I am making a little fake scroller that will scroll a movie clip up and down. I have it set up so if you hit the up button 20 is added to the _y variable and the opposite for the down button. This works! and i'm happy. However, i want it to work so if you hold down the buttons it will continua...more >>

I am designing an online training module and have been asked to provide a 'quit' button. At present, the quit button is on every page, and when click goes to a one frame scene that asked the student if they really want to quit. I want to give the student the option to return to where they left...more >>

I am publishing a flash movie for Flash Player 7 and actionscript 2.0 with the following code: this.createTextField("txt", 1, 0, 0, 230, 200); txt.type = "dynamic"; txt.autoSize = "left"; txt.align = "left"; txt.multiLine = true; txt.wordWrap = true; txt.html = true; txt.htmlText...more >>

I'm having a problem with attaching movies with comboBox components in them. It's best if I explain in code: To simplify, I have 2 movieClips, 'one_mc' and 'two_mc'. Both movieClips have a combobox in them. Here is the first code. attachMovie('one_mc', 'mycb', 1); This works great but t...more >>

I have a form with TextInput Component from FlashMx2004 . I want to know if i can Select a texinput component with out press <TAB> button on my KeyBord .I want user will be notified when he did mistake and mistake in specific TextInput will be selected with out press ing a tabIndex !!!! For e...more >>

Iam doing a catalogue like app which is meant to be a standalone using flash. .. This app is supposed to display a series of tables in which some table items should have links to finer details of the same. . One way i suppose is to use buttons below the static text and when clicked tak...more >>

How can I get variables passed to a flash movie in a query string to a child movie. I can pass them to the parent movie but not the child....more >>

Hi, I have a Flash question I hope someone can help me with. I am a novice programmer and actionscript user (to say the least) and I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I am making a just for fun kind of site that I will send to just my friends getting them to sign ...more >>

First of all let me apologise for terminating each line with a horizontal rule but otherwise the stupid forum strips out all my carriage returns making my posts one unbroken block. Lets hope they sort that one out sometime soon... Here is some background to my problem: I have extended the fun...more >>

Hi I am reposting this again, but this time with code that is simulating my problem. What the fla does is that there are two animations, when you start it, there is a circle sliding around the screen. When you hit stop, the function located in the code mc gets called and all MC's stop. ...more >>

I am trying to create an interactive form in Flash that will then pass the varaible data to an HTML page. Any thoughts on how to pass a varaible from Flash to an HTML page (with embedded JavaScript)? ...more >>

I really need your help.Now , I try to load swf files into my first movie clip in order to reduce the file size and load time .because there are many swf that I have to load them into my main movie clip(swf). and the second problem is I can't point the position of the load swf file to show on ...more >>

Hi, if I use setInterval() to call a method that use static vars all work correct, but I don't want that this var is static. If I let this var public or private it doesen't work, if I trace the var the player return me undefined, but var is defined in the class and I assign a value to her in ...more >>

Hi, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction regarding implementing search engines in flash? i just want to type the search string in flash and retrieve a result...it should be local meaning that i don't want to seach the whole www to get said result. any ideas? is the google...more >>

I'm looking for details on which functions throw which types of errors. i.e. LoadVars.load() throws what type of error if the file doesn't exist? Thanks for any insight Ben...more >>

OK. Not being a master of AS (or AS2 for that matter), I have focused on getting better in AS before I branch out into a new language, that being xml. Maybe learning xml isn't such a big deal. I don't know. In any event, I have designed a 'slide show' in AS that uses arrays (please check...more >>

I want to check if a movie has been loaded by loadMovie. ie. I wan to know if movie.swf has been loaded in content_mc. thanks! loadMovie ("movie.swf", "content_mc");...more >>

I have a problem with a component of flash I use the component of flash MediaPlayback I load a file external mp3 and I perform it in streaming the file audio lasts 23 seconds but the component does it listen in 12 seconds. how do I do to change the formulations of the duration of the ...more >>

I have a flash file connecting to my database just fine, works great, but the asp page pops up every time they click the buton to send data, why is this? here is the code on(press) { var FirstName:String; var LastName:String; var EmplID:String; var Assignment1a:String; FirstName = _root...more >>

I have noticed in Browsers other than IE that there are problems with the MX Components... I am using a shared library with a bunch of form elements in it. When importing these components into my movie I lose the text I beam cursor. When I roll over the text field I lost my cursor entirely...more >>

Hi I've been having bit of problem with creating a listener object when I name with a fixed var I don't get any errors like so: var mclListener:Object = new Object(); of course, in a loop when the clip has loaded the the var mclListener has the value of the last item in the loo...more >>

Okay, I've poked around this board for a few hours now and keep hitting the brick wall that is my requirement. I've hacked up one of the Flash Presentation Templates that ships with MX (four frames, each with a stop action and each with its own movieclips shenanigans and forward and back...more >>

Does anybody know where I can find a complete list of the possible parameters for setStyle? Specifically the name parameter All that help tells me is name A string that specifies the name of the style to add to the style sheet. I want a complete list. Thanks Mathias ...more >>

Does anyone know which component Macromedia is using on this page? http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#view=sn120&viewName=Dreamweaver%20Exchange&loc=en_us Thanks in advance :). Mike...more >>

Is there a way to check in Actionscript what system the user is using and also if it is PocketPC too?...more >>

