Simple CMS in Flash CS5

I am building a site for a local county government. Certain departments post documents from time to time for public review. For example our Human Resources department post jobs frequently. They would like to have the ability to post these jobs on there own, with no help from me the web developer. So I guess what I am looking for is a method of setting up a form so that certain people can fill out descriptions then upload and actual PDF as well. They will all so need the ability to remove the upload after a certain amount of time. Any thoughts?

using xml is a good way to supply a limited amount of data to flash. you can create an xml editor that will allow others to update the xml file and protect it from people that don't understand xml encoding.

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HELP MAKING VERY SIMPLE ANIMATION - Adobe Flash CS5

- First off, apologies for the simplicity of the task I need to carry out- cannot seem to find any tutorials on this. (All aimed at After Effects)
- I am hoping to make two simple animations;
1. Animate the word "water" so it appears to be moving like water itself.
2. Animate the word "sand" so it appears to crumble into sand itself.
Appreciate any help, very new to Flash - still no luck after Lynda and other tutorials.

Not exactly the answer to your question but found a tutorial page that could help you.
Text Effects with Flash Professional 8 « Wonder How To

CameraRoll MediaEvent.SELECT 1119 error in Flash CS5.5

Hi, I've been struggling with this for a few days and have searched everywhere for a solution but haven't been able to fix it. If anyone can give me any leads or suggestions to help fix this I will be eternaly grateful.
I have made a simple app in Flash CS5.5 and am publishing it with AIR for iOS. I am trying to get an image from the iPhone cameraRoll to load to a scrollPane on the stage using this code (I don't need to save the image anywhere, just display it on the stag). The scrollPane is called 'imageArea' and the button to initiate cameraRoll.browseForImage(); is called select_btn.
I've tried this both in the main timeline on frame 1 and also as a class of it's own, either way I get the same error:
1119: Access of possibly undefined property SELECT through a reference with static type Class
which points to this line:
mediaSource.addEventListener(MediaEvent.SELECT,imageSelected );
and
1119: Access of possibly undefined property data through a reference with static type Media event
which points to this line:
var imagePromise:MediaPromise = event.data;
Below is the code placed on the timeline, which I found online here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/891997?decorator=print&displayFullThread=true
[AS]
import flash.media.CameraRoll;
import flash.media.MediaPromise;
import flash.media.MediaType;
import flash.events.MediaEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
var mediaSource:CameraRoll = new CameraRoll();
select_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, CameraStart);
function CameraStart(event:MouseEvent) : void
CameraRollTest();
function CameraRollTest()
this.stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
this.stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
    if (CameraRoll.supportsBrowseForImage)
    log( "Browsing for image..." );
    mediaSource.addEventListener(MediaEvent.SELECT,imageSelected );
    mediaSource.addEventListener(Event.CANCEL, browseCanceled );
    mediaSource.browseForImage();
    } else {
    log( "Browsing in camera roll is not supported.");
var imageLoader:Loader;
function imageSelected( event:MediaEvent):void
log( "Image selected..." );
var imagePromise:MediaPromise = event.data;
imageLoader = new Loader();
    if (imagePromise.isAsync)
    log( "Asynchronous media promise." );
    imageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded );
    imageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, imageLoadFailed );
    imageLoader.loadFilePromise( imagePromise );
    } else {
    log( "Synchronous media promise." );
    imageLoader.loadFilePromise( imagePromise );
    imageArea.addChild( imageLoader );
function browseCanceled( event:Event ):void
log( "Image browse canceled." );
function imageLoaded( event:Event ):void
log( "Image loaded asynchronously." );
imageArea.addChild( imageLoader );
function imageLoadFailed( event:Event ):void
log( "Image load failed." );
function log( text:String ):void
trace( text );
[/AS]
My only idea is that I need to import the class for mediaEvent, but I already am. I'm completely stuck on this and any help would be really appreciated.

Moving the .fla file to a new folder removed this problem.

