Hi, I can't seem to find how to get the value of a variable within a script. I think that is what I need to do. Here is what I am trying to do. I want a button to send users to a certian frame depending upon the value of a variable. I actually want the number to be a range 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, ...more >>

I want to know how to get the Main Time Line to controll a movie clip. In Flash MX I could do it using the following code in the main time line: _root.greenBall.Play() where greenBall was the name of the movie clip instance. But in Flash MX 2004, this code doesn't work any more. An...more >>

I am loading an xml document in a Dataset, and I want to perform a search on one of the properties of the records therein. This property is a string that describes the record, and I want to be able to locate all records that contain a specific string within their string, much like I could d...more >>

I read data from XML file and I would like to display data into 2 columns and I would like to have a scrollbar accordring to data. Does anyone have idea how to do it. Thanks ...more >>

HI, i'm a newby, I just cant work out how to do something in flash. How can i load an external movieclip and use a loader that is in the main movie? so i can use the same loader for all movie clips? it needs to show % and a status bar. I can do this making a loader in each clip but how...more >>

How can I automatically select the first item of my list box? Can I trace the list element number? Thanks a lot! Brenda S....more >>

When I play movie in flash mx 2004 by Test Movie, my movie show. My movie only have scrollbar and Textbox nothing else. I read from XML file and display in the dynamic Textbox. But when I try to open Flash Movie from directory, it didn't show anything. Anyeone have any idea why? Please h...more >>

Hi, I'm making a buisness card cd for someone. I have the persons pdf on the mini cd but i was wondering for her flash intro which is on the cd, how can i make it so when someone pushes the "view resume" button, the pdf opens in internet explorer or acrobat? Thanks! ...more >>

How can you refer to the Movie Clip Instance "MyClip1" in a for loop replacing the "1" with the value of i (the counter)? So far I have this: for(i=0; i<10; i++){ if (_global.endarray == "b"){ with(MyClip(i)){gotoandplay(1)}; }; The idea is that I want to loop through and play a num...more >>

Hi, I'm puzzling over how to approach incorporating an 'add attachment' feature to a flash form. I've never seen it done before and I'm not even sure if it is possible... that is, to upload a file from the user using actionscript? I suspect it requires some other scripting language or te...more >>

my problem is that i don?t know how to eliminate an intance. I need to free a level where is my instance, and y don?t know how to kill that instance. I can do an unloadmovie, and it disapears, but i can create other instances on this level. I asume that my instance is still there, and that the...more >>

if (currentPage == ?about?) { gotoAndPlay(?myLabel?); } I get these errors **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 1: Operator '==' must be followed by an operand if (currentPage == ?press?) { **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:...more >>

Hello All: I cannot get my links to work in my published mac os x projector files. I'm taking a .fla file with a button that has a handler. Here's the code: on (release) { getURL("http://www.foo.com", "_self"); } So, I then publish my .fla as a projector (mac) and click on the...more >>

Can you set a shared object with out an "on" action? Can a shared object skip a scene in a movie if its value is not null or undefined? I have read through several tutorials and try different scripts but with no luck. Thanks For any help. ...more >>

The documentation on the DataGrid styling is woefully inadequate... and the documentation about the CSSStyleDeclaration object is, as far as I can tell, non-existent. Can anyone out there give me an example of how to set the HeaderStyle to, say, underline the column headers, but not the no...more >>

Hello evreybody I've tried to create smooth and soft movment with actionscript (I mean create motion with actionscript that can b flixeble and have got soft motion),I used this code for soft and smooth moving from one point to another : CODE function textMove(){ yChange = Math.round(...more >>

I have posted this info in other forums...and have had no luck with solutions. I am about ready to self implode! I have only posted the basic code that I have been using for testing the variable loads. Here's the deal: ASP file on server provides these two variables (I have since tried u...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to make a progress bar, and to do so, I'm using the movieClipLoader and the loadProgress event. When I perform test movie from the flash menu, it seems that never goes through the loadProgress event, the swf that I'm loading is in my hard disk, but I'm trying to do this wit...more >>

stop(); I have the following code to detect the end of an FLV and direct the movie to a nother scene. Works great and consistent on smaller FLV's but on some very large (15-20 minute, 60-100Meg) FLV's, the code doesn't work. Anyone seen this? var endListener:Object = new Object()...more >>

