Comments on: PHP file_exists equivalent for Flash? http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2007/03/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/ blog, webdesign, illustration & newsk00l javascript Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aaron http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2007/03/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-45273 Aaron Mon, 28 May 2007 05:15:45 +0000 http://komodomedia.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/27/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/#comment-45273 I was a bit curious to see if attempting to load a file that wasn't a valid sound file would actually work as your code implies, but interestingly it appeared to crash my Flash Player. I was trying to load a .png file, and it would publish but would crash both the IDE player and the standalone player, and attempting to re-publish anything to the same file again would say "could not create .swf". Very strange. Last I checked, the Sound object continues to download even after you delete it. Maybe that has changed in Flash 8, but an easy way to test it is to test it online, and try to load 100 sounds, deleting the first 99 of them. Then see if the 100th sounds loads *extremely* slowly. If it does, this is an indication that the original 99 sounds are actually still downloading, although apparently into a black hole since the Sound object has been deleted. Quite annoying! I was a bit curious to see if attempting to load a file that wasn’t a valid sound file would actually work as your code implies, but interestingly it appeared to crash my Flash Player. I was trying to load a .png file, and it would publish but would crash both the IDE player and the standalone player, and attempting to re-publish anything to the same file again would say “could not create .swf”. Very strange.

Last I checked, the Sound object continues to download even after you delete it. Maybe that has changed in Flash 8, but an easy way to test it is to test it online, and try to load 100 sounds, deleting the first 99 of them. Then see if the 100th sounds loads *extremely* slowly. If it does, this is an indication that the original 99 sounds are actually still downloading, although apparently into a black hole since the Sound object has been deleted. Quite annoying!

]]> By: Rogie http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2007/03/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-31924 Rogie Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:05:08 +0000 http://komodomedia.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/27/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/#comment-31924 @lamy: No tutorial for the tabs yet, however, I'm using unobtrusive JavaScript to create XHTML/CSS that turns the display of one off and the other on using the <code class="inline">display:block & display:none</code> rules. Then, I use <code class="inline">z-index</code> CSS to make tabs layer over eachother. Thats it! @lamy: No tutorial for the tabs yet, however, I’m using unobtrusive JavaScript to create XHTML/CSS that turns the display of one off and the other on using the display:block & display:none rules. Then, I use z-index CSS to make tabs layer over eachother. Thats it!

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I always have to switch back to your website because it’s sooo beautiful!

Is there a tutorial or something like that for these sidebar tabs?

thank you in advance,
lamy :)

]]> By: Ben McNelly http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2007/03/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-31556 Ben McNelly Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:12:55 +0000 http://komodomedia.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/27/php-file_exists-equivalent-for-flash/#comment-31556 looks solid, will have to give her a go.. looks solid, will have to give her a go..

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