if you go to the macromedia flash exchange web site and click on any of the products you will get a new screen that describes a component. on that screen will be a hotspot titled "view". when you mouse over that area a small box with text will pop up. this also happens if you mouse over the "?...more >>

There is a way to have flash figure out what frame number it is on - but I can't remember the code . ...more >>

This should be a very easy thing to do, but has turned into over an hour of putzing around. From a variable (navigation) in a XML, my menu will build itself as a two level nav, or a three level navigation. I am trying to do so with a if statement. The problem is thats just going straight to...more >>

:confused; What is the best way to do butons. . I have tried the standard button symbol whic has a limited live area for the button rollover. . now I would like to try using an interactive movie clip but am not certain how to do this. . when I load the movie the MC button instance doesn't ...more >>

i am working on a flash game where you can control the character with the arrow keys. you can see this at my site at http://www.geocities.com/jmkrmathis If your checking it out, u notice u can walk through the walls, and ive been trying to fix that. Ive tried some lines of code from a tuto...more >>

Good Afternoon, I'm using Key.getCode() to track a trainee's navigation through a simulated software training. (Basically the 'real' program requires a user to tab through multiple fields and then press enter to get to the next screen). It works great until I get it into the browser then the ...more >>

Hi, I can?t find where to put the handler in a FListBox in flash 2004 mx, can you tell me please? Thanks ...more >>

I am getting this error please advise Scene=Scene 1, Layer=total, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler teamOne_Add.onPress=function(){ See my last post for more details 'Two Input Fields add and subtract' Additon and Subtraction with Actionscript I attached...more >>

I am trying to start and stop animation (animation based on math, not on a timeline) in an app I'm building. So far, I've used the following code: var playing:Boolean = false; play_btn. onRelease = function() { playing = true play_btn._visible = false; //the line above allows the pau...more >>

Does anyone know how to add an email link to a text field? I tried <A HREF="mailto:info.site.com">email</A> but it did work. The text does not appear....more >>

I have two SWF files - the first is a preloader document that contains an empty movie clip called 'placeholder01.' The second SWF contains four audio files and code for sequential playback. The audio player SWF functions perfectly on its own. When I play via the preloader doc, though, the a...more >>

I was wondering if there was a quick and easy way to access data from an Excel spreadsheet (i.e. cell 'A1') and also save data to an Excel spreadsheet through a Flash interface using Flash ActionScript. Thanks. ...more >>

hi to all, i've just a very simple question. if i've a swf with 5 scenes. how can i do 5 preloads,one for a sinlge scene. looking for i've found just samples that used .getBytesTotal() but i need something for the size of one single scene or for a specific range of frame. thanks to all ...more >>

I have created two scenes. in the first scene the movie clip starts as soon as the .swf is launched. the movie clip is 18 frames long. in the last frame (18) i have two buttons replace two graphics. the buttons have the actionscript attached to them to navigate to the next scene how ever ...more >>

Hi all, I'm going totally NUTS on this one: I want to set the value of a Dynamic Text field.... well, this is nothing special, but in my case there is an issue. I created a symbol that contains the Dynamic Text field. The name of the symbol is 'text_area' and has type 'Movie Clip'. Inside t...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 of the main movie that I placed the movie clip in. The movie clip is an .swf file that I imported to the library then placed on frame 1 of the mai...more >>

Hey all, I have a little page I'm designing and my objective is to have some dynamic function through either link rollOvers or onReleases. I have a designated area for objects(movie clips), there is a default movie clip that will appear on the page on inital load up. When the user rollOver...more >>

on (release) { if (_root.section != "/flash/home") { _root.content.gotoAndPlay("unload"); _root.section = "/flash/home"; _root.loader.gotoAndPlay("load"); } } In the button code above, how would I edit this code so that when a user clicks on thi...more >>

:( I need urgent help. I have one mc (mc0) inside another (mc1). The mc0 has the same size that mc1. At first i move the mc0 to some determinated coordinates. Then i do the scale of mc1. The problem is: when i move the mc1 the mc0 changes the size automaticaly and when i scale it i cant kee...more >>