Packaging adobe air with android app in flash cs5

Hi,
I have developed a very simple app in flash cs5 and am ready to upload it to android market. However, users need adobe air to run it. Does anyone know if there is some way to package the app with air? I want to make it as easy as possible for people to run the app. Users will be prompted to download air and I can put this information on the apps page on android market but if there is some way to iclude this in the apk I'd love to know. Can't seem to find information on it on the web.
Thanks

Hum, thought so. Usually if there seems to be no answer to something on the web it's not possible!! Thanks.

Looking for a simple flip book template for Flash CS5

Hi, I'm looking for a simple flip book template for Flash CS5 for a 20 page brochure/ booklet. Or a tutorial. Does anyone know of one?
Thanks!

Hi Mark,
No need to restrict your choice to the preset Pages Templates. Do a web search and choose a Word template. Pages will open Word documents and templates. Or design your own:
This is a Table I inserted into a blank Pages Word Processing document. Format the date column in Inspector > Table > Format > Cell Format. Select the first Date cell,then drag the fill handle down to increment the dates.
Regards,
Ian.

Flash CS5.5 or CS6 creating an interactive ebook /app for IOS

I'm in middle ground here as I'm able to create a simple app for IOS using CS5.5 and was wondering if I'm able to create an interactive IBook ( which is actually an app ) to know what I mean if you go to the Apple Book Store and download the free "Beatles" Yellow Submarine you will see the interactivity.
When I write middle ground I mean I just finished downloading CS6 and looking at some tutes so if this is possible, which I know I can get the interactivity but its just putting it in book form that I was curious about.
thx
RD

I misunderstood you, because I'm not english speaker. But I will try to answer..
You develop 1 app. This app will include all that you wants. Page - it's just object. Each object can contain another objects. Like a tree and leafs. So you simply make 1 page with any animations. Page 2 with any animations and etc and combine this to one APP.
Here is the link, you can get free 8 pages. Will be good if you can spent $1.99 =)))
http://tinyurl.com/7plewc7
If you don't have iPad - here is a Russian video review http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rXb2jswoz0Y
This all done using Adobe Flash CS5.5 and Exported to Adobe Air, than published to AppStore.
If you want to offer me some job in this area - just write me PM

Error message starting up Flash CS5 -- appears to be caused by welcome screen

Hello,
I am running windows 7 64-bit, flash player debug (10.1 from labs) and CS5 Master collection.
I staretd noticing an issue today -- Flash Professional CS5 has begun to freeze on opening it. I eventually get the message "a script in this movie is causing flash player to run slowly. if it continues to run, your computer might become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?". At this point, I am not running any movies, I am just trying to open flash Pro CS5. When I choose to click "yes" (eg abort the script), then the buttons on the welcome screen do not work. When I click "no" (and do not abort the script) then flash crashes some time in the first 5 minutes of authoring.
I also noticed that if I disable the opening page (check "do not show again") and reopen flash -- then no problem
Any ideas on what is happening - anyone?
Thank you

Hello
Just wanted to report back this was a simple issue -- it turned out to be a corrupted configuration file for Flash CS5. I called Adobe tech support and an engineer helped me to do the following. Please remember I am running windows 7 (64 bit), so this is what I did for that OS ...
First I closed flash CS5 pro. Then I navigated as follows ... from the C drive ==> then to the users file ==> then to my user file ==> then to appdata (this is normally hidden, so just unhide files or type appdata as next drill-down in navigation window after your user file) ==> then to Local ==> then to Adobe ==> then to Flash CS5 ==> then to en_US ==> then to configuration. Then I renamed the configuration file (to configurationold)
I restarted flash pro CS5 -- and problem solved.
Thanks kglad and everyone
Bob

How to add live action video to the timeline in Adobe Flash CS5?

Hi, I want to make an animation over live action footage, I've looked on the guides and the ones which explain what I need to do are for previous versions of Flash and don't work on CS5.
I'm wondering how I can import a video in to Adobe Flash CS5, so that it plays in the timeline frame by frame? I dont mean putting it on one frame so it will play, but so i can edit objects over the top of the flash in each single frame
Thanks.

