Computer Experts... Flash graphics

[usregimechange]

I have a map made in flash that loads external graphics during the roll over for the buttons. However, when I send the published file over e-mail, it doesn't load the text boxes. It's only about 20kb, and all of the roll overs that load jpgs (which contain text) aren't showing up. Any suggestions?

[usregimechange]

1. It works on the pc I created them on...

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2. kick

[democracyindanger]

3. Where are you loading

the jpegs from?

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4. From a folder on my c drive

[matcom]

5. well that's the problem

the email you send out can't access your local hard-drive. it will work on YOUR computer only

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6. On powerpoint you can package the files but I don't see anything

like that in flash...

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7. kick

[liberalpress]

8. turn your flash presentation into a movie

[usregimechange]

9. Tried that too...

[democracyindanger]

10. Here's the deal

Matcom is right: The movie will look in your c: drive for the jpegs. There are three methods to get what you want.

One is to is upload the jpegs to an internet server (photobucket.com should work) and change all the references in your movie from your c: drive to the http address, so when it looks for the jpegs it will access them from the internet. The advantage of this is that it keeps the size of your flash movie small. The disadvantages are: 1)Because you've already created the movie, you'll need to go into actionscript and change all the references; 2)You may need to add something called, I think, crossplatform permissions, in order to allow the movie to pull stuff from the internet.

Another method is to set every jpeg you use in your library to publish with the movie, then republish. I think you do this by right-clicking on the library item. This will greatly increase the size of your movie.

The last method is to select each jpeg in the layout screen and break it apart (ctrl+b) until they become bitmaps instead of jpegs. This is probably the easiest way, but it will increase the size of your movie even more than publishing the jpegs. You'll have to do this for every instance of every jpeg, i.e. every keyframe they exist in. It'd probably be good to break apart the jpegs, then make the bitmaps into flash graphic objects so you don't have duplicate bitmaps; just one bitmap object for each jpeg.

I can't tell you exactly what to click and such because I just moved, and still haven't unpacked the pc that has all my flash files. But those are the general steps. Kirupa.com is a great resource, and has great tutorials and a pretty active forum. The posters there could tell you exactly what you need to do, but it may take several hours to get a response.

Sorry I can't do more. Hope that helps.

[usregimechange]

11. Thanks will see if that helps.