Flash CS3 is the version 3 of Adobe Flash Professional tool, part of Adobe's Creative Suite.
Questions tagged [flash-cs3]
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Type not found error for sound
I am a newbie for ActionScript. I would like to add Sound dynamically to my flv. I have this code. I am pretty sure it is working because I found it in Textbook. :(.
package{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.media.Sound;
import…

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Serious problem with the speed of full screen textField animation
I can't find any proper way to make a long textField move fluently horizontally across the screen in full screen mode. I tried many ways but it always gets stuck from time to time for a few milliseconds and ruins the whole experience. Please, if…
peerLAN
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How using my MovieClip in other flash projects?
I worked in flash cs3. Have "People.swf"- library MovieClips, they have export for actionscript and first frame. Names classes "Head1"..."Head2" and so on.
How i make create object "Head1" in other flash project?
user241423
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Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant
I keep getting the error: "Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Team" on my constructor for this class:
package ncaa.Data
{
import ncaa.Data.Team;
public class PositionedTeams{
public var Position:int;
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As3 Movieclip loaded in container reports exaggerated .width value
I am trying to load a swf(as3) into another As3 Swf with the Movieclip loader. After loading however Loader.width/loader.content.width returns an exaggerated value than the actual width of the swf being loaded. Any pointers on where to begin looking…

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Flash Action Script 3 - Moving everything around the player (Platform Game)
I can scroll the ground left and right, but I can't scroll the ground up and down.
private function scrollStage():void
{
if (lastPosX != lastPosX)
{
canScrollStage = false;
}
else if (lastPosX ==…

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Tank with Rotating Turret AS3
I'm making a battleship simulator that controls a battleship with the WASD keys and the turret with the mouse pointer. The turret can move 360 degrees.
It rotates as it should; however, whenever the mouse pointer makes the turret reach an angle of…

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Adobe Flash ActionScript 2.0 selected text in textbox
How can I tell what text the user highlighted in an Input Text textbox? I would like to mention that selectionBeginIndex and selectionEndIndex will not work and at this point I cannot upgrade the project to AS3.

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Are there any libraries that bring CS4 Actionscript to Flash CS3?
Are there any custom libraries available that allow me to code/publish in CS3 using some of the features of CS4?
EDIT:
I say "some", because I understand that it is obviously nearly impossible to reimplememnt CS4 in CS3.

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toggle play/pause button
Im new to this flash and I am using as2 for the action script I wanted to know if there are any good tutorials on how to create a toggle button so far this is all I have.
on (release) {
play ();
}
on (release) {
stop ();
}
I wanted so that when…

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Need to create a pause/resume toggle button in Flash CS3 AS3
OK, I have seen a lot of questions and answers on how to code pause/resume buttons, but none of them fit my specific need. First let me explain what I have:
I have made a tutorial video for my job. It consists of screens shots and sounds. I have a…

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Adobe Flash CS3: DataGrid component is broken?
My datagrid component appears to be broken.
When I drag one out onto the stage, its just a square. Nothing in it. Just a square...
Then, when I tried to programmatically add it to the stage, using an example straight off the docs, it throws some…

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Problems with dimensions of swf when loaded into fla
I am creating a portfolio website for myself and want to embed a swf that is a simple flash game into my main flash file. My problem is that when I use this code to put the swf into my main flash file it doesn't keep the proper swf dimensions and…

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what is the difference between class and Class ? in flash as3
i was just writing some code and wrote :
public Class start extends SimpleButton
I thought this would be 100% right but it gave errors
1071: Syntax error: expected a definition keyword (such as function) after attribute public, not Class.
1084:…

Hamza Tatheer
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Going from Flash 8 to CS3
After many years of using Flash 8, I'm moving to CS3 at work. I know I'll have to learn AS 3.0 so, does anyone have any good references or summaries of the major/most noticeable changes? Also, are there any tips/tricks for the flash environment? …

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