So are you saying that you cannot embed the video directly into the main timeline (I don't use CS5) as you could with earlier versions?
Overall I wonder if you are using the wrong tool for the job. Flash is not a video editor and attempts to use it as such often fall short. Adobe After Effects or even a simple video editor may work better:
http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
If that is not an option... how about
.... embed video directly into main timeline... or
... convert video file to .swf, then import .swf... extending timeline as needed..... or
... if vid is short, do frame grab for each frame, save as bitmap, import the series of bitmaps, place them on layer below animation... or
but to keep the video synced to the animation, you'll need to set the Flash doc frame rate to exactly the same as the original framerate of the video. For example, if shot in mini-dv format, the frame rate of the video is 29.97 so the Flash doc frame rate would need to be 29.97 also.
Best of luck,
Adninjastrator

Unable to save document as (Flash CS5 - BUG - OSX)

I have upgraded my CS4 to CS5 on MAC OSX and i'm having problems saving new and existing fla files. It doesnt always do it but it's very anoying when you have done some work and are unable to save it.
I get this message:
unable to save document as (file name)
please try saving to a different filename or location.
even if i try to save as to a different location i get the same message, this ONLY happens in flash CS5 and does not do it on any other application or even flash CS4. To put it bluntly i am absolutely furious with this and when you pay this amount of money should not get this hassle for such a simple action.
I have tried phoneing the adobe support line and it's a joke, you can't even understand the operator to even get anywhere and i just gave up having to repeat myself and asking them to repeat themselves.
I would be grateful if someone out there knows an answer to this or have a contact email for adobe support that i can email them direct. As a flash developer it's critical i can get on with my work without worrying if my work will even save.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: I can save files in CS5 as CS4 documents but not as CS5, this is so annoying.

I am having this same issue with Window 7 Professional 64 bit.
It seems I can reproduce it pretty reliably but have only seen it since I started working with trying to import and export runtime shared font libraries.
I create a new fla
I create a font asset in the library and set it to import and specify a relative path to the shared swf.
I save and test my swf and it works.
I go back into the font asset and change the location of the font swf to another relative path (this file is loaded into a shell so the raltive path will change).
After changing that import path I can no longer save the file even if I revert back to the previous value.
I have repeated this process a couple of times.

Is it possible to create a contact form via Flash cs5.5 and package out app for desktop?

I need to create a desktop app for windows. Im using Flash cs5.5 and I wanted to know of an easy to way to create a simple contact form that would work once installed on a desktop/
Thanks guys for any input!

If you want a contact form you can either use StageWebView or HTMLLoader to show an HTML page in your web server with a contact form.
Or you can create the form with Flash textfields and then send the whole thing with a POST request to a PHP script in the server, for example.

Flash CS5 Newbie - Need help adding URL link to animated banner

I apologize if this is a very basic question, but I am a newbie at designing in Flash. I have created a basic animation in Flash CS5 and I need to add a clickable URL link to it. I've tried a few tutorials that looked promising, but none of them solved my problem. I've tried a number of things including converting parts or all of the images to simple buttons or movies and linking them that way as well as typing in code for ActionScript 2 and 3, none of which were successful. The animation plays correctly when viewed in my browser, but when I click on it, the link does not work. I would prefer that the entire banner be clickable to take viewers to the linked website rather than using hyperlinked text. Also, when I open the Code Snippets window, it is empty, no matter what image or frame I've selected. Do I need to import code snippets from somewhere or am I simply going about things the wrong way? Any help is greatly appreciated!