Is there a way to disable code all the code in an externally loaded swf file? Basically if I load an extenal swf (not my own) that contain fscommands (e.g. fullscreen) etc, I don't want it to affect my own settings when it's laoded into any given level or mc in my movie? ...more >>

Hi Guys &amp; Gals, Here is another one for your superior knowledge.......I want to load a large unformatted text file (output from a unix install) into a textField or textArea object without having to reformat it. These are the avenues I've gone down so far... 1. I looked at Loa...more >>

Hi, Has anyone experienced performing a swapDepths() - on a clip placed at authortime - to a positive depth ie. my_mc.swapDepths(1001), and then that clip randomly reverting back to its negative authortime depth ie. -16370 ? Any ideas much appreciated! Thanks, Phil ...more >>

Hi there.... I am using the following snipet of action script to open swf file in a new pop up window after an item has been selected from a list box........ function SelectItem() { var newWindow = window.open(); username = listBox.getSelectedItem().data['onlineuser']; getURL('java script...more >>

Hello - i am trying to reference a movie clip using a variable and having no luck! I have created a simple movie clip, say with 3 frame labels in it, Tom, Dick, Harry. Each keyframe has a simple stop action on it. The movie clip could be called "names". Okay, if i code a button, say on rel...more >>

I would like build an html page structure and have a Flash navigation. So for reasons of easier updating and building, I would like to have only one Flash navigation that will be on each of the html pages in me site. There will be an "indicator" in the Flash, telling you which page you are o...more >>

I am making a website where the (flash) menu needs to be able to detect which html page it currently is on! Basically, it's a menu with submenus, and when somebody clicks a button I want the submenu (which is part of the flash movie as well) to pop out and also load a different web page. The p...more >>

Hello, I use the alert component for my application and in most cases it works good, bur when i got it in this setting (the bold one is giving me problems): btn.onRelease = function() { var result_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); result_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) { if (su...more >>

hos is it that I can set a variable in one scene, and all the scenes after it can access it, but if I assign an actionscript to a button, as soon as the next scene starts, it doesn't remember what the button needs to do? Is there a way that I can work aournd this? ...more >>

if i want to apply the getURL acitonscript for (example) www.google.com. what EXACTLY would i have to type in?? ...more >>

1. draw a rectangle, draw a few lines, convert it to a symbol (movie clip) 2. add an instance of the symbol to a frame, add a button ('startButton') 3. startButton.onRelease = function() { mc.play(); mc.lineStyle(1, 0x00FF00, 100); mc.moveTo(20, 20); mc.lineTo(100, 45); trace('hello'); }...more >>

I n Flash MX I am populating a text field with hyperlinks. However certain links dont respond on their first click while others dont, however they will respond on the second. (All in the same text field) The links that work correcly and those that dont perform consistently. Very strange, any...more >>

I am working a scoreboard where i have 6 teams. I will be inputing in two fields per team and want the third field to be calculated on a button press. ( i will have two buttons plus and minus) for instance field one will be the pool of total points earned. field two will be a wager the team m...more >>

Hello and thanks for reading my post... I recently got really interested in Flash MX 2004/AS2 Component Development and then started studying many tuts as well as the help file ... I nearly got the trick - I just didn?t understand tha class importing thing - well - It seems that if you want ...more >>

I read somewhere that you can set a datatyped variable, such as a MovieClip, with a string. Right now, the code says the 'theMC' variable has a datatype mismatch, and rightfully so because I am trying to put a string into it. I know there is a loophole, or a correct way to achieve this howeve...more >>

I have the code below. I read somewhere that you can set a datatyped variable, such as a MovieClip, with a string. Right now, the code says the 'theMC' variable has a datatype mismatch, and rightfully so because I am trying to put a string into it. I know there is a loophole, or a correct way...more >>

I can see how to add simple editing functions to a textfield, but I don't see how to save such a thing to be reloaded later. Things like bold, italic, size. Nothing that fancy. Is it even possible? Is there something similiar to the loadvars.tostring function that would output the...more >>

Any idea on how I should setup my fla / html to publish so you get the effect that the swf stage size is infinite? And when you resize the browser it keeps proper alignment. examples: 808inc.com http://www.thephaeton.co.uk/universe/index.php Thanks ...more >>