What is an array and how do you use it through Actionscript?...more >>

What is a object and how do you use it through Actionscript?...more >>

What is a function and how do you use it through Actionscript?...more >>

I've come across what seems to be a bug or at least a weakness in textField.textWidth. This works fine when you have left-justified text, and returns an accurate value for the occupied width of the field. However, when you right-justify the field, textField.textWidth behaves as if the right-ju...more >>

I created a flash movie and published it as an .exe but when I open the movie, the frame is larger than the screen and is also shifted down and right out of the screen. Can anyone please tell me what I must do to force the window to open to fit the screen automatically?? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I would aprichiate some help on this, this works fine on Flash ver6 and AS1, but on Flash7 and AS2 get buch of errors // Include the Required NetService class files #include "NetDebug.as" #include "NetServices.as" #include "DataGlue.as" // connect to the Flash Remoting service provid...more >>

use Key.removeListener(keyListener)...more >>

Is there a way to preload content that is generated at runtime in the same way as content generated during authoring as I seem to get slight delay when it loads my content dynamically but doesn't when the content is positioned on the stage during authoring? ...more >>

Hey, I have a problem to sort data in combobox from an xml file. I thought and reflected so much about it, that I don't know what else I should do, I wonder whether I am not facing a bug!? So here below is my code followed by the activites_xml file content. My question : the data appear pro...more >>

Hi. I am working on an MX2004 pro project that loads addtional swf files into a level from a collapsable menu. Now the client wants to have a back button that will remember where they have been. So: I need to find a way to remember (in sequence) what external swfs that were loaded in to ...more >>

why isnt it possible to set different qualities to text and pictures? pictures(low quality) and text (high quality)? would that be possible in a few versions of flash or is that strictly against the concept and there is really no possibilty to integrate that in flash? ...more >>

trying to clear this set interval, for some reason it isnt working [CODE] function gametimer() { //timer._rotation += 1.58; nTimes++; trace(nTimes); if (nTimes >= 10){ clearInterval(nInterval); } } var nTimes:Number nTimes = 0; nInterval = setInterval(gametimer,1000); ...more >>

I have the following script in a movie with lots of buttons that load text dynamically. What i can't produce is a default text line of code that makes another txt file load into the text box before any of the buts are pushed..... i know i'm missing something obvious, but cat find it. all my ...more >>

Hi, I had deleted the unused items from the library of my flash file, expecting a decreace in the size of the fla and swf files. But it's not happening. What is the exact relation of library content with the size of the file? ...more >>

There are few swf files merged in my flash application, i want to save them as gif or jepeg or any image format on clicking on a save button. Is it possible from Flash if yes then how? If there any plugins available plz mention them. Thanks. ...more >>

how do u edit the action script :( :(...more >>

How can I protect my swf file from decompilers? Is there any code for this? :(...more >>

I have a function that starts an animation seq. I want to change the name of the function but when I do the seq. fails to play. I cannot find any other code associated with this function. Can someone tell me why I cannot change the name of the function and still have it work? Thank you, Jam...more >>

Here goes, I created a button (called Gov) which is then placed into a blank movie clip and placed onto the main scene. This Button now has its own swf file. In my main home page file I have a blank Movie clip upon which I have my buttons (gov) swf file loaded into. I'm trying to have t...more >>

Hi every body! Could some one guide me how i make disable the print screen button from macromedia flash. Thanks JNS...more >>

I've searched this site for answers but I couldn't find one... I'm getting data from an xml file where I get some text in portuguese, which contains characters such as ?, ?,? and so on. These characters don't show up, but when I set the same characther within Flash, they show up. I used the s...more >>

I'm new to AS classes, but what I'm trying to do is create a class, which loads a MovieClip instance as part of the constructor. The problem is that the attached movie clip won't show and it shows the depth as been 'undefined'. Any help would be appreciated. class Thing extends MovieClip...more >>

hi i want to put email hyperlink in my flash but somehow getURL("mailto: yourmeail@hotmail.com"); doesnt work in flash........ it doesnt open the outlook express program when i clicked it..... does getURL support mailto function or it just for opening a new browser window? And if i...more >>

the definitions below will cause ERROR!!! why??????????????????????????? //file: A.as class A { var m1:B; } //file: B.as class B { var m1:A; } ...more >>

Can I exit a 'for' action? Thanks! Brenda S....more >>

Can anyone tell me why this code works when published for AS2.0 in player 6 but not in Player 7 please? Could you point out the errors. It's not my script but it was available for download for education. Thanku. ...more >>

Hi, I can't seem to target loaded movie clips (or the clips inside them). The most basic example I have tried is this: I have a movie which contains a single movie clip symbol on the stage called 'circle'. This is saved as 'circle.swf'. Now I load this clip into level2 in my main movie like ...more >>

Here's what I'd like to do: I have a dynamic text box which links to an external text file. The external text file is quite long (2700 words) so I'd like to use buttons in my main movie to link to certain sections in the text file (which is loaded into the dynamic text box) I thought maybe I...more >>

I figured out how to apply a transition between different loading different movie clips. for example everypage of my site is a movie clip. my site is one frame long. Everytime a click a button a certain movie clip shows on the screen. It automaticly scales from 0% to 100%. Once I click...more >>

I am currently creating a new website with Flash, and am sort of stumbling through the whole process. I like the pre-made components that Flash offers, but feel they lack customization. Right now I am working on putting the MediaPlayer component on my site to play a streaming mp3 file. It's wo...more >>