It all depends whether you're decisively using AS2.0 or AS3.0 .
In the latter, you would need to use a URLRequest() method in conjunction with a navigateToUrl() call (not sure the exact syntax for navigate to Url, it might be a capitalized "URL" in the method but the request takes a String argument such as http://www.adobe.com)

Flash CS5 crashing when saving

OK! What's the deal?
I have just purchased Adobe Master Collection CS5, all $4400 worth! To give the software it's credit, I formatted my HDD and clean installed Win 7 x64 OS. I then clean installed the entire CS5 suite! As I have to somewhat justify the purchase to my boss (who paid for the software), I have gone to continue doing some work, (not even trying out new features!!), I needed to complete a task, so I got onto it.
I opened up an existing file which was created using CS4, noticed a few bugs that arose when published out using CS5 (mainly around the way that fonts were referred as), fixed those, then all was going well. As we have all done, I got involved with the work, and worked for a long time without saving. I realised this and quickly went to save. The dialog box came up advising that it needed to change versions to CS5 (rather than the original CS4), so I cancelled out and did a file Save As.
I thought I would create a new file so that if anything went wrong, I would have a backup. BLOODY LUCKY I DID, as when I went to save as, Flash crashed, loosing all the work I did. I did manage to get a screenshot of some of my AS which was lucky, but when I looked into the folder where I tried to save, there was a completley useless *.fla of 1kb in size which was completely corrupted and couldn't open up.
Resigned to the fact that I lost all my work (nothing new - as we all know it happens every now and then), I thought I would open up Flash, and the very first task would be to save it as CS5 format. Low and behold, flash crashes again, again leaving a corrupted file in it's place. For $4400, you would think you could at least save the work you have done!!
In other tests, it seems it can save new files, and some simple animations created in CS4, but what the hell do I do with all the existing work that I have spent the last year developing? Can someone please help me, as I really cannot work until this issue is resolved.
HELP!
Duncan Buchanan

I have found the solution to fix my file
In my case, I had to remove from the XML descriptor of a movieclip a reference to an FLVPlayback component! (don't ask me why)
I am pasting the XML node I had to remove on the bottom, first the step by step solution in case others may stumble on this.
It seems that movieclips get corrupt somehow, so, in order to find which ones, we have to proceed this way:
solution
1 - if you save your file as CS5 FLA, then rename the corrupt file from xxx.fla to xxx.zip.
2 - Unzip the file, and you are going to have the same directory structure as if you save in xfl. Now, if you open the xfl file inside the unzipped folder, you get the same error you get opening the fla.
3 - Go into the LIBRARY folder. This is a hyerarchical representation of your library.
4 - If like I do, your library is well organized in folders and subfolders, this step will not be too annoying. If you have all library items free in the library, then it could be boring. Anyway... The thing here is to find which library items are causing the problem, so you have to remove them one by one, or in groups, and try to launch the xfl each time. When the xfl gets opened, you have removed the right library item.
In my case, even for very large projects, I have only 4 folders in library's root. So what I did, I tried removing one of them, till I found the rightt one. Then I went deeper and deeper, and eventually found the **** movieclip causing the crash.
If its not an important item, you can just happily continue to work and do it again. In my case, it was a vital component, so I went inside the xml definition, and tried to remove nodes untill it finally opened.
TAHDAH
The file got opened again, just with a missing reference inside that movieclip.
I have read that often an empty frame may cause the problem, so you should look for <element/> tag.
In my case, was a FLVPlayback component.
Find below the node I had to remove (someone from Adobe may give a look)
It is advised untill Flash CS5 doesn't get stabilized on file save (yeah, I know, a detail!) to store your projects as xfl and not as FLA files. (I don't really know why, since a fla file is just a zipped xfl folder renamed as .fla)
Exhausted but happy.
Filippo
                <DOMCompiledClipInstance libraryItemName="FLVPlayback" name="_video" selected="true" uniqueID="8">
                  <matrix>
                    <Matrix a="2.45603942871094" d="2.04177856445313"/>
                  </matrix>
                  <transformationPoint>
                    <Point x="160" y="119.95"/>
                  </transformationPoint>
                  <dataBindingXML><![CDATA[<component metaDataFetched='true' schemaUrl='' schemaOperation='' sceneRootLabel='HighlightItem' oldCopiedComponentPath=''>
</component>
]]></dataBindingXML>
                  <parametersAsXML><![CDATA[   <property id="align">
      <Inspectable name="align" variable="align" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="center" enumeration="center,top,left,bottom,right,topLeft,topRight,bottomLeft,bottomRight" type="List"/>
   </property>
   <property id="autoPlay">
      <Inspectable name="autoPlay" variable="autoPlay" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="false" type="Boolean"/>
   </property>
   <property id="cuePoints">
      <Inspectable name="cuePoints" variable="cuePoints" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="" type="Video Cue Points"/>
   </property>
   <property id="isLive">
      <Inspectable name="isLive" variable="isLive" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="false" type="Boolean"/>
   </property>
   <property id="preview">
      <Inspectable name="preview" variable="preview" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="None" type="Video Preview"/>
   </property>
   <property id="scaleMode">
      <Inspectable name="scaleMode" variable="scaleMode" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="exactFit" enumeration="maintainAspectRatio,noScale,exactFit" type="List"/>
   </property>
   <property id="skin">
      <Inspectable name="skin" variable="skin" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="" type="Video Skin"/>
   </property>
   <property id="skinAutoHide">
      <Inspectable name="skinAutoHide" variable="skinAutoHide" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="false" type="Boolean"/>
   </property>
   <property id="skinBackgroundAlpha">
      <Inspectable name="skinBackgroundAlpha" variable="skinBackgroundAlpha" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="0.85" type="Number"/>
   </property>
   <property id="skinBackgroundColor">
      <Inspectable name="skinBackgroundColor" variable="skinBackgroundColor" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="#666666" type="Color"/>
   </property>
   <property id="source">
      <Inspectable name="source" variable="source" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="" type="Video Content Path"/>
   </property>
   <property id="volume">
      <Inspectable name="volume" variable="volume" category="" verbose="0" defaultValue="1.00" type="Number"/>
   </property>
]]></parametersAsXML>
                </DOMCompiledClipInstance>

