Open a modal window from a Flash movie

AS1 / AS2 In the action of your flash button, you have to execute this code: getURL(“javascript:$.nyroModalManual({url:’YOUR URL’});”); AS3 In the action of your flash button, you have to execute this code: ExternalInterface.call(“$.nyroModalManual({url:’YOUR URL’})”); http://nyromodal.nyrodev.com/wiki/index.php/Open_a_modal_window_from_a_Flash_movie

Javascript Open Flash Object

<script src=”/commons/js/flashobject.js” type=”text/javascript”></script> <script src=”/commons/js/FlashDetect.js” type=”text/javascript”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”>// <![CDATA[ // Globals // Major version of Flash required var requiredMajorVersion = 8; // Minor version of Flash required var requiredMinorVersion = 0; // Minor version of Flash required var requiredRevision = 0; function openVideoPopUp() { document.getElementById(“showflash”).style.display=””; var hasReqestedVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision); // Check to see …

Flash AS2 XML to Array

var xmlDoc:XML = new XML(); System.useCodepage = true; xmlDoc.ignoreWhite = true; xmlDoc.onLoad = function(ok:Boolean) { if (ok) { doMenu(this); } else { trace(“XML did not load”); } }; xmlDoc.load(“myImages.xml”); function doMenu(xml:XML) { var num:Number = xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; pics = new Array(); for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) { pics[i] = xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.image; } trace(pics); …

Tweener and “256 levels of recursion were exceeded in one action list”

Tweeners’ great, but I came across one little problem the other day: when I tried to remove an externally loaded swf from the stage while it was mid-animation, Tweener could bring the whole Flash movie to a halt with the error ‘256 levels of recursion were exceeded in one action list’. Obviously that’s bad – …

Preloading External Images in Flash Using the MovieClipLoader Class

Preloading External Images in Flash Using the MovieClipLoader Class The MovieClipLoader class is an ActionScript tool for loading external content such as images and Flash movies into another Flash movie. Other ways for doing this same thing is the Loader Component and the old .loadMovie() method. The MovieClipLoader class is better than those other two …