM\bin\" or do I need to do anything
else?
Any help will be much appreciated.

Hi
I have the same problem of you, and the same dont find a
solution. Me it's Kaspersky Anti Virus (AV) which find this
problem.
So (and I dont know if this solution is perfect), but I open
Flash CS3 with the Java update choiced and apparently Flash
fonctionnely well and Kaspersky dont find this
prob now. But I dont never use Java in Flash (or without that
I know that..), and same, I dont know at what Java is used in Flash
I think that "JRE v 1.6.0_04" and more recent Java version is
not good, because it's not quite the same Java application that in
Flash CS3, In Flash CS3 it's "J2RE" and
not "JRE".
The history of all Java versions (and this) is here (
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/)
(but in all this versions... seriousely it's a true shambles !)
If you want the last version for J2RE in this archives it's v
1.4.2.18 but the last version is J2RE 1.4.2.19 but dont again in
this archives
(search on Java site, maybe first page ? I dont remember
where I to find it...). But the problem... it's that this last
version (19) is always detected bad by my AV...
So I decide to use just the next version (v 1.5) and last
version in this series (in archives site) which is the "JDK/JRE -
5.0 v 5.0.16" but again named "Java 2 Platform
Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 16" in this dowload next
archives page
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_16/index.html),
so well again named "Java 2" in this page (that which dont
the case for the equivalent same download page for Java 6...)
(Choice "JRE 5.0 Update 16" in this page)
For instal "JRE 5.0 Update 16":
1) Supp all files and folders in "JVM" (Java Virtual Machine)
folder in Flash CS3 (but dont supp this folder, empty now) and save
this contents in archive in you have
affraid.
2) dl "JRE 5.0 Update 16", directly in this page if you want:
(https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/View ProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jre-1.5.0_16-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Dev
eloper)
3) In install, choice "personal instal" (or +/- the same
terms) and choice the "JVM" folder of you Flash CS3
and AV dont detect this version same a bad file

Arabic project in CS3 with AS3

dear friends,
i need to create an arabic project in flash CS3 with AS3 coading. i am using normal version of flash. i need your advice,
1) do i need middle east version to type and get arabic text?
2) if i can use the same software and show the arabic text or enter the arabic text in run time what should i do? pls advice me.
tell me how can i manage with the existing software and do the arabic project. i typed arabic text in this CS3, al the text is coming as broken, output also broken. pls help me..
Thanks in Advance,
Syed Abdul Rahim

Hi Syed,
You need to install Adobe Illustrator ME (Middle East Version), otherwise the arabic text will appear as detached letters.
Adding arabic fonts will not do the trick by itself.
As far as i know, there is no other way, and i am not sure if there is Flash ME.
And in case you cannot get this version you could always try typing it in MS Word and tracing it in Illustrator or Flash.
Regards,
Marc

How to change flash size with ac3?

I want to change flash size with xml. Sample config.xml
<genGenis>300</genGenis>
<genYuksek>100</genYuksek>
My flash read xml and change size to 300 * 100
After working in a flash I want to change the default values. Is this possible?

Have you worked with XML before? You're going to need to load that XML file and wait for it to complete. After you do that, are you using layout logic based on these values to create your content? Meaning do you have code in place to realize you have (as you said) 500x200 space so your code is able to use the space available effectively? Or do you just expect the content of the SWF to scale automagically?
As for the loader, you can use a simple URLLoader to load the external XML file. Here's a quick Adobe code snippit and explaination on how to load it:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7e6a.html
Once you have the XML in an XML object you can just access the value via the XML variable name you make (e.g. myXML) with the name of the node while getting its text value. In your case you'll need to convert it to a Number because you may want the flexibility of using fractions (e.g. 1.5, 500.25, etc). So you'd need to case the value to a number. So to get the width it'd be like: var myWidth:Number = Number(myXML.genGenis.text()); and same for height just changing the variable and node name as needed.
Now that you have your values you can write layout code to use the numbers and handle the content creation yourself.
If you don't do that, as Andrei1 mentioned you'll need to affect the object embedded directly using ExternalInterface (Flash AS3 talking to the webpages JavaScript) requesting the object be resized to the new size.
You'll want to make sure your stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.EXACT_FIT; or stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_BORDER; so your SWF content is "stretched" to the size you request. Exact fit will allow the content to distort if necessary to fill the width and height. No border will scale the content to the size specified but will maintain the aspect ratio. It's up to you whichever you want.
If you have any specific questions on any of this just ask.

Flash CS3 Actionscript

I get he impression that newbies to Flash are no longer
welcome. I was just getting the hang of CS2 and had to upgrade.
What happened to the simple behaviors for buttons? What is this
stuff called Actionscript 3.0? I am ticked.

SuJun,
>> What happened to the simple behaviors for buttons?
They're still there. ;)
>> What is this stuff called Actionscript 3.0? I am
ticked.
ActionScript 3.0 is a new, overhauled version of
ActionScript made to
take advantage of the new virtual machine in Flash Player 9
and higher.
(Flash Player 9 actually has two virtual machines now, AVM1
for ActionScript
1.0/2.0 and AVM2 for ActionScript 3.0.)
> I understand tweening, putting objects on the stage,
importing
> graphics, but actionscript is beyond my competency
level.
Fair enough. Keep your chin up ... you'll be happy to hear
that Flash
can easily be configured to the way you were used to before.
It all depends
on your Publish Settings for the FLA at hand. If you don't
need new
ActionScript 3.0 features, just head to File > Publish
Settings > Flash tab
and change the ActionScript version field to ActionScript 2.0
or lower. If
you like, you can even change the version of Flash Player for
your published
SWF.
Again, if you're not making use of newer features, you may
as well
publish for the lowest version of Flash Player you can get
away with. Flash
Player 8 introduced filter effects (blur, drop shadow, etc.),
so if need
those, you'll have to publish to Flash Player 8 or higher --
but if you
don't need them, maybe Flash Player 7 would do ... or 6, or
even 5. If you
go 5, you'll have to drop your ActionScript version down to
ActionScript
1.0.
> This type of change focuses strictly on the developer at
the
> expense of someone trying to learn. Obviously Adobe
> doesn't give a rip about someone just beginning.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that. I've noticed that many
people seem
to equate Flash CS3 with ActionScript 3.0 exclusively, but
fortunately, that
simply needn't be. As soon as you change to ActionScript 2.0
or lower,
you'll find that the Behavior panel becomes enabled.
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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