Help needed with a flash script - Page Flip...

Hello,
I'm having a little problem with this script, everything's working fine, I've added pages and everything I want. The only thing that doesn't work is the preloader. I'm using the default pre-loader in the script, do I have to activate it or something?
I'm using MX 2004, I dont think this should change anything, but just in case...
Has anyone else had this problem?
Please help me

Thanks

Are there still any of these .fla's floating around that anyone is sharing? I am very interested in making a customized catalog. I'll give my email address if no one is hosting a file for download. Thanks!

Kevin

hi ive fiddled with this for ages and ive got it working fully with my own sized pages... which took ages but its done.

the problem im having is that people cant read the text on my magazine, so im wondering if its possible to add a magnifying glass to the pageflip script.

ive seen this done on other websites but i cant remember where they are now (doh).-so i know it is actually possible.

i followed a tutorial and the magnifying glass works on a static page, but when you add it to a page flip page it all gets abit more complicated. i think this is because all the page flip pages are dynamically loaded into place or something.

im not that good at flash i just wondered if anyone had done this in the past or who might know how to do it.
thanks alot!

tom - sirlambert attt gmail dot com

hey tomland,
Doesn't sound too complicated just remember that if you have an animation on a page, it must be controlled by the _global.mcnt counter. And I'm sure you could find a tutorial on magnifying movies on kirupa.com or something.
Also I want to ask you if you've gotten the preloader to work on your file? Mine simply doesn't show up, it's as if it is loading the extracted elements but the wheel pre-loader never shows up, do you think you can help me with this?

Appreciate it.

Hi guys,

i'm a beginner at using flash. My friend has asked me if i can make a flip book menu for his fathers restaurant. I've been playing around with the flip book made by Macc (iparigrapgika). could someone please teach/tell me what i need to do to remove pages (i only need 5 pages). I tried removing some pages, but i screwing it up (i.e pages don't flip properly).

Also, i have made all the pages i need in photoshop (300x400 in gif).....How do i bring them in to flash? and which folder should i put them in?

thanks

Hi, i've got the pageflip movie to work with my pages (32 of them) however when I flip through the pages, bits of the page turn transparent and disappear.

I'm using flattened .png files for the pages.

The transparency seems to be completely random (it doesnt happen in the same place on the same pages all the time). It also doesnt happen if I slowly turn the pages rather than double clicking the corners to make them turn automatically.

I thought it might be the flash player engine not being powerful enough to render the pages as they turn. (the pages are 340x711 pixels)

Has anyone else come across this problem? Any ideas of how to fix it?

I've tried setting the quality to low when they turn the pages and slowing down the page turn speed but that doesnt help either.


On another note, i've got 3 pages that have animations on them however when you rollover the corners to turn the page, the animation restarts. I know this is because of the 'reset page' function but does anyone know how to fix this or know of a work around?

Thanks

Hi,

I am so glad to have found this thread! I have been trying to modify a Page Flip .fla and although I can add my pages ok, I cannot resize the display area. The window that opens is too small to display all the text. Can I send my .fla to someone for help? Thanks!

make the stage bigger

are you using

onClipEvent (load)
{
total = _root.getBytesTotal();
}


?

if not, let me know and I will post the script

Hey guys,

Found this site while searching for a page flip answer to an interesting problem.

I've got my page flip mc done, and I'm using it as part of a flash movie with multiple scenes. This seems to be a big problem, for when moving from scene to scene with button clicks, the page flip function doesn't work once it's revisited.

In other words, if in the scene 1 area you put a welcome intro, and a "See our great book!", CLICK HERE, this click then takes you to scene 2, where the page flip book code is. The initial actions upon first load work fine, grab the corners of the pages and they turn, etc. But when you go back to scene 1, or go to another scene (like 3, 4, etc) and then go back to scene 2, and the page flip book, then the book does not allow for the page corners to be flipped by the mouse. It takes multiple clicks only, if it works at all.

Once I reload the swf file, then it works again for the 1st load into scene 2, then once you leave, and come back, it's failing again.

Anyone here ever encounter this problem? No where on the web can I find anyone who has dealt with this.

I think I need to reset the page flip some how on each entrance into scene 2, I can't figure it out though.

Any and all help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

thedude

that`s why i dont use scenes.
Now my question is: if you place all the frames from a scene into a movieclip ... wouldnt it be the same? If so, why you still use scenes?
I had some problems with scenes when i started to learn flash and so i gave up on them completly.

I'll try that, thanks. Never occured to me to make each scene an independent movie clip.

By the way, here's a test swf that shows the problem:
http://www.ocpost.com/adtest/testfile/pageflip_v22.swf

In the above link, click on the book, and it works. Go to Scene 2, then back to Scene 1 and it does not.

This problem just blows my mind.

Thanks again for the assist, I'll give it a try and report back.

thedude

That seems to have done the trick, such an easy solution I feel like a moron for not figuring it out myself. I'll update everyone with the progress, and post a final link once i get it up and running.

Thanks again

an error doesn't become a mistake, until you refuse to correct it

or ... you are not a complete foul if you stop persisting in error.