Hellow friend! How could i make that the same button change the action from play to stop the movie and viceversa with every click?...more >>

Hi, I have created a very large Flash system that is giving some issues. The problem has to do with response time. Here is what is going on 1) Make a request ot the server for a list of images using sendAndLoad(...) 2) When the list comes back we created a movie clip for each image. The im...more >>

Hi! I am just looking into the JSFL api fo rthe first time and finding it hard to get a handle on it.. Basically for my first sample I want to be able to get an array of all elements on the stage and change the stroke of that object to .5 .. this is what I have got so far but it doesn'...more >>

Hi I am working on a very simple movie to randomize pictures embedded inside a movie clip. I have written AcionScript code, but I can not get my pictures to randomize as I had intended. I have tinkered with the code in various ways and have only been able to get one or two pictures to display....more >>

Hello all, I seem to be having a problem targeting a movie clip just one layer deep from the root from a button that is in a seperate clip .. 3 layers deep. I've tested it to make sure that the syntax is correct and it works fine targeting the _root. I simply want to change the frames. Thi...more >>

does anyone know how i could create maybe an invisible movie or something like that, that would load a picture using a url. i have a gallery of images at photobucket.com and i wanted to be able to load an image into a flash site i made without having to put it in the flash movie. any ideas...more >>

Hello, I'm using mx2004, publishing in flash 6. I'm accessing an external script that I can't modify -- it has a function that opens a window and populates it with content. (script src is loaded in the head of the html doc that loads the flash movie) When I call the script from a regular...more >>

My question is that is it possible to upload a .txt file into flash and then put what it says into a dynamic text or something. Reason why I want to do this is because it will help make updating a site alot easier and I don't have to keep going back and forth inside Flash. Thanks in adva...more >>

I have a perl script to process an html email form, and it works splendidly. Now I have tried to create the form in Flash, and send all the data from the form using: formName.loadVariables("http://url.of.script", "POST"); The result is, I get a security warning from Flash, and I rece...more >>

Hi, I'm using the Drawing API to draw lines from point to point. I'd like to change the color of the line from circle1 to circle2 to 0x00BBEE, while keeping the others 0xFF3300. Any ideas on how to make this happen? _root.createEmptyMovieClip("drawing", 1); _root.onEnterFrame = function(...more >>

I am trying to make an Infinite menu that is completely built on the fly using dynamically loaded jpgs. I start out by creating 2 empty movie clips that will then house the individual movie clips that each jpg is loaded into. I need to be able to click on the jpg to access an onRelease functi...more >>

Hi I'm trying to solve the logic problem here, but it's kinda tough. Here's my problem.. when I click on a_btn, clip will move to the right and stop after 50. pixels a_btn is also a trigger to make this lever (rot), going from 45 degree and back to its normal state, so that when you clic...more >>

How do I select text within a graphic symbol and create a hyperlink to a FRAME LABEL within the same .fla file? ...more >>

I have a navigation bar with buttons as part of a movie clip. I want to change the rollover state on the button corresponding to the current page to indicate where the user is on the site. I can't change the button state for a particular instance of the MOVIECLIP...only for the whole movieclip...more >>

Hi I have a problem with a certain XML problem that should be easily done, however, I think flash may have forgotten to provide a function for this. Basically I have loaded an XML file into a series of nodes. Each type of node has its own set of attributes. MainNode.attributes.title = "s...more >>

Hi there! I have a scrollpane that loads several different movie clips, depending on what button I select. I was wondering if the Scrollpane can load a SWF instead? ...here is the code for the buttons to load a movieclip: on(release){ _root.attachMovie("big03", "screen",1); _root.s...more >>

(I searched in all the other posts prior to posting) I have a 100x100 pixel square. I placed an OnEvent script on this square: ------------------------- onClipEvent (mouseMove) { //find mc top left corner mcx = this._x; mcy = this._y; //find width and height of mc mc...more >>

No matter what I've tried, I can't seem to insert carriage returns/line breaks in the TextArea component (2.0). Sure this is an easy thing to do, any thoughts? thx. -c...more >>

Hi Guys... I was wondering if anyone could help... Im using this code to face my movieclip, but I'd like the effect for it to fade to 10, but only after 7 seconds have passed... this._parent.corporatetext_mc._alpha = 10; does anyone know how to achieve this? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I am encountering a problem with my listener not picking up "playing = false" when my video is over. I am having a video play then, when the video is over, I want a "next" button to appear. My listener is paying attention during the playback of the video and returning TRUE but once the video i...more >>

I would like the four movie clips I created with this code to have onRelease actions, but how it is now, they don't even turn into the "buttons" like they should. Also, I was wondering why I cannot access the movie clips after I have created them. for example, tracing _root.array4._alpha ...more >>

Anyone know the syntax for addressing an application in a subfolder of fscommand folder this doesn't seem to work... fscommand ("exec","/test/application.exe") ...more >>

Hi! I have a mc who can hitTest several other mc on the stage. I don't want to loop all the mc on the stage to know wich one i hit and I don't want to enter a condition on all my mc either. I really wonder if there is a way to know wich movie collision with my mc. something like: ...more >>

