I created a file that uses the Slide CuePoint Navigation behavior and buttons to navigate a flash video with cuepoints. The video control by cuepoint seems fine, but a problem occurs with the synchronization of the slides when the scrub bar is moved in reverse or when buttons are pressed for a...more >>

I think I'm putting this in the right forum... Hey, how do I make Flash games and movies? I don't know what to download to do it or anything. Please help me....more >>

Hi- I am trying to figure out a piece of code is used to make a rollover state stay active while on a page. So if I'm on the "contact " page at a given site the rollover state stays active so the user knows that's the page they are on. I don't think its difficult, just can't seem to make i...more >>

i made a symbol and double clicked it and did a bunch of animation in the symbol and want to make a button inside it to take it back out into the movie...its like the preloader is frame 1 and the symbol is frame 2 and i want the button to take it out to frame 3 but whenever i put a button in t...more >>

I've made two different websites with two scenes- "preload" and "Scene 2" I used the same actionscripts in my simple preloader movies, it works for one website not the other. I'm using the following actionscripts -in the first frame if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) { gotoAndPlay(...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a CD rom with flash projector and need to create a link that transfers zip files on the cd to the users desktop, have tried linking dynamic text and it opens a browser window, which i do not want, would director be a better solution? or is there some way around this, ...more >>

I have a symbol that goes off the page to the right and need to be able to scroll... The movie clip ("scroll_mc") contains two scroll buttons, named "leftArrow_b" and "rightArrow_b". The movie clip also contains the moving symbol, the tweening starts on frame 2, the last frame has the cod...more >>

I am crating a image gallery for a website, and this code is on the movieclip containing the gallery. It wrked fine before in a previous project but is now causing errors. Here's the script: onClipEvent (load) { picnum = "one"; display = "01"; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { // fi...more >>

Ok, so if I #include 'file.as' this is done only at the creation of my swf and would require me to recreate anytime I have a change to the file.as file. Also, if I use classes, those are also included into the swf at the creation of the swf. So, how the heck can you have functions that are ava...more >>

Can I print a mc that isn't on my stage? I only have it in my library with an Identifier. Can this be done? Thanks a lot!!!! Brenda S....more >>

How does one find the length of an FLV in terms of time? I'm externally loading an FLV and I need to set up a load bar and a play head. The play head moves according to the netService.time, but I need to know the length of the FLV to get the proper ratio so my load bar can be a different lengt...more >>

I need to load an XML document that contain Franch characters like "????????". Flash does not display those characters. It replace it by [] . How can I fix the problem. You can view an example of my XML. Any idea. Here is an example of my xml: //----------------------------------------...more >>

Can someone tell me what the difference is in formating a function. What I want to know is when do you use one over the other or does it not matter. I know it will take a little typing to answer this question so believe me when I say thank you for your posts. Please see examples below. // ...more >>

I have a movie clip with with actionscript attached.... onClipEvent(enterFrame) { if (_name != "guard" && _root.lPlaying) { _y+=2; if (_y < 0) { { if(!_root.hitground) { vert += 1 if(vert > 1) { if(_root.ground.hitTest(_x,_y + 2,true)) { _y += 1 } else if(_root.gr...more >>

Can any one please help with this. The problem I am facing is when ever I use both Next and Previous buttons to navigate my script works fine but when I choose the combo to select a particular item and later if I click the Next and Previous button the selected index not increasing/decreasing p...more >>

I noticed that if I pass any string of numbers with at least one preceading 0, the result is incorrect for almost anything above 10 (but not everything). For example: Number("08") will return 8 Number("09") will return 9 Number("010") will return 8 Number("011") will return 9 Number(...more >>

I have an xml like that :...more >>

Hey, Can anyone take a look at my flash navigation and tell me why i cant trigger all my onRelease actions for my nav all at once on the main timeline? I have gotten it to work if i put the nav functions inside the movieclip my buttons are in but i cant make it work from the _root timeline.....more >>

Hi you all, is there somebody out there who can help me with my drag 'n drop problem? The problem is this. I have make a drag and drop game where you have with 1 object (mc) 9 different posebilyties.Every time the answer must be right or wrong. Let's say put de cat under the table. Answe...more >>

Is it possible to pass an argument to a function that is being created on the fly? I am dynamically creating functions in a loop and I need to know the value of the counter when the function was created. Here's my code: for(var c:Number = 0; c < passedClientArray.length; c++){ _root....more >>

I want to allow a user to click a button in a Flash movie, browse for an image on their drive and insert it into a layer of the movie while the movie plays. Can anyone help me with this?...more >>

