Hi, I have an app that users select items to add to the stage. I used to use attachmovie, but now there is so many things I starting using " mc.loadmovie()" instead. It goes like this. 1. call function that adds item. 2. create an empty movie clip 3. load movie into the empty clip ...more >>

Hi folks! How can i center my content in my flash movie like the dudes and dudettes at http://www.diesel.com does? The flash is inserted into html with height = 100% and width = 100%, so far I'm getting it. But how the main content stays centered (horisontal and vertical) when I resiz...more >>

hello im trying to recreate the awesome nintendo game - Excitebike - so far i can make the bike move and do wheelees and switch lanes im trying to work on the gravity and stuff i need to ha ve the bike held down by gravity and when it hits a jump i need it to go up the jump and get...more >>

getUrl gets lost using relative URL In http://www.com1.com/ there are 3 files: A.swf A.htm B.swf A.swf is embed in A.htm. In A.swf, a button's action is written as follows: on (press){ getUrl("B.swf","_blank"); } so in http://www.com1.com/A.htm, I can get http://www.com1....more >>

Can I trace the left position of a movie clip or the right position of it on the stage? Thanks! Brenda S....more >>

Hi there, Using an array and duplicateMovieClip I create a bunch of "card" movieclips... using the following script: newCard = function(num, details) { var newClip:Array = new Array(); originalClip = _root.card_reel_mc.card_mc; newClip = originalClip.duplicateMovieClip("card"+num...more >>

Hello, I have an online book (written in flash) contained within a web application. I'm trying to keep the web application informed about which page the user is current looking at. I have a statement: loadVariables("http://localhost/StoryTime/SetCurrentPage.aspx?CurrentPage=0",...more >>

That works well. However, I am not trying to pass text from HTML into Flash, I am trying to have a link in HTML (that loads another HTML page) also tell a Flash movie to jump to a specific frame. I have 23 different naigational "states" the movie can be in. A horrendous work-around would ...more >>

Hello all, I'm a longtime flash user with little to no knowledge on how to use it interactively. I'm creating a website with a calendar type button layer. The over state of the button overlaps the button next to it. Is there any script I can attach to each button that basically stat...more >>

I?m having troubles when accessing the context menu of movieclips loaded with loadClip into another movieClip. in this small example I?ve attached actually it shows up quite sporadically (meanly in accessing the context menu in the center of the movieclip -> see testGui0.swf) - but in the load...more >>

hi there, I'm working on a site that displays text from database, the site is in spanish, so sometimes I need to use ? among other characters (accents), i.e. the database text is BA?OS (bathrrooms) and when loaded in flash it just appears BA . So I'm kinda stuck here, I'm using Flash MX 6 an...more >>

Hi guys, I'm using below code, if the user press (z) key on the keyboard, it should go to the next frame. I know the ascii value of the key "z" which is 122. What's wrong with the code onClipEvent(keyDown) { i = Key.getAscii() if(i==122) { nextFrame(); } } any help wi...more >>

Big help[ needed! Having a big problem getting a vaiable to execute once passed the the main timeline. I hope there is a simplke oversite on my part. I'm passing variable from a code clip to the main time line of th root movie. 1- //codeclip onClipEvent(load){ loadVariables("extf...more >>

Quick Question: Is it possible to insert Hyperlinks into a TextField (on a singe word in the text) that isn't a html Field (TextField.html=false)? Thanks in advance Gernot...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to create a hazard perception test clip (for uk driving test) to be played on the web. The clip consists of a driver POV video clip. The testee watches the clip and has to click on a hazard, using mouse/cursor, as the hazard develops. The scoring goes from 5 points if the hazard...more >>

Hi people, I am currently loading severla mc's in the library by using ActionScript and referencing the identifier name... all fine. The problem is that I can only get the thing to work if I tick the box that says 'export in first frame' from the symbol properties box. I need to try an...more >>

Hello, I need to script a pic gallery so the picture will slide into place based on the button clicked. The 'bar' of pictures needs to be able to slide right as well as left (see example http://www.mycreativesource.com). Any help on this would be very much appreciated! DK ...more >>

In my Flash movie, I want to have a button that when clicked will open a new browser window and play another .swf file. I have this script..... on (release) { loadMovie("attract.swf", "_blank"); } I used target instead of level, but nothing happens. If I use level it plays so th...more >>

Hi there. I am using a swf file (not made by me) which just displays content from xml in the dynamic text box. Now the problem is that sometimes there is nothing loaded in the text box when the page has loaded completely. And when it is refreshed or clicked again on its link it displays th...more >>

I have problems using this in an if-command. I am not even sure if that is possible. The code that i am trying to make is for exampel: for(var i=0; i<=10; i++) { if(this == "_level0.test"+i) { trace("Hello");} } Both sides are equal, that I can see when I trace them. I ...more >>

http://www.braingiants.com/v5/welcome.html 1.How does this dude lose the toolbar? (Is he using popups?) 2. How is he tweening his ENTIRE background color (main 3 pages and portfolio pages). 3. Is he loading in the pages after the window resizes or during or before? Just looking to lea...more >>

My flash is mx2004 Prof on WindowXP. I'm using netstream to stream a rather long video (~40 mb). However, although I play the flash in local machine the sound and the visual of the video don't synchronize. I'm sure that the import fps is right. Anyone here can help me please? Alvar ...more >>

Hi, Iam developing a eLearning course where the text is externalized and is populated from a external XML file. The problem I am facing is that the content has a lot of bulleted items and the client is very specific about using sqaure bullets and not the default rounded bullets which is s...more >>

Hi all... Please, may you do a test with this movie, and tell me if this happens to you also???. The fla (to test in your own Flash MX 2004 installation): http://www.inbytes.com/TestIfHappens2U.swf A big thank you for the one who cares... :'( (Macromedia: is this a bug???) ...more >>

is there any script similar to the "sprite within" in Director? I want to add a script that makes something happen when 2 movie clips are within 2 other movie clips (it's a matching sock game.) the hitTest doesn't seem to work and neither does the movie depth (movie depth might work but I don'...more >>