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how to loadmovie again with its instance
Posted by hoomdoom at 10/8/2004 11:42:18 PM
hi, I have a moive clip with its instance on the stage. There are 2 buttons Play and Stop. When one clicks on Play it plays the movie with this code, floor.play(); // floor is the instance of that movie clip. And when one clicks on Stop button, I want this movie clip disappear from the s...more >>


movie that plays random
Posted by Narven at 10/8/2004 11:08:34 PM
hi there i would like to know, how can i make a movie that plays random. it's starts to play random. play now... then after 2 minutes, then aftter 10 minuts thanks ...more >>

Help with Syntax
Posted by robsoule at 10/8/2004 9:35:26 PM
Hello, This should be easy but I'm missing something! I have this line of code: mySound.loadSound("http://www.mydomain.com/audio/artist/songfile.mp3", true); where "artist" and "songfile" in the address above are variables. I am having trouble getting the syntax right to make it wo...more >>

looping for a number of times
Posted by Anthony DeCilio at 10/8/2004 9:18:31 PM
I need to be able to set my loop to a certain amount of time. Can this be done thru action scripting?...more >>

Simple Preloader
Posted by OmarCorrea at 10/8/2004 8:15:05 PM
I cannot get my Preloader to work properly. Its a very simple loader with a movie clip that blinks LOADING. No Progress Bars! I want the movie to start after it loads the first 130 frames and everytime I input 130 frames it doesn't work correctly. This is the script I'm using, please let me kn...more >>

dynamic fade?
Posted by bhouse02 at 10/8/2004 7:45:55 PM
Hello all, Before I explain my problem, it'd probably be easiest to explain if I show you all what I'm working on. Check out: http://www.houser02.com/eicoff/dvd.fla Thanks a MILLION in advance and have a great weekend! Brandon House ...more >>

flash bug? - embedding fonts
Posted by uhouho at 10/8/2004 6:23:06 PM
1. I've got MAIN.SWF with embedded fonts, using actionscript to create TextFields - and it works fine 2. Then I've got small PRELOADER.SWF which creates MovieClip instance and loades into it MAIN.SWF file using loadMovie everything is fine except that all TextFields which are created in...more >>

Forms, Components & Variables
Posted by malsonic at 10/8/2004 6:08:08 PM
Hi, I want to create a form that collects a large amount of data across several 'pages' [frames] utilising the php mail method on www.kipura.com - however, in that example they only use text fields, and so assigning a variable is straight forward. How do I assign the info from each compo...more >>



Problem with intervals
Posted by JFalk1 at 10/8/2004 5:44:35 PM
Could somebody help me with the script below. Basically, when I rollover the button "p1Button," I want the MC "p1" to fade in. The way the script is now, when I rollover my button the function works a single time (it adds 5 to the _alpha of "p1"), the interval just doesn't work. What am I doi...more >>

startdrag blocks button rollout
Posted by fziegler at 10/8/2004 4:58:22 PM
I am having a problem with the following... I have this script attached to a button which starts a MC dragging on rollOver and then is supposed to release the MC on rollOut. on (rollOver) { startDrag(sliderPos,true,0,0,400,0); sliderPos.gotoAndStop("show"); } on (rollOut, dragOut) ...more >>

What is wrong with this simple "if else" statemen
Posted by BSM_DEV2 at 10/8/2004 4:16:38 PM
I can not get the second 'if" statement to evaluate true unless I substitue a number like 300 in place of numberOfMatches. this.matches correctly displays on a label. It is the number of matches returned from PHP. It has to be a data typing issue but I cant see it. _root.application.Find...more >>

Sound.onSoundComplete triggering incorrectly
Posted by Jon Moyles at 10/8/2004 4:09:06 PM
my onSoundComplete function is triggering as soon as this code executes. before the sound finishes playing. the code looks like this: theSound = new Sound(); theSound.attachSound("sound2"); theSound.start(); theSound.onSoundComplete = soundEnded(); can anybody help me out with this one...more >>

rotate dynamicly generatedText
Posted by palach at 10/8/2004 3:50:39 PM
dear community , I've got problems trying to rotate dyn. generated Text (attached to an object). Text simply disapears when I try to type meinText._rotate=-90 here my code... this.createTextField("meinText",1,0,0,400,400); meinText.multiline = false; meinText.border = false; meinF...more >>

