have build an interactive presentation using Flash MX 2004 ... the final product is a flash projector that loads in 6 different .swf's that contain embedded video (.flv's), audio narration, and animation effects ... One thing I noticed was that despite the CPU being low during the present...more >>

Is there such thing as a non-text area that can be scrolled? I'm trying to make a scrollable pic gallery. Any ideas would be great! Thanks, mookdawg ...more >>

I'm trying to build a small corner in a project that displays realtime day or night. I'm basically thinking this but I'm not sure how to code it correctly: if time >= 06:00 or <= 19:00 then gotoAndPlay ('daytime') elseif time >= 19:01 then gotoAndPlay('night'); Anyone know how this...more >>

Hello Is there a way for me to control the volume of a remote WinXP box from a web page using a Flash movie? We are looking for a way to adjust the audio on our MP3 server without having to walk over and manually turn it down every time the phone rings. Any ideas here? Thanks, --...more >>

Ok here is what I have been working on. Basically a system that you can pass an array of SWF files. The system will take each swf file, load it, play it, and when its done it will get the next one in the array. Sounded simple when I thought of it. I was wrong. Here is what I am doing. ...more >>

Hi Im designing an application, with some components used. One of these is the numericStepper. If i click the arrows slowly everything seems fine. If i "Speed Click" several times on th arrows i get the following message in the Outu Window: Error - Method _visible does not exist Wh...more >>

Want to design a living-room in Flash that enables viewers to pick up pieces of furniture from a menu-bar and arrange them in a room. The viewer clicks a post-it button that enables the webmaster to view the results of the arrangement. My question: Can it be done entirely in Flash, if so,...more >>

Hello. I have three frame labels, a, b and c each with different data and three buttons a_btn, b_btn and c_btn. The frames with the data are on one layer and the buttons on another. I also have an actions layer that has a stop action set for the duration of the other layers. I select ...more >>

Ok to use List.addItem to add strings as items to a list component. That's working. But how can I get, say, a Movieclip or a custom made component to a List component? It IS possible right? Anybody? ;) ...more >>

Ok, so I have created a scene with a button component type. On that button timeline there are 4 frames (by default). On each frame I created a square grapic elements and changed it's color on each frame to resemble the button changing colors. I am passing in the text that appears on that b...more >>

I am hoping someone can help me. I have a scrollable frame inside of a webpage that I made with flash. I want my cleints to be able to print the whole page. I put a print button on the top of the page, but it only prints out whats on the screen, not the whole list. Is there anyway to scrip...more >>

I am trying to enlarge an animated logo. It has one scene and three symbols. I use the transform on the scene but then the symbols etc. don't enlarge correctly with it. How can I enlarge everything together and also the positioning and proportionate is right. I have been struggling with this f...more >>

I'm looking for a script that will nullify the if(sameShipping.selected) statement as long as my form fields are left empty. When the button is clicked and the text fields are empty my errors show. Unfortunately when the button is clicked it also goes to the next page without allowing me a ch...more >>

Can flash detect the users monitor resolution and instead of allowing my projector to scale, change the monitor resolution to the one I establish, something like if the deskTopRectList > [rect(0, 0, 800, 600)] then change the monitor resolution, just like you can do in director. The th...more >>

I've developed a line drawing tool to have people draw shapes on my website. I'm wondering if it is possible to have someone draw a closed shape, which would create a mask for other "objects" in the scene? Or is it possible to draw a closed shape, and have the exterior part of the closed s...more >>

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i'm having trouble displaying the contents of my arrays in text fields. the problem is this: say i have an array called 'names' and when i trace it, its contents are displayed as 'nick, dave, mike'. so obviously 'names[0]' contains the string 'nick'. so i want to display 'nick' in a text...more >>

Movie Clip animation using action script... and getting the dam thing to stop. ok, I have made 2 movie clips the first is called "guard" and the second "ground" I have animated the "guard" as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- onClipEvent(load) { ...more >>

I have a flash movie loading in an html page and in the flash movie i am calling a xml file. However depending on what html page I am on I need to pass a variable to flash saying what page it is on so I can call 1 of 5 different xml pages. I thought I could use javascript to send something to...more >>

Is that possible to call a function in flash usign an html text <a href=myFlashFunction(param1, param2)>My Text</a> Any idea...more >>

