Hi, I have quit a complex class in actionscript 2. What I need is send the class to PHP, save to DB and then later load the class from PHP a pass back to flash. does exist some easy way how to do it. Thanks for any ideas. Jakub...more >>

Can an image be put into a textarea component? <img src....> shows an image with undesirable results. puts in image but on next line and takes a line of it's own. wondering if there was a better way. jason ...more >>

I've got a movie symbol that scrolls a navigation box down when you mouse over it. The links inside the Navigation Box (movie) don't want to advance the root timeline when clicked, I assume they want to advance the independent movie symbol timeline instead (to frame 150 for example). So I ...more >>

So I've got a Flash movie that uses the getUrl function and javascript to display a popup window centerscreen. It works great. The problem is that it's the portfolio section of my site, and the popup(s) are my work. My workflow is this: Size my image in Photoshop; insert the image into ...more >>

I have created a component that uses a collection for some of the properties. It works great in my FLA, but doesn't work as a stand alone SWC. I don't get any errors, and the following messageIterator is undefined: var messageIterator:Iterator; messageIterator = __messageEntries.getItera...more >>

1. Can I hide one of the columns of a datagrid - if so how? 2. When using datagrids how do I access the data that has got row level focus and pass it to a separate function Many thanks Boyne...more >>

Hello NG I am using some multiple instances of setInterval and at certain timings having eratic results. My question. Is it possible for two calls to the same function be made at the same moment - like a collision almost - and therefore some outcome inconsistent with your script. M...more >>

why???? on (press) { this.startDrag(); this.swapDepths(+1); } on (release) { If (this.get_x <= 186.3 and this.get_x >= 166.3 and this.get_y <= 246 and this.get_y >= 226) { this._x = 176.3 this._y = 307.0 this._rotation=0; this.stopDrag(); } ...more >>

Is there a way to detect when any object hits objectA and return the name of the object? I only know how to do hitTest for specific objects....more >>

I have this on my timeline: this.onEnterFrame = function(){ trace("Here") } Then on a click I call a function myFunction() But after my function runs, anything that I hace in my onEnterFrame stops working, ie. the trace doen't appear any more in my output window. Is this normal? ...more >>

Hey All, This one is probably pretty easy, but I need a hand here. I have 6 buttons in my menu. When you click one, I want it to remain in the "over" or "down" state after being pressed. Then, when you click another menu item, the previous button goes back to the "Normal" state while the...more >>

Hi and thank you to help me, Scuse me for my langague. i'm come from Qu?bec and i'm bad in english... When i creat an application with flash i work with the ''load movie" script. Its a easy way to build a good application. But, i'm limited... And it's my question's object : with the ...more >>

I am having problems with my class files and what I assume is a cache prroblem. When I make a change to a class file then save it. The changes in the class file are not reflected in my movie. I found this on macromedia site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/cashclass...more >>

For a quizz, i d'like to use drag and drop fonction the idea is to have 4 questions to put in order. so i'd like to let the user choose, the right order and once complete, give it "ok, you heve the right order" or " wrong" and give it the correct order. Any suggestion, please? ...more >>

What's the best way to determine in script if a clip is the "main" or root clip or is being loaded or is contained in another clip? Using MX2004Pro. Thanks! ...more >>

I am creating a random card game that uses 88 cards and the player clicks on a button to pull one card that loads an external .swf file. The button initiates a random number with myRandomNumber = random(88) + 1. Whatever random number is selected loads a matching card file. (I did not w...more >>

Hi all, thanks for reading, here is the xml structure i need to deal with: <?xml version="1.0"?> <albums> <album id=""> <release_date_yr></release_date_yr> <release_date_mth></release_date_mth> <artist></artist> <album_name></album_name> <label></label> <tracks> ...more >>

I have a button embedded in a movie clip, with multiple instances of this movie clip on my main time line. I want to be able to click on each instance and have the main timeline act accordingly. The script I used is onClipEvent (mouseUp) { _root.gotoAndPlay("sene", "label"); } Wh...more >>

