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Menu CS3 AS2 Sliding Gliding Animated Menu - How can I do
this?
Below is video using AS3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK27oUrdHkg&feature=PlayList&p=743FE52951ACB46E&index=5

In order to interact with each object separately, each object will have to be either a movieclip or a button symbol. As far as stopping everything goes, if you have all this animation on a sungle timeline, then you would just command the timeline to stop where it is using stop(); If each piece is animated on its own timeline, then you need to target each individual timeline and tell each to stop using stop(); If you plan to use actionscript to animate all of these pieces, then you will need to design the code so that the animating code is inhibited when you want everything to stop, possibly making a variable that each animating bit of code uses to decide whether to allow/disallow animation in the form of a conditional (if()).

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so at the end, it's a static image. I've gotten most of this
accomplished, however, once the flag wave slows and stops, the
entire image shifts up and to the right. I'm sure it has something
to do with some displacement variable, but since I'm no coder I
can't seem to figure out how to stop this. Anyone have any ideas?
.fla is hosted here:
http://www.filesavr.com/flagfadetest
Code:

Hi See this
http://reflektions.com/miniml/template_permalink.asp?id=334
I hope this will help you. They are also creting effect like
the one you did. and controling it using the Right Hand side
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Text area and UIScrollbar - CS3/AS2

I have a problem with the UIScrollbar component not being
visible when the movie is generated in CS3/AS2.
Following the method shown in
this
TechNote, the scrollbar displays correctly when the text area
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In the real movie I'm working on, however, the text area is
in a library item. In that item's definition, I've dragged the
scrollbar onto the area and the component's targetinstancename
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I'm trying to replicate the motion of this slider:
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Able to Link/Bookmark particular panels
We want to add an anchor hashes (#1, #2, #3 etc) to the url
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it the default.
IN THE HTML:

<a href="#1" onclick="sp2.showPanel(0); return
true;">1</a> |
<a href="#2" onclick="sp2.showPanel(1); return
true;">2</a> |
<a href="#3" onclick="sp2.showPanel(2); return
true;">3</a> |
<a href="#4" onclick="sp2.showPanel(3); return
true;">4</a> |
<a href="#5" onclick="sp2.showPanel(4); return
true;">5</a>

<div id="example2" class="SlidingPanels" tabindex="0">
<div class="SlidingPanelsContentGroup">
<div id="ex2_p1" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p1"><img src="image1.jpg" ></div>
<div id="ex2_p2" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p2"><img src="image2.jpg"></div>
<div id="ex2_p3" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p3"><img src="images3.jpg"></div>
<div id="ex2_p4" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p4"><img src="images4.jpg"></div>
<div id="ex2_p5" class="SlidingPanelsContent
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// Back to regularly scheduled programming
// END NEW STUFF
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AS2 - Get Total Animation Time/Frames?

Hi. I've done quite a long slideshow using AS2 rather than
keyframe animation, and I'd like to find out how many frames it
runs for in total. I want to export as a Quicktime movie, but
unless there are enough frames on the timeline the whole animation
won't export. I know _totalFrames works with keyframe animation but
is there a way of getting the same information if everything's done
in actionscript? Even a total time would be ok as I can easily
convert that to frames.
Thanks!

jc_2006,
> I know _totalFrames works with keyframe animation but is
> there a way of getting the same information if
everything's
> done in actionscript?
The concept of frames doesn't really apply in the same way
here. The
MovieClip._totalframes property is really nothing more than a
count of the
number of frames in a given timeline (that is, a given movie
clip). In your
case, make note of how many seconds it takes to transition
from one image to
the next, then multiply that number by the total number of
images in your
slideshow. That'll give you total time. When you export, use
the "After
time elapsed" choice under "Stop exporting."
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Sliding boxes animation

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I would like to know if someone can point me an idea for
creating this effect (sliding boxes from the main flash animation)
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http://music.msn.com/inconcert
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Slider I referenced above:
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We want to add an anchor hashes (#1, #2, #3 etc) to the url
for each panel, and then in the js file, extract the hash and make
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true;">1</a> |
<a href="#2" onclick="sp2.showPanel(1); return
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<a href="#3" onclick="sp2.showPanel(2); return
true;">3</a> |
<a href="#4" onclick="sp2.showPanel(3); return
true;">4</a> |
<a href="#5" onclick="sp2.showPanel(4); return
true;">5</a>

<div id="example2" class="SlidingPanels" tabindex="0">
<div class="SlidingPanelsContentGroup">
<div id="ex2_p1" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p1"><img src="image1.jpg" ></div>
<div id="ex2_p2" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p2"><img src="image2.jpg"></div>
<div id="ex2_p3" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p3"><img src="images3.jpg"></div>
<div id="ex2_p4" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p4"><img src="images4.jpg"></div>
<div id="ex2_p5" class="SlidingPanelsContent
p5"><img src="image5.jpg"></div>
</div>
</div>
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// NEW STUFF HERE
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return to true
this.defaultPanel = parseInt(location.hash.slice(1));
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subtracted 1 from mine
// Back to regularly scheduled programming
// END NEW STUFF
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CS3/AS2 -Text Scroll Box Cannot Embed Font, Need To Link Font From Server??

