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Nicksta
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Flash integration through movie clip dimensions issue

19 Oct 2008, 15:02

Hello. I just got my gallery set up on my site and after some troubleshooting, managed to integrate imagevuex into my flash site. Unfortunately imagevuex does not stay within the borders of the movie clip and I need it to in order to retain the functionality of my own site.

I did a number of searches and it seemed the solution was located here:

viewtopic.php?t=2729&highlight=movie+clip+dimensions

I tried everything mentioned there but it didn't help. Here is the code in my fla file:

Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"
Stage.align = "TL"
loadMovie("upload/imagevue.swf?globalpath=upload/", "gal_load");

My site is located at http://www.con-trast.com. Clicking the "Design/illustration" button brings you to the page with imageveux. The site still isn't complete yet so you may have to reload the page if it brings you to the wrong page. Any help would be appreciated!
 
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mjau-mjau
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20 Oct 2008, 06:57

Not sure if you fixed anything since you posted.

When I click the Design/illustration, the gallery seems to load without any problems. I didn't find any button that went "back" to the site though...

I can imagine you had some problems, because generally the imagevue+slideshow combo is not very friendly for loading into separate sites. It uses calculations based on stage.width and stage.height quite often. Also because the slideshow+imagevue generally are two separate modules, they may have their own adverse affect.

What is the coordinates of the movieclip where you are loading imagevue? Seems its not 0,0 ... which would also be the reason why it doesn't align correctly. There may be a remedy.

Keep in mind we are now on Imagevue V2 beta which we hope would be better adapted to this kinda usage, although its not be thoroughly tested yet:
www.photo.gallery/v2docs/
 
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20 Oct 2008, 07:34

Right before the gallery loads, there is a white outline where the movie clip is located and I only want imageveux to be contained within that. The clip is located at X: 181, Y: 77. The clip's dimensions are 830, 510.

Sorry about bringing up V1 issues but I just felt the style was more tailored towards my site.
 
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mjau-mjau
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22 Oct 2008, 01:03

Try this: Open slideshowimagevueconfig.ini, and set
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boxstage = 830,510
You should also try to put the clip at an absolute position, as decimal positioning blurs the fonts and lines of gallery elements.

I think the boxstage setting perhaps only works for the slideshow, but if you want to move the gallery, why don't you just reduce your coordinates appropriately to where you want it placed?
 
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22 Oct 2008, 07:21

I actually tried the boxstage thing and all it did was move the location of the image on the stage. The coordinates are at 181 and 77 with no decimal place. The movie clip is placed exactly where I want imagevue to be in my fla, but once it fully loads, it takes up the entire flash file. Basically I need the little traffic light thing on the left side for navigation and the header above it.

I'm sure the solution is so simple but I just don't know what it is :/
 
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23 Oct 2008, 00:31

One thing, you should at least set "backimage=false" in the config.ini file so it doesn't load the background image above your content.

Apart from that it seems the gallery is loading into some decimal coordinates, because I can see blurry edges everywhere. Thats not a huge problem though of course ...
 
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23 Oct 2008, 20:55

Well I changed that line to false and now there is just a white background in it's place. Also I checked again and the movie clip is at exact coordinates with no decimal places. Honestly, I wanted to use this version but if I can set up v2 more easily, I will gladly do that instead. Thanks again.
 
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mjau-mjau
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25 Oct 2008, 01:34

If you do want to proceed with V2, read this topic first:
viewtopic.php?t=3973
 
Nicksta
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01 Nov 2008, 00:38

Ok I read the entire thread, but there wasn't any information relating to containing imagevue within the dimensions of the movie clip. Again, I saw that other guy was successful and managed to do exactly what I want. I'm sure it's just a simple line of code, but I don't know which one it is. I really can't use this great application without having it contained within my own site. Is there anything else I can do here? Thanks.
 
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02 Nov 2008, 00:51

What site are you referring to?
 
Nicksta
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02 Nov 2008, 11:03

http://www.shakenpop.nl/v1/index.html

He managed to fit the gallery within his site exactly where it needed to be without covering up his own site. I tried everything mentioned in his thread but it didn't work for me for some reason.
 
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05 Nov 2008, 01:23

As he has done it, he opens images in popup windows when clicking a thumbnail. That helps in fixing certain complications between the slideshow and the gallery.

I don't know how far you got - Perhaps you have a link?
 
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05 Nov 2008, 07:18

It looked like the popup window solved the stage jumping issue whereas I can't even get the gallery to stay inside the dimensions of the movie clip.

If the link you want is my gallery, it is http://www.con-trast.com. Just click on the Design/Illustration button. Again, it is incomplete so it links to the animation section if it hasn't fully loaded for some reason.
 
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06 Nov 2008, 00:39

Are you using Stage.align = "TL" in your flash?
 
Nicksta
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06 Nov 2008, 07:18

Stage.scaleMode = "noScale"
Stage.align = "TL"
loadMovie("upload/imagevue.swf?globalpath=upload/", "gal_load");

I mentioned this in my first post. This is the code I have in the frame. Should there be any code assigned to the movie clip?