Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not using a scrubber. I'm setting the playhead value in actionscript....more >>

I want to let an object move from point A to B, just by keeping updating its (X,Y) position. But how can I do this in just the same frame? Is it possible to do it? Lance...more >>

How would i open up a external swf in a new window so that items offstage in the mc arnt show? -Steve...more >>

Hello, back in the MX days I was able to use the Scroll Bar component for sound (volume) control. However, it seems in 7.2 MX 2004 the only thing you can use the scroll bar component for is for scrolling text fields. Does anyone know how to use the Scroll Bar that comes with the 7.2 update...more >>

I am using Flash MX ver6.0. I have four basic symbols: Square Triangle Circle & Dude Dude is controllable with the cursor keys. When dude performs a HitTest, a Trace displays which symbol he touches. (i.e. Square,Circle,Triangle) (This is purely a test of Flash capabilities) ...more >>

I know the answer to this question is pretty simple. Unfortunately, i can't get ti to work and my frustration has gotten the best of me. I've got a root (main) timeline with a placeholder MC into which I've imported a swf. I'm trying to put a script in the imported SWF that will tell the root ...more >>

Hello, I have run over the following issue a few times and I am looking for a decent solution. I created a Symbol (ScheduleBarSymbol) that is a movie clip. I am would like to use it as a button. I associate an ActionScript class to this (ScheduleBar): class com.bluefoundry.ion.apps.symbol...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a RollOver for a mc I am attaching. Here is my code. Items = new Array('MenuItem1', 'MenuItem2', 'MenuItem3', 'MenuItem4'); PARAMS = new Object(); for(i=0;i<Items.length;i++){ PARAMS._x = 2; PARAMS._y = startY + tempY PARAMS.label = Items; attachMovie('M...more >>

I am using FLash MX 2004 and am loading in a large xml file containging a huge list of products. The porblem is that i hit the 15 second time-out and the system hangs. IS there anyway to a - either get around and extend the 15 second timeout b - query the xml in some way to just get flsh to l...more >>

hi, I just found out that you can draw using mathematical equations in flash. Now, since I just found out, I have no clue how nor did I find a good tutorial myself on the internet or on this forum. So, I ask you here and now, do you know any good basic, starting tutorials on drawing with m...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm making a game that involves moving objects around in a room environment in order to find objects hidden behind them. I've played around with making the objects draggable but i don't like how you can move it anywhere on the stage, is it possible to constrain the area in whi...more >>

I've posted this before and now I can't find the old post in my topics. I'm using math.ceil and random() to create a number in a loop and I need some AS code to avoid the number repeating itself 2 or 3 times in a row. Thanks ...more >>

Hey there! I've separate scenes in a flash document, all of which are bigger then the screen size when zoomed in at 100% (big schematics). What I'm trying to do is, when going from one scene to another, have the view centered on a specific object (depending on which button I pressed in the...more >>

Hi, I want my users to be able add labels to a background image. I am wondering if there is an efficient way to make an input field draggable so they can still enter text into it when they position it. Right now I am thinking using a button in the control bar they click and drag to move th...more >>

The pause script below runs in a movieclip (copy). I have a separate nav movieclip (nav) that controls this movie clip. When you rollOver a nav button in the nav movieclip I want this script to stop. If you rollOut of the nav button I want the script to continue. Can someone please assist me w...more >>

Hi! Perhaps it's really easy but I do not how to do it, so here Iam. Iam using Components (eg Button) and I want to load dynamic the symbol to be set in the icon property. I tried to put a MovieClip instance instead, but it doesn't work. trace(typeof this); // Button ...more >>

:disgust; i just cannot get my wav file sound to play in my movie. the movie has a wav file on its own layer...and then a play button on its own layer, and finally a stop button on its own layer......i have tried everything i know to do, and the stupid sound just won't play!!!!!!!!! ...more >>

I'd like to dynamically stream mp3 files using flash. I am able to stream mp3 files when the mp3 is hard coded in the action script. is it possible to pass in the name of the mp3 file dynamically (either via querystring or form variable)? ...more >>

Hi, I'm loading one SWF into another, which I know how to do fine, several different ways. However, what I cannot figure out how to do is to set it up so the SWF being loaded into the main SWF only starts playing after a certain amount of it is loaded. Here's where I'm at so far: stop(); myLoa...more >>

I have a component window using a movie clip linkage to define the content path. My problem is that I need to modify a dynamic text area inside the movie clip that is linked into the pop-up window and can't seem to get it to work. ...more >>

in MX i used to used the normal mode for writing actionscript - with form fields you filled in and it wrote the a'script for you. now i've downloaded the trial for 2004MX but it has no normal/expert mode option - only full actionscript (like previous expert mode) can you turn on the norma...more >>

I am trying to learn flash and actionscript, and seem to spend a lot of time fumbling around trying to determine what properties and methods are available for different objects. I search for different code examples, using the objects. I have even viewed the AS code in the class library. Piec...more >>

I have an animation with 5 images with alpha, etc. and I want that these images are loaded from a folder with loadmovie. But i dont know how to attach each image to a movieClip. P.D: sorry about my english :P ...more >>

