Where is flashpaper?

Hello All,
I had been using Macromedia Studio 8 and was able to convert
documents to FlashPaper. Now that I am using Creative Suite 3 Web
Premium, I seem to longer have FlashPaper. As FlashPaper supposedly
installs with Contribute, I must ask if it still does or am I out
of luck?
Thank you,
edsager

I think you're out of luck:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/productinfo/faq/#item-1-7

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I have a strange object on a webpage that doesn't exist in the design

I don't know exactly how to describe the problem.
.. but here it goes:
First, I'm just an enthusiastic novice. I've done fairly well figuring Studio 8 on my own using a couple of "how-to" 's ... so please excuse the inexact language.
I have a webpage that consists of a flashpaper document and 3 informational text objects to its right. When I look at the page in dreamweavr that's what i see .. when I upload to the web and then look at my webpage .. there is a large white box occupying the position where the flashpaper doc should be and the doc is instead crammed under the text oblects to the right ...
I've redone this page numerous times and the problem isn't fixed. I tried to look at the html to see if there was something obvious I could pull out but nothing stood out and the tinkering I did was useless. so, i left it alone and untouched.
When I look at it in Contribute .. the object is there until I hit "Eit Page" then the doc moves to the proper position and just to the left of it ot the bttom corner is a mysterious tiny yellow icon that looks like a printer ... its too tiny to be sure and I can't figure out how to zoom into the page for a better look. Is this the culprit? ( Its not selectable or I would just delete it and see what happens.)
Does anyone have any ideas???
if it would help to check out the page : http://www.tejanaworks.com/J%20Zapata%20resume.html
Thanks a bunch!!!
ana

A blessing in disguise. Adobe removed Flash Paper and Flash buttons from DW several versions back because they aren't web friendly.
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Where are the regular maintenance updates?

Most expensive/professional software I own licences for
receives maintenance updates and bug fix patches on a regular
basis. Even with shareware and freeware, the patches and updates
just keep coming. Flash Professional should certainly be no
different, there's more than enough bugs to warrant some fixing.
But what did we get? Nothing! Some measly updates for the Flash
player, that's all. Clearly Adobe/Macromedia cannot be trusted in
this department, they just move on to the next project and leave
users to wrestle with bugs.
A few examples off the top of my head:
- The new smoothing algorithm introduced in Flash 8 is
kaputt. It blurs bitmaps even when they're shown in 1:1 scale,
anti-aliasing intentionally aliased stuff. Clearly there's some
rounding error or something messing with the scale of things. For
example, I used Flash 7 to make document and application icons in
128x128. They fit exactly to the pixel grid and when I exported
them from Flash 7 they were sharp as can be. When I export the same
icons to PNG from Flash 8 at 128x128, using the same source files,
the edges are suddenly blurred. With some trial and error I
discovered that I had to export them in 129x129 in order to make
them look as they did from Flash 7, then crop the picture in
Fireworks to 128x128.
- "Convert Lines to Fills" is a mess. It generates a
completely warped rendition of the selected lines if they overlap.
You have to walk Flash through the process by selecting a few lines
well away from eachother, move them away from the rest, convert to
fills, then repeat this process until you finally get a WYSIWYG
rendition of the lines you wanted to convert.
- Various UI graphics bugs. For example if you drag-select
across a number of layers and frames in the timeline and insert or
delete, leftovers from the black selection rectangle are still
visible in the timeline. You have to minimize/maximize the window
to make it redraw correctly.
- If I enter W/H/X/Y coordinates for an object, say "10.0",
it's because I want exactly 10.0. I don't want Flash to arbitrarily
change it sometimes to 10.1 or 9.9. Sometimes you have to enter it
twice to make it stick.
- Flash 'forgets' parts of audio files in the library. I
import a lot of WAV files to the library, and sometimes a few saves
down the line I discover there are mysterious silent gaps in the
audio. I have to re-import the files again to fill these gaps.
- FlashPaper (it installed correctly on very few computers,
you had to fix it in a DOS prompt, or FlashPaper would just hang
when you try to print). I've also had complaints that my FlashPaper
rendered PDF:s won't open in Mac OS X.
These are just a handful of examples I can think of at the
moment, I know I've stumbled upon dozens more and I'm sure there's
a collective pool of thousands. What I want to know is why
Adobe/Macromedia feels it's OK to not bother with maintenance
updates and fixes for a product of this price and magnitude? It's a
despicable business practice I would expect from shady vaporware
peddlers.