Fonts not showing up in Flash CS5

Maybe I'm missing something simple but I just can't get some fonts to appear in Flash cs5 on mac osx. they work fine in Photoshop / Illustrator, but don't appear in Flash.
Any ideas?

You may find something useful in one of these links:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3238692
http://jeremy-knight.com/2011/05/certain-fonts-not-showing-up-in-flash/

Importing a flash Catalyst .swf file in Flash CS5 ?

Hi,
I found Flash Catalyst by luck while browsing the Adobe website and downloading the Flash CS5 trial...
One simple question....
Can I import a .swf file created in Flash Catalyst into a Flash CS5 .fla as an element ?
I created a scrolling text attached to a custom made scrolling bar in Flash Catalyst, and I would now like to use it in my Flash CS5 project...
Well, I will be waiting for your responses...
Thanks in advance for your help !
Gilbert Gour

Unfortunately you can't import an SWF from Flash Catalyst into Flash CS5. Flash Catalyst uses the Flex Framework for building the its SWF. Flash CS5 does not use the Flex Framework and doesn't know what to do with that kind of file. You can load an SWF from Flash CS5 into your Flash Catalyst project, though.

How to debug swc files in Flash CS5

Hi, to coin a familiar phrase "I'm new to Flash developement". My question is very simple. How do I debug .swc files (that I've created in Flash Builder 4) in Flash Professional CS5. I've incorporated the .swc file in the Publish Settings->Flash tab. But when I attempt to consume the objects in the .swc file I get an error saying it "Cannot display source code at this location."
Can someone tell me the best pratice for debugging .swc files. Do I debug them in Flash Builder or Adbobe Professional Flash CS5?

I think I found the solution to my problem..... but dont know how to implement it correctly.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/StageScal eMode.html#SHOW_ALL
I believe I need to use the SHOW_ALL constant, but there isn't an example of how to do it
Heres my code, it compiles without errors, but when I publish it as .exe I get the 'Error 1037: Package cannot be nested':
package
          import flash.display.StageScaleMode
          import flash.media.Camera;
          import flash.media.Video;
          public class ScaleMode
                    public static const SHOW_ALL:String = StageScaleMode.SHOW_ALL;
                    var camera:Camera = Camera.getCamera();
                    if (camera != null) {
                              videoTwo.attachCamera(camera);
                    } else {
                              trace("You need a camera.");
          stop();
Any ideas??

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