Could someone help me... I am going to create a module timer for my elarning module. In which timer will start when a perticular page loads to a movie clip say "containerMc" and timer stop when that page is unload from "containerMc". I have creater 2 functions but these are not working ...more >>

Hi. I think I may know the answer to this one... but... I have a Flash application which reads in data from an XML file. This works fine viewed through a browser, however, when I publish this as an exe projector file, it does not see any data. Does anyone have a solution to this? Thanks ...more >>

I am attaching sounds from a library t differnt buttons. The code is getting huge (A-Z). Id there a shorter way to do this? Take a look at the code: letra = new Sound(); a_btn.onRelease = function(){ letra.attachSound("a"); letra.start(); } b_btn.onRelease = function(){ letra.attachSou...more >>

I want to create an instance of a custom class using attachMovie(), but I also want to be able to pass an argument to the class constructor, something like this: Widget = function (idNum) { this.idNum = idNum; } Widget.prototype = new MovieClip (); Object.registerClass ("widget_...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to open a new window with the getURL function in this way: getURL("javascript:window.open('somepage.html')"); First, it opens a window with the url: javascript:window.open('somepage.html') and then it opens another window. which start blinking, and hangs everything.... ...more >>

Can I add items and values to a list component or combo box component with action script. Like how would I go about taking an array and adding all the values in the array to the list or combo box? Or if someone can point me in the direction of a nice tutorial it would be much apreciated. ...more >>

Button name: Q4aFalse_btn AS for Button: on (release) { Q4bFalse_btn.onRelease = function () { if (User_Answers_array["Question4a"] = "B) False"); Question6.attachMovie("Q4aIncorrect","newname12", 4); Q4aTrue_btn._visible = false; } } All of the MCs are locate...more >>

Ok, so I have this code (see attached) I need to figure out a way to make the text change color on rollover. The tough part is that the text and URL are being imported into the movie by an XML file. Any ideas? cookieOne = ""; for (i=0; i<topics.length; i++) { cookieOne += "...more >>

Hi, I'd like to start moving over to AS 2. I'm using Flash MX version 6 and the following code: var sName:String; sName = 5; I should get an error! But everything runs fine... Do i have to declare that use AS 2 somehow? Does it ony work on professional? Thanks in a...more >>

Is there a way to get the text inside a TextArea Component to Align to the bottom of the Component? Attached is a small fla to demonstrate what needs to be accomplished. Any help would be greatfull ...more >>

Is anybody interested in porting the Flash Player to other Platform? When prepared to implement the Flash 5th ActionScript, I found that ActionScript support the OOP. So the implement of ActionScript becomes much complex. What is more, the Flash File Format Specification is so compact th...more >>

Hi all, Making a full flash site, having problems with targeting. Making the site in several .swfs by calling them into a MC on the tier above. There are three .swfs to consider for this problem. The main movie swf is MSFV1 Within an MC ("content") on MSFV1, another swf is loaded -...more >>

I'm having a problem sending three variables; emPassed, preTotalCorrect and finalTotalCorrect, from Flash to an ASP page. I'm using the attached code on a submit button. When the button is clicked, it goes to the evaluations.asp page, but the only thing that gets posted is the "evaluations.as...more >>

I am trying to make objects rotate on the stage at the pushing of a button. One button causes the sun to rotate around the earth, and the other makes the earth itself rotate. The code works if I put it on a _root.onEnterFrame = function() {, but I can't get it to work when attached to the butt...more >>

Hey I have a main .swf file. With the help of a menu I load other .swf files into a empty MC called Loader_MC. Now starting from the Main movie I want to set the visiblity of an item "product1_MC" in the root of the loaded movie to false. I already tried: _root.Loader_MC. product1_...more >>

Hello, All! How to change Standart Window Caption of Flash projector? "Macromedia Flash Player 7" if it's impossible, may I to hide it? With best regards, Vladimir ...more >>

Hello, I have a Flash interface for inserting text into a MySQL database. I use a LoadVars object to pass variables to an php script which inserts the values into the database. A problem occurs when the user input contains special characters such as german umlauts (ö, ü, ä). In the database ...more >>

Hi, I need a tool to export GIF to SWF, including my variables. please someone can help me? ...more >>

I have a number text, "2", in a textfield box. How do I convert it to a numeric 2? ...more >>

Hy I have a frameset. This frameset is on a Domain1. In a frame of this frameset (in the src="... ") I put a webpage(X) that stay in another Domain2 (http://...). The webpage(X) contain a swf movie with getURL actionscript that call javascript functions in own html. Why In this way all...more >>