It's only your perspective that "nobody seems to care" that
couldn't be anymore incorrect - I see it
first hand how dedicated and caring the developers of flash
are.
I wont get into a platform war either - but i clearly
remember the MS promotion MS was using
claiming the new "Innovative" features of IE7 - specifically
showcases their new tabbed browsing
feature and popup stopper - FF had that long before them -
hardly innovative.
Vista looks and acts very much like Mac OS - at least on the
surface. It's so blaringly obvious to
me that they must have been studying OSX when they were
deisigning Vista.
Anyway - i dont really care about OS - and your points are
totally valid - I'm a PC user only
because flash always runs better on PC then MAC.
I just think your claims that nobody cares and complacency
within Adobe are ill-founded - I am very
much closer to the people that you are talking about and see
their dedication first hand for years -
unless you are as close or closer, it's hard for me to agree.
But if you feel this way from a users POV - then perhaps
something is wrong on a marketing level or
some other area. Flash 8 was developed by Macromedia - the
next version of flash will be developed
by Adobe - let's hold of on judging them until they come out
with the next version - until then,
complaints of non caring and complacency simply hold no
weight.
-regards
-c
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PitchBlank wrote:
>>I don't understand the logic of calling Adobe a
"monopoloy".
>
>
> It couldn't get any more logical, IMHO. Adobe and
Macromedia were the two
> biggest actors in the game, and have (had?) quite a few
overlapping products
> (Freehand/Illustrator, Fireworks/ImageReady/Photoshop,
GoLive/Dreamweaver).
> Then the two companies became one. While this doesn't
constitute a bona fide
> monopoly as such, it's pretty damn close. It's like
Microsoft buying Apple -
> right, so there's still Linux, but it's not like Linux
inspires competitors to
> innovate...
>
> > To be honest - I don't want a new set of tools that
do the same thing.
>
> Neither do I, but Adobe still needs competition or
they'll become more
> complacent than they already are.
>
> > MS is famous for duplicating (stealing) ideas from
others before them and
> calling it "innovative" (example; IE7, Vista).
>
> I don't recall MS ever calling IE7 innovative, and I
don't get this whole
> plagiarism thing with Vista. Where's the ripoff?
Gadgets? Apple stole that from
> Konfabulator. Instant Search? Apple implemented
Spotlight only *after*
> Microsoft had showed off their instant search. The
interface? I don't see
> transparent window elements prominently featured in OS
X, and Apple hardly
> invented the 3D look and feel with drop shadows around
windows. The Vista UI
> isn't a ripoff, it reflects the current fashion in UI
design. If bell bottom
> pants come back, both Lee and Levi's will make them,
without one ripping off
> the other. OS X features several Windows ripoffs (Time
Machine, Spotlight,
> automatic OS updates etc - and Microsoft had its Media
Player in place back
> when Mac users were still fiddling with crummy shareware
like SoundJam), but
> nobody wants to hear about those because they think
Steve Jobs is Jesus.
>
> Anyway, I don't want to get into the whole platform war
thing, my point was
> that Flash is buggy as hell and nobody seems to care,
especially not Adobe. I
> was expecting replies more along the lines of "No, it's
not buggy at all, it's
> flawless and you're a moron".
>

PDF to FlashPaper 2

hi all,
I'm trying to build an application over Coldfusion that
implements a conversion from a pdf into a Flashpaper document. The
only way I had found to do that is using FlashpaperConnect.dll that
comes with Contribute 3. My problem is that I need to run
ColdFusion over Linux and Contribut does not have a Linux version.
Question:
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FerSantaFe

After more research, it looks like in my FlashPaper (made
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case-insensitive searches, where if they type "cat" and it also
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[=;
Z=:
Y=9
X=8
W=7
V=6
U=5
T=4
S=3
R=2
Q=1
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N=.
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Flashpaper Print Problems..

Hi There!..
Here's the issue...
When printing from a flashpaper file that has been created
from a pdf,
there are anomalous elements that do not print correctly. The
printouts
from my machine and my colleague's machine show different
anomalies,
when printing the same file on the same printer.
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coloured bg
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pdf that will
prevent this happening? Also, web links in the pdfs do not
retain their link
status, and revert to normal text, is there a way to retain
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A quick look around the web has shown that many people
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printing behaviours, common comments would be...
"Apparently it depends on how the Adobe PDf document was
created or
how the FlashPaper document was produced from a PDF."
and..
"It seems that every different configuration of computer and
printer gets
a different result in how the document prints."
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a way
to modify or process the pdf prior to conversion that will
eliminate these
problems?
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Drivers are installed both from Windows installs and from Xerox
http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-7750/downloads/enus.html?operatingSystem=win7x 64&fileLanguage=sv
where Web-based Postscript Driver Installer Windows 7 64 bit is chosen.
Both these drivers have the same problem.
Windows Update didn´t solve the problem.
It´s still a mystery.

FlashPaper 2 API calls in Flex 2?

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I can get it to display my FlashPaper file, but not resize it
appropriately or get the current page, etc.
Thanks,
K___H

Hi FlexDude,
I haven't had a chance to clean things up much, as I've been
sidetracked with other issues, but here's some code.
Create an FLA with Flash 8. Insert the following code in the
first frame:
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var fpClip = createEmptyMovieClip("flashpaper",1);
var fp;
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loadFP(fpFile, width, height, loadedObj);
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getCurrentFPPage();
receiving_lc.setCurrentPage = function(thePage:Number) {
setFPCurrentPage(thePage);
function loadFP(fpFile:String, width:Number, height:Number,
loadedObj:Object) {
var intervalID = 0;
var loadFunc = function() {
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return;
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intervalID = setInterval(loadFunc, 100);
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delete sending_lc;
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app):
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Does FlashPaper really work?