Hi ! I don't know if it's easy or not , but I don't know how to do it, so any help is greatly appreciated. How can i get the info inside a selected field in a datagrid ? If a user selects a field, how can i get the info inside of all the columns of that field ? ? Thanks !! ...more >>

Can I change the List component default font properties with ActionScript? I see where I can add to the list items and recieve notification of mouse events, but not where to change the fonts look....more >>

Hi, This is driving me crazy! I am working on some flash movies that load in symbols from the library using the actionscript 'attachmovie' command. Everything works fine when I publish for Flash Player 7.0 but when I publish for Flash 6.0 the attached symbol does not display. When I ch...more >>

I have three videos in my project. All are in flv format. Each one play in one frame and when it finished, timeline play automatically. I use the same code for all, but the first doesn't play automatically. I have to press a button to do this. What is it if a use the same code for all? look my...more >>

Is there a way to script a button to go to the next frame LABEL? Previous label? Thanks, Jeff ...more >>

hi friends.. Please give me solution. i am working with php and flash my flash my.swf running in index.php now i need to pass variables from my.swf to index.php without refreshing page. and dont want to open new page. please help. thanks in advance mahesh ...more >>

Hi all, Is this a bug in the ECMAscript implementation? I need to call a function in a class depending on the string passed as an argument; example if the function getData(dataName:String) gets the string "DPA" it will call the function getDpaData To make this happen, I set up a hasht...more >>

Hi there, I have a swf (not a projector) file, in this file I have a button that opens a pdf file using getURL method. On MAC, since my client wants to have auto-open property for the CD, I burn hybrid cd. But when the cd is burned this way, if the button is clicked the pdf file is not...more >>

Bascially done a little example I want to be able to sort on a particular field (although this example has only one field) function Contact(id, firstName, lastName) { this.id = id; } var contacts = new Array(); contacts[0] = new Contact(0); contacts[1] = new Contact(2); contacts[2...more >>

hi again, can't i address a frame label like this?? _root.gotoAndPlay(targetMovieClip); I know, that targetMovieClip = KYONETPORTFOLIO and a string. so why doesn't the movie jump to the frame called KYONETPORTFOLIO? regards philipp ...more >>

This is what I wrote in the timeline textData_lv = new LoadVars(); textData_lv.o = this; textData_lv.onLoad = function() { this.o.InstanceName_7.htmlText = this.displayText; }; InstanceName_7.htmlText = "<b>Loading...</b>"; textData_lv.load("minutes.txt"); InstanceName_18.html...more >>

Hi, sorry for the stupid question, but how can i include quotes in a string. my string should be "KYONET" (with the quotes). must i use a string object?...more >>

I have a multidimensional array which stores objects pushed into it from an xml parsing function, it contains menu items such as: array['actionscript'] array['web'] array['php'] how can i loop through the array and retrieve these index names, thus not having to hardcode it in? ...more >>

I want my site to open with a 30sec flash movie. At the end of the movie, I want it to go to a specific URL. This I can do by putting a getURL on the last frame. I believe. But what I don't know how to do is to have an option, at any time during the movie, to skip the flash and go to t...more >>

How do I hold the coordinates (position) of the mouse until an instance has finished running? Thx, Jeremy...more >>

How do I hold the coordinates (position) of the mouse until an instance has finished running? Thx, Jeremy...more >>

This is strange - or I am getting very tired! It is an exact duplicate of the help file in Flash for setting the text value of a text component within a window. Script: myLoginWindow.content.password.text = "secret"; Problem is, the text won't get set! Any ideas...Have I missed som...more >>

Hi Can anyone tell me if Flash can detect whetner the computer has sound card installed ? Does "System.capabilities.hasAudio" detect sound card ? Thanks Shamil ...more >>

I tried this but only works on Mac platform but not Pc platform on(press){ getUrl("javascript:window.open('link.htm','Title','scrollbars=yes,width=100,height=1000')") } ...more >>