Hey all, I am atempting to develop a RIA that would allow users to upload an image to the application (that bit is fairly straight forward) Then using a selection tool/magic wand tool, be able to select things from the image (eg. a wall or an object) The selection works by expanding and wrapp...more >>

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=MAIN, frame=2:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler gotoAndPlay(4); Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1 Thats what the error reads, i am in frame 2 and i made a button and i did gotoAndPlay(4) and it wont go to frame 4 any ideas on ...more >>

Curiously, I have always wondered why you can get a frame's label through Flash methods, and can get it with some script within the movie itself... And nobody has ever been able to answer this! TCurrentLabel 3,4, 5 3,4, 5 Syntax TCurrentLabel(target)] Description Returns the label of the c...more >>

I am looking to create a page on a web site that will scroll through and display images from a folder in the web. Any ideas on the best method? ...more >>

Then this has to be a problem with the file path or access to the pdf file. If you enter the path directly into your browser window does the pdf open? If it does then copy/paste the path from the address bar to the getURL path. ...more >>

If you know the web path to the file you should be able to use: getURL("http://www.mysite.com/my_pdf_to_open.pdf", "_blank");...more >>

:brokenheart; I have been trying to get this script to work for three days!! I have a wav sound in my movie clip...to control it i have a play and stop button. I have tried making the sound an "instance" and attaching/linking. WHen i export nothing happens...my sound does not play from cl...more >>

What is the script for opening pdf files in flash? I have a pdf symbol on my website. When you click on the pdf button i want it to open the pdf file? I dont know how to do this and I need to know asap. Thank you mar:confused; ...more >>

I took over a postion here at work and trying to figure out what this line means: loadVariables("http://cststage.apc.com/scrolling%20news/yahoonews.txt", "_root"); This is a Scrolling message that pulls yahoo news stories from the yahoonews.txt file and our own personalized news message ...more >>

http://img51.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img51&image=aaa.swf this is what i want it to do but i want the person watching it to control it like the click the mouse and spin it as fast as they want...more >>

Hi. I created a basic menu in Flash. Here is the link: http://www.cmsaa.org The issue I'm having is: when a section is selected (eg. Parent's Information) the menu closes. Is there a way to correct this in accordance with how its built? Thanks in advance! Kashi ...more >>

I'm trying to create a side navigation that is pretty much produced with AS. My problem is I don't seem to be able to link my urls to my buttons. I'm pretty sure that I'm messing something up with the way I use getURL function. Does any one know how to get my urls from the array and use them t...more >>

Hi Everyone, My name is Henry and I'm a Master of Computing student at Unitec New Zealand (www.unitec.ac.nz). I'm currently doing my Thesis titled: "Newsgroup-based Customer Support for Small and Start-up Independent Software Vendors". This research is to find out whether or not Newsgroups are...more >>

Can I pass URL to media playback through string variable, instead of statically specifying it in Component Inspector? Thanks Lance...more >>

Anyone know how to add a movie clip inside a movie clip from root? I have this.. game.clip.attachMovie('person[char]', 'person[char]', ob.depth); person is the first movie clip and char is the one inside person.. I know its wrong, I just kinda guessed the code. ...more >>

I have a site underway which uses buttons with embedded clips. Ho hum. I want to have the 'contact' button call up an email address. I can go into the button and put a 'mailto:' statement in the info bar, but this destroys the movie. Can I do this with AS? ...more >>

Hi! I'm developing an application, and I need that to work on all browsers in all platforms. I also need to set cookies, it was the problem, because communication between flash and JS is not available in all browsers, so I decided to use SharedObjects, and it works in all browsers I've tr...more >>

Anyone out there know why my preloader on http://www.gogreensboro.net/comp/pace/pre.fla Thanks!...more >>

I am using Flash MX2004 Professional and would like to have a movie clip play in frame 1 then when that is done to automatically advance to frame 2. Can anyone help?...more >>

I'm trying to develop a section in Flash (MX) where the user can save a drawing they've done, and then be able to locate it again later on, but I can't think how to do this without the computer being online. Does anyone have any suggestions at all? Thanks ...more >>

I have some dynamic text that uses foreign characters (french & german). The text shows fine if the font is not embedded, but deletes the special characters when not. The problem is I cant see how to embedd all characters, including the foreign characters, as I am not given the option when...more >>

I am currently trying to show html in a flash scroller. I can currently show text files but not html coded text files (links, colors, etc.). The actionscript I am using is as follows: loadText=new loadVars(); loadText.load('text1.txt'); loadText.onLoad=function(){ scroller.text=this.newstext...more >>

I work for an ad agency and a client would like a button that has a count down clock (i.e. - you have 22 days left) that actually counts down daily - I am no actionscript expert can someone point me to some script of even write one for me? - (i know that's a lot to ask...thought I would try) R...more >>

hi there, I want to use a sting variable to denfine an instance at the top of some code... Here is my code: var itema = "rainbowa"; trace (itema); itema.onPress = function() { startDrag(this); }; itema.onRelease = function() { if (itema._x>27 && itema._x<423 && item...more >>

