Re: [Flashcoders] Image and Alpha

Lehr, Theodore wrote: I know I asked this before but I can not remember if there was ever a resolution proposed and I am still having the issue... I have an image inside a mc - that mc (mc1), by default, is set to have an alpha of 0... that mc is inside another mc (mc2) that is also alpha=0

RE: [Flashcoders] Image and Alpha

I discovered the issue and it is my dumb fault.. I was putting these mcs in the authroing environment and it is a situation where it is the same mc (as in the same one from the library) reused like 100 times - so I had 100 layers with the same movie one each layer... after about the 18th layer

[Flashcoders] problem with paths

Hello flash coders, Simple question I believe, but I'm having problems with a delivery of a flash file. My flash file loads an external XML and then from the external XML it loads images, videos text etc. It works fine locally and on our test server, however at the client's server, which

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Am I right that I can replace: the load /xml/data.xml with http://domainname.com/flash/xml/data.xml; and then load the SWF from a directory like: http://domainname.com/somsubdirectory/index.html; and get it all to load correctly? Paths that begin with a slash, such as /xml/data.xml, tell the

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Is it published on the web? Or is the intranet on a shared drive on an internal network? If it is the ladder, your path has to be longer than it would be for a webserver. Best bet would be to trace your butt off until you find the exact string you need for the path. Go back and forth about 20

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Thanks Nathan and Dave, The leading slash was just a typo in my email, but the code doesn't start with a leading slash, so that can't be the problem. It's on an intranet, so an internal website that people like me, who are external, can't see or access [and they won't grant me access

RE: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Well, if the HTML that embeds the .swf when they load it in their site is in a different location than the .swf, and that's not how you did it when you programmed it, then you'll definitely have path issues. The path to the XML and other media assets is relative to the HTML that embeds the .swf,

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

The leading slash was just a typo in my email, but the code doesn't start with a leading slash, so that can't be the problem. Well, in that case, it's doing something completely different. It's expecting to find the XML file in a subdirectory within the directory containing the current page

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Yeah I bet you are right. For testing purposes what if they put the flash and xml files in the same folder as the html page and change your links accordingly? It also depends on if they are using regular html or building the intranet on struts or php. Then you could have files scattered all

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

I would recommend that you rewrite your Flash app so that you can specify a fully-qualified URL as an argument in flashvars, then have them specify the fully-qualified URL to the XML file. Now that is a really good idea... --Original Message-- From: Dave Watts Sender:

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Hi again, and thank you everyone. And yes, they are using PHP to drive content all together, and since it is an intranet blog... who knows where all the assets are being placed... Curious about this solution below, when you say specify a fully qualified url in the flash vars do you mean that

RE: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

and since it is an intranet blog... who knows where all the assets are being placed... Huh. Well please take no offense when I say this, but your problem is not with code, but with the people and processes running your intranet. I would circle back with them before trying any fancy code

Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths

Curious about this solution below, when you say specify a fully qualified url in the flash vars do you mean that the URL should specify the CURRENT FULL URL* of the page loaded? I was suggesting that you specify the fully-qualified URL for the XML file. I just worked through a similar issue,

[Flashcoders] need help with mask layers with CS4 publishing for flash player 8

I've been trying to create a scrollable text field as an exercise. I create a multi-line text field on layer 1, then I right click layer 2 and select mask I then unlock layer 2 and draw a filled rectangle that covers the entire text field. If I publish for FP 10, I can see any text I entered

RE: [Flashcoders] need help with mask layers with CS4 publishing forflash player 8

Have you tried embedding the fonts for that textfield? -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lafser Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:11 PM To: Flash Coders Subject: [Flashcoders] need help