I'm using Flash MX, and I'm creating a large movie with audio. I've imported several AVI movies into the Flash document and converted them to movie clip symbols. Upon exporting and/or testing the movie, I received the error message: "ERROR CREATING FLASH MOVIE. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MEMORY ...more >>

I have no formal training in computer programming, but I have picked up what little action scripting skills I have from this forum and a few reference sources (i.e. Moock's excellent book). It seems like all of my action scripting (although it ultimately works) ends up looking pretty ran...more >>

Should this script take the user to the Scene "S3" if a user has the swf file cached on their computer or has viewd the file before? if (getBytesLoaded() != getBytesTotal()) { gotoAndStop("S3", 1"); } I am trying to skip a scene once a viewer has watched the intro. I appreciate a...more >>

I have a problem. If iI go to that page http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url_encoding.htm they said that "?" is supposed to be %E9. But in my Flash document it display []. If I try to do trace(escape("?")) directly in flash, it output %C3%A9. Why it's supposed to be %E9. ...more >>

Hi, This is my requirement. My javascript Function has to return an array . This array has to be assigned to the Action Script Array which resides inside an function. The code should be some thing like <script language = javascript > function sendColors(colorArray) { ret...more >>

Hi, I am working with a Map in which each country is a seperate file ( swf ) . I am loading these countries in to a main file at various levels. Now i want to change the color of the loaded movie through Action Script . I tried the following ; myColor = new Color(_level3.italy); ...more >>

Hi there, Is it possible to read/ write/ append data on text files or simply to say to perform I/O operations like folder creation/deletions, file creations/deletions, searching within flash. If so how to do? Is this having any link with JSFL. Any help on this is appreciated. I don't h...more >>

When making a stand alone Flash presentation that plays fullscreen, is it possible to automatically set the user's screen resolution to 800 x 600 & back to their normal screen resolution when they quit the presentation. Also, if it's possible, is there also a way around rearranging all thei...more >>

I am using the beautiful Gallery Component developed on www.mr10.net. I am using this version http://www.mr10.nl/components/gallery/combobox/ You can find the source files here http://www.mr10.nl/components/gallery/. Make sure to click on the info link and scroll a bit and you will see th...more >>

I would like to be able to access a variable that is loaded from a txt file from outside the loadVars function (from outside it's ".onLoad" method.) For example if there is a variable declared inside the txt file called "nameOne" which equals "eliptus" and it is loaded using loadVars why can...more >>

Hello Friends, I have a new angle on an old question I posted long LONG ago. I am attempting to make a scrolling background for my flash game which does not repeat often (it's got unique stuff, not just tree, rock, bridge, tree, rock, bridge...) Anyway, at the moment it's a 1280 x 480 GIF f...more >>

trying to set parameters & open in new browser getURL("link.html", "_blank"); works but how do i set parameters, like javascript: <a href="javascript:;" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('link.htm','titlez','scrollbars=yes,width=303,height=40 1')"><img src=" .gif" name="Image1" width="100" height="1...more >>

I want a movie clip (JPEG) that was just loaded to fade up using Actionscript. I can get the clip to load but it only runs one loop through the onEnterFrame function. I've placed the following script on the _root timeline but it just won't work. I'm using a simple fuction gleaned from the For...more >>

Is there a list of the ActionScript error messages with more detailed explanations of what they mean? I defined some classes in .as files, added them to a project, and checked their syntax with the check syntax button. Then I modified some of the classes and saved them, and tried to check thei...more >>

i have a flash swf that executes a server side PHP script, the PHP script loads raw data from a txt file and then needs to send the raw data contained in the txt file to the flash swf. My question is: is there any possibility at all that the raw data in that txt file could become cached? th...more >>