Flash CS4 Professional is a tool for creating Flash Applications. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite 4.
Questions tagged [flash-cs4]
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Flash CS4 IDE internal cache when loading external data
When retrieving external variables from the server URLVariables my Flash get stuck on first compilation values. Whenever I update server values flash compiles the first old values. Only after i restart CS4 IDE values are updated. Is there an…

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Help needed with AS3 Sound.extract()
I'm trying to create a parametric equalizer in Flash. I've been looking for a way to read audio data and mess around with the samples before Flash plays them on the fly. Loading a sound in one Sound object and using Sound.extract() to read the data,…

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Center aligning SWF in Flash breaks video prompt request
I'm using swfobject to inject my swf. My SWF basically initiates a webcam and prompts the user for access to the cam. Problem is whenever I center align the div that contains the swf object the Allow/Deny button seems to be unresponsive/not…

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What is playing my SWF?
Working with ActionScript 3.0, is there a way to determine if my SWF file is been played in the standalone Flash Player or using a browser plugin?

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Flash CS4/AS3 Writing local file from local game without save dialog prompt?
I'm writing a game to be run locally, on the user's computer. NOT over the internet.
I want to have a file that will hold the usernames and avatar indices (they're in an array).
I want to know if there's a way to write to files through Flash with…

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ActionScript : Applying frame to a image / background?
I am editing a custom calendar application in flash. The purpose of this app is to let you select your own images, and create a calendar out of it. You can basically, drag and drop images of your choice and they apply frame/borders, or drag and drop…

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Disabling repeating keyboard down event in as3
now I'm trying to make the keyboard events to stop repeating.
My idea was to have a true and false condition for when the key is pressed so that it wont repeat if the key is down already.
//Mouse Event…

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Playing multiple FLVs at the same time feasible?
Is it feasible to play a number of FLV files at the same time on one SWF? Basically I have a brief to create a video banner with a number of FLVs of people playing at the same time but starting at different points in the videos. My concerns are with…

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Error 1131: Classes Must Not Be Nested
I'm using Flash CS4 Professional to build a draggable element. However, whenever I input my code, I get error 1131. Can somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
stop();
class Scrollbar extends Sprite
{
var value:Number;
var…

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Is it possible to create a flash movie from only actionscript?
Currently I am mostly a PHP/Javascript/CSS/HTML applications programmer. But I would like to start learning how to create flash movies also. However, I do not want to spend the money to get CS4. Can I create flash movies from only Actionscript 3? Or…

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Actionscript 3: Force program to wait until event handler is called
I have an AS 3.0 class that loads a JSON file in using a URLRequest.
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.events.Event;
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Flash CS4 compiler Error 1120 when embedding pngs into class instance variables
I have a Flash CS4 (Flash 9 ActionScript 3.0) project that compiles and runs perfectly on my machine.
However it is part of a big batch of fla's that I want to compile on another (faster) machine. When I copy the project (the fla and all…

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Why Flex SDK is free and Flash CS4 not ? Where is the trick?
Why Flex SDK is free and Flash CS4 not ? Where is the trick ?

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Movieclip.width returns higher value than Movieclip stage on Width
I have a Movieclip on stage with nested movieclips inside. All referenced at 0,0. None of the child movieclips load any dynamic content, animate or have Masked Layers. It does have an input textfield in one of the child MCs. The parent MC shows 280…

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Testing movie with Flash IDE fails to load file from localhost
I'm just wondering if anybody can help me with my simple but frustrating problem.
I have created an SWF that loads an XML file from http://localhost/flash/Projects/MEL/Quiz/Quiz/bin/xml/quiz.xml, but I get this error when running the movie using…

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