I have 4 possible movies that load into 4 different movie clips. In turn, I have 4 buttons that need to unload which ever of the 4 movies are loaded, then load the correct one... make sense? since the unloadmovie() function only allows one value, I'm having a hard time figuring this one out. ...more >>

Hi, I will try to explain this clearly. I am making a small site in Flash. I have 7 scenes. I have also 7 buttons. The first "page" of my site plays an animation and stops. Then I would like that when you hit a button (eg. no1) the animation following in the timeline of that scene plays ...more >>

I have a button in a mc and if I want to control which frame I move to in the mc I could put on (release) { gotoAndPlay(2); } on the button. How do I control what frame to move to out side of my mc, in the Scene that holds the mc, from the button in my mc? Anyone confused? : ) ...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to use actionscript to detect a color at a certain point in the movie clip? What i mean is, can you load a jpg or whatever and tell what color is at a certain point (x, y). Thanks. ( you don't have to explain it if you don't want to, I was just wondering ...more >>

Can I swap a movie clip that I have on stage for another that I have in my library when I rollover or press a button? Can this be done? Thanks a lot! Brenda S....more >>

I'm using MX 2004 Pro and I have the dynamic external FLV video stuff working fine, but I can't find a way to determine the total playing time of a dynamically loaded FLV. I'm building a custom UI and I would like to have a progress or 'scrub' bar. I can get the current play time in seconds ...more >>

Is there any way to create a session variable for php? Like when I click a button in flash is there any way to set a session variable like $_SESSION['url'] = 'test.php'?...more >>

I have a short movie with 6 frames. Each frame has a picture and a caption. When the movie loads, I set it to go to a random frame and stop. That way the user gets a different picture and caption every time the page loads. Problem: my script only goes to frames 1 and 2. What did I do wrong i...more >>

I have a short movie with 6 frames. Each frame has a picture and a caption. When the movie loads, I set it to go to a random frame and stop. That way the user gets a different picture and caption every time the page loads. Problem: my script only goes to frames 1 and 2. What did I do wrong i...more >>

I have a problem with the On (event functions) in my projects. I have a movieclip that acts as a slider (type myslider, names myslider1-12 for the sake of the example). Inside the movie are two arrow buttons with the code on(release) {nextFrame() or previousFrame();} This used to work great...more >>

Hey all, Suppose I want to create a font-selection screen, like the ones we have in every Word-Processing application, and have the font's preview text _anti-aliased_. In my humble opinion, a font has to be embed as font-outline for it to be anti-aliased. So I guess that if Flash doesn...more >>

How do I use a random number to slect an item from my XML data? I can't get the random function to trace in Flash MX Pro 2004, and I don' t know how to apply that number as a selector for my XML data (simmilar to SQL application variable). ...more >>

Does anybody know how to get paragraphs in these forums? Often in a multistepped thing it would be nice to have new paragraphs.Also in Mac Panther using Safari I get a little tiny box to type in. I get about four or five words across a line. Kinda annoying.Is there a place to give feedback on ...more >>

Hey guys & gals I'm having a bit of a hard time trying to get my button to change different colors after clicking it. What I want it to do is change to red upon clicking, then back to original color when clicked again, and so forth. here's the code that I have so far and it just doesn't seem...more >>

Hi, can anyone tell me whats wrong with me if statement. _root.test="2" if (_root.loc="3") { _root.test="5" } loc and test are two varibles i want to say when loc = 3 change test to 5 else stay at what u are. cheers, G ...more >>

I'm creating a drag and drop quiz when answerclips(a1,a2,a3...) is dropped on questionclips(q1,q2,3...) using hitTest between answer and question clips a 'correct' or 'wrong' is passed to a field(field1). This works fine. I think my problem is in the 'else if' statements. Everything works ...more >>

Hi Folks, Using Flash MX 2004. I have created an elearning course comprised of 30+ individual modules. The problem: Due to client requests, the interface that calls the modules has been changed. As such, the modules no longer visually mesh with the interface. I wonder if there is som...more >>

By this i mean why is all my code in one lump of text on this forum ? I have noticed that other people seem to be able to format their responses as you would write it in the flash environment. Thanks mark ...more >>

Hi guys, does AS 2.0 class script uses some kind of cash for scripting? because I keep changing the class script but nothing is happening. Flash continues to export movieClips with script that isn't there... 8/ ?????? HELP??? Filip ...more >>

all updates I have a movie clip in my library with a linkage identifer as vid. this 'vid' movie clip has a loader component called graphic_ld and a label component called label_txt in it. with a script on my main timeline I dynamically attach the vid movie clip several times depending o...more >>