Database variable for navigation or properties
Posted by bobrun at 10/8/2004 3:49:13 PM
I'm working on the Flash 5 sample for news ticker. It should retrieve from Access database news headlines and the amount of records (everyday different). It succesfully displays text in textfields. http://www.anca.org/test_test.asp But all my attemps to use this variable (what is a numb...more >>

the curve does not show up
Posted by Esky C. at 10/8/2004 3:00:32 PM
please check out the file at http://home.netvigator.com/~esky2002/curve_test.fla what i am trying to do is to draw a curve attach to the bottom of the rectangle continuously. any clues?? thx!!! ...more >>

How to get movie to preload, then click to play?
Posted by silvercat1975 at 10/8/2004 2:59:08 PM
I need to make movie preload with a progress bar, then instead of playing when it is loaded, to have it play when a button is clicked. The movie is an external movie .swf I'm loading through "loadmovie". Also, I've done a basic tutoral with making a progress bar, but I could never get it to sh...more >>

Naming Text Objects
Posted by badrat at 10/8/2004 2:50:19 PM
I've inherited a large drag-and-drop UI project designed to run in Flash Player 6 and later, and I'm trying to figure out how the original developers set things up. So here's my first question: using Flash MX Professional 2004, how do you define Actionscript names for text fields in a given l...more >>

Refresh loaded .txt file
Posted by chrism59 at 10/8/2004 1:53:17 PM
Hi, This one should be simple for a change! In my application I load a .txt file (bio.txt). I load this file into an input textfield so the user can edit the information and resave the file. The file loads, can be edited and is saved properly. If use this field after the user has edited ...more >>

LoadVars Question
Posted by Hey, kid at 10/8/2004 1:47:16 PM
Two questions. If I have code like this; var screenInfoLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); screenInfoLV.load("../my_info.txt"); trace("value of totalScreens is " + Number(screenInfoLV.totalScreens)); and in my_info.txt; totalScreens=5&done=done Why do I get totalScreens is NaN? S...more >>

Button to trigger alteration in another object.
Posted by I Believe at 10/8/2004 1:41:27 PM
Simplified Scenario: I have 2 objects which are buttons on different layers. I would like 1 to change (background colour and text colour) when the other is hovered over. My inexperience has left me unable to use ActionScripts effectively to do so. Please can some one advise what I must do AS...more >>

Sound trouble
Posted by Hansel at 10/8/2004 1:37:40 PM
Hi, I have a movie that sets up a sound using the sound object as follows: cc = new Sound(); cc.attachSound("theSound"); cc.start("theSound, 1); Trouble is if I load this swf into a new movie using loadMovie or loadMovieNum the swf is loaded in but the sound will not start. Am ...more >>

Quick question r.e. timeline variables vs _global
Posted by loop360 at 10/8/2004 1:29:57 PM
do normal timeline variables persist between scenes or only on the scene timeline where the were declared? I don;t like scenes really, but just a question as I will use a _global if they don't!...more >>

AttachMovie with a ComboBox Component problem
Posted by Prokk at 10/8/2004 12:27:03 PM
Hello guys, I make an RIA, i have a MovieClip and i instanciate it dynamicly, i explain, i have my movieclip in my library with an identifier name "popupMC", i do : var emptyMC:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("emptyMC","emptyMC",_root.getNextHighestDepth()); var popupMC:MovieCli...more >>

Link to a specific frame from a html-page
Posted by SkoglundJonas at 10/8/2004 12:05:31 PM
Hi! This is my problem. I have made a flash presentation on a web site. On my html-based home page I want to add a couple of short cuts that leads to specific topics inside the flash presentation. - How do I link from one html page to another html page and telling it to go to a specific...more >>

Inexplicable freeze bug
Posted by RavenWorks at 10/8/2004 10:38:23 AM
I just made a little application that involves draw commands like lineTo. There are two modes; wire and filled. When I run it on filled, if I'm viewing it from within Flash 7.2, portions of it don't redraw and the entire program goes into 'not responding' if I move my mouse too much. Meanwhil...more >>

Opening Files in the Disk drive??
Posted by Tiefes_blau at 10/8/2004 10:30:00 AM
Alright, i have made a cd which has autorun which opens up a flash login. Now when the login loads it plays an intro then i have a button you click which i want to open a file on the disk with. I made it all perfect, i used the getURL actionscripot and put in ' file:\\D:\cd\lotd\content ', but...more >>

createEmptyMovieClip & Function calls
Posted by Nytyme at 10/8/2004 12:50:15 AM
I don't know why it stopped working, but I was able to load a SWF with a text box name my_text into another SWF using createEmptyMovieClip and then call a function in the loaded SWF. this.createEmptyMovieClip("logo_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth()); logo_mc.loadMovie("T2.SWF"); logo_mc....more >>


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