I installed the trial version of FlashPaper. Tried printing
80 pages from PageMaker 7.0. After 1/2 hour of working I just gave
up. Then I tried a simple 2 page file from PM 7.0. Same results
after 15 minutes. Then I drag-n-dropped a 2 page PDF into
FlashPaper. 15 minutes later I gave up again. I seen one topic
where the suggested having it on the correct port. Mine is on the
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JDBC Development Team,
This is what my colleague found. Is this true? Please send me an email whether this is true or not.
Thanks!
-Peter
There is one cursor created for each addBatch() call. If a prepared statement is used to insert two rows into a table, two cursors are created. Insert 20 rows, 20 cursors are created. That's bizarre, because if a cached prepared statement is used again, the statement's substitution variables probably won't match the values held by the cached cursors. Which means more cursors are created ....
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Fonts aren't shown correct in Flashpaper

My company provides a macromedia coldfusion mx7
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application uses the Adobe Flashpaper for printpreviews. My problem
is, that only one fonttype is generated correctly in this
flashpaper - that's arial - and all the other fonts like Courier
New, Comic Sans, Times new roman, tahoma, Verdana etc. are shown
with the same unidentifyable font (shown font looks similar to
times new roman fonttype).
*)I've tried the technical documentation of coldfusion for
font-configuration at a linux box - configuration was successful -
but fonts didn't work after that procedure. (documentation of
coldfusion provide following link for that:
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/)
*)i've added these fonts to the font-management of coldfusion
- but no change
*)i've installed coldfusion mx7 on a windows xp installation,
without a modification of the existing fonttypes - and there all
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provided for flashpaper?
What have i done wrong - where can i configure these
fonttypes?
Does an other thread exist for this problem?
i would be very happy, when someone could help me with this
problem.
Nice regards, Andreas

quote:
Originally posted by:
ksmith
This is not an issue that I have seen come up before for
Flashpaper. Debian is not a supported or tested platform for
ColdFusion. Perhaps it is just an incompatibility with the OS or
version. Your company should consider working on a supported
platform -
http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/productinfo/systemreqs/
I've tried with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 too, because
this os is supported (i haven't written this into my text). But
with this os i have totally same effect.

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On the iPad, go to Settings-General-Bluetooth. Set Bluetooth to ON and a new window appears while the iPad searches for Bluetooth devices.
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Like most operations, one tool or the other is more appropriate according to the makeup of the task. It's not just about which PDF is somehow "better," (there are many ways to produce PDF's, and the quality of output isn't necessarily directly dependent upon the originating application), but rather which tool is the correct one for the job.
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I have converted a PDF to FlashPaper. When I view the file on
the screen, it seems to be a perfect replication of the original
PDF. The problem occurs when I print the flashPaper. The images on
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the problem. I don't have access to the original images or the
original source document to edit it.
Has anybody else experienced the same problems?
If so, how can I tackle it?
Thank you in advance.

quote:
we're trying to post flashpaper documents on our website for
students and teachers to download or print. It seems that every
different configuration of computer and printer gets a different
result in how the document prints.
Sorry, but why don't you try to direct the users to use the
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paper and i direct people to use it. Showing an image on the site:
A very big red circle around the print button and a big - bold
arrow pointing it ... lol

Mac Flashpaper Printer Driver Missing

I have Macromedia Suite 8 with Contribute 3.11 but cannot
find the printer driver utility anywhere. It was supposed to be
installed with the programs on OSX 10.4.x
Anyone know where or how to find/install/link the printer
driver for Flashpaper.

You are wrong about this. Flashpaper is on the Mac and
requires Contribute 3. I had to reinstall Contribute to get my
Flashpaper Printer Driver to show up in the Printer list and get it
to work. It is more seamless on the Mac since you can print from
any program to Flashpaper. However, Flashpaper doesn't preserve
hyperlinks in all programs.

Trying to restore MS Word menu for FlashPaper

A year or so ago, I removed the menu from MS Word because
FlashPaper would give me problems. But I found I could still print
using FlashPaper as a printer so it was no big deal. Now, I want to
print word files again but I want the hyperlinks to be valid - for
some reason I'm guessing can't do that just printing to the
FlashPaper Printer. So I was wondering how to restore the menu in
MS Word.
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I take it you are objecting to the lack of passivity in my statements.
I assumed nothing.
My statement stands. Healthy humans are making themselves educational cripples by clutching at "smart solutions", which aren't.
Ms Word manages to mark down the Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" Speech.
It is no wonder people can no longer spell, find their way around, know where, or what anything is, let alone think for themselves, and get diabetes in their teens. All because they jump on cue when anyone says "Buy".
Peter

Where is flashpaper?

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