I?m creating a Flash application where I have the follow structure: 0. _root 0.1. contactList0 (Original MovieClip) 0.1.1. contact0 (Original contacList0's child MovieClip) 0.1.1.1. contactId (variable that holds a property of contac0) 0.1.1.2. contactName (vari?vel do MC contact0) A...more >>

Hi: I am trying to send some variables from a flash application to an e-mail php script . I know there are many other ways to doing this, but I want to know if it is possible to concatenate all test fields variable into one, Ex: content=email+subject+body; , and then send it to the script so ...more >>

I am having a problem with this php/flash email form and I am assuming it might have something to do with the version of php on my server and the script I am using. I had a similar problem before so I am hoping it will be as easy as this. Last time there was a certain variable style that wa...more >>

// tells you that the movies is loaded onClipEvent(load){ trace("your loaded") } /*after load if the mouse goes over box nothing happed but only when the mouse moves the box somthing happens*/ onClipEvent(enterFrame){ //if mouse goes over box trace "nothing" if(hitTest(...more >>

I'm trying to save time and effort by creating an ActionScript class that will be assigned to a Button. I can do this without errors, but the class methods are never called. Even the constructor in the class is not called. I've reduced the class to the simplest possible code to see if it'll w...more >>

:music; I know there is an easy solution for this, but as of now I'm boggled! I have a flash MX (not 2004) movie with a voice over throughout the entire movie. I broke up the voice over into four parts, so that it would be easier to work with. But now on a couple different computers I've...more >>

I want to be able to navigate my movie using the stage as a button but without having to place an instance (button or otherwise) on the stage to track on mouseDown/Up events - Director was able to simply use an onMouseDown event applied to the stage - can Flash do the same? ...more >>

I'm trying to alter a typewriter script, for a demo. I want to have a dynamic text field type its own entry and when that is done, have another dynamic field filled by another typewriter script and then finally a third. But this; if (firstCount <= first.length) { firstName = first.substring...more >>

Hi, Any buddy can tell me, how I can change the color of Media Playback component. Ami bluesim4u@rediffmail.com...more >>

I have a method to parse an xml obj into flash array. I do this by recursing the function. Of course this occurs within one frame therefore with large and complex xml (and slow computors) this can take some time, and freezes the player. I want to beable to place the function along the ti...more >>

I have loaded an external swf into level 1000 of my movie - I want to be able to call a function on the _root of the main movie from the loaded swf - is this possible?...more >>

I am using a flash source file that I downloaded from FlashKit.com which has a scripted floating menu that follows the mouse around. I want to find out if there is a way to control the movement to be restricted within a certain frame of the movie dimensions. For example, if the movie dimensions a...more >>

I am new to actionscript and I can't get my movie working!!! What I need a is a big help on the elasticScale function. I have found .flas on movies that use elasticScale: When the mouse goes over the movie this one scale itself using the elasticScale function. But what I need is a...more >>

Sorry about this...i cant find what im looking for. I load an external swf into an empty mc.....no problems for me so far. How do a load another swf into this mc but on top rather than replacing the existing swf? Im using the empty mc for the transitional animations between each 'section'...more >>

1.) Is there a build in list-like structure with a method that takes an element of the list as an argument, and removes that element? (rather than taking an element index as an argument) 2.) Is there some good way to update a model, and have the view update independently? What I mean is, h...more >>

Is there a way that i can have an on (release) with a key instead of a button?...more >>

For the Input boxes that are to accept Currency, I need to automatically Currency separator and other attributes. These will be configured in the Regional Options of the Computed. Is it possible to set a property that lets Flash figure out the Currency attributes from the Regional Settings? ...more >>

In case of Arabic, the reading order changes from left to right to right to left. In HTML there is a DIR property that changes the reading order without having the need to redesign the form. Is a similar attribute available in Flash? ...more >>

I am currently developing a demo application for our product on flash. The application has quite a few data entry forms. Each form contains a variety of standard controls/components like Labels, Input Boxes, Combo Boxes, Radio Buttons etc. The caption of each label needs to be picked up...more >>

Hi I just discover the Bandwidth Profiler, in Flash. That's very nice to simulate speed connection when we create a project, but I need more. I need to determne the speed connection of ther user before loading a video. Actually it's for videos, but in the future I will use it in many case...more >>

Hi, Is such a thing possible (using Flash / localConnection)? e.g. If I put a .swf on an https server and ran it, would it be able to 'send' information to a .swf being run on my PC? Then have the 'local' .swf use the information and possibly pass information back to the .swf on the https ...more >>

Hello! I was wondering how could I make an effect like the one found on http://www.subblue.com/home.php on the 'portfolio' section. Not all the interface, just look how the marquee changes its size when you click on a project. I suppose you use something like xscale or something, but the ef...more >>