All I want to do is close one button movieclip when I open another button movieclip. I have a menu of twelve buttons. How do I reference a frame in one button in order to close that button when I open another button. I assume it is a if statement but I am having trouble referencing the specifi...more >>

Hi there, I think I am not understanding something.. I have a form type page in flash with comboboxs and textfields. When I send the values to my ASP page, it is reading the textfields values no problem, but it only reads my combo box value as: _level0.uni rather than the choosen value. ...more >>

I am developing a travel website where there are 9 destination cities. I have created, in essence 9 separate swf's (1 for each destination). As the visitor selects the destination city, they are prompted to select their departure city, which in turn creates a varible entitled "dep_c" (represen...more >>

All right. Let's say you have 6 different movies that are meant to operate in a series, but the sequence of movies is always different. So while the movies can be strung together in a 1-2-3-4-5-6 sequence, they can also be 3-6-1-5-2-4 or anything, really. The sequence is based on certain f...more >>

Can anyone please help me ! I'm new to flash and need to know what the script is i need to add to a 'FRAME' to jump to another URL when the movie finishes playing ! I'm using Flash mx 2004 Pro and its a nightmare becuase they have stripped out all the 'pre-written' scripts that you used ...more >>

Hi! First of all i very new in this. I'm trying do have a simple menu with 2 labels that change their content on load based on this simple code: onEnterFrame = function () { var actualdate:Date = new Date(); var actualyear:Number = actualdate.getFullYear(); label1....more >>

Hi everybody!! Could i measure the dynamically drawn area. I think every body face same kind of situation. Thanks JNS...more >>

Hi everybody! I am developing a scratching game. In which user have to scratch the icon. For this, i have drawn a box dynamically and mask it to the icon image. But problem is how can i judge the perticular icon has been scratched. Is there any solution? I think there is a way but i dont k...more >>

I am trying to use the printJob commands to print multiple screens from a slide presentation in Flash MX 2004 Pro. I've gotten it to work properly in most cases, but I have a problem with graphics and text that are on nested screens. For example, if I use the command "my_pj.addPage(_root.prese...more >>

Hi, I am making students photo id card for a School. Suppose in the given space I can display 4 students card in a proper format, of which they will take a print out and can use it. Lets say there are total 50 students then there will be pagination (50/4=13 pages) with next and back ...more >>

In Flash I create one Dynamic text. I want to animate that with rotation. Is it posible or not if posible tell me the how?...more >>

Hi, is it possible to export frame lables to store in a text file on a local machine then call that text file up to jump to that saved lable? cheers, Gareth ...more >>

Hello, OK...Got One Scene with 2 buttons: Play and Stop: MP3 is about 3100 frames...these are all in different layers and on Frame 1: Actions, Play, Stop, Song. however, I placed the mp3 (Song) on frame 25, hence, my action script for the "Play button" is on(release){ gotoAndPla...more >>

Greetings to all! I'm working on a Flash presentation. Here are the details, I was hoping someone might be able to help me out. I'm fairly new to Flash MX, but I think I'm doing everything right, although, it isn't working at all so I must be doing something wrong. Here is what I've done o...more >>

???**Warning** The class definition for 'myLibrary' exceeds the bytecode limit of 32,767K. Please extract some functionality into other classes or risk unexpected behavior at runtime. Can't store it as XML, b/c the XML has to be formatted as Javascript. Can't store it as HEX b/c the string...more >>

I have a main movie with a "home" scene, that has a number of buttons. This button have an animation, thay fade in diferent shades of gray. When you are over them the others turn light gray and the button selected turns red. I tried different ways of doing this, and the only way to do it is ...more >>

I can't quite figure out why it won't work. I have a flash animation nav menu with six buttons. Each button has Up, Over, and Hit defined, with the hit as a perfect outline of the button. The actionscript for each button reads: on (release) { getURL("home.htm", "_self"); } Wha...more >>

I am more fimiliar with director then flash so forgive me. I am trying to create buttons using different movie clips rather then using the button clip inside of flash. I created a movie clip for the normal state, over state, down state, "once another button is clicked state". I am doing ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to use a button to resize an embedded movie file. I found something that said to use the 'instance name.height' and 'instance.width'. I've tried to use '= 1024'- didn't work. I've tried '.768'- didn't work. Is it possible? Any help you can offer will be appreciated. ...more >>

Hi can somebody help me, Im working on a school project and Im stuckd. the idea is to have this ball moves after you click on a button, then it will stop moving after it has moved 25 pixels to the right, and when you click on that button again, it will move again, and will stop after movin...more >>

I'm making a wheel like on Wheel of Fortune. I made the tick marks around the outside edge by making an MC with a tick mark at each side (width of the wheel) then dynamically copying and pasting it x amount of times around the wheel. This looks fine and rotates properly. However, I added a dyn...more >>

I am loading a flash movie using a MovieClipLoader object. Assume all frames of this loaded movie have actionscript on them, and I cannot modify the movie. I need to send the loaded movie to a particular frame, before ANY actionscript on frame 1 of the loaded movie is executed. The Mov...more >>