Hi, I've made a small application that displays scrolling news summaries automatically (actually, the textfields are not scrolling, the movie clip that contains the textfield is moving 1 pixel at each frame). It works fine but the text is flickering : http://www.roisin.be/fr/tradition_test.p...more >>

I have an event that i want to fire everytime a user opens the comboBox. Problem is I can only get the event to work the first time the comboBox is used. I've tried using focusIn but it only works the first time. Any suggestions for releasing focus or going about this in another way? thx. ...more >>

I am creating an interactive presentation that will be display on a 16:9 plasma screen that has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The problem is that the mouse gets screwed up because up is now right and right is down etc. My question is how can I get flash to reset the mouse so that it will...more >>

hey guys, i have some buttons, they are inside a movie clip so when you roll over it plays the animation of the button then stops, and when you roll out it plays the rest of the animation. it works, but if you roll over to quickly it doesnt play the rest of the animation and the buttons stay...more >>

Is it possible to have a movie clip button then inside the movie clip have another movie clip button? My problem is, I have a 'mc_Button1' that when you rollover it, 'mc_button2' appears. The problem being is that I can not get 'mc_button2' to do anything. I belive the reason is because the ...more >>

Hi, we have a series of buttons which when rolled over should display 5 or so words randomly selected from a text file. Each word when displayed should be shown momentarily and then fade out to be replaced by the fading in of another word. Each button rollover shoud display 5 or so words fro...more >>

Hello, I have this problem that I am not sure how to tackle. I have 10 or so buttons on a main movie. I will be dragging and dropping these buttons around the movie. I have noticed that if I accidently drop a button (that i am dragging) on top of another button, it doesnt drop o...more >>

Hi: How can I access individual elements in this array of "properties" (Array.SortOn in Flas MX help). For example ZIP value in second element: var recArray = new Array(); recArray.push( { name: "bob", city: "omaha", zip: 68144 } ); recArray.push( { name: "greg", city: "kansas city",...more >>

hi recently i am using flash mx 2004 prof. I am using the old techniques to import the codes using #include The code is below: stop(); #include "flashtol/lib.as" loadMovieNum("flashtol/sample_movie.swf",this.getNewDepth()) The funny things is , the loaded movie doesnt display in th...more >>

I have an input text field in swf with submit buton. I need to create a text field and store the text as a string variable in after click the submit button. in fact i have 2 text fields first for name (nameInput_txt) and second for address (addressInput_txt). i need to store it in text file s...more >>

How do i load an external swf, and controle how big it plays? Neded asap!! -Steve...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a really simple quiz based on Christmas Carols, I thought I knew what actionscript I would need to make it work but it's not! Yet in my head logically I think it should??? Could someone point out where I am going wrong please :-) I have 2 frames. Frame 1 has 10 que...more >>

functions...? I am trying to write a function to encompass the function and lengthy image loading script below.... but its troublesome. As it stands it seems the code that is written first overides that which comes second, whichever way i put it, one half is nulled by the other... ...more >>

I read in this forum that swapDepths() should only be used on dynamically created mc's and not ones that had been placed at author time. Is this the case and why? Also that one should only use +ve depths - why? thanks ...more >>

it is possible of use string on the geturl(); command? like this: on (release) { getURL(main.main2.toString(), _self); _root.text = search; } is there any workaround so that the url will become dynamic? The links is stored in xml file. ex of the links are : this.html?gotoframe=#thisframe ...more >>

I'm sorry for not reply more earlie but my computer has some problems and I can't try. But I tried today like you have told me, and this don't work. I'm loosing my patient with this, I don't know how could this not work. Lets try one more time again, exactly like I have for you can understand ...more >>

It seems there should be script that on release would return a symbol to its previous stage. I am using the following to enlarge a bitmap and bring it to the front and then return it on release. The return is the problem. The symbol, for some reason stays on the stage further down the timeli...more >>

Hi, I want to create scolling text in Flash MX on Mac OSX. An example of what I would like to achieve is at this web site, I'm sure there are plenty of other examples. The URL is: http://www.swns.com/index2.html. If you click on the news menu you will see that there's a block of text that ob...more >>

Hi there. Made a button that worked fine. When working on the sound I had to ad frames to the animation and after that the buttons work in the timeline (in enable button mode) but do not work when testing movieText. The action is 'on release go to' and I use frame label (instead of frame numbe...more >>

Hi! I decided to build my own website. I also want some flash in my website.I made navigation bar in flash, but now I have some problems.My site has two frames: top frame(named "zgornji.htm") where the menu bar is located and main frame (named "spodnji.htm"). I would like that the top fr...more >>

I'm sure to the majority of you, this is rather easy. I'll be quick. The variable 'what_gallery' is global and can be 5 or more different things; music, landscapes, etc. The variable 'something_amount' is the number of actual galleries in that section I need to reference. What I want to do...more >>

Hey, I have been working on several movies for a while today and I cannot get one problem down. I need to be able to load all the JPGs I need in a certain movie dynamically. I used loadMovie for this and the results were strange. Some of the graphics loaded fine, but some of the others just do...more >>