I had to made a scrollbar for a movieClip created by ActionScript. All that ended with a function: ScrollMc(MovieClip2Scroll, ScrollBarMc); It supports all movieClip (at least I hope, tell me if not) and you can have multiple scrollbar over multiple MC (multiple scrollbar for one MC also work). [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.metah.ch/blog/image/sampleScroll.swf” height=”300″ width=”400″ /] Download source… Read More »
Update:(July 26 2007)To avoid this behavior you need to load your Flash via Javascript. For this you can use the SWFObject, I made an extension for Dreamweaver to ease the use of it. In IE7 there is one more thing that they add that I find completely useless and unusable. There is now a little… Read More »
Update:(July 26 2007)To avoid this behavior you need to load your Flash via Javascript. For this you can use the SWFObject, I made an extension for Dreamweaver to ease the use of it. I just wanted to make a quick test of my website with IE7 beta 2, thinking that all would work normally but… Read More »
As Mike Downey blog it a few month ago, the new Flash 9 alpha shall be available soon. Now that we had a look at AS3, we are ready to Flash with it! ! I can’t wait to use all the new features and I hope that all sample made with Flex will be exportable… Read More »
Un tutorial vidéo pour les débutants en ActionScript que je viens de mettre en place. Au début je testais seulement le logiciel (IshowU) et le tout a fini en petit tutorial 😉 Vous verrez comment faire pour manipuler un objet graphique directement avec AS. Le tutorial dure environ 5 min. Visionner la vidéo Télécharger la… Read More »
Flash Player is the number one of Internet enabled PCs according a NPD Online survey published in December 2005. Flash Player would be enabled in 97.7% of PCs Acrobat Reader in 89.4% Java in 86.2% Media Player in 85.6% Flash Player versions less than 5 are no longer measured. The sampling error for the NPD… Read More »
Update: I have presented a clearer model to help search engines index your Flash content with a minimal work. Bad referencing in search engine is the only point that really bothers me with Flash. Why is it so hard for search engines to understand Flash content? Because it’s not text like they use to read… Read More »
I have regroup some of the examples from the Flash Help Document in one (little) working example. Example of how to load and preload a flv. How to manage the buffer time and length How to access the metadata of a flv The only things you need to do to make it work is to… Read More »
I’m positively surprised by the TSR (Swiss TV) were I work as a freelance. They really use the new possibility of Flash. Their website is mostly using some Flash 7 adds for broadcasting news and TV show. Nothing revolutionary will you think but it’s not all. One of the show about the new technologies use… Read More »
One more Top 10 Mistakes In Web Design, which include Flash. Here’s my personal answer about this topic. The Mistakes #3 according: http://www.bootstrike.com Flash, Director and Java Usage Flash, Java is cool. Shockwave, cooler. Director, awesome! They are good, but it brings a host of disadvantages to a site using it – * Can’t be… Read More »
Still the same question for me, what about the Flash Player Penetration ? Macromedia give a response here. But I didn’t found any other website giving information about it. It’s not that I don’t trust Macromedia nor Adobe, but i would like to have other source than them. Here are more information about their methodology… Read More »
Adobe as just release the new alpha of the Flash player 8.5, the new actionscript platform (AS3) is supossed to be more safe, more simple, with better performance and with a better compatibility. Download the new alpha from Macromedia labs. 0 Kudos Don'tmove!
Don’t know if u heard about it, the ADAA is open and we have until April 28, 2006 to submit our works. The official rules are : The contest is open to students enrolled in visual arts programs at accredited institutions of higher education in the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Canada, the U.K., Australia,… Read More »
It’s time to vote for flashforward 2006, there are 15 categories of flash website. The result will be given the 1st of march. See the categories, submit your vote. The finalist have really nice website so it’s a good place for some inspiration. 0 Kudos Don'tmove!
In Flash when a XML class is loaded it has a status property which return a value between 0 and -10. Here are the values of those error. 0 = No error -2 = Character data (CDATA) not well terminated -3 = XML declaration not well terminated -4 = DOCTYPE not well terminated -5 =… Read More »