Hi all - ok here goes somethin
So I bought a text scroller flash file and am now trying to tailor it to my needs.
This is it: http://activeden.net/item/dynamic-external-text-scroll-with-easing/2612
It is composed of several movieclips which link to the an external text file. The external file starts off with this
mytext= <font color="#000000" size="7">BACKGROUND</font>
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Starting off I simply picked my font from the properties panel and used "anti-alias for animation". This seemed to work fine on the Flash preview and also once published online. However, once I used another computer to view my site the font changed and reverted to a default. This leads me to believe the font is linked to each computers font library. I am wondering if there is a way to override this and to link the font to a place on my server?
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To add more fuel to the fire, the font I have to use is not html safe .. "Gotham" to be exact.
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SetInterval complications when interacted by buttons: Mac 10.4, CS3, AS2

I have a slideshow I've built that uses setInterval to pause at each image. At each paused keyframe, a short animation plays (the animation is contained within an object which only exists at the single keyframe).
The problem I used to have was that after the first time around (all images shown), the slideshow begins increasing in speed (not pausing for the full duration), and eventually begins sparadically skipping pauses all-together. I rearranged the code, and fixed the speed-up/skipping problem, but now my advance and goBack buttons don't work right, and they cause skipping.
My old code, which had working buttons but sped-up/skipped, is as follows:
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var myInterval = setInterval (pause_fnc, 5000);
function pause_fnc () {
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//Code at initial Keyframe.
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Please help,
Jeff

don't nest your setInterval() functions and clear each before setting.

CS3/AS2 need to add a function to FLVPlayer component play button

Hi,
I have an instance of the FLVPlayback component in a movie.
I need to assign an extra function to the play button in the
component
(to tell another swf on the same page to stop, I have the
function working)
how can I find out the button instance name so I can assign
the function to it?
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mark

bump
Do I need to trigger it by listening for an event, namely
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How do I make timelines work independently - Flash CS3 AS2

I've just done my first website in Flash, got all the navigation and buttons to work, but just have a final problem. I want a slideshow timeline (about 30 tweened images to run independently on a loop throughout the website, whilst still being able to use the navigation. Is this possible? Help would be greatly appreciated.

If the work layer is supposed to be the images tweening, then you do not have it as a separate movieclip. Everything on that timeline you showed is on the same timeline. Try copying the frames of that layer (select, right click, choose Copy Frames), then create a new movieclip symbol (insert, new symbol, Movieclip), and then right click on the first frame in that new movieclip's timeline and select Paste Frames. You will now have a separate movieclip of the images layer that you can place on that other timeline in place of what's there now... it should resemble the Background layer when you have it planted in that main timeline.

Movie Clip not playing correctly (Flash CS3, AS2)

Hey, I'm making a tutorial for a board game and there's this movie clip that mimics a piece being played. It's basically empty for about 9 frames and then the piece is on the 10th frame. On the 10th frame, I placed a stop(); script. The movie clip has no linkage and no label.
For some reason, on a certain frame, it didn't work. It worked fine on other frames so I copy & pasted from those frames and replaced the movie clip that did not work right. Oddly enough, after I copy & pasted the movie clip, the error spread to the movie clip I copied! I tried it again and again the error spread to what ever clip I copied from. The other movie clips (same item) still functions properly. I never encountered a problem like this. Can anyone please help?

1. you should have no code attached to objects. assign your objects instance names (eg, mc) and use those names in your code.
2. that code should not be in an enterframe loop.
if(_root.action_ryu==1){
mc._alpha=100; // not _Alpha
mc.gotoAndPlay(4);
_root.Ryu._alpha=0;
} else {
_root.Ryu_Attack._alpha=0;

Nested Components (Flash CS3, AS2) Crashes Flash

Hi,
When using a component within another component, Flash
crashes with no error message. How do I solve this problem? I've
tried to use Adobe's components within my own ones, and my own
nested. Flash crashes.
I have tried finding the solution online with no luck, so I
assume it's either impossible to do, or very easy! :)
Thanks,
Niclas

The FLVPlayback component is by far the easiest... but if you really want to create your own buttons, then I suggest you build a custom NetStream player. This type of player is much more powerful and versatile means of playing video than the Playback component. Keep in mind that it does require a little hand coding... but again...we are firstly advising you to use the Playback component. If you can't use that, then NetStream may be your only other option.
However, skip the .wmv and go with an .flv or .f4v file. The .wmv compression is not very good and your video file may be too large to download quickly.
There is a set of very good tutorials that teach you how to build a NetStream player:
www.gotoandlearn.com
scroll to the very bottom of the page, there are a set of "Video Basics" tutorials.
With a NetStream player, you can build controls to pause/stop/start as well as interact with other parts of your Flash.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/NetStream.htm l
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

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that is nested in a movieclip that animates on as each image is
loaded. Initially i couldnt even get the txt to show up, after i
used _root, the txt now pops up but only for a split sec and then
dissapears and dosent' reapear at all. Any idea what i need to
change. Her'es the code im using.

This is a big problem... anyone from Adobe able to address
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Passing a variable from Flash Cs3 (AS2) to C#

I am working on what I thought would be a simple microsoft windows form application. In the application I load a .swf file, straight and simple, but when the last frame is reached I need to pass information to the C# program that the last page has been reached - I thought a variable [finished = 1] or a string [end="Finished"] would work best.
I have google,d binged, and searched through these forums but I cannot find anything that I can understand. As you can tell I am a very casual flash and C# user (=noob), any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Woodtd

Thank you for your response.
Do you have a code snippet or other example that shows how to do this?
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ComboBox, background, CS3, AS2.0

I'm trying to give a gradient background to a ComboBox to the unopened, unclicked, or initial state (no gradient to the expanded list area).
I've tried editing the skins in StandardComponents.fla file but every asset I put the gradient graphic into seems to be overlaid by a white box w/ a black border. I'm also considering making the ComboBox transparent and putting the gradient graphic under the transparent ComboBox.
My questions are:
1. Which asset do I update in the StandardComponents.fla if I want to give the initial state of the ComboBox a gradient background.
2. If 1 doesn't work, what's the AS to set the background transparent? Is it something like comboBox.setStyle("backgroundColor", transparent);

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will be ignored and the second will be used. Other than that, I
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If you are specifying "
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