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Interactive Map : free code

Matus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:44:41 +0000

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2009!

Starting today you can download the FREE version of the Interactive Map together with the source codes for the user interface elements. In other words, this also gives you a flash picture viewer or flash image gallery with source codes for free (GPL license).

http://www.yofla.com/flash/interactive-map/download.php

New Software : Interactive Map

Matus — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:41:47 +0000

Today a new software is available - a flash interactive map. Someone might call it also a virtual tour or a virtual guide. The way how it works is simple:

1. you create your map
2. you define hotspots in a xml file
3. you define photos and their description in the same xml file

From developers point of view is this flash interactive map very flexible. The interface is loaded as external swf files, so you can customize the look and feel of your presentation. Also the parts of the system communicate via broadcasting events, so you can develop your own hotspot view (sourcecodes are available with the enterprise license) .

When writing this post, only the Free version is available to download and test. Later I will add the other versions together with a manual.

Click here to visit the interactive map homepage.

3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.6 released

Matus — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:49:36 +0000

Version 4.3.6. of the tool was released. There are quite many updates:

- flash zoomer offset bug fixed (if rotateTool theme was at other position than 0,0)
- reverse pan option added (image pans left when mouse moves right)
- it is possible to have the zoombar in vertical orientation
- API functions added (sponsored by Greg Gillespie, Australia)
- stopRotation()
- startRotation()
- disableControls()
- enableControls()
- zoomOut()
- getActualImage()
- images in config.xml can have now a dynamic url as source specified
- option to define a “blank” hotspot added, wha t is useful for:
- event dispatched when a hotspot is clicked
Changelog: changelog.txt

New features samples:
1. Hotspot Event
Clicking an hotspot dispatches an event. Hotspot xml can be accessed in the listener function. Download the hotspot event example.

2. API functions
You can use commands to start/stop rotation or fetch the current displayed image id. Adding this commands was necessary for making an example like this: download the rotate tool multiple 2 example.
The development of the functionality in this example was sponsored by Greg Gillespie.

Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D Rotate Tool no more than 1 year ago (2 years for Enterprise Customers) you are eligible for a free update. Please reqest the update by email (provide your orderId or email used when purchasing the tool).

3D Rotate Tool : Resize video tutorial

Matus — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:02:53 +0000

The design of the 3D Rotate tool allows to position the UI elements freely. The downside of this approach is that a swf published to a certain size can not be scaled using the width and height parameters in html code.
Watch this video tutorial which shows how the Deuter example was resized from 500×375px to 640×480 px size using Flash CS3. You can download the deuter backpack example here.

3D Rotate Tool : setImage() example

Matus — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:32 +0000

With 3D Rotate Tool v.4.3.5 you can make use of the new setImage() function. By calling it from your application you display any image of the Rotate Tool Image sequence. For now, only a “quick jump” functionality is implemented. Later a smooth “scroll” to the new image will be added.

Also in this example the rotateTool instance dispatches an event, after all images are loaded. When this happens, the buttons “show front” and ”show back” are displayed. You can use this event to trigger any other actions in your flash project.

You can download the example here: example_setImage.zip

3D Rotate Tool : transparency example

Matus — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:48:03 +0000

With 3D rotateTool v.4.3.5 and above you can use transparent swf files for your images:

You can download the example here: example_transparent.zip

3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.5 released

Matus — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:58:11 +0000

Version 4.3.5. of the tool was released. There are two updates:

1. Support for swf images added. Now you can use transparent images. Using png images worked also before, but the compression of png images is much lower then the compression of a swf image file.

2. You can use actionscript API rotateTool.setImage(x) to make the tool display a certain image.

Changelog: changelog.txt

3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.4 released

Matus — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:53:52 +0000

Version 4.3.4. of the tool was released. There were two updates:

1. new function in config.xml : disableClick=”true” (default is false) If enabled, mouse click will not start or stop rotation

2. bug fix : when preloader image was active and the rotate attribute was set to false (rotation does not start after all images are loaded) , the preloader image hided after all images were loaded but the first image did not show.

Changelog: changelog.txt

3d Rotate Tool : new multiple example

Matus — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:33:44 +0000

Here’s another example how to use multiple 3d rotate models in one swf movie. In this example there are buttons at the bottom of the screen which you can press to display another color of the vintage Vespa scooter. Click on image to view and download example:

3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.3 released

Matus — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:44:01 +0000

Today version 4.3.3. of the tool was released. There were only little changes - some code improvements when using the setNewPath() command (used e.g. in the multiple example).

Changelog: changelog.txt