I've noticed there are many posts regarding the pausing of timelines. But the program I'm creating is all in one frame, so I need a way to halt the processing of a script or perhaps run in a loop for a certain amount of time before continuing on. What I'm hoping to accomplish is, when a card...more >>

I need to assign a getURL to a button in a movie with several scenes. I want the button to function regardless of which scene I am in. Which is the correct method? thanks in advance ...more >>

is there an actionscript that i can add to a button in order to show a layer once it is clicked? i know it can be done using lingo in director, but is it possible in flash or does it have to be done by sending to another part of the score or another scene? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I have built some loading bars to monitor several loadVars sessions. I frequently call the GetBytesLoaded function but it rarely updates. If the total file size is less than 32k then GetBytes returns 0k until the entire download is finished, it then returns the actual size. If the file size...more >>

Is there anyway I can remove an instance of a button from a parent movie using actionscript? cheers m...more >>

I have a small flash animation that I want to use as a button. Click and getURL. How do I code the frames? I can add a behaviour to getURL but how do I restrict it to on click only and do I have to add that to every frame in the timeline? I'm certain I'm missing something ridiculously easy...more >>

I like to import a numeric value from external .TXT file that I add to another variable ... I am looking for AS2 solution in Flash MX 2004. This is my script stop(); // there is one line with myTotal=10 in the jozo.txt file var numberInfoLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); numbe...more >>

I am trying to write an education tutorial for CAD software through Flash. The idea is to select a tutorial in flash and open up the tutorial in the CAD program complete with its internal browser that starts from a macro. This requires a VB program inbetween for other issues. I want to hid...more >>

class myClass { private function layOut():Void {} private function loadImage():Void { __loader = new MovieClipLoader(); __loaderListener = new Object(); __loader.addListener(__loaderListener); __loader.loadClip(__imagePath, __imageTarge...more >>

I have created a textField using createTextField inside an empty movieclip. The problem is that I need to mask this text field and to do so I need to embed the font. I've tried myText.embedFonts=true but this makes the text disappear. I read somewhere that I need to load the font into the lib...more >>

Hi, pretty simple (though is sounds a bit off the wall) I?ve hidden a layer called window in my swf website: _root.window._visible = false; (lets call this swf ' web-site') but now i have a separate preloader swf which loads 'web-site' into it, so now its root file is now starting...more >>

hi, we have a movie clip which would display a sort of tab graphic when at rest, and when clicked upon would cause an event to occur. We would like this tab graphic to rest at the bottom of the browser's viewpane regardless of the size of the viewers' browsers...therefore the parent swf with...more >>

hi, we would like to enable a viewer to use their browser's Back button to return to a recently viewed anchored frame -- without loading unviewed anchored frames on the same timeline and previous to those which have actually been viewed. It seems if a viewer clicks on, for example, frame 15 ...more >>

is there a way to have a user opperate a circle, like click the mouse on the circle and control it spinning...more >>

I have a big problem with AS while trying to pass variable to flash movie, something like movie.swf?var=100 . This variable is dinamically changed by php script on the server, based on different conditions. Role of this variable is to invoke different frame of the movie using gotoAndPlay funct...more >>

Hi. I am learning object oriented programming with actionScript 2.0. My question is: Does one approach animating a movie clip across the stage in a different way in actionScript 2.0 compared with actionScript 1.0? Say I have my objects and classes all doing what they need to and suddenly t...more >>

Hello, I am looking for a way to have a piece of code executed when the user closes the browser window. Here is an example. I have a management program that the user logs into. If they 'logout' the user is dropped from the database, but if the user just closes the browser they stay logged i...more >>

My Flash movie is invoking a JavaScript method using fscommand() perfectly. Using the JavaScript alert() method, I recieve the arguments perfectly. However, if I attempt to open a new window using window.open(), I receive the following error. (See attached at bottom as code.) The SWF is be...more >>

I am creating a screen saver and am fairly new to actionscript. The screen populates with horizontal, vertical and diagonal rectangles as a paint brush passes over the screen. (The paintbrush leaves the rectangles behind like it was painting it.) I need to be able to allow the user to scale th...more >>

Starts when loading is 70%, animation starts later I have a .swf being loaded into another .swf using the Loader and pBar components. The .swf being loaded has music, a .wav in the library that's on the timeline. Problem is, when the loader is still loading the visuals/animation, the sound st...more >>

Hi. I got two text boxes and named the var's set and the other one name. when the user clicks the button it goes to a frame where the action script is name = (set). I understand this. But I put one text box in a movie clip and I cant seem to do it anymore.. please help ;) ...more >>