hello all, i'd really appreciate any help you can give me on this problem. i'm not that great at flash...yet...but i'm trying to get better! i broke down my problem in outline form. --kevin;) GOAL: -after a timeout period, a 'randomized' screen saver is called. when the mouse is moved, the...more >>

Hi all Been struggleing with this a bit. I have a JSP file called test.jsp, that consists of this: <%response.setContentType('text/xml');%><?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <root> <field1>This is the contents of field1.</field1> <field2>You specified ID number <%=request.getParameter...more >>

:confused; Please help!!! I need to either find a way to add multiple js function calls to a single button instance OR find a work-around. This is really important. Although a simple problem (I think) I need to finish my project at work and this issue is holding up the shift to production. ...more >>

onLoadProgress doesn't seem to work. Copied the code directly from the Help file and just pulled out what I didn't need. I can get it to work with files referenced with an absolute URL, but I need to have a preloader for files running off of a CD. (Embedded video makes the files fairly...more >>

:sun; Admittedly, I'm an ActionScripting Newbie of the worst and most hopeless sort! I need to put into a Flash site a small Listbox where only one item will be selectable at a time. The various list items will each drive the movie playhead to a different frame in the same timeline. A m...more >>

I have a flash file with a combobox component in the first scene. I can code to navigate between scenes with this combobox, but If I put the box on say the second scene, I can not navigate from there. I guess my question is, why can I navigate from the first scene, but not back to the first ...more >>

I'm trying to place background music in my Flash movie. I can do that easy enough, but commanding it to start and stop using buttons and actionscript isn't working. Does anyone have a suggestion that will help? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi. I have made a program where I need to send some information between two swf-files, and I am using LocalConnection to do that. The problem I ran into was when I tried to send an array that had the value of 'this'. The other swf-file couldn't recognice that so when I traced it, it said 'unde...more >>

I have 2 movie clips one was created by createEmptyMovieClip() the other by attachMovie() when i try to detect the collision i get nothing or rater (UNDEFINED) when i trace the hitTest from one of the movie clips. both objects are dynamically created and both are visible on the screen once ...more >>

Hello, I need a function to dynamicaly create buttons or textfields distributiing then acordingly to my needs. In this case I need to create 12 buttons, in 3 rows and 4 columns. Would someone please help me on this, I just nedd the math function for the _x and _y placement, I know al...more >>

I created a class t2.b4 which is a subclass of Button. It is a very simple class. //the parent directory of t2 is in the classpath //the symbol b4_btn is in the library //in the linkage properties of b4_btn, the AS 2.0 class is t2.b4 class t2.b4 extends Button { public static...more >>

I have some dynamic text fields for which I have set the font to an embedded font - which I've added to my library. I do this right from the Properties panel. These fonts work across both Mac and PC. I have a second area where I am creating and styling text fields dynamically using the follow...more >>

Has this bug been fixed? Can allowDomain be used to access an xml or text document? Thanks, Todd...more >>

Is it possible, perhaps with a method on a textbox, to get a boolean value if a scrollbar is nessercary, i.e. the text is more than the textbox can handle? I want to use this value to decide if I show a scrollbar or not dynamically for each text I am loading into my textbox ...more >>

Does anyone out there know how to go about making a ski jump game similar to this one: http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games/StanSkiJump/index.html Are there any tutorials out there for a simple version of this. I want to have the skiier sliding down the jump and when it gets to a point have th...more >>

hi, i'm new in this forum, i have a problem with a menu and i can't resolve it alone. I hace a menu with text field when i publish my menu in the internet i can't see the font that i choose, only i see the default browser font. I try to add my pixel font to the library and linking for action...more >>

:confused; I have a parent movie clip that consists of 1 frame. Inside this movie there are multiple movie clips which represent different components of a characters 'body'. The user is able to choose from dozens of different eyes, hair, arms etc. When the user clicks on the print button, ...more >>

I have 2 identical swf in 2 different folders. They load pictures ; pictures names got to be pic1, pic2, etc... They also load pics.txt wich contains the total number of pictures and the name of the girl. One works great, the other won't show the pictures except pic13.jpg (but actually lo...more >>

Hi. Im creating an application that uses flash, asp and access . The problem is that i need to print a query that returns like 200 records. In flash, I put those records in a datagrid, but how can I do to print all of them ? Also, can I create a page format to print them ? Any idea or suggest...more >>

I'm making a snowflake generator. When you type in your name in the input text box, click submit, it will generate you a snowflake based on your name. When you click on a pink box, it will make the snowflake snow. Buut, my problem right now is, when it snows (after you've pressed the pink ...more >>