I want to add a link to flash movie. But when I add the following script it immediately redirects to the url without clicking. When I replace the release code with press. But it gives "not a button" error when I test the movie. on(release){ getURL( "your_url.html"); } ...more >>

Hi all, I'm currently successfully retrieving data from a mySQL database via PHP and populating a flash combobox. This is the code i am using: myData = new LoadVars(); myData.onLoad = function(){ placeTheDataIntoTheRightPlace();//call the function that handles the data. }; myData...more >>

Have you tried my answer?????/ Create a hit button or place a new button outside the stage. write on (keyPress "<Tab>") { trace("Tab Pressed"); }...more >>

Hi All, I want to store a text file on user's machine thru some exe (not Flash) at certain path (to be decided) and retrieve thru Flash. Where should I store it so that I can call it in Flash. Every machine don't have a C:drive but every user must be having Flash Player installed. That me...more >>

Hi I think, this is a common problem. Can i write data on a local xml file from flash without using any serverside script. regards ...more >>

I've been struggling with the concept of opening a new browser window, and at the same time pass a variable to it. My latest attempt is included. The code will open up the new window, but no variables are passed. If someone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. ViewPic = new L...more >>

I know i should not ask this question.. i m sorry my friends.. but i dont know full form of .SWF is it SHOCKWAVE FILE? or SMALL WEB FORMAT? please help me....more >>

instead of += being "store a + b in a" is there an alternative that would be "store b at the end of a" using this for textfield.text, tried concat(), +, didn't work. ...more >>

Does anyone tested this working fine with flash version 6 or latest? on (release) { _root.fscommand("exec", "launcher.bat"); } thanks...more >>

Hi everybody! Which is the better way for developing bookmark, using cookies or shared files for CD base CBT. Thanks JNS...more >>

As the subject: How to get width of an emptyMovieClip which loads an external image? I have created an emptyMovieClip as a holder to load an external image. I need to know the width and height of the loaded image. Can any one tell me how to code it? Now when I trace the width of the movie...more >>

hi all i placed 6 MCs on the stage form m0_mc to m5_mc and i want to load images in these MCs one after the other i.e m1_mc should load the image after m0_mc has completely loaded it's image, and m2_mc should load img after m1_mc completely loads the image i'm maitaining a array which ...more >>

hey there, I have some intro movie in index.html page and I want to be redirected to another web page (index2.html) after the movie ends. I put getURL function on last cell of timeline in first scene but it doesn't work! please help! thanks Lukas ...more >>

Hi. I know this is a simple question but I can't find a clear answer to this in online tutorials. Using Flash MX 2004 I would simply like to know how to write a string to text file. What is the PHP script for this? Let's say the following: var Message:String = Message_txt.text; ...more >>

How to launch the MsWord or PDF application by pressing the button in flash.... And another question.. Scenario - cd rom: In the flash movie i have a img as button..and when i click on the button, it prompt to a screen where actually ask me where to save the file from the cd rom to loc...more >>

I have a main movie which contains loadMovie() to load an external .swf file onto it. the external .swf file has a preloader inside. The preloader works very well when it is on its own. However, when it is loaded onto the main movie, the preloader doesn't work at all. In addition, the whole...more >>

i need to know how to convert a flash file to a html for a freewebs site...more >>

I have a form in Flash consisting of several text fields and a few checkboxes. When the form first appears, I would like the cursor to appear in the first field in the tab index order. Is this possible? ...more >>

If I have a class declared like this: Class Car { public function getColor() { // some codes getWheelColor(); } public function getWheelColor() { // some codes } } When I have these codes below in the root scene: var oCar = new Car(); o...more >>

Hi all, still having trouble with my movieclips. I have created a movieclip symbol with some elements on it (some lines, and two textInput components). I have attached a subclass to this symbol, but am having trouble controlling the textInput components added in the designer. Whe...more >>

I have a swf that contains a static text and I am loading it into another movie, but I can't seem to get my text without an antialias. If I create the swf with a dynamic text I can see my text without the antialias but my movie, when I load this swf slows down a lot. This does not happen when ...more >>

Here is how i do it i usually put the preloader code in its own scene and then jump to the next scene with the rest of the site stuff in it. FRAME 1 SCENE 1 [ LABEL: xmlStart ] tempXML=new XML(); tempXML.ignoreWhite = true; tempXML.load('url_to_xml_file'); totalBytes = -1; FRAME 2 ...more >>

I'm having some issues with the skinning / theming of the radio button component. I'm trying to change the color of the font, size, weight, and font-family....i set these lines on my first frame and nothng seems to change. But also on top of that i have multiple radio buttons throughout th...more >>