Rothrock thanks for your help, but for some reason (perhaps cos i am a numbnut) i can not seem to get it to work. You are the only person who has come up with a rational, on how it will work and why it would work and i am really apprectiative. But do to my lack of understanding, i was wond...more >>

Apartir d'un bouton dans un fichier eureka.swf j'ai mis l'action geturl pour afficher un fichier toto.swf. jusque la ok mais il me faut aller vers une image precise dans le fichier toto.swf. Quelles ets la commande ou l'action qui me permet d'aller exactement sur une etiquette ou une image p...more >>

I was wasting some time looking at Flashkit and other sites and saw an example of pulling in dynamic text via a .ini file. I downloaded the example and unfortunately, they only provided the .swf and the .ini file. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how they did this? Thanks! Her...more >>

Hi there! Anybody know how I can have a button point to a specific scene within a movie? I have 3 buttons, I would like all 3 of them to point to the same SWF, but different scenes whithin that SWF. Any ideas? Greatly appreciated! MC ...more >>

hey all I have two problems. The first one: I do a createEmptyMovieClip() and then set the _width-property. However, when I try to ask the value of _width, it also returns 0. Any ideas? Second: I have a movieclip in my library. In actionscript I perform an attachmovie 10 times, ...more >>

hi, i have 4 list component, every list component(myListBox0,myListBox1,myListBox2,myListBox3) have the same changeHandler function name in component definition called changer. i want to get the selected index of the clicked list. does say "Undefined" why? function changer(ev...more >>

hi, i've got a load of .as files i use for a site, and im hoping to clear up some issues i have with .as files and paths..BUt if the first question answered is NO then it makes things a bit simplier....so heres question one.. Once you have pulished your fla, do you need to keep the .as files...more >>

I'm creating a 'navigation' where I load external swf files with some 'big' images into a placeholder clip. Now it has to zoom out very slowely. So I've created these lines in an 'enterFrame' action, where _root.scale=0.1 this._xscale -= _root.scale; this._yscle -= _root.scale; (by the w...more >>

Hi! I have a problem, I am beginning to use flash 2004 to do presentations, but me top with this: in my presentation i load a external movie clip with loadMovieNum("externo.swf", 1) and this movie clip has buttons I want that when click for example, 3 button the presentation goes away to...more >>

hi all ia have a MC in the lib with a "base" MC and a "menu_txt" text box i'm attaching this moviclip dynamically and assigning a value to the menu_txt now the problem is i want to resize the movieclip according to the length of the text in the text box.. the code i sude is: for (va...more >>

Hi! I am trying to pass variables into Flash using an HTML String Query and I think I don't quite understand how they work. Here's what I'm doing; I have an HTML page with a button labeled LAUNCH. The code on the button is this: <a href="varTest.html?artist=DebraSoule&songtitle=Amen...more >>

hi can we set MC brightness through action script like how we set alpha for MC like myMovieClip_mc._alpha = 50;...more >>

Essentially I am looking to create a section of my web page that is all square buttons that can be clicked on to popup a picture. So far I have only found out how to popup another web page. Any thoughts? Thank you so much. ...more >>

i have created a movie clip in my library that contains 3 layers. layer 1: actions frame 1: this.onEnterFrame = function() { this._alpha *= 0.85; } frame 30: this.removeMovieClip(); layer 2: a dynamic text box called txtAction layer 3: a background i exported sa...more >>

I Have a Movie clip and i want it active at least 60 seconds after that it desapear from movie. When i move the mouse the movie clip apears and repeat the sequence. How I do that? Thanks for your help ...more >>

Has anyone written a utility function that takes a number as an argument (for example 34000.00) and covert it to a currencty format? (becomes 34,000.00) I heard of a class named NumberFormat in DK version 6? But I'm not a subscriber and certainly won't pay just to get this function nutted...more >>

I'm having problems pathing a variable outside an XML function. Even _global doesn't get me back to any var declared inside the XML movie timeline. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated Mitch ...more >>

This must be simple to most of you, but I am a newbe to actionscript. I am trying to make a movie clip grow in size, and have the transparancy go from 75% to 100% on rollover and have the reverse happen when I roll out. I have gotten everything to work, but I want to learn how to perform this ...more >>