In script languages like asp or php there are simple replace funtions For example the_text = replace(input_text_var, "you", "me"); This example should replace all you to me. Is there a similiar function i flash? That would help me a lot, i think ive done it before but cant find the cod...more >>

I am trying to write a custom command that will take a selected text object and break have it build over a random perido of frames. For example, if the text were: This is a test. On the first frame the command would make the text object T, then on the next keyframe, which would be a random n...more >>

I have the below code which uses a LoadVars once the function "postNew" is called. I have checked and the variable values that I'm trying to submit with the load are all working correctly and I've tested the PHP page and it works fine. Basically what happens is when I click the button the call ...more >>

I have this actionscript on my first frame: loadVariables("Updatecasedetails.asp",0); on the asp page I have : <script type="text/javascript"> var secplay = "Attorneys" </script> Then in the flash movie I have a dynamic text with var = secplay But it displays nothing, the variable i...more >>

Hello everyone, I am trying to get a Dynamic text box to increase it's value by 1 everytime the user successfully clicks on a button instance. I am able to do it but for only one instance of the button, not for any of the rest (there are multiple instances). I've made sure they all have unique...more >>

Hi, I am using Flash Profesional. I have an asp page where I define the value of a variable: <script type="text/javascript"> var section = "Attorney" </script> Then on the flash movie I have a navigation bar and the movie is supposed to check wich frame to go on the first frame, this ...more >>

I've created a very simple drag and drop interface where the user can create their own composition. What I'd really like to be able to do is allow the user to click a button and somehow take a picture of the SWF file and submit it to me with their name to put in a gallery. Obviously just ...more >>

Hi, i have a countdown from 20 - 0, works great but i want to pause it. so heres what i did: countdown.onEnterFrame = function() { if (!pause) { this.timer = int(20-(getTimer()-startTime)/1000); if (Number(this.timer) == 0) { gotoAndStop(10); } } }; b1.onPress = functio...more >>

I recently downloaded my guestbook.txt file that was built by a pro..(no longer can find him) and had reuplaoded the same file back to its' place on the server, but after in no longer loads..Guess the file got messed up..What can I do to salvage this or get it to load it again..? Thanks in adv...more >>

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone could help... My question is whether it is possible to dyamically create flash buttons using scripting whilst reading in a file? Essentially what I'm trying to do is create an interface whereby the contents of a menu are retrieved from a database at r...more >>

Hi there, I doing an easing effect to scale a movieclip from the current size to a targeted size say 50pixel width. The problem is the number is always exceed the targeted size when it's moving, therefore i cant delete my onEnterFrame. anybody out there know the way to solve please let me know...more >>

Iv created a application with a child and a grandchild. application call a window with child then child cal a window with grandchild. no problems to deletePopUp of the child but when i try close grandchild windows its dont works considering oi2 the instance name of the button and win name ...more >>

the stop sound button does not seem to be 'stopping the sound. http://www.tabiji.com/water please let me know what the issue might be. any help would be fantastic! :) ...more >>

I'm trying to place an onRollOver function inside of a movie clip that already has an onRollOver function. It seems that once the parent clip is asigned an onRollOver function, all child clips forget what they were assigned. Does anyone have a solution to this? Much thanks. -Denny ...more >>

Hi, This is driving me nuts. I can't get any functions to work. On my stage in one layer I have a dynamic text word "Hello", and I've made it into a movie clip symbol and given the movie clip the instance name mcHello. I've given the dynamic text in the movie clip an instance name of tex...more >>

Dear list I have a problem with my preloader. I am using attachMovie with sounds from the library, meaning they are not on the stage to begin with. The preloader doesn't show up until all the sound has loaded... meaning it jumps right to 60 percent from a white screen after 20 seconds. An...more >>

does anyone know of any good tutorials for doing morphing of vector-based silhouettes using actionscript instead of the tween/shape hint method? Any good FLV tutorials would also help... want to build a preloader to run while buffering FLV's... Thanks! ...more >>

If I were to have a button, and I added this script: myButton.onRelease = function(){ trace("The button was released!"); } myButton.onMouseUp = function(){ trace("The mouse was released!"); } Then, when I release the button, this is what is in the Output window: The mouse was relea...more >>

Hi, Since I can't get the MediaDisplay component to work like I need it to, so I've resorted to just embedding my flv files. I use a setInterval to create a typing effect for some text. Everything works fine until I embed the movie. Then, the setInterval slows WAY down. Even if I have the...more >>

I customised the MM template that lets you choose the bandwidth before loading a video. I added a combox to choose different videos (which creates video_name). It all worked perfectly and loaded videos without a hitch, but no matter what I did I could never get the radio buttons to clear every...more >>