:o ok so i know this is super elementary, but, i've got a set of buttons on a flash page, and i want to script them so when you roll over them it causes a movie clip on the same page to advance to a certain frame....... Plz help this washed up flash has been!! thanks ...more >>

I'd like to be able to move a row of photos horizontally whose direction and speed depends on where a user moves their mouse on the horizontal axis. I don't know code but am trying to find some type of action script that will get me moving in the right direction. Does Flash have anything l...more >>

:confused; Can someone help me out here? I created a flash movie and want to run a random function everytime the movie refresh. currently, I have the actionscript at frame 1 of the movie on its own layer. It seems to run when I test the movie w/i the application, but when I run this mov...more >>

I made Flash Search using indexOf() action. For example, if I search next strings: Philip Dik Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep Macromedia Dreamweaver For Beginners for query "Dream", I'll get both sentences (strings) as search result (containing "dream" and "dreamweaver"). ...more >>

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okay, i've got a movie clip called 'holder' nested inside a swf, and i'm using a function to load a movie clip called 'movie1' into 'holder'. i.e. function loadSWF1() { holder.loadMovie('movie1.swf'); but now i want to put a button in movie1.swf that loads another movie into 'holder'. wou...more >>

Hi, This is supposed to be my final project at school but I am realy stuck! Anybody help? I would like to have a loop where time intervals btwn loops are different (random), is there any way to accomplish this in action script? I've already spent hours figuring out how to do that, but nothing ...more >>

I have this navigation bar, you can see here www.pro-fyle.com but the thing is for each page, I have a new .swf file.. would there be a way to insert some kind of code, that would call on one of the frames of a .swf file for each page loaded so that if you're on the contact us page, the contac...more >>

Hi, I am trying to program a buttom that, after being used (klicked) once, chances color or shape. I want to use it in order to make the user know that he/she has used that button before. Is that possible? I am an absolut beginner and would love to get some help from out there.... ...more >>

//I'm working on a game and I want to create an empty movie clip then add the components of the bad guy (turret, engine, //platform) but when i do i'm having difficulty getting it to produce more than one badguy. then in the output screen it tells me cant //find target 1-10 (badguys) and a...more >>

Hi, Got a button placed on the main stage in a movie, trying to add script to it to control the main timeline..... ive no idea why its not working. using the following.... on (release) { this.gotoAndPlay('2'); } also tried: on (release) { _parent.gotoAndPlay('2'); } not getting errors, j...more >>

When creating a drop down menu in the past. I created a movie clip and placed the main menu button on the first keyframe and created a second keyframe with the main menu button and the drop menu buttons below or above. On the first button (in keyframe one, I placed the following action. on (p...more >>

General layout of site: Main Movie = MSFV1.swf within MSFV1.swf are 2 MCs - content and content2 Having trouble navigating within the movies. there are buttons within MSFV1 which loadMovies within the two MCs (content and content2). I have this sorted I think.... on (release) { loadMovie ...more >>

hi there: i'm using PHP to bounce some XML out to flash...it's working GREAT. except if I have double quotes in my data. for instance, if i'm sending some XML like this: <CONTACT Name='Billy Bob' Phone='323 555 1212' /> <CONTACT Name='Mac 'The Knife' McMahon' Phone='212 555 1212' /> then ...more >>

hi there: i'm using PHP to bounce some XML out to flash...it's working GREAT. except if I have double quotes in my data. for instance, if i'm sending some XML like this: <CONTACT Name='Billy Bob' Phone='323 555 1212' /> <CONTACT Name='Mac 'The Knife' McMahon' Phone='212 555 1212' /> then ...more >>

i cant make a movieclip move properly, NSurveyor told me to do ================================================================================ = keyListener = new Object(); //This object is made so that it can 'listen' to when something happens keyListener.onKeyDown = function() { ...more >>

I have 30 frames on my first layer - I'll call them left I have 30 frames on my second layer - I'll call them right. based on some input (and all the frames have labels etc.) - I want to show one left frame and one right frame at the same time. Is this possible? I assume that since t...more >>

Is there a way to make variables only for the scope of the frame that they are being used? If I declare in frame 4: var count:Number, and then in Frame 5 I declare a variable var count:Number - am I taking a perf hit? - should I move all variable declarations to Frame1? (that are outside fun...more >>

Can someone point me in the right direction as to creating contact forms with PHP and Flash? Thanks, Daniel D'Antoni Interactive Studios ...more >>

Hi list I have an issue with a preloader. I am aware of the problem with preloading assets from the library. Normally I create a preloader in the first scene and put the graphics that I attach while the movie is playing on an empty frame that is skipped by the preloader. Then disabling the ...more >>

I'm a real newbie with actionscript, self-taught, and I'm having a real newbie problem: When I create a new movie clip (convert to symbol, etc.), it never functions like it did on the drawing board. ...That is, the actionscript is never right there -- I have to click further into the c...more >>

I have such a seemingly simple problem but I've looked all through a whole bunch of flash forums & my Flash textbook and can't seem to find the answer. See I have this scene where there are 5 buttons snapped in a circle. Whenever the user presses one of the buttons, I want this uniform anim...more >>

Ok, i have an mc that gets called into my main movie in an empty clip mc that i made when the user rolls over the button in the main movie. When the outside mc gets done playing..i want it to go away...and the original button below it, on the main movie, will be able to be viewed again. So.....more >>

Sorry me again. I created a MovieClip with a textfield inside in AS. I'd like to change the text color and the background color on rollover/rollout and onpress for a highlight effect like a button. Here's how I figured I would break it down: 1) When I create the textfield I simply won't creat...more >>

Hi I am new to flash and would like to create a photo gallery that loads dynamically from thumbnails that are placed in a directory rather than being embedded in the actual Flash movie. I know it's all about actionscript and may involve strings. I would like to make it easy to update so I would ...more >>

I want to record a webcam thats 320x240 and than play that recording back at a smaller size of about 160x120. Is there anyway to do this? Webcamprince@yahoo.com...more >>

I'm currently trying to make a particle emitter component and have run up against a problem. I need the component to be able to attach a movieClip from the Library of the .fla it's dropped onto. This is proving to kind of...not work. The clip Linkage name is a parameter of the component ente...more >>