Loading an SWF movie in Flash
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Let’s keep this one simple. There are different ways to code loading a SWF into the main movie depending on where you are. Here are the two scenarios:
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Flash – Hide hand cursor and disable all buttons underneath!
Friday, September 23rd, 2011OK, you’ve attached a nice library item in Flash, or loaded a SWF movie over your main movie. You go to test, and, crap!, all of the buttons below the loaded movie are still active. You roll over the stage and your cursor seems to turn into a hand at random. Fear not! Simply create [...]
Flash Play/Pause button
Friday, April 9th, 2010When presenting flash movies and animations to clients, it is a huge advantage to be able to pause and play your flash file.
Passing SWF variables in Dreamweaver code
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009When passing variables from a web page created in Dreamweaver to an SWF file, make sure you add the variable name to the path as outlined below.
Drop down menus over Flash content
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009A lot of display problems can arise when you have Spry menus (or any other type of drop down menu) in your navigation, and the drop down displays over a flash movie.
Masks with alpha transparency in Flash
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009When building a flash movie with simple transitions, an easy solution is always to make a mask. However in Flash, using a mask means it is either on, or it’s off, there are no gradient values, no gradual transitions.